Mexican Smores

tortillas
chocolate chips
mini marshmallows
cinnamon sugar
olive oil

This is basically a dessert quesadilla. Heat a griddle or large skillet. Brush tortilla with olive oil on each side and sprinkle chocolate chips and mini marshmallows, leaving about 3/4 inch around the edge of the tortilla. Top with another tortilla brushed with olive oil and cook on the griddle until the tortilla is golden brown on each side and chocolate is melted. Remove quesadilla from griddle and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar on both sides, cut into wedges and serve.

Homemade Play Dough

Play Dough

Stir together in a pan:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup salt
4 tsp. cream of tarter

Add all at once to dry ingredients:
4 tsp. oil
2 cups water
Food coloring (optional)

Cook, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, over medium heat until mixture forms a ball. It will be very lumpy. Remove from heat and knead until smooth. Allow to cool, then store in a ziplock bag.

Skillet Bread for Soup

Easy Skillet Bread (for soup)
2 cups flour
1 TBSP baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups milk
2-4 TBSP butter

Preheat oven to 400 F with skillet in oven. Mix together dry ingredients, then add milk until it looks like thick pancake mix (about 1 1/2 cups). Add butter to hot skillet and return to oven until butter bubbles. Pour dough into skillet and bake 15-20 minutes or until top is brown. Serve with soup by breaking off individual pieces.

Variations: Add cheese, bacon, taco seasoning, cornmeal or onions to dough.

Funnest recipe I have EVER seen!

Rainbow Cupcakes

1 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla extract
red, yellow, green and blue food colorings

Preheat oven to 350F. Grease 10 cups from a 12 cup muffin tin (or line with paper cups).In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs, vegetable oil, buttermilk and vanilla extract. Pour in dry ingredients and stir until just combined.Divide batter evenly into 5 small bowls; each should have a little more than 1/3 cup batter (approx 6 tbsp or so for each).Add about 1/2 tsp food coloring to each bowl to make red, orange, yellow, green and blue batters. Stir well, so no streaks of plain batter remain. Add additional food coloring if necessary.Starting with the blue batter, add a small spoonful to each of the 10 grease muffin cups (just over 1/2 tbsp in each). Repeat with all remaining colors, working from green to yellow to orange to red, adding each subsequent spoonful on top of the previous color. Do not attempt to spread the layers of color out (as it can cause layers to combined), but allow them to spread on their own.Bake for about 15 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.Cool cupcakes on a wire rack before frosting.

Makes 10

Quick Buttercream Frosting
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
3 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
approx 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
In a large bowl, beat together butter, milk and vanilla. Gradually add in the confectioners sugar until frosting reaches a thick, spreadable consistency. You will probably use 2 1/2-3 cups.Pipe or spread frosting onto cooled cupcakes.

Consider these for G's 1st bday party!!

Rolls to try

Perfectly Easy Dinner Rolls

1 cup warm water (105F to 115F)
2 packages active dry yeast
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
1/2 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
4–4 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
additional melted butter (optional)

Makes 2 dozen rolls Combine the warm water and yeast in a large bowl. Let the mixture stand until yeast is foamy, about 5 minutes. Stir in butter, sugar, eggs and salt. Beat in flour, 1 cup at a time, until dough is too stiff to mix (some flour may not be needed). Cover and refrigerate 2 hours or up to 4 days. Grease a 13x9-inch baking pan. Turn the chilled dough out onto a lightly floured board. Divide dough into 24 equal-size pieces. Roll each piece into a smooth round ball; place balls in even rows in the prepared pan. Cover and let dough balls rise until doubled in volume, about 1 hour. Preheat oven to 375F. Bake until rolls are golden brown, 15–20 minutes. Brush warm rolls with melted butter, if desired. Break rolls apart to serve. * I like to add garlic powder to the butter, then brush on rolls* dough can be frozen

Quick easy bread to try

Butter Dips
Michelle (MMmom)

1/3 cup butter
2 1/4 cups sifted flour
1 Tablespoon sugar
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt1 cup milk
*see variations at end for additional ingredients

Heat oven to 400. Melt butter in oven in oblong pan, 13 x 9. Remove pan when butter is melted. Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, add milk. Stir slowly with fork until dough just clings together. Turn onto well-floured board. Roll over to coat with flour. Knead lightly about 10 times. Roll out 1/2 inch thick into rectangle, 12 x 8 inches. With floured knife or pizza cutter, cut dough in half lengthwise, then cut crosswise into 16 strips. Pick up cut strips in both hands and dip each strip in melted butter. Next, lay them close together in the same pan in which butter is melted. Bake 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown. Serve hot.

