Worlds Greatest Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies!!

Total Time: 30 mins
Makes: 2.5 dozen

I actually created this recipe myself using a combo of 4 different cookie recipes!!! Hope you enjoy my masterpiece! -Amanda

You need:
*3/4 c peanut butter
*1/3 c sweeten condensed milk
*1/2 c shortening
*1/3 c white sugar
*1/2 c brown sugar
*1 egg
*1 tsp vanilla extract
*1 1/2 c flour
*1tsp baking soda
*desired amount of chocolate chips

To Do:
*Pre-heat oven to 375.
*Combine all wet ingredients in one bowl.
*Combine dry ingredients in another bowl.
*Add the dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix well.
* place on greased pan and cook for 8 mins exactly

*Let cool and ENJOY!

Easy, Tasty Meat Lasagna

Total Time: 1hr 45mins

Serves: 6-8

You Need
*2 lbs ground beef
*24-32 oz tomato sauce
*1 lb cottage cheese
*1 lb sour cream
* 16 oz mozzarella cheese shredded
*1 c Parmesan cheese
* 1 box oven ready lasagna noodles
*11x15 pan



*Pre heat oven to 350

*Brown ground beef in pan with desired seasonings (I use garlic salt, oregano and stake seasoning).

*In large pot put tomato sauce (make sure it is big enough to add meat in) and desired seasonings (I use oregano, minced garlic, pinch of salt, pepper, parsley, and a little sugar).

* When meat is cooked add to sauce making sure to first drain grease.

*Combine cottage cheese and sour cream in bowl, mix well.

*Put a little of meat sauce on bottom of pan (just enough to cover bottom)

*Then make layers in this order

1-noodles

2-half of cottage cheese mixture

3-mozzarella and Parmesan cheese

4-half of meat sauce

5- repeat


*On last layer of meat sauce put lots of (or what remains of) the mozzarella and parmesan cheese.

*Cover with foil and bake for 1 hour.

*Remove foil and bake for 15 more mins.




*Serve with garlic bread and enjoy!

Almond Poppy seed Cake

• yellow cake mix
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup oil
• 4 eggs
• 1 pck vanilla instant pudding
• 2 tablespoons poppy seed
• 2 tablespoons almond extract

Mix all ingredients together till is creamy. Pour into greased and floured pan and bake at 350˚ for 45-55 minutes or till it's done.

Carrot & Pineapple Cake

• 4 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups oil
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 2 cups grated carrots (I put the carrots through the juicer and then mix them back again)
• 1 (8 1/2 oz) can crushed pineapple - drained
• you may add chopped nuts if you like - about 1/2 cup

Beat the eggs and sugar very well. Add oil, carrots, pineapple and nuts. Add the flour, baking powder, soda and salt and pour into greased and floured cake container.

Bake at 350˚ for 50-60 minutes or till cake is ready.

Broccoli Casserole

• 2 (10 oz) pkg frozen chopped broccoli
• 3 cups cottage cheese
• 3 eggs
• 6 tablespoons margarine
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 1 (8 oz) can corn
• 1/2 lb cheddar cheese (or any other cheese you like)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper

Cook broccoli and drain. Meanwhile mix cottage cheese, eggs, 4 tablespoons of margarine (ok, if you put all 6 tablespoons is no big deal but you are going to need 2 more later) and the flour in a bowl - mix till cottage cheese is smooth and creamy. Add the broccoli, chopped onion, drained corn, cheese, salt and pepper. (if you like hot/spicy food, this is the time to add a teaspoon or two of hot sauce).

Pour into a greased casserole. Top with a couple of tablespoons of parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, fried onion crumbs, or any other topping you like.

Bake at 350˚ for about an hour or till it is set.

