Beef Stew

Chop 1 potato per person and 5-10 carrots per person. Place carrots and potatoes in crockpot. Put in 2lbs of beef stew meat on top of potatoes. Mix 1cup water, 1tsp woroestershire sauce, 1bay leave, 1tbs salt, 1/2tsp pepper, and 1tsp paprika. Pour the mix over the meat. Cook on low for 10-12 hours or high for 5-6 hours. When stew is done stir. DO NOT EAT BAY LEAF.

Peanut Butter Brownie Pizza

Grease a 12 inch pizza pan. Make 1 box of Betty Crocker triple chunk brownie mix as directed on box. Spread mix on pan. Bake 26-30 minutes. Cool completely. In a bowl mix 16oz of Betty Crocker chocolate frosting with 1/3 cup of crunchy or creamy peanut butter. Spread on pizza. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of recces pieces onto the pizza. Enjoy.

For this pizza I used M&Ms and peanut butter frosting.

Zebra Cookies

In a microwave bowl, microwave 1/3 cup butter and 6oz of unsweetened chocolate until it can be stirred smooth. I recommend heating it for 30 seconds at a time. Stir 14oz of sweetened condensed milk. Put in 1 pouch Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix (1lb 1.5oz size ) and 1tsp of cinnamon. Use a tbs of dough for each cookie. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 6-7 minutes at 350 degrees. Immediately press a Hershey Hug chocolate on the center of each cookie. Cool cookies for five minutes then remove from cookie sheet. It takes about 1 hour for the chocolates to harden.

Birthday Cake

Recently one of my sisters had her fifth birthday. She wanted a chocolate cake with strawberry frosting and gummy worms. Here are the results of the cake I made her.

I baked half the gummy worms in the cake. They  dissolved :( .

Banana Bread

Mix 1/2 cup of butter with 1 cup of sugar. Beat in 2 eggs. Put 2-3 mashed bananas, 1/4 cup milk, and 1 tsp of lemon juice. Add 2 cups flour, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, and 1/4 tsp of salt. OPTIONAL : Add 1 cup of chocolate chips. Pour into greased loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for 60 minutes.

Blonde Brownies

Mix 2/3 cup vegetable oil, 2 1/2 cups brown sugar, 2 eggs, 2 tsp vanilla. Then add 2 cups flour,1 tsp salt, 1 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp baking soda, and 1 cup chocolate or peanut butter chips. Makes a very stiff batter. Pour into a greased 9x13 inch pan and bake at 375 degrees for 25- 30 minutes.

Homemade Blonde Brownies

Strawberry Cheese Pie

Prepare a graham cracker crust. Stir one package of Strawberry Danish Dessert into 1 3/4 cups of cold water in medium saucepan. Boil for 1 minute stirring constantly. While cooling beat in small mixing bowl 8oz of cream cheese with 1/2 cup sugar. Fold in 8oz whipped cream and 2 Tbs of Danish dessert mix. Spread over crust. Fold 4 cups of strawberries into Danish dessert. Spoon over cream cheese. Let chill for 3-4 hours. Eat and Enjoy.

YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!