Recipes

No Bake Cookies

No Bake Cookies

Bernie refers to these as “no drops”. Don’t ask me why but either way they are still a fast and enjoyable treat

No-Bake-CookiesIngredients:

  • 2 C. sugar
  • 4 T. cocoa
  • 1/2 C. butter
  • 1/2 C. milk
  • 4 T + peanut butter
  • 3 C. quick oats (or regular)
  • 1 t. vanilla

Directions:

  • In a small bowl combine the sugar and cocoa
  • Melt butter in a medium saucepan
  • Add sugar mixture and milk
  • Boil 3 minutes (NO LONGER)
  • Remove from heat and add peanut butter, vanilla and oats
  • Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper
Marbled Cheesecake w/Raspberry sauce

Marbled Cheesecake w/Raspberry sauce

Bernie first made this and it’s one of the rare cheesecakes I’ll eat.  Probably cuz there’s chocolate involved!

oh yea!

oh yea!

Ingredients:

  • 2 (8 oz) packages cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 C. sugar
  • 1/4 C. light cream or half and half
  • 1 t. vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 T. unsweetened (baking) cocoa
  • 1 Oreo pie crust
  • 1 (10 oz) package frozen raspberries, thawed, pureed and strained

Directions:

  • In a small bowl, blend cream cheese, sugar, cream and vanilla until smooth
  • Beat in eggs 1 at a time
  • Remove 1 cup batter and combine with cocoa.  Spoon half of chocolate batter over pie crust
  • Evenly pour white batter over chocolate batter
  • Top with spoonfuls of remaining chocolate batter
  • Cut through batter with knife to create marbled effect
  • Bake at 325 for 35-40 minutes or until set
  • Cool completely on wire rack
  • Chill at least 4 hours
  • Serve with raspberry sauce
Oriental Chicken Salad

Oriental Chicken Salad

Given by Kristi Norton

chickenlicious!

chickenlicious!

Ingredients:

  • 1 cabbage chopped
  • couple green onions, chopped
  • 2 pkg chicken top roman
  • 2 T soy sauce
  • 1 C vegetable oil
  • 2 T sugar
  • 2 T apple cider vinegar
  • 2-3 chicken breast, cooked and chopped

Directions:

  • Add dry season packet along w/soy sauce, sugar, and vinegar; mix well
  • Mix all dry ingredients together.
  • Don’t cook the top roman just break it into pieces
  • Chill
Dinner Rolls

Dinner Rolls

A sister in our church gave me this recipe.

_DinnerRollIngredients:

  • 3 C flour
  • 2 pkg yeast
  • 2 T sugar
  • 1 T salt

Add:

  • 2 C hot water
  • 1/4 C oil

Directions 1:

  • Beat 20 seconds slow in mixer
  • 3 minutes fast
  • add 2 C flour +/-
  • 4-5 minutes with the hook attachment
  • Place dough in greased bowl at 170 degree oven 30 minutes covered
  • Form dough balls and place into buttered 9X13″ pan
  • place in oven 170 degrees to rise 30 minutes take OUT and preheat oven to 350
  • place pan back into oven for 15-18 minutes

Wheat Version

  • 3 C white flour
  • 2 pkg yeast
  • 1/4 C wheat germ
  • 1 T salt
  • 1/2 C brown sugar

Directions 2

  • 2 3/4 C water
  • 1/4 C oil
  • 1/4 C molassess
  • Follow as above; beat 30 sec slow then 3 min. high.  Then add:
  • 3 C wheat flour
  • 1-2 C white flour
  • Continue to follow above instructions for rising and baking
Toffee

Toffee

Toffee

Toffee

Ingredients:

  • 2 C butter
  • 2 C sugar
  • 2 C almonds chopped
  • 6 T water
  • 2 T light karol syrup
  • 1 t. vanilla
  • 8 oz. milk chocolate

Directions:

  • Butter a cookie sheet
  • In medium sauce pan heat butter, sugar,water & syrup
  • Boil till candy thermometer reaches 300 degrees
  • Remove from pan and stir in vanilla and almonds
  • Pour into pan
  • Add chocolate pieces and spread after it has melted
  • Garnish w/ extra almond pieces if you prefer