No Bake cookies

 Today  was thinking that I would like to make some cookies that would be super easy and fast to make so I decied that I would make no bake cookies. I remember eating them alot when I was a kid. I remembered that I had peppermint chips in my freezer so I thought why not put some in. I liked the finished product because you can see flecks of red in them from the pepperment chips.

No Bake Cookies

½ cup chocolate chips	¼ cup peppermint chips
2 cups sugar	2 tablespoons butter
½ cup milk	½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla	3 cups oatmeal

Combine both chips, sugar, butter, and milk. Bring to a boil and let it boil for 1 minute. Then add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Drop by spoonfuls on wax paper. Enjoy!

 

I love my cookie scooper I use it all the time. It helps to make sure all the cookies are the same size. I also think that it makes more cookies because they are smaller and you do not feel as guilty eating them.

 

Friute Muffins

Zucchini, Pear, Orange, Cranberry Bread

1 cup oil	2 cups sugar
3 eggs	1 cup zucchini
1 orange	1 pear
2/3 cups craisins	2 cups wheat flour
1 ¼ cups almond flour	1 tsp salt
1tsp baking soda	2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp cinnamon	¼ tsp baking powder
coconut

Cram sugar, eggs, and oil. Add all fruit zest the orange and mix well. (I put the craisins in ¾ cup hot water and cooking microwave for 1 minute this helps to reconstitute them. Drain water before you add them to the batter). Add the rest of the ingredients except the coconut. Juice all the orange and then mix.  (I take raw almonds and process them in my food processor so they become fine like flour then I do not have to buy almond flour). Sprinkle the tops with coconut. I put them in larger muffin tins and the regular size tins. They bake on 350 degrees for larger muffins bake for 30 minutes for regular muffins bake for 20 minutes. ENJOY!

I got these for Christmas they help to scoop the muffins to make them the same size. I think they are from Bed Bath and Beyond.

 

Empanadas

I saw on facebook one of my friends sharing a recipe for Empanadas and I thought hey I can do this. They were useing pagkaged roles I decied to make my own roles. Here is the recipe:

Empanadas

Dough

2 cups flour	¼ cup sugar
1/3 cup oil	1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder	2/3 cup milk

Mix flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Add oil and milk; mix. Make about 1 1/2” ball and roll out flat and add toppings.

Toppings

1 LB ground beef	1 can refried beans
1 chopped onion	1 chopped green pepper
1 package taco seasoning	grated cheese
olive oil	salt/pepper
fresh spinach	salsa

Brown and season (with salt and pepper to taste) hamburger when browned add taco seasoning mix well then add refried beans. Mix well and cook for about 10 minutes or until warmed. While browning the hamburger dump some olive oil into a pan on medium heat add chopped onion and green pepper. Cook for 15 minutes the onions will start to caramelize. Then add to the hamburger mixture. Then add to the hamburger mixture. Add hamburger mixture to dough add 1 teaspoon salsa, 4 spinach leafs, then sprinkle on cheese. Fold the top over and close by pressing the edges with a fork and bake on 375 degrees for 25 minutes. ENJOY!