Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Sandi's Homemade Pizza Dough

Pizza Dough:
6 Cups Hot Water
2 Tbsp Yeast
2 Tsp Salt
1/2 Cup Sugar
2 Tbsp Oil
About 12 Cups Flour

Knead in breadmaker for 5 minutes. Place in greased oven-safe bowl & put in oven at 150 degrees for 30 minutes.

Punch dough down for 10 minutes. Divide into 4 equal portions. Roll & put on greased pizza pan.



Top with your favorite sauce and pizza toppings.

Bake on 450 degrees for 20 minutes.

It makes 4 large pizzas, so you might want to half the recipe.

:::Emily:::

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Jumbo 3 Chip Cookies

4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) butter, softened
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 cup (6 oz) Nestle Toll House Milk chocolate morsels
1 cup (6oz) Nestle Toll House Semi-Sweet chocolate morsels
1/2 cup Nestle Toll House Premier White morsels
1 cup chopped nuts (opt)

Preheat oven to 375
COMBINE flour, baking powder and baking soda in a medium bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in a large mixer bowl until creamy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop dough by level 1/4 cup measure 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
BAKE for 12-14 minutes or unitl light golden brown. Cool on baking sheets fro 2 mintues, remove to wire racks to cool completely.

:::Brittainey:::

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Balsamic Chicken

My family ( not Aaron and my kids) eat this all the time. I really like it. I'm not sure anyone else will but here it goes...

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
2 t lemon pepper seasoning
1 1/2 t extra virgin olive oil
1/3 c balsamic vinegar
1/4 c chicken broth
2 garlic cloves, minced
4 t BUTTER
parsley sprigs ( opt. these are garnish)
cherry tomatoes(Opt. garnish as well)

On a hard surface with a meat mallet lightly pound chicken to 1/4 inch
Press lemon pepper seasoning evenly on both sides of chicken
In a large frying pan pour oil and heat to medium temperature
Add chicken and cook, turning once, about seven minutes or until a fork can be inserted into chicken with ease

Remove chicken to warm serving platter ( keep warm) In a medium bowl, mix together vinegar, broth and garlic: add to frying pan: Cook over med-high heat ( scraping up brown meat bits) about two minutes or until mixture is reduced and syrupy.

Add butter: stir to melt

Place chicken on a serving dish and spoon sauce over the chicken.

Garnish with parsley and cherry tomatoes.

:::Brittianey:::

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Mexican Shredded Beef

This makes yummy tacos!

2 lbs beef roast (any kind)
1 can diced green chiles
1/2 tsp oregano
1 tsp cumin
1 large onion
3 cloves garlic minced
a few shakes of red pepper flakes & chili powder
1 tsp salt
2 cups water

Add all ingredients to a crock pot. Cook 22-24 hours. Remove meat and shred. Add as much of the remaining broth to meat as desired. Recipe can be doubled.

:::Brittainey:::