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Chocolate Muffins

By Shorel & Sandra on April 3rd, 2009

INGREDIENTS

2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
6 tablespoons cocoa
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup milk
2/3 cup butter (1/3 cup oil)
4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)

DIRECTIONS

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease 6 extra large muffin tins or 12-15 medium cups.
3. Beat the eggs with sugar, mix with flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, vanilla and milk.
4.

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So I was needing some powdered sugar for icing, but there was none in the house. And even more fun than that – there is none in this city. I KNOW! That’s 1.4 million people who manage to survive on a day-to-day basis without icing as we know it.

And then Hubs recalled reading this tip:

sugar

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Chocolate Pudding

By Shorel & Sandra on March 5th, 2009

Combine before putting on heat:

1 cup sugar
6 tablespoons baking chocolate
1/3 cup flour
2 eggs
2 cups milk

STIR constantly for 15 – 20 minutes.

When the pudding begins to thicken add:

2 tablespoons butter (Still tastes fine without the butter, but add it if you have some.)
1 teaspoon vanilla

Keep stirring until thick.

Makes 2.5 – 3 cups pudding.

Apple Crisp

By Shorel & Sandra on February 24th, 2009

INGREDIENTS
10 cups thinly sliced apples
1 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup water (we don’t recommend this)
1 cup quick-cooking oats (double)
1 cup all purpose flour (double)
1 cup packed brown sugar (double)
1/4 teaspoon baking powder (double)
1/4 teaspoon baking soda (double)
1/2 cup butter, melted (double)

DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Homemade Oreo Cookies

By Shorel & Sandra on February 19th, 2009

I like oreos. There’s something about that dark chocolate with a vanilla cream that just hits the spot. Why not make oreos from scratch?

And so we did.

Homemade Oreos

Makes 25 to 30 sandwich cookies (or 8 to 10 honkin’ sized)

For the chocolate wafers:
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch process cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon

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Russian Tea Cakes

By Shorel & Sandra on December 18th, 2008

This is the cookie of many names. Whether you call them Snowballs, Russian Tea Cakes, Swedish Tea Cakes, Mexican Wedding Cakes, Butterballs, or Grandma Huckleberry’s Christmas Cookies, these rich and buttery cookies are holiday favorite.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup finely chopped nuts
powdered

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