Sunday, December 29, 2013

Golden Sweet Cornbread

My favorite recipe for cornbread, found on allrecipes.com  Sometimes I like to line up freezer bags and measure all the dry ingredients into each one.  Before filling them I write with a sharpie on the bag the wet ingredients and the temp and baking time and its kind of like having a Jiffy box of muffins ready to go!  
1 c flour
1 c yellow cornmeal
2/3 c white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 1/2 t baking powder
1 egg
1 c milk
1/3 cup vegetable oil 


  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray or lightly grease a 9 inch round cake pan.
  2. In a large bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, salt and baking powder. Stir in egg, milk and vegetable oil until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.  Drizzle honey over the top of batter.
  3. Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Slow Cooker Bacon Smothered Chicken



Another Six Sisters materpiece!  

8 slices of bacon, cooked and cut into 1-inch pieces(I was lazy and just used bacon pieces from the jar, the whole jar)
1 onion, chopped
2 cups fat-free chicken broth
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 8 oz package of fat free cream cheese
4 cups egg noodles, uncooked
2 Tbsp. dried parsley

Directions:  

Cook onions on medium heat over the stove top. Cook until they are golden brown.
Add your chicken to the slow cooker; cover with the cooked onions and cooked bacon. Pour your chicken broth over top.  Cook on low 4 to 5 hours (or on HIGH 2 to 3 hours). About 15 min. before ready to serve, put your cream cheese in the slow cooker.
Cook your egg noodles as directed on the package.  When the slow cooker is ready, shred the chicken and mix well.
Then place your chicken on your cooked egg noodles and sprinkle with dried parsley. Serve warm.

Friday, December 6, 2013

Simple Candy Cookies made with Cake Mix



1 pkg. Rolo's (I also made this with York Peppermint Patties and may try PB Cups next)
1 box Devils Food Cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 c. oil

Mix cake mix, oil, and eggs. Take a small ball of dough and form a ball around the rolo. (Only use enough dough to cover the rolo so it can spread through the cookie.)
Place on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 7-8 minutes. Yields about 3 dozen.

If you make this with Peppermint Patties, just know it will need to bake probably about 15 minutes. The cookies end up being much larger!  But they are so good!

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Creamy Berry Cheesecake Salad

Last night at a pack meeting, one of the mom's brought this for the potluck.  It was deeelish!  Don't let the "salad" part scare you, this could easily be served as dessert!  SO simple and SO tasty!
1 (8 oz) tub Cool Whip
1 (32 oz) vanilla yogurt
1 box Jello cheesecake instant pudding mix (I can only find the sugar free and it's fine)
2 bags (32 oz each) frozen berry mix (or one larger bag)
Get berries out and thaw them on your counter for about 10-20 minutes to get the juices flowing.  Mix the Cool Whip, yogurt and pudding mix together well. Add the berries and mix. Refrigerate at least an hour, then stir again to distribute the berry juices. Serve chilled.

Found at http://girlsinaprons.blogspot.com/2012/08/creamy-berry-cheesecake-salad.html