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Cheddar Pickles

Are you ready for an easy snack that’s so dang good you may have a hard time sharing?

Well, I’ve got you—try this one!!

It’s so simple and quick that you’ll  be able to make a few batches in just a few minutes. If you’re not alone–you’ll need to keep them coming.

Fair warning.

All it takes is shredded cheddar cheese and pickle slices.

That’s it.

Butter all the cups in a cupcake pan. Sprinkle in a pinch of cheese. Pat 12 pickle slices dry with a paper towel and set one pickle slice on top of the cheese.

Now sprinkle another pinch of cheese on top of the pickle.

Bake for 14-16 minutes. Remove from pan to a paper towel.

I had a few left and kept them in the fridge, and was surprised at how good they were cold. I knowww…weird.

Please try this one!!

It has become a happy little adiction…

and I’m not a bit sorry.

Heh, heh.

 

 

Cheddar Pickles
 
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Ingredients
  • Shredded Cheddar Cheese
  • Sliced Dill Pickles
Instructions
  1. Butter all the cups in a cupcake pan.
  2. Sprinkle in a pinch of cheese.
  3. Pat 12 pickle slices dry with a paper towel.
  4. Set one pickle slice on top of the cheese.
  5. Sprinkle another pinch of cheese on top of the pickle.
  6. Bake for 14-16 minutes at 400 degrees.
  7. Remove from pan to a paper towel.

 

 

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Easy Cheesy No-Knead Bread

If you haven’t tried “no knead” bread–you’re in for a very quick, very happy surprise.

I admit my first loaf was a bit flat, but I didn’t even care because–

it smelled HEAVENLY!!!

And the best part is that it tasted even better!!

I loved it so much I made another loaf with shredded Parmesan–this one was cheddar.

Please, please try it!!

 

 

Easy Cheesy Bread

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups warm water

2-1/4 tsp yeast

3 cups flour

1-1/2 tsp salt

2 cups shredded cheese–cheddar, parmesan, swiss–experiment!

In a large bowl,  stir the water and yeast together. Add flour and salt and mix with your hands till everything is combined. Add cheese and press and fold to incorporate.  Cover bowl with a wet, warm towel and let dough rise in a warm place until double–about 1 to 1-1/2 hours.

Heat oven to 450 degrees. Warm dutch oven in stove for about 10 minutes.

Carefully pour the dough onto a piece of parchment and gently shape into a ball. Top dough with a handful of shredded cheese.  Set parchment with dough into the hot dutch oven.  Bake for 25-30 minutes till bread is golden and sounds hollow when tapped.

Remove the bread from the pan and allow it to cool on a rack for about 15 before cutting.

Eat. It. Up.

Easy Cheesy Bread
 
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Ingredients
  • 1-1/2 cups warm water
  • 2-1/4 tsp yeast
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1-1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 cups shredded cheese--cheddar, parmesan, swiss--experiment!
  • In a large bowl,  stir the water and yeast together. Add flour and salt and mix with your hands till everything is combined. Add cheese and press and fold to incorporate.  Cover bowl with a wet, warm towel and let dough rise in a warm place until double--about 1 to 1-1/2 hours.
  • Heat oven to 450 degrees. Warm dutch oven in stove for about 10 minutes.
  • Carefully pour the dough onto a piece of parchment and gently shape into a ball. Top dough with a handful of shredded cheese.  Set parchment with dough into the hot dutch oven.  Bake for 25-30 minutes till bread is golden and sounds hollow when tapped.
  • Remove the bread from the pan and allow it to cool on a rack for about 15 before cutting.
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl,  stir the water and yeast together. Add flour and salt and mix with your hands till everything is combined. Add cheese and press and fold to incorporate.  Cover bowl with a wet, warm towel and let dough rise in a warm place until double--about 1 to 1-1/2 hours.
  2. Heat oven to 450 degrees. Warm dutch oven in stove for about 10 minutes.
  3. Carefully pour the dough onto a piece of parchment and gently shape into a ball. Top dough with a handful of shredded cheese.  Set parchment with dough into the hot dutch oven.  Bake for 25-30 minutes till bread is golden and sounds hollow when tapped.
  4. Remove the bread from the pan and allow it to cool on a rack for about 15 before cutting.

