Peanut Butter Brownie Cookies

These are so good. I dug out the recipe cause I love it for the 12 days of cookies!! So yummy!!

Ingredients:
1 (19.5-oz.) box Pillsbury Brownie Classics Traditional Fudge Brownie Mix
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
4 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 can chocolate fudge frosting

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. In medium bowl, beat brownie mix, melted butter, cream cheese and egg 50 strokes with spoon unitl well blended (dough will be sticky).
2. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets to make 24 cookie; smooth edge of each to form round cookie.
3. In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and peanut butter with spoon until mixture forms a ball. With hands, roll rounded teaspoonfuls of peanut butter mixture into 24 balls. Lightly press 1 ball into center of each ball of dough.
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 14 minutes or until edges are set. Cool on cookie sheets at least 30 minutes.
5. Remove from cookie sheets. Spread thin layer of frosting over peanut butter portion of each cooled cookie.

These are really yummy!!

Quick and Easy Caramel Corn

This very good and very easy. Huge hit in this house :)

Popcorn, popped, to fill one big bowl (I usually use 2 packages of microwave popcorn.)
1 cup brown sugar
1 cube butter
30 large marshmellows

Melt the sugar, butter and marshmellows on low. Drizzle of popped popcorn and mix.

I also like to use the movie theater popcorn. The salt and the sweetness goes great together :) ENJOY!!!

The beef has arrived...

Our beef has arrived...and boy oh boy...the freezer is packed :) Love the sight of that. For Christmas this year my mom and stepdad bought Tad and I a half of beef. SO WONDERFUL. My uncle brought over 7 boxes of meat yesterday....7!! Thank goodness we got the freezer fixed. Guess what...we are having pork tonight....oh well. We did have steaks lastnight and they were so GOOD!! Not sure how well it is going to move if we end up doing so but until then...beef is whats for dinner :)

Thank you so much mom and Jessie....We are very GRATEFUL!!!

Fresh Cranberry Salad

I Love This!!!!

Ingredients:
1 12oz bag fresh cranberries
1-1/2 cup sugar
1 20-oz crushed pineapple, drained
2 cups miniature marshmellows
1 cup pecans (I like mine chopped)
1 pint heavy whipping cream

Directions:
Grind up cranberriers; stir in sugar and let sit overnight in the refrigerator. Add pineapple to cranberries. Stir in marshmellows and pecans. Whip cream until stiff and fold gently into cranberry mixture.

This salad I love at Thanksgiving time and Christmas time :) Makes about 6 servings.

Baked Cranberry Sauce

In 2005 for we celebrated Christmas and Thanksgiving together at my mom and step-dad's place in Kanarraville, UT because they were going to be gone for the Christmas Holiday. It was a lot of fun and we all shared recipes. I compiled a book of all the recipes we used for the meals that were prepared for those 3-1/2 days. That's one thing about the Holidays...always sooooo much GREAT food. This Baked Cranberry Sauce is very simple...yet really good.

Ingredients:
1 pound fresh or frozen cranberries, thawed
1-1/2 cups chopped pecans
1 cup flaked coconut
1 cup orange marmalade
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water

Directions:
In a large bowl, combine all ingredientes. Pour into a greased baking dish, 11x8-inch. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until cranberries are tender. Serve warm or cold. Refrigerate leftovers.

This is one of my mom's recipes.

Stuffing Ball Recipe

These are GREAT! I love them and could eat them everyday and SO EASY!! (even better, I think!!)

Ingredients:

1 lb. ground pork
1 pkg. (6 oz.) STOVE TOP Stuffing Mix for Chicken
3/4 cup cranberry sauce
1 egg
1 cup water
2 Tbsp. butter, melted

Directions:

HEAT oven to 325ºF.
COOK meat in large skillet until cooked through, stirring frequently; drain. Place in large bowl; cool slightly. Stir in stuffing mix.
ADD cranberry sauce, egg and water; mix well. Shape into 16 balls; place on foil-covered baking sheet. Brush with butter.
BAKE 20 min. or until done (160ºF).

Make Ahead:
Prepare and shape stuffing balls as directed. Freeze in airtight container up to 1 month. Thaw in refrigerator, then bake as directed.

Smashed Sweet Potatoes

Yummy, Yummy!!!!

Ingredients:

• 5 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
• salt
• chicken stock
• 1/2 cup cream or half-and-half
• salt and pepper to taste
• Freshly grated nutmef, to taste

Directions:

Place sweet potatoes in a pot, cover with water and bring to boil; salt the water and cook the potoatoes until tender. Once tender, drain cooked potatoes and return to pot. Mash potatoes with little chicken stock and cream. Then add salt, pepper, and nutmeg to taste. SO GOOD!!!!

Turkey Meatloves with Gravy

This was a new recipe for me lastnight and it was good. The gravy turned out good, too. I was a bit hesitant to try ground turkey, as was my husband but it really was good. I served it with the Sweet Potato Puff and a salad. MMMMM.....Love comfort food :)

Meatloaf Ingredients:

• 2 pounds ground turkey
• 2 slices whole wheat bread, toasted and finely chopped
• 1-1/2 cups chicken stock, divided
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 large shallot, finely chopped (I used half of a large onion, finely chopped)
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme (I used dried and added a little extra)
• 2 tablespoons grainy mustard
• 2 tablespoons marmalade (I used pineapple-apricot preserves)
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil, for drizzling
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Gravy Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• Splash of Orange Juice
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Mix the meat with the bread, splash of stock (1/2 cup or so) egg, shallot, thyme and the marmalade combined with mustard, salt and pepper. Form 6 mini meatloaves and arrange them on a parchment paper baking pan. Cover with a drizzle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil and roast until golden brown, 20 minutes or so.

