Peanut Butter Blossoms

• 1/2 c. shortening
• 1/2 c. peanut butter
• 1/2 c. packed brown sugar
• 1/2 c. granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 Tbsp. milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 3/4 c. flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• extra sugar
• 1 bag of Hershey's kisses

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Cream shortening, peanut butter, brown sugar and 1/2 c. sugar. Add egg, milk and vanilla. Mix well.

Stir together flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to creamed mixture. Beat on low speed until stiff dough form. Shape into 1-inch balls. Roll in sugar and place on cookie sheet

Bake 10-12 minutes. Top each cookie immediately with a Hershey's kiss pressing down firmly so it cracks on the edges.

Easy Easy Fudge

I haven't posted anything on this blog for a while, so I decided that I would post all the recipes for the goodies I made and will give out today. I've made quite a few so look for more to come. This is probably the easiest fudge I have ever made. Three ingredients and a microwave. Here's what you need:

3 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1/4 c. butter

Put all the ingredients in a microwave safe bowl and microwave for periods of 2 minutes stirring after each is over and doing this until the mixture is nice and smooth.

Spray an 8x8 baking dish really well and pour the mixture into it. Put into the refrigerator to let it set.

You can also double this recipe and put it in a 9x13 baking pan. I was going to do that when I made these last night but only had enough chips for one batch.

BBQ Chicken Wraps

4 or 5 chicken breasts cut into strips

1/3 - 1/2 c. BBQ sauce

Green and red bell peppers, sliced

Tortillas, warmed

shredded cheese

After your peppers have been sliced, cook them until they are tender. Add the strips of chicken and continue to cook until chicken is no longer pink. Add barbeque sauce and you can really put in however much you would like. Mix well, and cook another 15 minutes or until chicken is done. Spoon chicken mixture onto tortilla and top with cheese roll up and cut in half. These are so easy to make and they are a big hit with my family. My kids like to dip theirs in ranch.

Brady showing his approval

Source: Kraft food and family magazine

Chocolate Trifle

1 pkg. chocolate cake mix

2 pkg. chocolate pudding mixed up

1 tub cool whip

1 bag toffee chips

1 jar caramel sauce

Make chocolate cake in a 9 x 13 inch baking pan; let cool. Cut cake into small cubes.

Put a layer of cake on the bottom of the trifle bowl. Squish them in so the bottom is covered.

After making both packages of the pudding spoon half of it over the cake in trifle bowl. Add half of the cool whip on top of the pudding and then cover with a layer of caramel sauce and toffee bits. Repeat layers and refrigerate until ready to eat.

Black Devil Cupcakes

3 c. flour

1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 c. cocoa

2 c. sugar

1 tsp. salt

2 c. water

2 tsp. vanilla

1/4 c. oil

Filling

8 oz. cream cheese

1 egg

1/4 c. sugar

1/2 c. chocolate chips

In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa, sugar and salt. Add water, vanilla and oil. Mix well. Line muffin pan with cupcake liners. Spoon 2 Tbsp. batter into each cup. Combine the cream cheese, egg, sugar and chocolate chips. Spoon 1 Tbsp. filling in center of each cup. Bake at 350 F. for 20 minutes.

These cupcakes are so yummy and if you wanted to you could even pour the batter into a cake pan and drop the filling into it to make a cake instead of cupcakes.

Connecticut Dinner

Stew meat or round steak

1 large onion, chopped

3/4 tsp. garlic powder

3 beef bouillon cubes

3 c. water

flour to coat meat

1/2 c. sour cream

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1/2 c. milk

2 Tbsp. margarine

4 medium potatoes

1 Tbsp. oil

Coat meat with flour-brown in oil. Add chopped onion, garlic powder, beef bouillon and water. Simmer together for 40 minutes. Pour into 9 x 13 inch glass pan. Mix together soup, milk, margarine and sour cream. Peel and slice potatoes. Cover meat mixture with potatoes. Pour soup mixture over potatoes. Cover with foil. Bake for 1 1/2 hours at 325 degrees.

Granola

I remember having this granola growing up and it was so good. My mom would always tell us to just get a little bit because once we added milk it would grow and we would never finish our bowl. I remember a lot of times I didn't listen and it took me forever to eat my bowl of granola. So word of the wise when eating this don't put too much in your bowl if you have it with milk it expands.

10 c. regular oats

1 c. oconut

2 c. roasted sunflower seeds

1 c. sesame seeds

2 c. nuts

1 c. powdered milk

1 1/2 c. brown sugar

1 1/2 c. water

1 1/2 c. oil
1/2 c. honey

1/2 c. molasses

1 1/2 tsp. salt

2 tsp. cinnamon

3 tsp. vanilla

Combine first 6 ingredients in large bowl. In saucepan, combine sugar, water, oil, honey, molasses, salt, cinnamon and vanilla. Heat until sugar is dissolved. Pour sugar mixture over dry ingredients. Stir until well coated. Spread in pans. Bake 20-30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Bake 15 minutes longer if cruchier texture desired. Cool. Add raisins or other dried fruit if desired. Store in covered container. Enjoy. It's very good with cheerios as well as strawberries.