Makes 32 sticks.

Variations: (1) Add 1/2 cup grated sharp cheese to dry ingredients.
(2) Add 1 clove finely minced garlic to butter before melting.
(3) Sprinkle paprika, celery seed or garlic salt over butter dips before baking.
(4) Add 1/2 cup minced chives or parsley to flour mixture.

From recipesformoms.com

Taco Quiche
Serves: 4
1 lb. ground beef
1/4 c. chopped onion
1/4 c. chopped green pepper
1 envelope taco seasoning
1 c. (4 oz.) shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 c. biscuit mix (Bisquick or the like)
2 eggs, beaten
1 c. milk

In a large skillet, cook the beef, onion, pepper and taco seasoning over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Spread into a 9-inch greased pie plate. Sprinkle with cheese. In a bowl, combine the biscuit mix, eggs and milk; mix well. Pour over the cheese. Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.

Cheesy Bowtie Bake
Serves: 4-6
1/2 lb. ground beef
1 garlic clove, minced
1 jar (26 oz.) spaghetti sauce
8 ounces bow tie pasta, cooked
1 pkg. (8 oz.) shredded mozzarella cheese
1 c. cottage cheese
1 c. (4 oz.) shredded Italian cheese blend

Brown ground beef in a saucepan with garlic; drain. Stir sauce into meat; simmer for 5 minutes. Add bow ties, mozzarella and cottage cheese; stir together and place in a greased 2-quart casserole dish. Sprinkle with Italian cheese. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes; remove cover for last 5 minutes.

Cinnamon Breakfast Cake
Serves: 4
Cake:
1 1/4 c. flour
1/4 c. sugar
1 T. baking powder
1/4 t. cinnamon
1/4 c. butter, softened
2/3 c. milk
1 egg
Topping:
4 T. flour
6 T. sugar
3 T. butter, softened
1 T. cinnamon

Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder and cinnamon; cut in butter. Add milk and egg; mix only until ingredients are moistened. Pour into greased 8-inch square dish. Combine flour, sugar, butter and cinnamon until crumbly; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes.

Sweet Potato Bake
Serves: 8-10
3 fresh sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
1/4 c. (1/2 stick) butter, melted
2 t. pumpkin pie spice
2 T. brown sugar
3 c. mini marshmallows

Boil potatoes until soft, about 20 minutes; drain. Mash potatoes, butter, spice and brown sugar in a large bowl until blended. Spoon into greased 2-quart casserole dish; top with marshmallows. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 -20 minutes or until potato mixture is heated through and marshmallows are lightly browned.

Tips: This a a great side dish for any meal especially around the holidays. To make the prep easier, I peeled, cut and boiled the sweet potatoes the day before. Then I just had to mash, mix and bake the day of.

There's way more of these kinds of recipes. They really ARE made for me! I should sort through them and start trying 1 or 2 new recipes a week.

Recipes I need to write into my cookbook

Cheesy hashbrown potatoes:

1 32 oz bag frozen hashbrowns, thawed (either the cubes or the shreds)
16 oz sour cream
3/4 c butter
1 1/2 c cheddar cheese

350* oven. Melt butter. Combine all ingredients in bown. Spoon into a 9x13" dish. Bake for 40-45 minutes (60+ for cubes). Place under broiler until golden brown on top.

Crockpot meatloaf:

2 lb lean ground beef
1/2 c bread crumbs
2 eggs
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp thyme
1 Tbsp worchestershire sauce
up to 1/4 c milk or water
1 pkg brown gravy mix (1 cup worth of gravy when mixed)

Mush all together. Pat into shape of crockpot w/ 1 inch of space between meat and sides of crockpot. Now combine:
1 pkg brown gravy mix
1 c water
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp oregano
1 Tbsp woozy

Top meatloaf. Cook 8 hours on low or4 hours on high. Serve. (I want to try using the left over liquid as gravy for mashed potatoes. Just add some cornstarch mixed with cold water to it.)

Baked Taco "Sandwich"

1 lb hamburger
1 pkg taco seasoning
2 c biscuit mix
2/3 c water
3/4 c cheddar cheese

Brown hamburger. Cook with taco seasoning according to directions on package. Preheat oven to 450*. Grease 9x9x2 pan. Mix biscuit mix & water until soft dough forms; spread in pan (sticky). Cover with beef. Bake uncovered 25-30 min or until edges are brown and toothpick in center comes out clean. Remove from oven and immediately top with cheese. Let stand until cheese is melted. Serve with toppings, like shredded lettuce, sour cream, salsa/diced tomatoes.