Homemade white chocolate mocha

Pretzels with Cheese dip

Ingredients:
Pretzels:

• 1 1/2 c water, warm
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1 package of dry yeast
• 2 tbsp butter
• 4 1/2 c flour

• 6 c water
• 1/2 c baking soda

• Egg wash( 1 egg with 1 tbsp water
• Salt for topping

Cheese Dip:

• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 c milk
• 1 c shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 tsp mustard

Instructions:

1. In a bowl, add warm water, salt, sugar and yeast. Do not mix. Let it stand for 5 minutes until the yeast has bubbled. 

2. Add the flour and butter, and allow it to mix with a hook mixer for 7 minutes. Or you can do it with your hands. 

3. Once the dough is smooth, put it in a large bowl, with vegetable oil on top, cover it with clear wrap and let it rise for an hour in a warm place. 

4. While the dough is rising, make your cheese dip. In a sauce pan, melt the butter and add the flour. Stir until the mixture is simmering. Pour in the milk, stirring it until the mixture has thickened. Stir in cheese and mustard, until it's smooth and thick.Voila! 

5. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lay some wax paper and spray it with Pam ( or butter or oil). 

6. Get a roasting pan. Add 6 cups of water and baking soda. On the oven, bring it to boil while making the pretzels. 

7. Once the water has boiled, dip each pretzel in it for 30 seconds, remove it, put it on a non stick pan and layer it with egg wash mixture. Sprinkle with salt.

8. Bake for about 10 minutes, or until they are golden brown. 

Real Comfort food with real calories

Clam Chowder in a Bread Bowl (Comfort food)

Ingredients:

• 4 slices of bacon, cut
• 2 (6.5oz) cans of chopped clams
• 1 1/2 c diced peeled potatoes
• 1/2 c onions (if you like them)
• 2 tbsp flour
• 1 1/2 c milk, divided
• 1 c chicken broth
• 1/2 tsp salt
• pepper
• 1 tsp butter
• minced fresh parsley
• sour dough bread bowl

Instructions:

1. In a pan, bring to boil the chicken broth with the dripping from clams(watery part, juice). Add the minced potatoes and onions (if used). Cook till the potatoes are ready (soft). 

2. Microwave the chopped bacon for 4-5mins.

3. Stir in the flour into 1/4 c of milk and add to the potato mixture. Add salt, pepper and the remaining of the milk.

4. Cover and cook for 6 mins. Cool for a few mins and add the clams, butter, bacon and parsley.

5. You know what to do next. Pour your soup into the bread bowl and enjoy! 

Bacon Mac and Cheese

Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb your fave pasta
• 4 tbsp butter
• 4 tbsp flour
• salt and pepper
• 2 c whole milk, warmed
• 1 c extra sharp cheddar cheese, grated
• 1 c mozzarella
• 1/2 c parmiggiano reggiano (or parmasean cheese) 
• 1/4 c bread crumbs
• 4 oz of pancetta, sliced ( or bacon)
• 1 tsp olive oil

Directions:

1. Cook the pasta according to instructions.
2. In a scoverda, cook the bacon or pancetta till it's light brown.
3. In a sauce pan, put in butter and flour. Cook for a minute. Add the milk, stirring, for about 4-5mins. Remember to heat the milk first. 
4. Turn of the stove and stir in all the cheeses, except half of the parmiggianos (parmasean). Turn the stove back on, and stir the mixture until its smooth. 
5. Combine the cheese mixture, pasta and bacon and put it in a casserole dish. Sprinkle with the remaining parmasean cheese and some olive oil.

1. Cook in the oven for 20-25 mins, till its golden and bubbly. Enjoy! 

Raspberry/Vanilla cupcakes with frosting

Ingredients:

• 1 c sugar
• 1 stick of unsalted butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 1 1/3 c flour
• 1/3 c milk

Frosting:

• 1 stick of unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 c raspberry preserves
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 16oz powder sugar
• pinch of salt
• fresh raspberries for decoration

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Line the cup cake batter with cupcake cups.
2. Mix together sugar and butter. Add eggs and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and mix on low slowly adding milk. DON'T OVER MIX! 
3. Fill the cups with the dough 2/3 of the way. very important. 
4. Bake for 20 mins and allow to completely cool after. 
5. For the frosting, mix together all the ingredients and swirl it on the cupcakes. Add decoration according to taste. 

Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients:

• 4oz of cream cheese, at room temperature
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp milk
• 4 cups powder sugar

Directions:

Really, all you gotta do is mix all these together and Voila! Make sure you mix slowly or you will get a facial mask from the powder sugar.

Pumpkin Cupcakes

Ingredients:

1 cup of Sugar
1 cup of All Purpose Flour
1/3 cup of Vegetable Oil
2 Eggs
½ tsp of Vanilla Extract
¾ cup of Pure Pumpkin Puree
1 tsp of pumpkin pie spice½ tsp of Baking Soda
1 tsp of Baking Powder
¼ tsp of Salt


Directions:



1) Preheat your oven to 350 degrees, line a 12 piece muffin tin with liners and set aside.


2) In a large bowl, cream together the sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla, eggs and pumpkin puree. Add the dry ingredients and mix.

3) Fill the liners about 2/3 of the way full with the batter.Make sure you don't over fill, these are cupcakes not muffins. 

4) Bake for 20 to 22 minutes or until when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Let cool completely and frost with cream cheese frosting.

Tonight's Dinner. YUM.

Orange chicken with rise (seasoned with soy sauce and hot sauce) and a strawberry, banana, plumb milkshake. 

Pumpkin Pie

Btw, this is not my pic, by the time I remembered to take one, the pie was gone

Ingredients: 

• 1( 10 in) unbaked pie crust
• 1/2 c white sugar
• 1/3 c brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon 
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves
• 1( 15 oz) pumpkin puree
• 1( 12 oz) evaporated milk

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients, and pour into the pie shell. 
2. Bake for about an hour, or until you can poke the pie with a tooth pick and nothing comes out.
3. Let it cool for 2 hrs. 
4. Eat. 

Simple Banana Bread

Ingredients: 

• 1 stick of butter( 1/2 cup)
• 1/2 c white sugar, 1/2 brown
• 2 eggs
• 4 bananas
• 2 c flour
• 1 tsp+ cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking powder
• optional: 1 tsp vanilla, raisins

Directions:

1. Mush the bananas with a fork in a bowl until there is little chunks. 
2. Really, all you got to do is combine everything, starting with the solids first, then the liquids.Mix it. Spray down a pan. Pour.
3. Bake for about 40 mins on 350 F, or until it's a browned color. You can poke the bread with a toothpick, if no dough is on it when you take it out, it's ready.
4. Make sure to cool it, don't eat hot or warm because you'll get indigestion! Enjoy.