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Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe with Shortening and Oil – AWESOME!

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For the past few years I have just stuck with the same two recipes for chocolate chip cookies. Either the Nestle Toll House one on the bag, or the Neiman Marcus recipe if I have to make a LOT of cookies. I thought I would try something new yesterday, it seemed like a good baking day severe weather warnings and all.

I picked this one because I thought the combo of shortening and oil was a little different, since I only use real butter for cookies. They turned out really nice I think. They don’t spread out, they stay chunky and have a shortbread consistency. The kids and Paul gave two thumbs up. The only problem now is that I ate so much cookie dough, I need someone to figure out how many WW points it was, and I have a feeling I am done eating for the next 8 days!

Does anyone have any favorite Chocolate Chip cookies recipes you can post to share that I can try???
Ingredients:
1 Cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 cup shortening
1 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
2 t. vanilla
4 cups all-purpose flour
4 t. cream of tartar
2 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (I used 1 cup Ghirardelli’s + 2 cups semi-sweet chips and 1 cup chopped pecans)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. I an a medium bowl , beat together white sugar, brown sugar, oil and shortening until smooth. Stir in eggs, and vanilla beating well after each addition. Combine the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt, stir into sugar mixture. Finally, fold in the chocolate chips and nuts. Drop by big spoonfuls onto cookies sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 min. cool on sheet and remove.

How to make an Ice Cream Cake, kinda…

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My Children love ice cream cakes. I do too because they are very convenient at birthday parties, no scooping the ice cream and using two different utensils. They are also soooo dang expensive!  I thought I would share with you my award winning directions on how to make a fabulous ice cream cake.

First, bake two cakes. I use only Hershey’s chocolate cake, you can find the recipe on the back of the baking chocolate box.

Second, frost the top of the bottom half of the cake. Again, using Hershey’s Chocolate frosting (the best) again, recipe on the box of powdered chocolate.

Opps, actually I do this the night before. Line your cake pan with saran wrap. Take your ice cream, we use only Blue Bell, we are snobs I know! Thaw it a little and press it into the same cake pans that you will be baking the cake rounds in. Freeze overnight.

Un-mold ice cream and place on top of cake. Top with last cake round.

Next, quickly ice the sides of the cake as best you can. This will not be real easy but you just need to get it covered a bit. Put the cake back in the freezer for an hour or so, you will be taking it out to finish icing when it has had time to freeze again.

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Now the most important part…

MAKE SURE WHEN YOU CLOSE THE FREEZER.

~YOU KNOW THE ONE IN YOUR GARAGE WHERE IS IT 100 DEGREES,

YOU DON’T SLAM THE DOOR SO HARD IT BOUNCES BACK OPEN.

BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT YOUR CAKE WILL LOOK LIKE 1 HOUR BEFORE YOUR CHILDS BIRTHDAY PARTY…

Seriously? Am I the only one these kind of things happen to?? What would you do now?

Dirty Dr. Pepper or Dirty Coke Recipe

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Dirty Diet Coke Diet Dr. Pepper Soda Recipe

I am a little obsessed with these “Dirty” Dr. Pepper and Coke recipes! I am not much of a soda drinker, or at least I am trying to not be, but this is making it REALLY hard!

It starts with your choice of soda. Coke, Diet Coke, Dr. Pepper, Diet Dr. Pepper, pick your poison.

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I am going to go with Diet Dr. Pepper on this one.

You will need 2T of Coconut syrup. You can get the sugar free kind or regular. They are usually found at Cost Plus World Markets or on Amazon HERE.

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Fill a 24.oz glass with ice. You really want a larger cup for this. Add the juice of 1/4 of a lime.

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Next pour your soda over the ice, syrup and lime. YUM!

Dirty Dr. Pepper almost perfect

You COULD drink it like this, it is really just about perfect. But not quite.

Add just a splash of half & half. Now it is PERFECT!

Dirty Dr. Pepper Recipe

Simple Mini Quiche Recipe

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Simple Mini Quiche Recipe

I am a little obsessed with the mini pie crust treats lately. Today we are making a Simple Mini Quiche Recipe. Although, there really isn’t much of a recipe, because you can use just about anything you have on hand!

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I have posted my Mini Cherry Pies HERE and my easy Quiche recipe HERE.

This is a great way to clean out the fridge. I had mini pepperonis and so I am using those for 1/2 and the bacon bits for the other half.

First start by rolling out your pie crust and using a cup making circles to press into the muffin tin. You want a little bigger round then the tin opening.

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Press them into the pans. 2 pre-made pie crusts made 18 little quiches for me.

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On the bottom I added some cheese and the meat. You can also add some veggies but remember that they wont have a lot of time to cook, so maybe things like tomatoes would be good.

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I did both bacon bits and pepperoni, but you could do sausage, and even hamburger.