Cowboy Caviar

1 can shoepeg corn, drained
1 can black-eyed peas, drained
1 can black beans, drained
1 or 2 tomatoes
1 bunch cilantro
1 small bunch of green onions
2 avocados
1 tsp cumin
1/8 tsp salt
¼ cup red wine vinegar
¼ cup olive oil
2 cloves garlic

Pour the corn, peas, and black beans into a large bowl. Chop the tomato, cilantro, green onions and avocados and add to bowl. Add the cumin, salt and garlic to the bowl. Pour the vinegar and oil into the bowl. Mix and serve.

I learned this one at Relief Society night, it's an easy and great appetizer.

Ramen Noodle Cabbage Salad

Mix
½ head of cabbage, shredded
5 green onions, chopped
¼ cup slivered almonds, toasted
¼ sesame seeds, toasted
1 pkg chicken flavor ramen noodles

For the dressing mix
¼ cup vinegar
¼ cup oil
Ramen noodle seasoning packet

After mixing toss with cabbage mixture

Spinach Puffs

Four 10 oz. packages frozen chopped spinach
4 cups herbed stuffing mix
4 large onions, finely chopped
12 eggs, beaten to blend
1 1/2 C. butter, melted
2 C. grated parmesan cheese
2 T. garlic salt
1 t. thyme
2 T. pepper

Thaw spinach and squeeze dry. Combine all the ingredients in a mixing bowl. Mix well. Form mixture into 1 inch balls. Place on a greased baking sheet. Freeze until firm. Place in plastic storage bags until ready to use.

To serve:
Preheat oven to 375°F. Place spinach puffs on a baking sheet. Bake for 20 -25 minutes until puffed and golden.

Best No Crust Cheesecake

• 2 pkg cream cheese (8 oz each)
• 2/3 cup plus 3 tablespoons sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 8 oz sour cream

Beat together cheese, 2/3 cup sugar, eggs, and 1/2 tsp vanilla.

Pour into 9" buttered pie plate. Bake at 350˚ for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool cake for 20 minutes on wire rack.

Mix together sour cream, 3 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Spread on top of cake. Bake again at 350˚ for 15 to 20 minutes.

Artichoke appetizers

• 2 cans crescent dinner rolls
• 3/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (I tend to put 1 cup)
• 3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese (or the mix of parmesan and romano)
• 1/2 cup miracle whip
• 1 can (14 oz) artichoke hearts - drained and chopped
• 1 small can of chopped green chilies - this is optional

Unroll crescent rolls on a cookie sheet and pinch triangles together so there are no holes. Bake at 350 for about 10-12 minutes. Meanwhile combine everything else. Spread over crust and bake at 375 for another 15 minutes and cheese is melted.

Thanksgiving Salad

• 1 pkg cherry gelatin (6 oz)
• apples (2 or 3) green or red, grated
• 1 cup chopped pecans (can be omitted)
• 1 can of cranberry sauce
• 1 pkg cream cheese (8 oz)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 can crushed pineapple (drained)
• 1 cool whip (8oz)
• 1 tsp vanilla

Disolve the gelatin in 2 cups boiling water. Cool to room temperature and add the grated apples, pecans and cranberry sauce. Pour in a 13 x 9 pirex and refrigerate till firm.

Cream the cream cheese, add the sugar and drained pineapple, mix the vanilla and add the cool whip. Spread over the jello and put back in the fridge till ready to eat.

(I don't always put the cranberry salad or the pecans)

Easy cobbler

1 box cake mix - we normally use yellow cake mix but it can be any flavor.

1 stick of butter (or margarine)

1 can of crushed pineapple (or sliced peaches)

Grease 9x13 pan and pour fruit - juice and all - in it.

Spread the box cake mix over it - try to make it evenly - and there is no need to mix it with the fruit.

cut and dot the butter over the cake mix.

Bake at 375 degrees for about 30 minutes.

