Thursday, April 21, 2011

Quick Brownies

These are great to make if you don't have a brownie mix on hand, but you have a chocolate cake mix.

1 pkg. chocolate cake mix
1/2 C. butter or margarine, melted
1/2 C. oil
2 eggs
1 C. peanut butter chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 11X7 pan. Combine 1st four ingredients. Beat on medium speed 1 minute. Stir in chips. Bake 35-40 minutes.

Chocolate Cobbler

1 1/2 C. flour
2 1/4 t. baking powder
3/4 t. salt
3/4 C. sugar
3 T. cocoa pwd + 6 T cocoa pwd, divided
3/4 C. milk
5 T. oil
1 1/2 C. brown sugar
2 1/2 C. hot water
In a bowl, combine the flour, baking pwd, salt, sugar & 3 T. cocoa pwd. Stir in Milk & oil until smooth. Pour into greased 11X7 pan. Combine the brown sugar & 6 T cocoa pwd. Sprinkle over the top of batter. Pour hot water over the top (do NOT mix) Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until top of cake springs back when lightly touched. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Scrambled Egg Muffins

My kids love these in the morning. I freeze them & they get one out & microwave it for 45 seconds or so & they have a quick hot breakfast. Eric likes to toast an english muffin & squish it in between.

1/2 lb pork sausage, or sausage links, cut up
12 eggs
1/2 C. green onion, chopped
1/4 C. green pepper, chopped
1/2 t. salt
1/4 t. pepper
1/4 t. garlic powder
1/2 C. cheese, shredded
cook pork. drain. Mix remaining ingredients, add sausage. Spoon into greased muffin cups (1/3 C.) Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Hot Spinach Dip

10 oz frozen spinach, thawed & drained
1/2 C. sour cream
1/4 C. mayo
1/3 C. parmesan cheese
1/4 C. green onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 C. mozzarella cheese, shredded
pepper
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine all ingredients. Place in an ovenproof dish & bake for 25 min. Serve with tortilla chips.

Hot Wing Dip

2 C. cooked chicken, I use our home canned kind
8 oz. cream cheese, cubed
2 C. shredded cheese
1 C. ranch dressing
1/2 C. hot sauce
Combine all in a 3 qt slow cooker. cook on low for 1 hr. or bake at 350 degrees for 20 min. Serve with tortilla chips.

Rolo Cookies

3 C. flour
3/4 C. cocoa
1 t. baking soda
1 C. sugar
1 C. brown sugar
1 C. butter, softened
2 t. vanilla
2 eggs
1 bag of Rolos, unwrapped
1/2 C. sugar, for rolling cookies in

Combine flour, cocoa & baking soda. Set aside. Mix sugars, butter, vanilla & eggs. Add flour mixture & mix. Wrap just enough dough (about 2 T.) around 1 Rolo.  Roll in sugar & bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Very Soft Sugar Cookies

2 C. sugar
1 C. margarine, softened
3 eggs
1 t. vanilla
1 C. sour cream
5 C. flour
1 t. baking soda
1 t. baking powder
1 t. salt

Cream sugar and margarine. Add eggs, vanilla & sour cream. Combine dry ingredients in seperate bowl & add to wet mixture. Refrigerate about 2 hrs. Roll out to 1/2" thickness. Cut out into desired shapes. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Frost when cooled.

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These recipes are all family favorites. If I haven't made the recipe myself, someone I know has & their family loves it. These are recipes that have been tried, tested & made perfect!!