Vanille-Kipferl

Traditional German cookies that are easy to make and super delicious. 

Makes about 75 cookies

Total time: 45 min.

Bake time: 12-15 min. per batch

• 200 g flour
• 75 g starch
• 200 g butter
• 2 egg yolks
• 80 g sugar
• 2 ground vanilla beans
• 100 g of ground almonds/almond flour
• 125 g powdered sugar
• butter for the baking sheet
• 1 tsp salt

1. mix the flour with the starch, butter, egg yolks, sugar, salt, vanilla, and almond flour to a smooth dough.
2. put the dough in the fridge for 30 min.
3. preheat the oven to 350 degrees F or 180 degrees C. 
4. butter two baking/cookie sheets
5. take pieces of the dough 3 cm long and roll them into the thickness of a finger.
6. Curl them into half circles/moons.
7. place them in the oven
8. bake for approx. 12-15 min.
9. remove the Kipferl from the cookie sheet 
10. dust with powdered sugar
11. let them cool on a cookie sheet
12. Enjoy! :D

Double Chocolate Cookies

Prep: 7 min.

Bake: 8-10 min.

Ready to eat in 20-25 min

Delicious chocolate cookies that are very quick and easy to make!

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cup butter
• 2 c sugar (white)
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 c flour
• 3/4 c baking cocoa
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 c (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips

Procedure:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 (F).
2. Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
3. Beat in eggs and vanilla
4. Mix dry ingredients together in a different bowl.
5. Add dry mixture gradually to wet.
6. Mix well.
7. Stir in chocolate chips.
8. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased baking sheets.
9. Bake for 8-10 min. or until the cookies are set.
10. Cool for 2 min. before removing from pans to wire racks.

Adapted from the Taste of home Best loved cookie & bakeshop favorites (target addition).

Blueberry Muffins with Crumble Topping

I made these for the first time this morning for Mother's Day and they were really good. The topping looks like a lot, but when they bake the topping kind-of "shrinks."

Prep.: 15 min

Bake: 20 min

Total: 35 min

12 reg. muffins/ 8 extra large muffins

For the muffins:

• 1 1/2 c flour
• 3/4 c white sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/3 c vegetable oil
• 1 egg 
•  1/3 c milk
• 1 cup fresh blueberries

For the crumble topping:

• 1/2 c white sugar
• 1/3 c flour
• 1/4 c sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F and grease muffin tins/ place muffin liners into the muffin tins.
2. Combine all the dry ingredients for the muffins in a bowl.
3. Pour the vegetable oil and the egg in a liquid measuring cup.
4. Add milk to the 1 c line.
5. Stir the wet into the dry.
6. Fold in the blueberries. (Hint: If you are using frozen blueberries don't dump them in all at once to avoid clumping, just keep in mind that the less you stir the batter the better it is)
7. Set the mixture to the side to make the topping.
8. Cut the butter into small pieces and combine with sugar, cinnamon, and flour.
9. Crush using a fork and sprinkle over muffins.
10. Bake muffins for approx. 20 min. 

Pizza: Hawaiin and Italian Sausage w/ Green Pepper

Carly with her Mini Hawaiian Pizza

Prep.: 5 min.

Rise: 1 hour

Bake: 15 - 20 min.

Total: 1 h & 30 min.

For 1 Pizza Crust:

Ingredients:

• 1 TBS / 1 pkg. of active dry yeast
• 1 c warm water (~105 to 115 degrees F)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 2 and 1/2 c  to 3 and 1/2 c flour

Directions:

1. Dissolve yeast in warm water in warmed mixer bowl.
2. Add salt, olive oil, and 2 1/2 c flour. 
3. Mix on low for ~1 min.
4. Continue mixing while gradually adding remaining flour, 1/2 c at a time.
5. Mix about 10 min or until the dough clings to hook and cleans sides of bowl. 
6. Knead on low about 2 min. longer.
7. Place dough in a greased bowl, turning to grease top.
8. Cover.
9. Let rise in a warm place, free from draft for about 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.
10. Punch dough down.
11. Brush a 14-inch pizza pan with oil.
12. Roll out the dough.
13. Press dough across bottom of pan, forming a collar around edge to hold toppings.
14. Add toppings.
15. Bake at 450 F for 15 to 20 min.

Hawaiian Pizza Toppings:

• 1 can of pineapple
• ham, cut into small pieces/slices (we used ~10 pieces of lunch meat)
• 1 1/2 c cheese

Italian Sausage with Green Pepper:

• 2 or 3 cooked sausages, cut into slices
• 1 green pepper, sliced
• 1 1/2  c of mozzarella cheese

Edyn's Pumpkin Roll with Cream Cheese Filling

Pumpkin Roll

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs
• 1 c of sugar
• 2/3 c pumpkin
• 1 tsp of lemon juice
• 3/4 c flour 
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• powdered sugar
• Optional: 1/2 c of chopped nuts

