Sunday, January 31, 2010

Peach Crunch Cake- By Jani


29 oz can sliced peaches in light syrup-don't drain- (cut them again into smaller pieces)
1 yellow cake mix
1 stick butter (cut into 16 slices)
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 350*
Layer ingredients in a 9x13 glass dish. Starting with peaches, dry cake mix, butter slices, brown sugar and then the nuts. Bake for about 40 minutes. Serve with Ice cream or creamy cool whip.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Orange Chicken-By Jani

3 chicken breasts cut into pieces
3 eggs (mixed well)
1/2 cup corn starch
1/2 cup flour
garlic pepper
salt
Bring to boil and simmer for 1 minute.
1/2 cup chicken broth
1 cup vinegar
1 1/2 cups sugar (or just a little less)
2 tablespoons soy sauce
8 tablespoons ketchup
Dip chicken in eggs then in corn starch & flour mixture. Place in fry pan with a little olive oil and brown on all sides. Place in 9x13 pan. Add sauce mixture and bake at 350* for approx 35 minutes. Serve with rice.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Surprise Cupcakes- By Jani

1 pkg Devil's food cake mix
1 egg
8 oz cream cheese (softened)
1/3 cup sugar
Dash of salt
1 cup chocolate chips (I like the mini ones)

Mix batter as directed on cake mix box. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full (don't over fill). Mix cream cheese, egg and salt until smooth. Mix in sugar and chocolate chips. Drop by rounded teaspoon full into center of batter. Bake at 375* for 15 minutes. Cool then frost with cream cheese frosting. Keep refrigerated.

Goo-Losh- By Jani

1 lb hamburger browned and seasoned
1/2 onion chopped
2 cans stewed Mexican style tomatoes (don't drain)
1 can tomato soup
dash of ketchup
dash chili powder
large elbow macaroni cooked

Brown hamburger with onion, season salt and pepper. Drain off fat. Add stewed tomatoes, soup, dash of ketchup and some chili powder. Bring to a boil and simmer until all ingredients are warm. Stir in cooked and drained elbow macaroni. Serve with corn and garlic bread.

Creamed Eggs On Toast- By Jani

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup flour
Milk (approx 3-4 cups??)
Hard boiled eggs sliced (3 or 4)
Salt
Pepper
Onion powder
Garlic powder
Season Salt

Melt butter in pan, add flour and form a paste. Slowly pour in milk and cook over medium to medium high heat until it thickens to the consistency you want. Add hard boiled eggs and seasonings to taste. (I just keep tasting it until I get it seasoned where I like it) Serve over toast.

(This was one of the recipe's my mom use to make us. It was my good luck breakfast for the morning of my queen contests. My boys love this recipe too!)