It's easy, cheap and very good! You can put some vanilla ice cream on top to make it even better

Cheese Pasta Bake

1 pkg (16 oz) bow ties (penne, rottini, etc)

2 cans diced tomatoes

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup flour

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1 1/2 cups milk

1 1/2 cups mozzarella - shredded

1 1/3 cups grated Romano cheese

1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese

1/2 cup minced parsley.



Cook pasta and drain the pasta.

Drain tomatoes but keep separate about 1 1/4 cups of the juice.

In saucepan melt butter, stir in the flour, salt and pepper until smooth; add - slowly - the milk and the tomato juice. Boil - stirring - for about 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat.

Add the sauce and tomatoes to the drained pasta.

Stir in cheeses and parsley.

Transfer to a greased baking dish and bake - uncovered - at 375 for 30-35 minutes.


To make it a full blown casserole, we can add cooked pieces of chicken to the pasta before baking it.
YUMMY!!!!

Creamed chicken

• about 3 lbs of chicken pieces (not too big not too small)
• 2 tablespoons melted butter or margarine
• 2 tablespoons dry Italian salad dressing (1 pkg.)
• 1 can condensed chicken soup
• 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese - cut in chunks
• 1/4 cup chopped onion (at times I use 1/2 an envelope of dry onion soup)

Place the chicken in the crockpot, pour butter on, mix. Mix the soup, onion, dry italian dressing and the chunks of cream cheese.
Put on top of chiken and cook on low for about 7 – 8 hours (if cooked in the oven, cover the pan and cook until chicken is ready).

Sopapilla cheesecake

The first time I made this recipe, Jason - my recently married son, said "mom, how come you never told me you knew how to cook!" so it's yummy and super easy.

• 2 cans of Pillsbury crescent rolls (I tried the supermarket brand but somehow they are not the same)
• 2 packages of cream cheese
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 tsp of vanilla
• 1/2 cup butter melted
• 3/4 cup of sugar (yep, more sugar)
• 1 tsp of cinnamon (I don't measure it, it could be a bit more or less - according to taste)

Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray
Unroll and spread one of the cans of crescent rolls on the baking dish - try to patch the holes so the cream is on a solid base.
Beat the cream cheese with the sugar and vanilla.
Spread the cream on the dough
Unroll and place the other crescent roll can over the cream.
Pour the melted butter on top of the whole thing.
Spread the cinnamon sugar on top of the melted butter.

Bake at 350˚ for about 1/2 hr.

Cheesecake covered brownies

Ingredients:

• 1 pkg brownie mix plus the ingredients required to make it
• 1 pkg cream cheese (8 oz)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 egg
• 1 can condensed milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Prepare the brownie mix as directed in the package. Pour mix in a greased pan and set aside.

In a bowl mix the cream cheese, butter and the cornstarch till smooth and fluffy. Add the egg, condensed milk and vanilla flavoring, mix a bit more.

Pour cream cheese mix over the unbaked brownie mix.

Bake at 350° for about 40 minutes.

Crepes

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups of milk
  
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil
  

In a bowl, mix milk, flour, eggs, oil and a pinch of salt.  Heat up and grease a 6-inch skillet.  I used about 1/4 cup per crepe, but you just want it to cover the bottom of skillet.  Tilt the skillet so the bottom is well covered.  Cook until batter is dry, about 2 minutes.  No need to cook

other side, just flip it onto your plate.  When I made it, I tripled the recipe. You can always store the leftovers in the freezer, with wax paper between the crepes.  It does take a little time to make all the crepes, especially if you only have one skillet, which is why I make so many extra and freeze them.  

These are really good with Dulce de Leche spread on top and then rolled.  YUMMY!

Dulce de Leche

Ingredients:

• Sweetened Condensed Milk
  

Remove paper wrapper around can.  Place can(s) in pot and fill with water, so water level is 1 inch higher than top of can.  Boil for 2 hours, adding water every 1/2 hour.  Do NOT let water level fall below top of can.  (Or you will have a very large and sticky mess to clean up.)  Lower heat so that it still boils, simmering.  After two hours remove from pot and let cool overnight.  DO NOT open until it has cooled.  (You will need to go to the hospital if you open it sooner.)  You can speed up cooling process by placing can in fridge.  

