My Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies!!

Here is my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. It makes a ton so I usually bake half and freeze half. Otherwise I end up eating wayy too many!!!

2 cups butter, room temperature
2 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
4 eggs
1/4 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
5 1/2 cups flour
4 cups (2 bags) chocolate chips

Directions

Cream together butter and sugars for 6-8 minutes on high speed. Add eggs and vanilla and beat 4-5 minutes more. Stir in sour cream, then stir in salt, soda and baking powder. Blend in flour, 1 cup at a time. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookies sheets and bake for 8-10 minutes at 350.

Octo Doggy Dawgs!!!

This is a way easy and fun recipe I found in a magazine while I was waiting for a Doctor's appointment.

You cut up hot dogs and push spaghetti noodles through....

Boil them....

The end result....octo dogs!!

Chicken Brushetta

This is a recipe I found in a Kraft magazine a few years ago but have a hard time finding the recipe when I want it. So here it is!! It's pretty simple and good if you have some extra Stove Top Stuffing!!!

1 can (14-1/2 oz.) diced tomatoes, undrained
1 pkg. (6 oz.) STOVE TOP Stuffing Mix for Chicken
1/2 cup water
2 cloves garlic, minced
1-1/2 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
1 tsp. dried basil leaves
1 cup 2% Milk Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

1. MIX tomatoes, stuffing mix, water and garlic just until stuffing mix is moistened.

2. LAYER chicken, basil and cheese in 3-qt. casserole or 13x9-inch baking dish.

3. TOP with stuffing. Bake 30 min. or until chicken is done.

Cajun Chicken Linguini

Okay so the pic of this dish is really not attractive. But this is one of my favorite dinners!!!

Ingredients:
1 package Linguini
Approx. 4 Chicken Breasts
Approx 2 T. Cajun seasoning. I use Zatarain's Blackened Seasoning. You can use more if you like it spicy!!!
1/4 C. Butter
2 green peppers sliced
1 red pepper sliced
4 1/2 C. Heavy Cream
1 tsp. Basil
1 tsp. Lemon Pepper
Salt, pepper, and garlic powder to season
1 1/2 C. grated parmesan cheese

Cut the chicken up and coat it with the cajun seasoning. Saute the chicken in the butter and add the peppers. Cook until tender and then stir in the cream and remaning ingredients. Toss in linguini.

Sticky Chicky

This is a really easy recipe that is easy to make and has simple ingredients.

Approx 4 chicken breasts, diced

4 Cups Dark Brown Sugar

1 Cup Vinegar (I use white)

approx 2 tbsp soy sauce

Flour

Roll the chicken breasts around in the flour. Stir fry in a bit of oil until the chicken is browned and for the most part, cooked. In the meantime, combine the brown sugar, vinegar and soy sauce in a pot and heat up. Put the chicken and sauce in a pan and cook at 375 for approx. 40 minutes or until chicken is cooked. Serve over rice!!!

Oatmeal Butterscotch Bars

Ingredients:

1 cup shortening
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
1 t. vanilla
1 t. baking powder
1 t. salt
1 1/2 cups flour
4 cups oatmeal

Filling:

1 package butterscotch chips
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 T. butter
1 t. vanilla
1/4 t. salt

Combine ingredients until blended. Save some mixture for the top. Press into bottom of large cookie sheet. Mix all filling ingredients in a saucepan on low heat until melted. Top with reserved crumbs. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.

Apricot Chicken

Approx 4 chicken breasts

1 envelope onion soup mix

Approx 1/2 jar of apricot jam. Sometimes I use apricot pineapple.

Approx 1/2 bottle 1,000 island salad dressing

Mix ingredients together. I usually bake it in a crock pot, but you can cook it at 375 for about an hour (until chicken is fully cooked). It tastes great over rice!!!

Skittles Jello Salad

No, there are no skittles in this salad. That is just what it reminds me of. This is a recipe I got from Marlise and it is almost always at any family get-together. I am just putting the directions on from memory, so I hope it makes sense!!!!

1 large box green jello
2 boxes lemon pudding cook n serve
1 box instant lemon pudding
approx. 1 cup milk
1 large tub cool whip

Cook lime green jello according to directions. Pour in pan and set aside. Immediately start making lemon pudding cook n serves (doubling the recipes, as there are two boxes). Pour cook and serve mix into lime jello mix and with a wire whisk, mix the two together in the pan. Put in fridge and let the jello set. Mix the cool whip with the instant lemon pudding mix and milk. Spread on top of the jello when it is set. This is such a Utah recipe!!!

Parmesan Corn Chowder

This is one of my favorite soup recipes I usually make as soon as fall is around the corner. I found it in an old Better Home and Gardens recipe book and I love it! We usually double the recipe.

2 cups chopped peeled potato

1/2 cup thinly sliced carrot

1/2 cup thinly sliced celery

1/4 cup chopped onion

1/4 tsp. pepper

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup flour

2 cups milk

1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

1 can cream-style corn

Boil all vegetables in a pot. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, melt the butter. Stir in the flour. Add the milk all at once. Cook and stir over medium heat until the mixture is thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for 1 minute more. Add the cheese, stirring until it is melted. Carefully add the cheese mixture to vegetable mixture. Stir in the corn. Heat the soup through, stirring occasionally.

Chocolate Pan Cake

2 Cups flour
2 Cups sugar
1/2 C shortening
1 stick butter
1 cup water
2 eggs beaten
4 Tbsp. Cocoa
1/2 C. buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt

Frosting

1 cube butter
4 Tbsp. cocoa
6 Tbsp. milk

Sift dry ingredients together, set aside. in pan bring to boil shortening, butter, water, and cocoa. Pour over flour mixture while still hot. Beat until blended. Add buttermilk, eggs, soda, salt, and vanilla. Grease large cookie sheet (with sides). Bake at 400 degrees for 10-15 minutes.
I got this recipe in the relief society newsletter one month. It makes the best sheet brownies. Great for a big crowd!!

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 stick margarine or butter

For Frosting

Bring above ingredients to boil. Remove from stove. Add 1 box powdered sugar, 1 tsp. vanilla, and 1 cup of nuts if desired. Frost while the cake and frosting are still warm, but not real hot. Put in fridge until frosting goes stiff.

Chocolate Drop Cookies

A very gooey brownie like cookie with marshmallow. Need I say more?

2C. flour
1/2 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1/2 C. cocoa
1/2 C shortening
1 t. vanilla
1 C. sugar
1 egg
1/2 C. milk

Bake cookies for 8 min @ 350. Place 1/2 lg. masrshmallow on top of each cookie. Bake for 2 more minutes. Frost with chocolate icing.



Did I mention how messy they are?