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 365 degrees.
2. Beat eggs until lemon colored.
3. Gradually add the sugar to the eggs.
4. Stir in pumpkin and lemon juice.
5. Sift in dry ingredients.
6. Line a 10x15 Jelly Roll Pan (I used a cookie sheet with edges) with wax paper.
7. Grease the wax paper.
8. Pour batter into pan and sprinkle with chopped nuts if desired.
9. Bake for 15 min. Make sure the tooth pick comes out clean, especially if you double or 1.5 the recipe.
10. Sprinkle powdered sugar onto a kitchen towel. It's better to have a lot of it because it makes it easier to take the cake off it later.
11. Remove the cake from the oven and turn over onto the kitchen towel.
12. Carefully remove the wax paper from the cake.
13. Roll up the cake (with the cloth) lengthwise and cool in the fridge. (~20-30 min)
14. Make the frosting while the cake is cooling.
15. Take out cooled cake and unroll it.
16. Carefully spread out the cream cheese filling evenly.
17. Roll up again lengthwise (without the towel of course 😁).
18. Cut into chunks / half and cool in the fridge. 

Cream Cheese Filling

Ingredients:

• 3.5 oz. of cream cheese
• 1/4 c of soft margine
• 1 c of powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp of vanilla

Directions:

1. Whip the cream cheese with the butter.
2. Add the vanilla extract and the powdered sugar.
3. Beat until smooth.

ENJOY!!!!

Corn & Black Bean salad

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 heads of lettuce
• 1 can of black beans 
• 1 can of corn
• 1/2 to 1 c of cheddar cheese
• Optional: Cilantro Mexican Dressing

Directions: Wash and cut lettuce into strips. Drain corn and black beans and dump on top of the lettuce. Grate the cheese and add to the salad. Serve with dressing if desired. 

enjoy as always :D

Mandarin orange cranberry salad

So delicious. Served with the poppy seed dressing ( or a blueberry dressing that we have {Jenny's Song})

Prep.: 5 min

Total: 5 min

Ingredients:

• 1 head of lettuce
• 1 can of mandarin oranges
• 1 handful or so of cranberries
• Optional: Nuts like almonds or walnuts 

Directions:

Wash the lettuce and cut into strips. Drain the mandarin oranges. (We then drink the juice at dinner). Place the mandarin oranges and the cranberries on top of the lettuce in the bowl. Serve with dressing if desired.

Enjoy!

Strawberry Almond Salad

Beautiful salad served with Brianna's poppy seed dressing.....SO GOOD....

sorry, the pic is not the best quality... :(

Prep.: 10 min

Total: 10 min

Ingredients:

1. 1 pkg. of strawberries
2. around 1 handful of almonds
3. 1 head (and 1/2 if needed) or spinach

Directions:

Put the lettuce / spinach into a serving bowl after washed. Thinly slice the almonds and slice the strawberries into the bowl. Serve with the poppy seed dressing. 

enjoy! 

Really Easy, Fast, and Yummy!!!

Butter Cream Frosting

If you give a robyn a cookie, she'll want some frosting to go with it! :)

Prep.: 5 min

Ready in: 5 min

Ingredients:

1/3 c butter

4 and 1/2 c confectioners sugar / powdered sugar

1/4 c milk

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

Whip butter until fluffy. Gradually add in around 2 c of the powdered sugar, beat it well. Slowly beat in vanilla extract and milk, then the rest of the sugar. Finally, beat in additional milk if needed. If you want to, you can add food coloring. 

Recipe from Allrecipes

Best Sugar Cookies EVER!!!

I made these today and we are going to bake and decorate them tomorrow...

Prep: 5 -7 min

Cool: 1  hour

Bake: 8 min

Ingredients: 

• 1 and 1/2 c butter softened
• 2 c white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 5 c flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt

Directions:

Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs and vanilla extract. Then combine the mixture with the dry ingredients. Cover and put in the fridge for at least 1 hour. After that, preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Roll out dough onto a floured surface about 1/2 in. thick. Cut with cookie cutters into shapes and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake the cookies for 6 to 8 minutes. They should be crisp but not brown (unless your name is Grammy). Cool completely before frosting. 

Recipe from Allrecipes

7 layer bean dip

Delicious bean dip that I made today for lunch. Perfect with Tostitos scoop tortilla chips.


Ingredients: 

• 1 can of re-fried beans
•  1 package of taco seasoning
• 16 oz of sour cream
• 2 green onions
• a green pepper
• 1 can of black olives
• 2 c of cheese (cheddar or colby jack)
• 1 jar (16 oz.) of salsa
• 1/2 a head of lettuce
• 1 or 2 tomatoes

Directions: 

• Mix the taco seasoning with the re-fried beans. Spread as 1st layer in the dish.
• Add the sour cream over the beans, then the salsa over the sour cream.
• Slice the tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, and one of the green onions and add over the salsa. 
• Then, distribute the cheese over the top and add sliced olives and a green onion for garnish.

Enjoy!

