Waffles & Strawberries with BFF&e

Life is Great~~Let's Eat some Chocolate Cake~

Delicious Apple Pie - Perfect for the Holiday Season

 

Ingredients:

8 tbsp butter

3 tbsp flour

1/4 cup water

3/4 cup sugar

6-7 apples

1 tsp cinnamon 

Trader Joes Pie Crusts

1 egg + 1tbsp sugar

Directions:

1. Melt 8 tbsp butter in medium heat
2. Add 3 tbsp flour. Stir for a minute.
3. Stir in 1/4 cup water and 3/4 cup sugar. Bring it to a boil and simmer for 3 minutes. Let it cool while you prepare your apples.
4. Peel and thinly slice 6-7 apples sprinkle in 1 tsp cinnamon
5. Stir in the sauce that you made to coat the apples
6. Place 1 Trader Joe's Pie Crust in a pie dish and add all the apple mixture
   
7. Place the 2nd pie crust on a flat surface. Cut 10 even strips and make the lattice topping of your pie.
8. Beat 1 egg + 1tbsp sugar and brush it gently on your lattice topping
9. Bake it for 15 minutes at 425 F. Continue baking for another 45 minutes at 350 F
   
10. Remove your pie from the oven and let it cool for an hour
11. Serve with your favorite vanilla ice cream

Enjoy!

Homemade Rice Pudding

 

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups milk

1/3 cup of uncooked white rice

Pinch of salt

1 egg

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 tsp of vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon

Directions:

1. Cook the rice in milk for about 20-25 minutes. Stir frequently to prevent the rice from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
2. Whisk together egg and brown sugar and add into the saucepan of rice and milk. Stir on low heat for 5 to 10 minutes until thickened.
3. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and cinnamon.

   Serve warm or cold.👍

Pappardelle Alfredo w/o Cream

Ingredients:

2 packages of 8oz Pappardelle Pasta

1 lb Chicken Breasts (cut in any size desired)

8 oz White mushrooms (cut)
¼ cup butter, or more to taste

1 clove garlic, minced

¼ cup all-corn starch dissolved in a bit of water

2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

2 cups milk

1 ½ teaspoons Italian seasoning

1 teaspoon salt, or to taste

1 pinch ground black pepper

Directions: (Pappardelle)

1. Bring water to boil
   
2. Add noodles and stir gently to separate.
3. Bring back to boil and cook 6 to 7 minutes Drain and toss with Olive oil

Directions: (Alfredo Sauce)

1. Melt butter in a large saucepan
2. saute garlic and chicken, and mushroom
   
3. stir corn starch into garlic-butter mixture until dissolved and smooth,
   
4. stir Parmesan cheese
   
5. Slowly pour milk, stirring constantly, until smooth
6. season with Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper
7. Cook and stir until sauce reaches desired consistency

Serve with with your favorite greens. We ate it with sauteed Brussels Sprouts.👍

Italian Dressing Baked Chicken

Super simple and easy recipe.

Ingredients:

• 4 lbs Chicken legs 
• 1 tsp salt 
• 1 cup Italian Salad Dressing
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Directions:

1.) Rub Chicken legs with salt and place in baking pan.

2.) Pour Italian Salad Dressing over Chicken

3.) Bake at 400F for 1 hour.

Yes it's that easy!

Kara's Crinkles

Kara is my pretty little chocoholic niece who helped me made these awesome Crinkles for the first time. And as always, we cheat those little sweet toothed friends by using just the right amount of sugar.

Ingredients

• 1  cup unsweetened cocoa (I buy mine at Trader Joe's)

1 cup white sugar

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup semi sweet chocolate chunks (from Trader Joe's)

1/2 cup confectioner's sugar

Directions:

1.) Mix together cocoa, sugars, and oil. Beat in eggs one at a time, then add the rest of the ingredients one by one while mixing.

2.) Cover dough and chill for at least 4 hours

3.) Roll dough into one inch balls. Coat each ball in confectioners' sugar and place them onto cookie sheets.
4.) Bake at 350F for 12 minutes. Let stand on the cookie sheet for a minute before transferring to wire racks to cool.

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