Homemade Oreos!!!

One of my guilty pleasures!! We all have one right??? Well, oreo's are one of mine.  But if they are store bought I can only do the double stuff kind.  Oh soooo yummmy!!! (and so easy)

1 box of Devils food cake mix

3/4 C oil (you could use applesauce as a healthier substitute)

2 eggs

350' 8-10 minutes

Frosting (i don't have an official recipe, I just do it as I go - sorry)

couple handfuls of powdered sugar

1/2 stick of butter softened

about a cap full of vanilla

enough milk to make it the right consistency

I just taste it and add more of whatever till I like it!  That is what is so great about cooking you make it just how you like it!

Fun one that the kids will love!!!

This recipe is a fun little favorite in our house and you can add lots of different things to it to your liking.  This recipe is courtesy of Jan from the Burton Family Favorites cookbook.

Barbecups

3/4 lb Ground beef/turkey (i do 1 lb)

1 T minced onion (I use real onion)

3/4 C Grated cheddar cheese

1/2 C Barbecue sauce

1 T brown Sugar

1 Can refrigerated biscuits (can use any kind)

Brown meat, drain.  Add Barbecue sauce, onion, and brown sugar.  Separate biscuit dough into 12 biscuits.  Place one in each of the 12 ungreased muffin cups.  Press dough up sides to edge of cup (I roll out each biscuit with a rolling pin to make it easier to put in each cup).  Spoon meat into cups.  Sprinkle with cheese and bake @ 400 for 10-12 minutes

Again with this recipe you can do anything, add more BBQ sauce, more onions, add olives or peppers.  Anything!  So play around with it and enjoy!

Baked Omelet Roll - Taste of Home

A quick yummy breakfast alternative!

6 eggs

1 C milk

1/2 C flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1 C shredded cheddar cheese (see step 2)

1) Place eggs and milk in blender (use can also use a large bowl with a whisk or hand mixer).  Add the flour, salt and pepper; cover and process until smooth.  Pour into a greased 13x9in pan.  Bake @ 450 for 20 minutes or until eggs are set.

2) Sprinkle with: cheese, ham, onions, peppers, bacon, tomatoes etc.  We like to put all kinds of stuff inside, just experiment!  Toll up omelet in pan starting with the short side.  Place on platter and cut in slices.

This is soo simple and quick!  Enjoy and let me know what you tried in it!

Buttermilk Syrup

Wow!  I have got a lot of requests for this recipe so I thought I had better get it up quick.  

I love making everything homemade, in fact, I give people a hard time when they "cheat."  ie making things from a box or evening buying them.  All the fun for me it to create something from scratch!  So I make all our syrups whether it is maple or buttermilk or even blueberry!  So here is one of my absolute favorite recipe that I have discovered everyone loves and they usually keep a ready supply of it.

BUTTERMILK SYRUP

(see note on buttermilk* before beginning)

2 T        Cornstarch

1 1/2 C  Sugar

3/4 C     Buttermilk*

1/2 C     Butter

1 tsp      Bak. Soda

2 tsp      Vanilla

Combine: Cornstarch, sugar, buttermilk, butter and baking soda in a large pot on medium high heat.  (with the reaction of the liquids and the cornstarch this really bubbles up and WILL over flow, so use a big pot to save the mess).  Stir until and the ingredients are mixed well.  Boil for 7 minutes.  (you will not need to have a roiling boil, it will basically just simmer and that is enough)  remove from heat and add vanilla.  Store any leftovers in the fridge and just reheat later!!!

*Buttermilk: to make 1 C of buttermilk you put 1 T of lemon juice or vinegar (i've never used the vinegar)    in a 1 C liquid measuring cup then add enough milk to make 1 C.  Since this is 3/4 C don't use a full Tablespoon of lemon juice (just shy of a full T). I have found that the longer you let the butter milk sit the creamier the syrup, I let it sit for about 30 min, but it doesn't have to sit at all.

PUFF PANCAKES (GERMAN PANCAKES)

6   eggs

2 T  sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1 C flour

1 C milk

Preheat oven to 400.  Take a 13x9 pan and put 3 T of Butter in the pan and stick in oven while it is preheating (you may want to spray the pan too, it tends to stick).

Combine all ingredients in blender or large bowl and beat well.  

Once butter is melted and oven is preheated pour batter into pan.

Bake for 12-15 till you see mountains with golden peaks.  Unfortunately they will fall when you remove it from the oven.

Can serve will all kinds of things.  WE like: sour cream, brown sugar, bananas and then buttermilk syrup.

  

This syrup is great on so many different things!!!  Try it out and let me know!!!    

I hope you like it as much as we do!!