Then in a bowl I mixed 1 egg and 1T heavy cream for each quiche I was filling. I only had 15 eggs and it still worked out for the 18 quiches I had, so that is an estimate at 1 – 1.

I added some salt and pepper and a little onion powder.

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I poured the egg mixture into the little crusts, leaving a little room for them to expand. I added some more cheese to the top.

I baked them at 350 for about 20 minutes. They puffed up and then fell back a little, which made them perfect! The kids DEVOURED them! HUGE hit!

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I have made these before and when they were completely cool, put them in the large Ziploc bag and froze them. They come out perfectly and I just microwaved them to heat them up.

Perfect for a lunch or breakfast on the go.

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Red Devil Dr. Pepper Recipe

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Red Devil Dr. Pepper Drink

Have you had a Dirty Dr. Pepper? What about a Dirty Diet Coke? They are HUGE hits in our home, I will post those recipes tomorrow, but playing around with different flavorings we created a NEW drink last night THAT WAS AWESOME!

I have to credit Paul with coming up with the idea and the name, Red Devil Dr. Pepper’s sounds pretty dang cool don’t you think?!

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This is what you need:

Raspberry Torani – You can do regular or sugar free your choice. They carry this at most grocery stores and Cost Plus World Market. I got mine at HEB.

Dr. Pepper – You could do diet. You could also use Coke or Diet Coke. I bet Sprite would be good as well!

Lemon

Half & Half – This is optional but really a must here!

Start with a large glass. Mine is 24oz size or more. Add 2T raspberry flavoring to the bottom then fill 1/2 way with ice. I wish I had crushed ice, like Sonic ice but I don’t, so I just used chunks.

Next take a lemon cut it in half and squeeze 1/2 into the glass and go ahead and drop the lemons in. Save the other 1/2 for another drink!

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Now pour in your Dr. Pepper or soda of your choice. I am a Dr. Pepper girl so that is what we are going with here, but as I said above you can use just about anything.

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Completely optional, but you can add in a splash of half & half. Awesome drinks like this and their ingredients are easy to find in an ALDI Weekly Ads. Find kitchen product that you might need in Spotlight catalogue. For me this is what just seals the deal making this one of the most awesome drinks ever!

Check back this  week for the dirty Dr. Pepper drink recipe.

Shortcut OREO Cookie Cupcake Recipe & Frosting Recipe

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Oreo Cupcakes Recipe

I have wanted to make these darling Oreo Cookie Cupcakes for a while, but never seemed to have time. I went ahead and made them today but cheated a little bit. 🙂

Instead of making my own cupcakes I just used a mix. GASP! I know, such a slacker!

Go ahead and use a mix! Make the batter as directed, I used a white cake mix. My husband was sad I had not used chocolate, so you might want to think about different flavors.

Put about a spoon full of batter on the bottom of the paper cups first so the Oreo does not stick to the paper. Then you take a while Oreo and press it into the bottom.

Now, chop up some more Oreos and toss them into the batter. One box of cake mix made 24 cupcakes for me. Once you have added in the chopped Oreos, spoon more batter over the Oreo’s and stick them in the oven.

I baked mine for about 20 minutes at 355. In the mean time I made my frosting.

This is where you could have cheated also and used pre-made frosting. But my family is pretty offended by pre-made frosting so I made my own real quick.

Basic Frosting:

8oz Cream Cheese
6oz. Soft Butter
1 T Vanilla
6 Cups Powdered Sugar
3T Milk
1 cup Crushed Oreos

Cream butter and cheese, add milk and vanilla. Slowly add powdered sugar, you might have to add more p. sugar as you go. Fold in the Oreos at the end.

This is where the frosting will be different for everyone depending on the temp in your kitchen. You have to be flexible and add more powdered sugar if it isn’t stiff enough or more milk if it is too thick.

Frost the cupcakes with a lot of frosting and add a small (or large) Oreo on the top.

The kids liked them 🙂 My husband did as well and so did the neighbors.

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The BEST Stuffed Green Pepper Recipe

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Yesterday I couldn’t find anything for dinner and my son asked for Stuffed Green Peppers, how do you say no?! Randalls has peppers on sale today for $.78 each. Plus I always have ground beef and rice, so I figured I was safe.

I have a standard recipe that I always use, but I was out of tomato sauce and so thinking I was brilliant I used tomato soup! IT WAS AWESOME! I am never using sauce again!

Then on Facebook I thought I would tell you how brilliant I was by using soup and apparently a bunch of you already do that. So I didn’t discover something new, just new to me!

