German Pancakes

My daughter has been asking me to make German pancakes for a few days now so I dedied that I would make some today. My kids do not like it when I put fruit into things, but I deced that I was going to do it anyways today. Of coures my kids thew a fit about having to have them, but I made them eat them anyways.

 

German Pancakes

1 tsp. salt	2 tsp. baking powder
½ cup sugar	3 cups flour
2 tsp. cinnamon	2 tsp. vanilla
4 tablespoons melted butter	6 eggs
2 cups milk	1chopped apple
1 chopped pear

Preheat oven to 400degreese. Mix all dry ingredients add wet ingredients. Make sure you beat the eggs before you put them in. Let the mix rest for 10 minutes and then add pear and apple. Grease a 9x13 cake pan and dump the pan cakes in OR use a muffin tin to cook them in. If you cook them in the cake pan they have to bake for 30 minutes if in the muffin tin you bake them for 18 minutes. Enjoy!

 

Potato Salad

When I was a kid I love to eat potato salad. We are having the missionaries form our chuch over for dinner and we are haveing a BBQ with hot dogs. I thought that nothing would be better than having this salad. My borthers and sister tell me everytime that we are going to have a BBQ that they want me to make it so I make it. It can take some time to make it, but it is worth it.

  

Potato Salad

15 russet potatoes	1 cup pickles
1 cup cube cheese	1 teaspoon pickle juice
1 teaspoon lemon juice	1 teaspoon white vinegar
½ cup mustard	1 ½ teaspoon salt
1 ½ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper	6 eggs
1 ¼  cups mayo

Boil potatoes until potatoes are soft I always insert a fork in them to see if they are soft. Boil eggs for 16 minutes. I put both in the fridge to let them cool. Meanwhile make the sauce. Combine the lemon juice, pickle juice, white vinegar, salt, pepper, mustard, and mayo and wisk together and set aside in the fridge while the eggs and potatoes cool. Peel the potatoes and eggs then cut them and add them into a big bowl. Cut the cheese and pickles. Dump on the sauce and mix well. Enjoy!   

Fruit Muffins

I was grocery shopping yesterday and thought that I would like to make some muffins so I decied that I would be some strawberries. As I was making them this morning I forgot that I was out of vanilla, but decied that I would just make them with out it and they turned out really well. The trick with muffins is not to mix them to much or they will become hard and not soft and chewey.

 



Strawberry/Pear/Banana Muffins

2 cups fresh strawberry’s	1 fresh pear
1 banana	1 cup oil
3 eggs	1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda	1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
4 cups flour	¾ cup milk
2 cups sugar

Combine eggs, sugar, and oil mix until creamy. Chop fruit and stir in gently. Add salt, baking soda, baking powder, and flour mix well. The mixture will be very thick add in milk and stir im gently. Pour into muffin tins and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Enjoy!

 

Look closley and you can see the chunks of the fruit!





Chicken Pot Pie

Chicken Pot Pie

Filling:

3 chicken breasts	fresh ground pepper
salt	3 chicken bouillon cubes
3 cups water	1 teaspoon garlic
1 cup frozen carrots	1 cup frozen corn
1 cup frozen peas	4 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons corn starch	½ teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon basil	¼ teaspoon cumin
1 ½ teaspoons parsley	2 teaspoons olive oil
1 teaspoon lemon juice	1 teaspoon crushed red pepper

Cook chicken in lemon juice, olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic, oregano, basil, cumin, parsley, and crushed red pepper. Meanwhile the chickens are cooking put 3 cups of water and bouillon cubs in microwave for 1 minute and then pull out and smash the bouillon set aside. Take the butter and melt in microwave and then add corn starch and wisk until smooth. Add some of the chicken broth and wisk until smooth and then add that mixture to the chicken broth and wisk until well combined. When chicken is done cooking add the veggies and the chicken broth and let it simmer for 20 minutes. While simmering make dough.

 

 

 

Dough:

½ cup sugar	2 ½ cups white flour
1 ½ cups wheat flour	2 teaspoons salt
4 teaspoons baking powder	2/3 cup oil
1 1/3 cups milk	1 egg

 Combine dry ingredients mix with a fork then add the rest of the ingredients except the egg and mix with the fork. You can use a muffin tin to make the pies in or you can use chaffing dishes. Make sure that you butter the chaffing dishes. Make dough balls and roll them out and put it all over the chaffing dish then add a ladle full of filling then roll out another ball for the top of the pie.  Crack the egg and beat well and then brush on top of the pies this will make the pie get a great brown top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Enjoy!

 



Cookie Bars

My kids have been wanting more cookies so I thought that I would make some cookie bars so that I would not have to be in the kitchen all day baking.

Cookie Bars

2 sticks butter	1 ½ cups white sugar
1 teaspoon Salt	1 teaspoon caramel flavoring
1 teaspoon Baking Soda	2 ½ cups flour
1 cup coconut	½ cup toffee bits
1 cup chocolate chips

Pre heat oven to 375 degrees. Mix sugar butter until creamed and add eggs and mix. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown.