Snickerdoodles

Makes about 3 dozen cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375. In a large bowl, mix together the shortening and 1 1/2 cups of white sugar until smooth. Stir in the eggs one at a time, blending well after each. Combine the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt; stir into the batter until blended. Roll the dough into balls. Roll in a mixture of 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon. Place 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned and still soft.

Salsa Chicken

This recipe is delicious, versatile, and best of all- EASY!  It's another one of those I put into the "I can't screw it up" catergory.  Here's what you'll need.

Makes enough filling for 3 quesidillas/burritos.

2 chicken breasts
1 can tomato sauce
1 cup salsa
1/2 packet taco seasoning

Combine everything into a pan.  Cook until chicken shreds easily.  Shred chicken, stir and serve as a filling for burritos, tacos, quesidillas, or as a topping to your salad.


*A lot of times I'll cook this in the crockpot as well.  Just throw everything in (chicken is frozen) and cook on High for about 3 hours.*

Chicken Packets

Makes 8 packets

You will need:

2 cans cresent rolls
2 chicken breasts, shredded
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 butter, softened
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
dash garlic powder
ritz crackers, crumbled (or seasoned bread crumbs)

10 oz can cream of chicken soup

Mix cream cheese and 1/4 cup butter together.  Add salt, pepper, garlic powder, and chicken.  Open crescent rolls.  Keep rolls in squares (2 triangles squished together).  Place filling in the middle and fold and pinch closed (does that make sense?  I shoulda taken a picture.)  Melt the other 1/4 cup butter in a bowl, and place the crumbled ritz crackers in seperate bowl.  Roll each packet in the butter and then gently roll it around in the crumbs to cover.

Place on greased cookie sheet and cook for about 20 minutes.  (okay, I really don't know how long mine were actually in the oven.  Go by what the crescent roll canister says and then keep an eye on them)


Meanwhile prepare the cream of chicken soup.  Serve ladled over warm chicken packets!

Ridiculously Easy Banana Cream Pie

You will need:

1 pie crust (I used pre-made graham cracker)
1 package instant banana cream pudding
1 1/4 cup milk
1 1/4 cup whipped topping
2 bananas
caramel
more whipped topping

Slice up one banana and place in pie shell.  Drizzle caramel over bananas.  Prepare pudding by mixing pudding mix, milk, and whipped topping for 2 minutes.  Pour into pie shell.  Cut up second banana and place on top.  Drizzle caramel again, and top with whipped topping.

Refridgerate for 2 hours or until ready to serve.

See?  So easy!  And everyone will love it!

Perfect Pancakes

I love breakfast food.  Every Sunday night I make breakfast food for dinner.  It's become a tradition in our house.  This pancake recipe is my favorite!  I'll never use another recipe or go back to bisquik.  Try it!  You'll love it!

1 egg
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 cup buttermilk*
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 TBS sugar

Whisk wet ingredients.  Combine dry ingredients- stir into wet.  If batter seems too thick add a little more milk.  I personally like my pancakes thin so I keep the batter pretty runny.  The pancakes will cook evenly this way too.

*If you don't have buttermilk (who does?) add a little vinegar to your milk and let it sit for a couple minutes.  Voila! Buttemilk.

This recipe makes plenty for me, my husband, and my one year old.  But as you can see, it can be easily doubled, tripled, quintupled...you get it.

Cafe Rio Sweet Pork!

I was browsing the web the other day, and I stumbled upon this recipe.  As soon as I saw it, I knew I HAD to try it out.  I made it for FHE last night and it was a huge hit!  You must make this.  It will change your life. 


2 pounds pork (we use boneless pork rib meat)
3 cans Coke (NOT diet)
1/4 c. brown sugar
dash garlic salt
1/4 c. water
1 can sliced green chilies
12-16 oz can enchilada sauce
1 c. brown sugar

Put the pork in a heavy duty ziploc bag to marinade. Add about a can and a half of coke and about 1/4 c. of brown sugar. Marinade for a few hours or overnight.

Drain marinade and put pork, 1/2 can of coke, water, and garlic salt in crock pot on high for about 3-4 hours (or until it shreds easily, but don't let it get TOO dry) or on low for 8 hours. Remove pork from crock pot and drain any liquid left in the pot. Shred pork.

In a food processor or blender, blend 1/2 can Coke, chilies, enchilada sauce and remaining brown sugar (about a cup, you can add a little more or less to taste..). If it looks too thick, add more Coke little by little.

Put shredded pork and sauce in crockpot and cook on low for 2 hours. That's it!


**I doubled this recipe and it was plenty of food for six adults.  I also forgot to double the green chiles and the enchilada sauce (I don't know WHERE my mind is lately) and it still turned out delicious.  So I don't think there's a way to mess this one up! I also made some re-fried beans and mexican rice to go along with it.  It was really good all rolled up in one burrito!**

Banana Muffins

I make these babies every time we have brown bananas in our house.  Which is weekly.

You will need:

 1 1/2 cups flour
 3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3 bananas
1 egg
1/3 cup melted butter

Preheat oven to 350

Combine wet and dry ingredients together in seperate bowls.

Fold dry into wet.  Don't overmix!  That's the secret to good muffins.

Get out your muffins liners, or just plop them straight into your muffin tin like I did.

This recipe will make a dozen regular muffins, or six enormous muffins.

Bake regular muffins 10-15 minutes, or large for 25-30.

Top with butter and enjoy!