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Molasses Crinkle Cookies

We’ve made these cookies before Halloween every year…

since I was an itty, bitty kid.

My mom used to make them bigger and even flatter so that we could decorate them like pumpkins–with candy corn and life savers.

I even did it a couple of times like that when my kids were little but to be honest..

I like them better without the…ummm…toppings. 

And while I’m being brutally honest here, I’ll tell you another thing.

I like them…

almost…

burned.

Almost.

Some like them soft, but for me–

it’s all about the crunch.

 

 

Molasses Crinkles

1 cup sugar

3/4 cup butter

1/4 cup molasses

1 egg

Cream together, then add:

2 cups flour

1/4 tsp. salt

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. cloves

1 tsp. ginger

2 tsp. baking soda

If you chill the dough for about an hour before baking, they will be easier to handle. Roll 1 inch dough balls in sugar and place on ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes. Leave on pan a few minutes before moving to cooling rack.

Molasses Crinkles...
 
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Ingredients
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ¾ cup butter
  • ¼ cup molasses
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups flour
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. cloves
  • 1 tsp. ginger
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
Instructions
  1. Cream together the first four ingredients, then add all the rest of the dry ingredients.
  2. Roll 1 inch dough balls in sugar and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
  3. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes.
  4. Leave on pan a few minutes before moving to cooling rack.

 

 

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Garden Pasta Salad

I will merrily, happily, gleefully eat this every…dang…day.

 

 

Directions

In a large bowl, toss together:

Ingredients

1 box Garden Rotini pasta cooked

1 Peeled, seeded, chopped cucumber

2 Ribs diced celery

1 small can Sliced olives

1 clam shell halved Grape Tomatoes

1 package Mini Pepperoni

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Dressing

1 cup Wishbone Italian Dressing

mixed with…

1/2 to 3/4 cup Ranch Dressing

Before serving, pour over as much of the dressing as desired, or add dressing to individual portions.

 

 

Garden Pasta Salad
 
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Ingredients
  • 1 box Garden Rotini pasta cooked
  • 1 Peeled, seeded, cut up cucumber
  • 2 Ribs diced celery
  • 1 small can Sliced olives
  • 1 clam shell halved Grape Tomatoes
  • 1 package Mini Pepperoni
  • ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • Dressing
  • 1 cup Wishbone Italian Dressing
  • ½ to ¾ cup Ranch Dressing
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, toss together all ingredient except dressing.
  2. Mix two dressings together.
  3. Before serving, pour over as much of the dressing as desired, or add dressing to individual portions.

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Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

…straight from Heaven.

Yep, you heard me right. These little lovelies are soft and chewy and so, SO chocolaty that you’ll think you died and went straight to heaven.

You’ll be in a chocolate STUPOR I tell you.

Make them and see for yourself.

You’ll never be the same.

I swear it on a stack of chocolate chips.

Heh, heh.

 

 

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup butter

1-1/2 cups sugar

2 eggs

2 tsps vanilla

2-1/2 cups flour

3/4 cup cocoa

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1-1/2 cups chocolate chips (milk or semisweet)

Directions:

In large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar about 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Add vanilla.

In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Slowly add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Add chocolate chips and stir.

Drop by tablespoons about 2 inches apart onto a greased baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 9 minutes. Cool slightly before removing from pan.

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
 
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Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1-1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsps vanilla
  • 2-1/2 cups flour
  • ¾ cup cocoa
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1-1/2 cups chocolate chips (milk or semisweet)
Instructions
  1. In large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar about 5 minutes or until light and fluffy.
  2. Add eggs one at a time.
  3. Add vanilla.
  4. In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
  5. Slowly add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
  6. Mix in chocolate chips.
  7. Drop by tablespoons about 2 inches apart onto a greased baking pan.
  8. Bake at 350 degrees for 9 minutes.
  9. Cool slightly before removing from pan.