Chocolate Chip Cookies

Last night we had some friends over for a game night, so I decided to try a new chocolate chip cookie recipe. It was just wonderful, so here it is! I doubled this recipe, and it made plenty for 7 adults and 4 children.

Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 1/4 c flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 c butter, softened
1 1/2 c packed brown sugar
1/2 c white sugar
1 3/4-oz instant vanilla pudding mix
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 c semisweet chocolate cips
1 c chopped walnuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In large bowl, cream together butter and sugars. Beat in pudding mix until blended. Add in eggs and vanilla. Blend in flour and soda. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Drop cookies onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes until edges are slightly brown. For very soft cookies, the cookie should not look done. Let sit on pan for a minute or so after removing from oven.

Yummy for your Tummy!

Ok, here is the latest DeLaper recipe. This chicken is SO tender, its awesome!! Of course, you'll have to come up with sides to go with this, but you wouldn't want me to do ALL the recipe finding, now would you?

Teriyaki Chicken

1/2 c. flour
1/2 t. salt
1/8 t. pepper
(Or, instead of salt and pepper, Lowry's seasoning salt)
2 lbs chicken breast, cut into strips
oil
1/3 c. soy sauce
1/3 c. honey
1/4 c. dry sherry--I used chardonnay, because I didn't have sherry
1 clove garlic, minced--I use the preminced kind that comes in a big container in the produce section of my grocery store
1 t. fresh ginger, grated--buy it in the produce section, and freeze in a freezer bag. When you are ready to use some, peel and grate, and put the rest back in the freezer

Combine flour, salt and pepper in a large plastic baggy. Drop in the chicken and shake until well coated with flour. Pour a little oil into a large frying pan, and brown chicken on both sides over med-high heat. In microwaveable dish, mix soy sauce, honey, wine, garlic and ginger; microwave until hot. When chicken strips are done, dip in sauce and place on baking pan with sides. Bake 20 minutes; pour remaining sauce over chicken halfway through baking.

a taste of heaven...

You just HAVE to try this recipe! It is wonderful. And good for you. Wow, you can't beat that!

Whole Wheat Maple Quick Bread

1/3 cup milk

1 cup yogurt

1 egg, lightly beaten

1/2 cup maple syrup

1 lemon, juiced

2 cups whole wheat pastry flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a loaf pan (about 5x9). Mix wet ingredients. Add dry ingredients, stirring until moistened. Bake 50 minutes in preheated oven, or till knife inserted near center comes out clean. You may want to cover with foil the last half of baking time to keep from overbrowning on top.

Now, for a real treat, put a little bit of neufchatel cheese on top. Take some berries (mine were frozen and defrosted), mash them up and put those on top. Eat with a fork. Mmmmmmmm.....

Oh, I'd like to point out: I have no idea what pastry flour is! I used King Arthur Flour whole wheat flour. It is the ONLY whole wheat flour I've found that tastes good.

Ok, I'd better go to bed before I'm too tempted to dive into seconds!!!