Shan’s Sugar Cookies & Icing

Shan’s Sugar Cookies Ingredients ¾ Cup Butter, softened 1 Cup Sugar 2 Eggs 1 Tsp Vanilla 2 ½ Cups All Purpose Flour 1 Tsp Baking Powder 1 Tsp Salt Directions Preheat oven to 400⁰F. Mix thoroughly butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Blend in flour, baking powder, and salt. Roll dough 1/8” thick onto floured surface Cut into desired shapes Place …

BEETS with GOAT CHEESE and PISTACHIOS

6-9 Medium beets (red or yellow) 2 T. olive oil ½ cup crumbled goat cheese ½ cup chopped lightly salted pistachios Balsamic Vinaigrette Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper Preheat oven 425°Trim the greens off entirely. Scrub the beets thoroughly, drizzle them with the oil, then loosely wrap them in foil.Transfer the wrapped beets to a baking sheet and roast …

Moroccan Chicken Stew

You’ll never get tired of the warm, cozy Moroccan spices in this stew! It is naturally paleo, can be made vegan by swapping in chickpeas or tempeh, and it freezes like a dream. Servings: 4 Time: 30 minutes Ingredients: 1/4 cup Coconut Oil 10 oz. Chicken Breast (skinless, boneless, sliced into chunks) 2 Yellow Onion (large, diced) 1 tsp Turmeric 1/2 …

Jalapeño Pesto Pizza

Jalapeño pesto:1. 5 slices of jalapeño2. 2 cups basil3. 2 cloves garlic4. 1/4 cup pine nuts5. 2/3 cup olive oil6. Salt to tastePut all ingredients in food processor or blender and mix. Sour Cream:Fold in freshly grated pecorino Romano. No measurements, just to taste. Pizza Assembly:1. Mozzarella2. Pesto3. Little more pecorino4. Cook pizza5. Slice6. Dollop each piece with sour cream …

Grandma’s Fudge aka Cowley Fudge

Ingredients 2 Cups Heavy Cream 4 Cups Granulated Sugar 2 TBSP Karo Syrup 1/4 Cup Cocoa Dash of Salt In a heavy bottomed pan (not dutch oven or cast iron) mix sugar and cocoa well. Add the Karo syrup, cream, salt, and mix well. Cook SLOWLY to a soft ball stage – 232 Degrees Fahrenheit. Do not stir, do not …

Molly’s DELICIOUS Gluten Free Granola

Ingredients: 2 TBSP Canola Oil (preferably use coconut oil) ½ Cup Sunflower Seeds ½ Cup Honey 1 TBSP Vanilla 2 Cups Gluten Free Oats or 3 Grain Hot Cereal (can use regular oats as well). ½ Cup Slivered Almonds ½ Cup Raisins 1 TBSP Cinnamon Directions: Stir liquids together until well coated. Grease baking sheet Bake at 350 degrees for …

Coconut Brown Butter Cookies

Note from TagsKitchen: these cookies are delicious!!! A total must make!! From Smitte Kitchen, Adapted from The City Bakery, via The Martha Stewart Show Let me just get the obvious out of the way: these cookies contain a spectacular amount of butter. They also contain a spectacular amount of coconut. In fact, when you really look at it, there’s amazingly …

Chile-Rubbed Chicken Breast with Kale, Quinoa and Brussels Sprouts Salad

Recipe courtesy of Marcela Valladolid Show: The Food Network’s The Kitchen Episode: Cookbook Club Total Time: 1 hr 10 min Prep: 40 min Inactive: 5 min Cook: 25 min Yield: 4 servings Level: Easy  Ingredients • 1 cup dried quinoa • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper • 1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil • 1 teaspoon …

Cherry-Pineapple Ice Cream

From: Hal Taggart This is my grandpas delicious ice cream recipe. Yummy!! Ingredients • 1 3oz Package of Cherry Jell-O • 1 Cup Boiling Water • 2 Cups Sugar • Juice from 2 lemons • #2 Can of Crushed Pineapple (#2 can is 20oz), drained • 1 bottle maraschino cherries – diced • A few drops of red food coloring …

Hal’s Favorite Sourdoughs

1 Sourdough Starter 1 Cup Warm Water 2 Cups Flour 1 Tsp. Baking Soda 1 Tsp. Salt 1 TBSP. Sugar 1 or 2 Eggs 1 TBSP Melted butter Get a starter from Aunt Lila or Aunt Skippy, etc. Remove the sourdough starter from the refrigerator and add 2 cups of warm water and 2 cups of flour and stir until …