Chocolate Turtle Cookies

A very delicious little cookie. The caramel is the best part.

Recipe: Cook's Country

1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons butter, softened
2/3 cup sugar
1 large egg, separated, plus 1 egg white
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans, chopped fine
14 soft caramel candies
3 tablespoons heavy cream

Adjust oven rack to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and heat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silpat liners. Combine flour, cocoa, and salt in bowl. With electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and sugar until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add egg yolk, milk, and vanilla and mix until incorporated. Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture until just combined. Refrigerate dough until firm, at least 1 hour.

Whisk egg white(s) in another bowl until frothy. Place pecans in another bowl. One at a time, roll dough into 1-inch balls, dip in egg whites, then roll in pecans. Place balls 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Using teaspoon measure, make indentation in center of each ball. Bake until set, 10 to12 minutes, switching and rotating sheets halfway through baking.

Meanwhile, microwave caramels and cream in bowl, stirring occasionally, until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Once cookies are removed from oven, gently press existing indentations with teaspoon measure. Fill each with 1/2 to 1 teaspoon caramel mixture. Cool 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack and cool completely.

Kneader's French Toast Souffle

Really good. It has cream cheese, how can it not, right? The chunky cinnamon bread is delicious! It's just not the same without the bread.

Recipe: Kneaders

8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 cube butter
1 cup maple syrup

Microwave above for 30 seconds and beat until smooth.

1 1oaf of Kneaders Chunky Cinnamon

Break into 1 ½ inch pieces and put in a 9 by 11 inch baking pan. Pour cream cheese mixture over the top of the bread.

12 eggs
2 cups half & half
1 tsp vanilla

Beat until frothy, pour over Chunky Cinnamon bread in pan. Bake at 350 for 60 minutes. Dust with powder sugar, fruit, or syrup. Serve hot. Can be made the night before and put into hot oven 1 hour before you serve.

Peach Salsa

I tried this the other day off of the same blog. I am giving it out for Christmas.



Homemade Peach Salsa

6 cups peeled, pitted and chopped peaches (about 12 peaches)
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
4 jalapeno peppers finely chopped (remove seeds and ribs)
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/4 cup white vinegar
1 teaspoon grated lime zest
1/4 cup white sugar
1 small box fruit pectin crystals (49gram)
1 1/2 cups sugar
6 – pint canning jars

Wash jars and lids in soapy water. Rinse well. Dry bands and set aside. Place jars and lids in water and allow to simmer (not boil) until ready to use.

In large saucepan, combine peaches, onion, pepper, cilantro, garlic, cumin, vinegar, and lime zest. Mix pectin with 1/4 sugar and add to your peach mixture. Bring to a boil and then add remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar. Boil for 1 minute stirring constantly. Remove from heat.

Pour into prepared pint jars, leaving 1/4 inch air space. Wipe rim and threads of jar with a clean damp cloth. Place lid and rings on jars, just until resistance is met. Place jars in large pot and cover them with water 1-2″ over jars. Boil for 15 minutes. Carefully remove jars and allow to cool completely. After jars have completely cooled check for proper seal. Press on center of lid. It should be firm, pulled down and not flex. Tighten rings.

Makes 6 pints

Pour Peach Salsa over a brick of cream cheese and serve with crackers! YUM!!

These look awesome

Check out this blog post to learn how to make these.


I am going to be trying them for FHE next week with ice cream!

http://www.gourmetmomonthego.com/2009/08/balloon-chocolate-bowls.html

Meatballs

Very simple, only 4 ingredients. Pretty good. The stuffing gives the meat flavor. Works in a pinch.

Recipe: Kraft

2 lb. ground beef
1 package (6 oz.) Stove Top stuffing mix for chicken
1 1/4 cups water
2 eggs

Heat oven to 450 degrees. Line 2 (15 X 10 X 1) pans with foil; spray with cooking spray. Mix ingredients until blended; shape into 32 (1 1/2-inch) balls, using 1/4 cup for each.

Place 16 meatballs in each prepared pan. Bake 16-18 minutes or until done. (160 degrees)

Eat or freeze.

Gyro Pita Burgers

This recipe was pretty good. I didn't think a gyro was made from ground beef, but that's what this recipe calls for. I used pita wraps instead of pitas and just cooked the hamburger on the stove rather than grilling it. It does have a unique flavor. I liked it. Mike thought it was too sweet tasting from the yogurt. It was lowfat yogurt, but I think it was kind of tangy tasting.

Recipe: onesassy

16 ounces plain yogurt, divided
1 ounce, dry weight ranch dressing mix
1 stalk cucumber (peeled, seeded, chopped)
1 1/2 lb. ground beef
1/4 cup onion (diced)
6 pieces round pita bread
2 cups lettuce leaves, torn
1 cup diced tomato

In a medium bowl, combine 1 container of plain yogurt with the envelope of ranch dressing mix. Remove half of the mixture to another bowl. Into one of the bowls, add the remaining container of plain yogurt and diced cucumber; mix well. Cover and refrigerate. Preheat grill and lightly oil grate.

Mix the ground beef and 1/4 cup onion into the remaining half of the yogurt mixture. Shape into 6 hamburger patties.

Grill patties on medium heat for 7 mins. on each side, turning once.

Cut off 1/4 end of the pita pockets and fill with torn lettuce, grilled burger, creamy cucumber sauce and diced tomatoes.

What's The Deal?

I have several recipes to share, but my USB is still being impossible to work with, so I'll share them as soon as I can.