Carly's Sweet Sea-foam Smoothie

Serves 4
Prep: 5 min

Ingredients:

• 4 bananas 
• 2 c water
• 4 c of ice cream
• 1/4 c lime juice

Directions:

• Break the bananas into pieces and put them into a blender.
• Add remaining ingredients and blend shortly

Tip: 

For a nice twist, add 7up or Sprite as desired after served. I added around 1/4 c of 7up into my 1/2 c of smoothie.

Thanks Carly, it was delicious!

Pumpkin Chiffon Pie

This is one of the pies that we had for Thanksgiving. The crust is made up of crushed gingersnaps that I made the day before with my friend Marian.

Ingredients: 

• 1 1/4 c pumpkin
• 1/2 c milk
• 1/16 t ginger (scant) {I just put in a small pinch)
• 1/2 t nutmeg
• 1 t cinnamon
• 1/2 t salt
• 3/4 c of sugar 
• 1/4 t orange zest 
• 3 eggs separated 
• 1 envelope gelatin
• 1/4 c of water

Combine first 6 ingredients & 1/2 c of sugar and egg yolks in a pan. Cook in heavy pan on med. or in double boiler until thickened. ( Tip: don't turn the heat on until everything is mixed together). Add gelatin to water in a small bowl and mix well / let it stand to absorb the water. Add to pumpkin mixture. Stir, take the pan of the heat, and let it cool until it mounds and is no longer hot/very warm. Whip egg whites & remaining sugar ( 1/4 c ) with the orange zest in a separate bowl. Add to pumpkin mixture and gently turn it over to mix it with a spatula. It is very important to try and handle it as least as possible / try not to let the pie loose any of the air inside ( the pies height ) Pour into pie pan with ginger snap crust, and ...

...ENJOY!  :)

Pumpkin Muffins

On Sunday I made these babies.....got the recipe from here......but instead of pumpkin spice i used nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger. ( just use this website: link )

I also used cream cheese frosting that will be posted soon.............

ENJOY! (as always)

(Almost)Perfect PB cookies

I made these wonderful PB last Sunday, and they were pretty good. They would have probably only taken 20-30 min., but it took me a little longer because we don't have a mixer, so I did it by hand. 

Ingredients: 

1/2 c sugar

1/2 c brown sugar

1/2 c PB

1/2 c butter

1 egg

1 1/4 c flour 

3/4 t baking soda

1/2 t baking powder 

1/4 t salt

1 t vanilla 


Directions:

Cream together the PB and butter ( easier if softened ) and then add both kinds of sugar. The better you cream these together, the better the cookies taste. Then add the vanilla and egg. Mix together all of the rest of the ingredients (dry). Next, dump this mixture into the wet and stir together. Roll the cookies into balls and place on a greased sheet. Bake in the oven for 9 to 10 min. at 375 F. 

Enjoy!

Strawberry Shortcake

Yesterday I made this because my friend Marian from school came over with her family.

The recipe is really easy because you can just follow the recipe for a white cake mix or make your own and then add sliced up strawberries and cream or whip cream.

It's delicious and a quick dessert especially for the summer ( if it's still warm where ever you guys live)

I'm sorry, but I didn't think to take a picture, but I will add it when I make it again.

Easter Dinner

We had a wonderful Easter dinner on Sunday. Fresh homemade rolls, fruit salad, ham, rosemary potatoes and asparagus. I couldn't get any pics. because it got eaten up too fast. ;)

Grammy's Homemade Rolls

Ingredients:

- 2  1/4 c of warm water 

- 3 TBS of yeast

- 1/3 c of sugar

- 3 eggs

- 1/2 c of oil

- 1 TBS salt

- 7 c of flour 

Directions: 

Preheat the oven to 375 F or 175 C. 

Beat until smooth, fluffy, & elastic.

Let the dough rise double, it takes about an 1/2 hour.

Put the dough onto a floured surface.

Cut the dough using a glass cup to press down and cut the roll dough out into circles. 

TIP: Get the glass as close to the edge as possible. If you do this correctly, there should only be little triangles left between circles.

Dip half of the roll circle into melted butter and fold together with the buttered side in the inside.

Put the rolls onto a greased pan and let them rise double again.

Then bake them in the oven for 20-25 minutes.

And......

ENJOY!!!

Summer Salad

 

here is a really easy but quickly made salad.

Ingredients:

- 2 or 3 tomatoes

- 1 yellow pepper

- 1/2 a cucumber

- lettuce

Directions: Cut up the veggies. Cube the tomatoes and the cuc into cubes. Cut the lettuce into strips and the pepper into slices and then in half / into 3 pieces. Stir together and... 

ENJOY!!!

Flower - shaped Pepper Platter

 

An easy arrangement of peppers on a platter.

Ingredients: 

- a yellow pepper

- a green pepper

- a red pepper

Directions: Cut the peppers into slices and arrange                           2 of each kind in a circle in the middle.                             Then place the rest around to look like a                         circle. 

ENJOY!!!

Birdie

 

Here's a fun idea that I had for lunch.

Ingredients:

- bread 

- PB ( crunchy or smooth )

- apple slices

- colored plate

Directions:
smear PB on toasted bread on a plate. Then add the apples on the plate to look like a bird.

ENJOY!!!