Recipes

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Northern Bean with Ham and Cornbread

These are a great crockpot rainy day dinner. You can put them in early and they will be ready in plenty of time for dinner. Very budget freindly, goes all way and easy....

1 lb bag northern beans
1/2 lb. cooked ham
2 teas salt
1 teas white pepper



Wash beans and place in crock pot. Place ham and add salt and pepper. Fill crock pot with water until a inch over beans and cook on medium all day. Make some corn bread and enjoy...


Moms Chocolate Pound Cake with Chocolate icing

If you love Chocolate, you are going to love this cake. My mom gets so many comments about this cake. She made it for our reunion, so I wanted to share it with all of you...


2 sticks butter
1/2 cup crisco
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 cups cake flour sifted
1/2 teas. baking powder
1/2 salt
1 cup milk
1 teas.vanilla and butter flavoring
4 tablespoon cocoa

Cream butter,crisco and sugar together. add eggs one at a time. Beat well after each one, Add flour and baking powder in a small bowl. Pour lemon, vanilla and butter flavoring together with milk. Add flour mixture and milk mixture alternating in between..Grease a tube pan and flour. Bake 350 for 1 hour until tooth pick comes out clean.

Chocolate Icing

4 cups confectinoary sugar sifter
1 stick butter softened
1/2 cup crisco
1 teas vanilla and butter flavoring
3/4 cup cocoa

Mix all ingredients together until smooth and creamy. If the icing is a little stiff add a teaspoon milk until spreadable. Keep cake in a cool place..




Cooking tip of the week....

Try using milk instead of water when making a pie crust to make a more tender crust and to have it brown nicely.

Thought of the day....

Be yourself- everyone else is taken....

Coming Thursday...

Northern Beans and Ham and Cornbread
Moms Chocolate Pound Cake with Chocolate icing
Thought of the day
Cooking tip of the week

London Broil with Gravy

This is one of the best things I have ever tasted.  I have tried many times to make London Broil and it has not turned out the way I wanted it to. It is a very picky piece of meat, it has to be cooked just right. But this way is awesome. You have got to try this if you like London Broil. It is so easy to make.

1 london broil
1 pk. ranch dressing
1 pk. italian dressing
1 pk. brown gravy
2 cups water

Place the meat in a crock pot and mix the ranch,itialian and brown gravy packs together and spread over meat. Pour water over the meat to mix the dry ingredients and let cook on low all day. Make some rice or mash potatoes and dig in...