I would Like to make THiS and tHis & yeah....

I give all credit to The Pioneer Woman Cooks.

It's chocolate ladies need I say more.

Pioneer Woman
Chocolate Sheet Cake
Combine in a mixing bowl:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt

In a saucepan, melt:
2 sticks butter
Add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa. Stir together.
Add 1 cup boiling water,
allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat.
Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.
In measuring cup,
pour 1/2 cup buttermilk.
Add:2 beaten eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture.
Pour into sheet cake pan and bake at 350-degrees for 20 minutes.

While cake is baking, make icing:
Chop 1/2 cup pecans finely.
Melt 1 3/4 sticks butter in a saucepan.
Add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat.
Add:6 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 lb minus 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Stir together. Add pecans, stir together, and pour over warm cake.

Cut into squares, eat,
and totally wig out over the fact
that you’ve just made the best chocolate sheet cake. Ever.

& THIS...These are so good.

They are worth the 10 minutes to make them.
And you don't have to use an oven

Enjoy!

No-Bake Cookies

2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup margarine (I use butter)
1/4 cup cocoa
1/2 cup peanut butter (creamy)
1 tsp. vanilla
3 cups oatmeal
1/2 cup coconut (optional)
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Over medium heat mix together:
sugar, milk, butter, & cocoa.
Cook until well blended,
DO NOT LET BOIL.
Remove from heat and add peanut butter,
vanilla, oatmeal & coconut.
Mix well. Spoon onto wax paper & chill.

Tasty-O!

DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS... & lovin' it!

Ok I think most of us try to do this any way with veggies our kids won't touch with a ten foot pole --- aka anything that is green! This book has so many good Ideas on how to include veggies into regular items your kids probably eat on a regular basis as well as some new items that I would not have ever thought of!

ones' we've tried this week in the Stokes Home that have passed the Child test!

ALOHA CHICKEN Kebabs
Prep - 10 mins
Total- 25 Mins
Serves 4

1 Cup whole wheat Bread Crumbs
1/4 Flax seed meal
1/2 sweet potato puree
1/4 Pineapple puree
1 tbsp reduced sodium Soy Sauce
1 egg white , Lightly Beaten
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1 lb boneless chicken cut into fingers
1/4 tsp Salt
2 tbsp whole wheat flour
Non Stick Cooking Spray
1 tbsp Olive Oil


in a small bowl mix bread crumbs w/ flax seed meal

In a second bowl combine the sweet potato and pineapple,
soy sauce, Egg white & Coconut & mix w/ fork

Thread Chicken fingers length wise onto skewers - Sprinkle both side of chicken with salt - & then with flour - Dip the chicken into the egg white mixture & then roll it in the breadcrumbs until completely coated.

Coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray and set it over medium high heat. When the pan is hot add the oil.

Add the chicken in single layer and brown for 3-4 minutes each side until the chicken is cooked thru and is browned all over.

YUM YUM YUM!

& 

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup oats

1 tsp Baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp cinnamon

3/4 cup brown sugar

6 tbsp Butter

1/2 Banana puree

1/2 cup zucchini puree

1 lg egg white

1/2 cup raisins

1/2 chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 - 

coat 2 cookie sheets with cooking spray

in a bowl combine flour, oats, 

baking soda, salt & cinnamon & stir to mix

In a large bowl beat the sugar and softened butter 

with a wooden spoon until just combined - do not over mix. 

Add the Banana & Zucchini purees and the egg white and stir just to blend

Add the flour mixture, raisins and walnuts

Drop the dough by heaping tbsp onto the baking sheets, leaving about 1 inch between. Bake until golden brown 12 - 15 mins. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for 4-5 mins - just until they are firm enough to handle - then transfer to rack to cool.

PS - my improvisation - we had no raisins - & Jeb just doesn't like them

Instead of raisins we added 1/2 cup of craisins - and mini chocolate chips 

my sister's famous peanut butter bars

1 cup sugar
1cup brown sugar
1 cup margarine
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup peanut butter
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 cups flour
2 cups oats
Cream sugars, margarine, eggs, vanilla, and peanut butter. Add flour, salt, and soda. Mix in oats and pat into a 12x18 pan. Baken at 325 for 20 minutes. Remove from oven even though bars may still seem soft. Let cool, but while still warm spread a thin layer of peanut butter over the bars and then top with chocolate chips and let them melt on top. Eat them up, yum!

chocolate chip oatmeal cookies

I think this is a basic but very, very yummy recipe. Love it! Wouldn't change a thing.
1 cup shortening
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 cups rolled oats
2 cups choco chips
I'm serious, don't change anything and cook them at 350 for 6-7 minutes. Don't over cook.

Triple Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Here's a really good one. They almost taste like a candy bar. And it works great if you freeze the dough for later. It is big recipe, so it's broken down into a 2/3 recipe at the bottom.

1 1/2 cup sugar
2 cups brown sugar
1 lb butter, softened
4 eggs, beaten

CREAM FOR 2 MINUTES, THEN ADD:

1 T and 1 tsp vanilla
5 3/4 cup flour
1/3 cup oatmeal flour (if I don't have this, I just add 1/3 cup regular flour and it turns out okay)
2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking soda
3 bags chocolate chips (1 of each: semi sweet, milk chocolate, and white chocolate)

BAKE AT 350 DEGREES FOR 7 TO 10 MINUTES.

CAN BALL ON PAN, FREEZE AND STORE IN ZIPLOCK BAGS, BAKE AT 350 FOR 15 MINUTES IF FROZEN.

2/3 RECIPE
1 cup sugar
1 1/3 cups brown sugar
2 5/8 sticks butter, softened
3 eggs, beaten

CREAM FOR 2 MINUTES, THEN ADD:

1 T vanilla
3 5/8 cup flour
less than 1/4 cup oatmeal flour
1 1/3 tsp salt
1 1/3 tsp baking soda
2 bags chocolate chips (1 of each: milk chocolate and white chocolate)

Hey there - Where did ya all go - Did you stop making dinner? 

Lets see here - what have we had lately - 

I guess I have kind of been slacking in the dinner department too.. 

But I did make some yummy cookies the other day ---

Here's the recipe

Hermit Cookies

Grandmother White's Recipe

1 Cup of shortening

2 cups Brown Sugar

2 Eggs

3 1/2 Cups Flour

1/2 Tbsp Salt

1 tsp Baking Powder

1 tsp Baking Soda

2 tsp Cinnamon

1 tsp Ground Nutmeg

1/2 Cup Sour Milk

(Sour your own milk by adding a little 

vinegar to it. 1/2 tsp is plenty I think.)

1 cup raisins

1 cup chopped Dates

1 cup Chopped walnuts

Directions

Cream together shortening and brown Sugar

Mix in Eggs

Add dry ingredients and sour milk 

Alternating ( a little dry - A little milk - Etc )

Bake at 375 for 15 mins

(Dough is good in the fridge for at least a week)

ENJOY!