For the gravy, over medium heat in a skillet, melt butter. Whisk in the flour for 1 minute, then whisk in a splash of orange juice, Worcestershire sauce and 1 cup of chicken stock. Thicken for a few minutes and season with salt and pepper, to taste.

I like to slice the mini meatloaves and then pour the gravy over each sliced loaf.

VERY YUMMY!!!

Sweet Potato Puff

This is GREAT!! I love it. Even though the recipe calls for sweet potatoes I have never made it with them, I have only used yams and it is GREAT!!

Ingredients:

• 2 medium sweet potatoes, cooked and peeled
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Crunchy Praline Topping Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
• 3/4 cup corn flakes, crushed
• 1/4 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped
• 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar

Directions:
Place potatoes in a mixing bowl, mix at medium speed for 45 seconds. Add milk, suagr, eggs, butter, nutmeg, and cinnamon. At medium high speed beat for about 1 minute. Spread mixture in a greased 9-inch pie plate or square baking dish. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes, or until set.

Place all topping ingredienst in mixing bowl. Stir until mixed well. Spread on hot puff. Bake for about 10 minutes longer.

Let stand for 5 to 10 minutes before serving. This is a VERY HOT DISH!!

Lastnight I used frosted flakes in place of corn flakes and omitted the brown sugar and it was just as good.

ENJOY!!!!!

Thanksgiving Recipes....

Well, I had a request today to start posting yummy Thanksgiving Day recipes. I have a few so be on the look out :) I love Thanksgiving and all the GREAT, YUMMY food. Gotta love the holidays.

Thanksgiving at The Moats' Home...

So, today I got news that Thanksgiving is going to be celebrated at my house this year with a good portion of my family. My first time ever hosting a big holiday...rather exciting. Even better if Baby Girl Kaylee decides to come that week :) So it is looking like we are going to have my mom and stepdad and my sister and her husband and her 4 kids on top of my family!! How exciting!

Mandarin Chicken Recipe

This recipe came out of the ever so famous Worldwide Ward Cookbook that I LOVE!! I made this last week. It was good!

Ingredients:
4 to 6 chicken breasts
1/4 cup butter
1 11-oz can mandarin oranges, drained, juice reserved (I used 2 cans but only saved juice from one can)
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 Tbsp cornstach
1 tsp mustard
1 Tbsp vinegar
1/4 cup apricot-pineapple preserves
1 tsp garlic powder

Directions:
Saute chicken breasts in butter until brown, about 10 minutes. Mix mandarin orange juice, soy sauce, and constarch together, then add the remaining ingredients, reserving a few Mandarin oranges (or the extra can). Pour the sauce over the chicken and cook, covered for 30 minutes, turning the chicken occassionally. Put the reserved Mandrin oranges on top of the chickn and cook uncovered for 5 additional minutes. Serve with rice.

Creamy Chicken Chowder Recipe

This is a new recipe for me. I made it for dinner tonight and it is very good. Gotta love meals that can be done in the crock-pot.

Ingredients:
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts cut into 1/2-inch pieces (I used canned chicken)
1 11-oz can whole kernel corn with sweet peppers, drained (I used regualar corn without sweet peppers cause that is what I already had on hand)
1 10-3/4 oz can condensed cream of potato soup
1 4 oz can diced green chile peppers
2 tablespoons snipped fresh cilantro (I probably used a little bit more cause you can never have enough cilantro)
1 1-1/4 oz envelope taco seasoning mix
3 cups chicken broth
8 oz sour cream
1/2 of an 8 oz package of cream cheese wpread with jalepeno peppers, cubed (I used half of regual cream cheese, then chopped up a jalepeno and deseeded half of the pepper before chopping it up)

Directions:
In a 3-1/2 to 4 quart slow cooker combine chicken, corn, soup, undrained chile peppers, cilantro, and taco seasoning mix. Stir in chicken broth. Cover; cook on low heat setting for 4 to 6 hours or on high-heat setting for 2 to 3 hours.

Stir about 1 cup of the hot soup into the sour cream. Stir sour cream mixture and cheese into the mixture in cooker; cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Stir with a whisk until combined.

I garnished it with grated cheddar cheese and more chopped jalepenos and cornbread. It was really yummy....there is no leftovers :)

Almost Ready...

Well, I think I can say I am almost ready for baby Kaylee. Last Sunday I spent the day washing baby clothes. Today I have spent the day washing burp rags, baby blankets and cradle bedding. It is almost all put away where I want it and I am just about set. All I need now is a few things for me...like new PJ's. What is it about new pajama's and the hospital. Having new pajama's to get into after having a baby makes things feel better...or atleast I think so. So I am still on the hunt for new pajama's. Other than that...All I have left to do is pack a bag and oh yes...I still need to clean the carseat and the swing. Those will get done this week. Hard to believe how fast this time is going by. I guess when you have 4 other children and a husband and 2 dogs, that keeps a person pretty busy. Not to mention we looked all summer for a house. WOW...hard to believe the time is almost here. I am just about ready.