Enjoy on crepes, toast, cakes, instead of peanut butter, or on anything you want to sweeten up.

Cheese & carrot chowder

Ingredients:

• 2 carrots shredded (I use the juicer and then put the pulp and juice together)
• 1 onion chopped
• 1/2 stick of margarine or butter
• 2 big tablespoons of cornstarch (or you can use flour but you will need a bit more)
• 2 cups milk
• 2 cups broth
• 1 can tuna (squeeze liquid out and then flake into little pieces)
• 1 cup shredded cheese (cheddar is the best)
• 1/2 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce.

Melt margarine in a pan, add the carrots and onion. Cook till tender - don't let it brown cause it won't look good in the chowder. Add the cornstarch (or flour) and cook a minute more.

Add the milk and broth and cook mixing till it gets thicker. Add the Worcestershire sauce and the tuna and the cheese. Mix till the cheese melts.

Remove from the fire and enjoy!

(even my finicky boys love this one - of course I don't tell them it has tuna or carrots)

Caffeine free diet pepsi salad

Hey, it's My salad, I can call it whatever I want.

Ingredients:

• 1 (6 oz) box cherry gelatin
  1 (3 oz) box lime gelatin
  1 can crushed pineapple
  2 cups of caffeine free diet pepsi (or any other "cola")
  about 1/2 cup chopped nuts (most of the time I forget to put them in)

Mix the gelatin with the crushed pineapple in a saucepan and cook in medium heat till boiling and the gelatins dissolve. remove from fire.

Add the pepsi and nuts and mix gently.

Put in refrigerator to cool. Eat!

Oreo cheesecake

Ingredients:

• 2 cups oreo cookies crushed
  1/2 stick of butter or margarine
  3 pkg cream cheese (8 oz ea.)
  1 can condensed milk
  3 eggs
  2 tsp vanilla extract

Mixed the crushed cookies with the softened butter. Press onto baking pan.

Beat cream cheese (if you don't do this first, you will end up with lumps), add the condensed milk, vanilla and eggs until mixed.

Pour over cookie crust. Bake at 300˚ for about 45 to 50 minutes until set. Cool

Variation: if you are a die hard chocolate lover, you can melt a bag of chocolate chips and mix it with half the cream cheese mixture. Pour the plain cream cheese mixture first and then drop the chocolate by tablespoons and swirl.

Variation 2: If oreos are "your" cookies, then you can add some crushed oreo pieces to the cream cheese mixture before baking.

Caramel Bars

Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup margarine
• 3/4 cup nuts (chopped)
• 24 soft caramels (I use Kraft caramels)
• 1 can condensed milk

combine flour, sugar and egg. Add 1/2 of the margarine until crumbly. Mix in the chopped nuts. Separate about 1 1/2 cups of mixture to sprinkle on top and press the rest on a greased baking pan. Bake 15 minutes at 350˚.

While it bakes, put the condensed milk, the rest of the margarine (1/4 cup) and caramels in a pan over low heat until the caramels melt. Pour over the baked crust and sprinkle the saved crumb mixture over it.

Place back in oven and bake another 30 minutes. Cool, cut & enjoy!

Flan

Ingredients:

• 2 cans condensed milk
• 8 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 4 cans of water (use the empty milk cans)

Caramelize a bundt cake pan - about 3/4 cup sugar and a bit of water, until it thickens and takes color (the lighter the color the sweeter it is).

Mix eggs, add condensed milk and vanilla. Add the water and mixed till blended.

Pour in caramelized pan. Place that pan in a larger pan with water in the oven. Bake at 350 between 1 and 1 1/2 hrs - depends on your oven.

Cool in the fridge, unmold and enjoy