Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 C apple sauce ( 2 c butter softened)
1 C agave or 1 ½ honey ( can use 2 C sugar)
2 C brown sugar
4 eggs
2 tbsp vanilla extract
5 C oatmeal
2 c all- purpose flour
2 C whole wheat flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
2 12 oz pkgs chocolate chips or 1 bag mini chocolate chips

Cream together apple sauce, agave, sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract. Then add flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Then add chocolate chips. You can use a cookie scoop or roll into golf ball size and press down a little. Bake on lightly greased cookie sheet at 400 degrees for 6 min or at 350 for about 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

This does make a ton of cookies so you can cut it in half to make less.

Strawberry Dessert

1 8oz pkg cream cheese
1 8oz container cool whip
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 c powdered sugar
20 Strawberries

With electric mixer stir the cream cheese, vanilla, and cool whip together until well blended. Then add the powdered sugar until it is mixed in. You can cut the tops off of the strawberries and core the centers or you can score the pointed end. Put the mix into a gallon size zip lock bag and cut a corner tip and pipe it into the strawberries. This is fun to drizzle melted white and milk chocolate over for presentation.

To make into a no bake cheese cake double the recipe for the cream cheese mixture and pour into a graham cracker crust and serve plain or with your favorite fruit. For a twist you can add the zest of a lemon or a lime to it too.

Waffles

1 c all-purpose flour
¾ c whole wheat flour
1 tbsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
2 eggs beaten
1 ¾ c milk
1/2 c cooking oil or apple sauce
1 tsp vanilla
Combined all ingredients and mix until well moistened ( batter will still be slightly lumpy.
Pour about a cup into the waffle maker and cook per waffle maker instructions. Repeat with remaining batter. Enjoy!!!

Yummy Roll Recipe

2 pkgs yeast or 2 tbsp dry yeast
½ C warm water
¼ C sugar ( or 2 tbsp agave)
6 c flour
2 eggs beaten
½ C powdered milk
1 tsp salt
2 c warm water
½ melted butter or oil
1 tsp vanilla extract

Combine yeast, water, and sugar and allow so stand until dissolved. Next add egg, water, oil, powdered milk, vanilla extract, and salt. Mix and add the 6 cups of flour. Stir until well mixed. Cover and let rise for about 1 hour. You can cut in an half or pour it all out onto a well floured surface and kneed 1-2 times. Roll out and make as desired. Raise until light and fluffy ( approximately 30 minutes). Bake at 375-400 degrees for about 10 minutes or until golden brown.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

recipe's

So I have decided that I will start to type my recipe's and then upload them on the blog. Things have been crazy as we just moved and I now have a nice sized kitchen that I can actually make some fun things in and stuff. Hopefully I will be able to take some pictures (children permitting). I know I need to do more with my blog since I have been neglecting it lately and all so my resolution is to post some up dates and some new recipe's weekly. The first ones may be without pictures but that is ok. Cambria is having a hard time adjusting to the move and we are working on getting Brexten's ADHD under control so that he can function around people but just going to church is a chore with him so this will be a big work in progress. Chad is loving his job at L3 Communications and I am enjoing being a stay at home mom even though it is stressfull trying to work things out with Brexten. At least we have a spycholgist that is helping us to help him now.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Car Troubles

Well on Friday I went to pick Chad up from work because we were going to surprise him and take him on a picnic at the park. There was a funny smeel and the radiator fan melted and the motor died. That a nightmare. We made it to the dealership and had to catch a bus with all of our things and get home with the two kids that way. The car will not be completed until Monday which stinks for us.
We talked to the Relief Society President and they are going to try to get someone to help us pick up the kids if Chad can't pick up the car at lunch. Needless to say this adds to the already high stress level and the kids are feeling the effect too. It will be so nice at the end of this week when I can just stay home and take care of the kids and not have to worry about the stress of work.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

hmmmm

More details will come soon. I am counting down as I will be quitting my job next week. Then I can spend lots of time with my kids and build my prepaid legal business. Things have been really stressful. I am not sleeping well and with the added stress I am nauseated every morning and have bad stress signs. I can't wait for it to be over.