At Home My Way

Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars   (makes an 8x8 square pan or one round cake pan)   RECIPES AT THE TOP - CHIT CHAT AT THE BOTTOM! PRINTABLE VIEW HERE! 1 cup + 2 Tablespoons all purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 stick (1/2 cup) real butter, softened 1/3 cup granulated sugar 1/3 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1 egg 1 cup chocolate chips *This recipe could be doubled for baking in a 9x13 pan. (Makes about 12 cookie bars.) Instructions:   Preheat oven to 350°. Stir softened butter, both sugars, egg and vanilla until smooth.  Add baking soda, salt and stir.  Next add flour and stir.  Stir in chocolate chips last. Batter will be thick.  Spread in sprayed/prepared 8x8 square or 8" round cake pan.  (I actually sprayed my clean hands with cooking spray and then patted the dough into my sprayed cake pan.) Bake 22-24 minutes or until browning. Wait to cut until cooled a little. The Chit Chat This weekend we p...

FIRST:  Three recipes -  Cooking Like a Granny! #1 Fresh Peach Pie  (home frozen peaches) Two fresh pie crusts-unbaked Filling : 1 gallon baggie (6 cups) of frozen fresh peaches/juice drained a little, thawed completely 2/3 cup of sugar  4 heaping Tablespoons of flour  1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon  2 Tablespoons butter sliced into small pats Instructions: Roll one crust and gently place in the pie pan making sure the edges extend over the sides of the pan a little bit.   Mix up the filling and  pour into the crust.   Roll remaining crust (top) and cut into lattice strips about one inch wide or so.   Add strips across the pie.   Fold back the top half every other strip and add a cross strip starting in the middle with the longest strip.  Unfold those strips over and fold back the  remaining "every other" strips.  Add another cross strip. Try to pick the wider/shorter strips to match the width across the...

RECIPES AT THE TOP; CHITCHAT AT THE BOTTOM! Crockpot Steak Dinner (So good!) PRINTABLE VIEW HERE Sirloin Steaks (2-4) cut in large chunks like you would put on a skewer/kabob  4-6 potatoes (red skins work great but I had russet) washed, peelings on and cut into big cubes. OPTIONAL:  Fresh or canned mushrooms would be delicious added to the pot.) 1 cup beef broth (I used water + beef bullion) 1 Tablespoon garlic powder or minced / fresh garlic  2 Tablespoons worcestershire sauce Drizzle of oil (i used olive oil.) 1/2 stick of butter Salt & Pepper Crockpot (I used a tall, round crockpot so that there wasn't much empty space around the food.) Instructions: Rinse the meat and cut into large chunks. Wash potatoes and cut into chunks about the same size as your meat (big enough that you could skewer them if you were doing that.  Like 2 inch cubes.  (I left the peelings on.) Drizzle oil in the bottom of your crockpot. Place the potatoes in the crockpot and sprinkle...

  REPOSTING FOR EASTER:  Bunny cakes bring so much joy!  Here's how I make a Bunny Cake AT HOME MY WAY! My Aunt Donna has made an Easter bunny cake for Easter dinner for as long as I can remember.   Since I miss my Florida family so very much, I decided to make a bunny cake myself so that I could feel a little closer to home!   You can make an Easter bunny cake with a cake mix and canned frosting or your own favorite cake/frosting recipe.  I decided that since my family prefers chocolate cake and chocolate frosting, to make a completely all chocolate bunny cake.  Pretty cute, huh?   I used my always good, stand-by Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake recipe found  HERE .  I used my homemade Chocolate frosting recipe also, recipe found  HERE .  (I added a little more powdered sugar to my frosting to make it a tad thicker - like 1/2 cup more powdered sugar than the recipe calls for) for making my cake. Here's how I made our family's favorit...

Stromboli are an American version of calzones that have the addition of some sauce inside.  They are  typically made with pizza  dough  and filled with meats, cheeses, and other ingredients.   " Hot Pockets" are overpriced little freezer foods found at your favorite grocery store.  Yes-they are easy and always sound good but I'm hungry as soon as I finish the thing!  Making them at home is a winner way to save money and a delicious way to eat!  Made at home, they are inexpensive, are made with a super easy homemade dough with fillings of your choice, and are just as easy to reheat as the store bought version!     Recipes at the top:  Chit Chat at the bottom! Here's how we make homemade Stromboli / Homemade Hot Pockets AT HOME MY WAY!   Homemade Stromboli (Hot Pockets)  (uses Freshly Milled Wheat  OR Store Bought Flour ) PRINTABLE VIEW HERE Dough: No Knead Bread Recipe found HERE  (using freshly milled w...