Stuffed Green Peppers

Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1/2 cup uncooked long grain white rice
  • 1 cup water
  • 6 green bell peppers
  • 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato SOUP
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Place the rice and water in a saucepan, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and cook 20 minutes. In a skillet over medium heat, cook the beef until evenly browned.
  3. Remove and discard the tops, seeds, and membranes of the bell peppers. Arrange peppers in a baking dish with the hollowed sides facing upward. (Slice the bottoms of the peppers if necessary so that they will stand upright.)
  4. In a bowl, mix the browned beef, cooked rice, 1 can tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper. Spoon an equal amount of the mixture into each hollowed pepper. Mix the remaining tomato sauce and Italian seasoning in a bowl, and pour over the stuffed peppers.
  5. Top with shredded cheese.
  6. Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, basting with sauce every 15 minutes, until the peppers are tender.

Homemade Mini Cherry Pies with Blue Bell Ice Cream

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Mini Cherry Pie Recipe

I am a few days late posting our Homemade Mini Cherry Pies that we had for the 4th of July with Blue Bell ice cream!

Guys, these are sooooo very easy and so fun to make a even more fun to eat. They are just so darling!

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You need pre-made pie crust, or make your own, and pie filling. We went with cherry for July 4th.

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Roll the dough out and use a circle (we used a large cup) to cut a shape a little larger then a cup cake pan.

Press the circles into the cup cake pan, and press the edges together.

We greased 6 tins and left 3 without to see if you needed to. You don’t need to grease them, I couldn’t tell a difference.

One package of pie crust made 9 mini pies.

Then spoon the pie filling into the cups. I didn’t go quite to the top.

After you have filled the crusts, take the other crust dough and using a pizza cutter I cut thin strips about 1/4 inch apart.

Then I used the strips to weave the pie lattice across the top of the pies.

Then I cut off the extra edges and crimped the edges together like you would with a regular pie.

Once they were done, I brushed the tops with a little beaten egg and dusted with granulated sugar.

I baked them for about 20 minutes at 375, until the tops were brown.

We about burnt our mouths eating them right away! They were so fun to eat! Of course we had Homemade Vanilla Blue Bell!

Look how pretty on a plate for the neighbors! You could make any pies this way for any holiday. They are so fun for the kids to make and so pretty.

Cherry Pie Filling Fruit Salad Recipe

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Cherry Pie Filling Fruit Salad Recipe


This is the easiest fruit salad ever, Cherry Pie Filling Fruit Salad Recipe. It is fast to make and surprisingly good. If you are a cherry pie filling fan, this is one you will want to make.

This is the recipe that we had for Easter dinner that I posted about last month.

Often, I end up getting the generic brand canned fruit because many times it is cheaper than with a coupon. I even keep the cans in the fridge so they are cold and toss it together right before we eat!

** I am sure you can add other canned fruit or fresh fruit, this is just how I make it each time! Thanks to Sarah K. for making this for us years ago!

Cherry Pie Filling Salad

Ingredients

  • 1 can (28 ounces) fruit cocktail, drained
  • 2 cans (11 ounces each) mandarin oranges, drained
  • 1 can (20 ounces) unsweetened pineapple chunks, drained
  • 1 can cherry pie filling
  • 2 cup grapes
  • 2 sliced bananas

Directions

  • In a large bowl, combine the fruit salad, oranges, pineapple and pie filling. Add the sliced bananas, and grapes, stir gently. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 10 servings.


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Easy Chicken & Cheese Enchilada’s Recipe

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I have a few different recipes that I have used for chicken enchilada’s. Most of them have cream of chicken soup involved. This one does NOT, which is exciting and a reason to try it out!

You are going to need some chicken. There are so many different options for this. I tossed some in the oven for a bit and then found a kid to chop it up for me.

Can you believe that this “kid” is my oldest? He grew! I swear he looks like a man and I am not sure when that happened or that I like it very much. He is also taller than me, by a good few inches. He REALLY likes that!

O.K. back to the chicken. You can pull the meat off a rotisserie chicken, use canned, leftover from the grill, you name it, just chop it up!

Next, take some flour tortillas, and add about 1-2 T of chicken and about 1/4 or so cheese to each one. Roll them up tight and arrange in a 9×13. The recipe is for 1 dish, I make 2 because we like to eat! I sprinkled a little cheese on top.

Now, you make the white sauce with green chilies to go over the top.

Pour it all over. I topped with some cheese, green onions and black olives.

Chicken & Cheese Enchiladas with Green Chili & Sour Cream Sauce

10 soft taco shells
2 cups cooked, shredded chicken
2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
3 Tbsp. butter
3 Tbsp. flour
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup sour cream
1 (4 oz) can diced green chillies
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease a 9×13 pan. Mix chicken and 1 cup cheese.  Roll up in tortillas and place in pan. In a sauce pan, melt butter, stir in flour and cook 1 minute.  Add broth and whisk until smooth.  Heat over medium heat until thick and bubbly.  Stir in sour cream and chilies.  Do not bring to boil, you don’t want curdled sour cream. Pour over enchiladas and top with remaining cheese, and if you like green onions and black olives. Bake 22 min covered, remove foil and then high broil for 3 min to brown the cheese. Fresh chicken is always a nice dinner for a good night and you can find the chicken here.

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