Mexican Wedding Cookies

Mexican Wedding Cookies

1 cup butter, soft
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla

Combine and add:

1 3/4 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup finely chopped pecans

Roll into balls (less than 1 inch)  Bake on ungreased cookie sheet, bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes.  (they don't need to brown, just need to set up)

Let cool a little while then roll in powdered sugar.  Let cool completely and roll in powdered sugar again.

Chicken and Noodles

This recipe is from my Aunt Dorothy...she would make this at Thanksgiving and Christmas! So good and actually very easy to make.

Homemade Noodles

Beat:  3 eggs (whip till fluffy)
          1/4 cup milk
          1/8 tsp baking powder
           1 tbsp. corn oil

Add 2 cups flour while beating till thick.  Knead on floured surface.  Roll into a circle.  Roll up like cinnamon rolls and slice.  Unroll and put on a cookie sheet.  Let dry for 1 hour.

Boil 2-3 chicken breasts - shred chicken.

In a large pot, add

1 large can chicken broth
1 family size can of chicken noodle soup
1 family size can of cream of chicken soup
2 chicken bouillon cubes

Add in chicken and drop in noodles.  Bring to a boil then simmer on med-low (stirring frequently making sure they don't stick to bottom of pan.) 

Taste and season with salt/pepper.



I sometimes add more of the chicken broth/soup...I just eyeball it and add more as needed.

Strawberry Angel Cake

Strawberry Angel Cake

Angel Food Cake
Strawberry jello
2 cups boiling water
16 oz container of frozen strawberries with sugar added (comes in a cottage cheese type container)
1 large container of cool whip or 2 regular size containers

Tear 1/2 of angel food cake into chunks and put in 9x13 cake pan.

Dissolve 1 strawberry jello packet in 2 cups water. Immediately stir in 16 oz container of thawed strawberries. Add 1/2 of a large cool whip and stir well. Pie 1/2 over the cake. Chunk the remaining cake and put on top. Push down to make room and add remaining jello mixture. Top with cool whip. Cover and refrigerate several hours before eating.

When I made this I actually used 1 1/2 containers of the strawberries.

Angel's Baby Back Ribs

Angel's Baby Back Ribs

4 pound rack of Baby Backs

1 cup Blues Hog BBQ sauce

1/2 cup Dr Pepper

2 tbsp brown mustard

1 tbsp minced garlic

1 tsp paprika

3/4 cup brown sugar

Place ribs on large baking sheet lined with foil. Salt with smoked salt. Mix all of the ingredients and brush 1/2 of mixture over all sides of the ribs. Cover with foil, refrigerate and let marinate for 8 hours or overnight. Put remaining marinade in container and refrigerate.

When ready to cook, preheat oven to 275 degrees. Place the pan, still covered in foil in the oven for 2 hours   Then remove foil, add remaining marinade mixture to coat ribs and increase temperature to 300 and bake an additional hour or until fork tender. (The total cook time of mine today was about 4 hours). Slice and serve!

Kim's Salad

Kim's Salad

Source: Kim Connor

Romain Lettuce

Small can of marinated artichoke drain & chopped

1/2 small red onion thinly sliced

1/2-1 cucumber chopped

1 tomato diced

1/2 cup Parmesan

Ken's northern Italian dress lite to taste

Peanut Butter Rice Krispy Treats

Peanut Butter Rice Krispy Treats

Source: Elaine Anderson

1 stick butter
1 bag mini-marshmallows
2 globs of peanut butter
4 cups rice krispy cereal

Melt butter, marshmallows, and peanut butter over low heat.  Remove from heat and stir in cereal.  Put in sprayed 9x13 pan.

Cornbread Salad

Cornbread Salad

Fry 1 pound bacon (crispy) then crumble.

Mix
2-3 cups Mayo
1 ranch dressing envelope
1 tsp bacon grease

In bowl mix:
1 cup diced onion
1 cup diced bell pepper
1 cup diced tomatoes
1 (15 oz) can corn, drained

In a large bowl...add veggies, bacon, mayo mixture, and 1 batch of crumbled corn bread.  Refrigerate 2 hours before serving.

Corn Bread

Cornbread

1 1/2 cup cornmeal
3 tbsp. flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups buttermilk
1 egg
2 tbsp. bacon drippings
1 tbsp. Crisco

Preheat oven to 450

In cast iron skillet add Crisco put in oven to melt.  Sift dry ingredients in bowl then add wet ingredients.  Pour into hot skillet.  Bake 20-25 minutes.