Fudge Crinkle Cookies

Go make these. Like now! Seriously, these are dangerous! They are way too easy to make which makes them way to easy to make!!! I mean come one! To make cookies from scratch, if they take too much effort, you don't make them as much. These cookies? So easy you can whip them up within 2 minutes. Here's the recipe directly from Six Sister's Stuff.

Fudge Crinkle Cookies
Ingredients:
1 (15.25 oz) box Devil's Food cake mix 
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1/2 cup powdered sugar (for rolling the cookies in)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir together the dry cake mix (do not follow directions on the box- you just want to use the dry ingredients that are in the box), oil and eggs in a large bowl until dough forms. Dust hands with confectioners' sugar and shape dough into 1- 1.5" balls. Roll balls in confectioners' sugar and place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 7-9 minutes or until center is JUST SET. Remove from pans after a minute or so and cool on wire racks.

Chicken Alfredo Roll-Ups

This was soooo yummy! A little on the heavier side but hey, when you have alfredo sauce, it's going to be thick. It wasn't too hard to make (always a plus) and you could always make some of the stuff ahead of time. I'm going to change it the next time I'm making it (oh yes, this is going onto the list!). Instead of the alfredo sauce she has on her site, I love the "Our Best Bites" recipe which is low-fat but doesn't taste bad AT ALL! FYI, the alfredo recipe below is not the Best Bites recipe. The pictures look sorta bland but it isn't. Just go ahead and make it! You won't regret it! 

Chicken Alfredo Roll-ups
Printable Version

9 lasagna noodles
2 ½ cups alfredo sauce (optional homemade recipe below)
2 cups cooked, shredded chicken
oregano
garlic salt
3 cups shredded Mozzarella, or cheese of your choice

Spray an 8x8 pan with non-stick spray and pour ½ cup alfredo sauce, or just enough to cover the bottom of the pan. Boil 8-10 cups water in a large pan, cook lasagne noodles until al dente. (I usually cook 1 or 2 extra just because lasagna noodles always seem to break on me when I am stirring them.)
Now this is the important part! Drain and rinse the noodles with cold water to prevent them from sticking to each other. Then, lay out each noodle individually and blot dry with a paper towel.

Spread about 2 Tbs. alfredo sauce over each noodle. (if there is too much sauce you will have a big mess on your hands!) Sprinkle oregano and garlic salt on top of sauce. Take 1/9 of the shredded chicken and spread it out evenly over each noodle. Add approx. 3 Tbs. cheese. To roll up, start at one end and roll the noodle over the toppings. You will need to lift the noodle a little to prevent squishing out the inside ingredients while rolling.

Place the roll-ups in the pan, one by one, seam-side down so they don't come undone. Once they are all in the pan, pour the remaining alfredo sauce over the top. Top with remaining cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes, or until the cheese is completely melted on top.

Serves 3, 3 roll-ups each
Recipe highly adapted from Artsyfartsymama.blogspot.com

The Best Garlic Alfredo Sauce
Printable Version

½ cup butter
2 ounces cream cheese
2 cups heavy cream (or substitute half and half)
2 teaspoon garlic powder
½  tsp. fresh minced garlic
salt and freshly ground black pepper
½ tsp dried oregano
⅔ cup parmesan cheese

In a medium to large saucepan melt the butter over medium heat. Add fresh minced garlic and cook for 1 minute, or until fragrant. Add the cream cheese and whisk to smooth and melted. Whisk in the heavy cream.
Season with the garlic powder, salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer and whisk frequently until sauce thickens, around 15 minutes. Stir in the cheese and when melted, remove from heat and serve.

Makes 2 ½ cups
Recipe from Momma!

Source: mmmcafe.blogspot.com via Tiffany on Pinterest

Peasant Bread

This has become my favorite bread! I love to dip it into my broccoli cheddar soup I make. I always eat WAY too much of it. I could eat it every day!

Okay, I'm just looking at this picture and getting hungry for it again! It is so crispy on the outside and so chewy on the inside. Here's the pinterest link.

Source: alexandracooks.com via Tiffany on Pinterest

So, here's all you're going to need for the recipe.

4 cups flour
2 tsp salt
2 cups warm water
1 Tbs sugar
2 tsp yeast
2 Tbs softened butter for greasing
I mix the water, sugar and yeast in my mixer and let it stand for 10 minutes or so. I then add the salt and flour and I'm done! Well, almost done. She says that her bread is really wet still but mine never ends up that wet. I don't know if it's the altitude but hey, the bread turns out great!
Butter 2 pyrex bowls, divide the dough into 2, and place it in the bowls. Let it rise till it's double in size at least. Mine never rise as much as her picture either. But again, still good!
Bake at 425F for 10 minutes then turn the oven down to 375F and bake for 22-25 minutes longer. Take the loaves out and pop the bread out of the bowls. ENJOY!