Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Baked Chicken

1 chicken, cut up (I used chicken breasts)
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 soup can of milk
1 small can mushrooms
Egg, flour, salt, pepper and paprika
Potato chips

Combine flour, salt, pepper and paprika. Coat chicken with egg and dip in flour mixture. Place in casserole dish and dot with butter. Bake at 425° for 15 minutes.

Mix chicken soup, milk, and mushrooms. Warm mixture and pour over chicken. Crush potato chips and over chicken. Cover and bake at 250° for 45 min to 1 hour.

This is easy to make and I'm sure could be altered to suit taste very easily. I made mashed potatoes and used the chicken soup mixture as gravy. It worked well.

Carrot-Banana Cake

2 cups flour
1 tbls ground cinnamon
2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 c vegetable oil
1/2 c applesauce
1 c sugar
1 c brown sugar
4 large eggs
2 c finely grated carrots
1 c mashed ripe banana
Nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 12 cup Bundt pan. Combine first 4 ingredients into medium bowl. Mix in oil, apple sauce, sugars and eggs. Add carrots and banana. Blend well. Pour into Bundt pan and bake about 1 hour. Let cake stand in pan 10 minutes. Turn out onto rack and cool.

This cake is very moist and pretty sweet. The recipe had a cream cheese frosting. We tried it and didn't like it. I scraped it off and made a powdered sugar glaze and drizzled that one the top. PERFECT!! You could also just sprinkle it with powdered sugar. I imagine this recipe would make great muffins. Also, I don't think I even put in 1/2 cup of oil. I had some left over applesauce and put all that I had of it into the measuring cup and filled the rest of the cup with oil. I think you could leave out the oil completely and just use applesauce. It would be a little healthier.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Monster Cookies

I got this recipe from my friend, Teri, and Brad said he thinks they just might be his new favorite!

12 oz peanut butter (1 1/2 c.)
1/2 c. butter
1/2 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
1 c., 2 Tbsp, & 2 tsp. brown sugar
1 c. sugar
2 tsp baking soda
4 1/2 c. quick oats
1 c. choc chips
1 c. M&M's

Bake 350ยบ for 10-12 minutes. This makes a TON of cookies!