Favorite Food Friday: Death by Chocolate

I am a self professed chocoholic, and this is my absolute favourite desert, here is how you make it:

ingredients:
1 pkg                     chocolate cake
1pkg                      instant pudding
2 cups                   whipped cream
1 pkg                     crushed Skor bits

Make up one chocolate cake, pudding and whipping cream

Crumble half the (cooled) cake and pack it in the bottom of a clear bowl

Put half the pudding on top of the cake

Next layer half the whipped cream and sprinkle half the Skor bits

Repeat the layers one more time

Chill and serve

Favorite Food Friday: Sour Cream Biscuts

Here is one of my favourite biscuit recipes, My grandma taught me to make them and I still go over there frequently to help her make a big batch for lunch, hers what you do:

Mix together:
2 cups                   flour
½ tsp                     salt
3tsp                       baking powder
½ tsp                     baking soda
¾ cup                    sour cream
1 ½ tsp                  water

Roll out and cut into circles, place on baking tray and bake at 450 for 10-15 minutes

Favorite Food Friday: Aunt Rose's Butterhorns

So I am pretty sure I am giving away some deep dark family secret by revelling this recipe but this segment is supposed to be about my favourite recopies and this one defiantly tops the list!

Aunt Rose’s Butter Horns

Put 2 yeast cakes in:
1 cup water
1 tsp sugar

Allow to rise:

Dissolve ½ cup sugar
 1 cup butter
 in 2 cups warm milk,

Add:

2                              eggs
5 ½ cups               flour
2 tsp                      salt

Mix together with a spoon,
let rise 1 ½ hours
roll out ½ inch thick
spread with soft butter and cinnamon
roll up as you would a jelly roll
cut and place in pans
let rise
bake at 350

Ice and sprinkle with nuts

Favorite Food Friday: Popcorn Balls

Here is another one of my favorite recipies:

10 cups                 popped Corn
1 Cup                     sugar
½ cup                    butter
¼ cup                    corn syrup
½ tsp                     salt
1 tsp                      vinegar
½ tsp                     vanilla

Place popped corn into buttered bowl
Put all other ingredients except vanilla in a heavy sauce pan, cover and allow to boil for 3 minutes
uncover and cook until boiling a rolling boil
stir in vanilla
pour mixture over corn
form into balls

Favorite Food Friday: Chocolate Suprise Cupcakes

For today I have decided to do one of my favourite cupcake recipes!
Chocolate Surprise Cupcakes:

Mix together :
3 Cups      Flour
2 Cups      Sugar
½ Cup       Cocoa
1 tsp         Salt
2 tsp         Baking Soda

Add:
2/3 cup      oil
2 cups        water
2 tbsp         vinegar
2 tsp           vanilla

Fill Cupcake holders ¾ full and set aside

In a separate bowl mix together:

1 pkg          cream cheese
1                   egg
1/3   cup    sugar
¼ tsp          salt
3/4 cup       chocolate chips
 drop mixture 1 heaping teaspoon at a time into cupcakes
bake 30 minutes at 350°C

Favorite Food Friday: Orange Smoothie

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Ok, I realize I cheated; a smoothie is not technically a food, but considering  that we haven’t seen the sun around here for the last week, can you really blame me for wanting a little taste of summer? This recipe brings back memories of my family sitting on our deck on a hot summer night after coming in from moving irrigation pipes
Orange Smoothie:
½ can      frozen concentrate orange juice
1 cup       milk
½ cup      water
1tsp         vanilla
¼ cup      sugar
aprox. 16 ice cubes

Combine in a blender and blend until smooth
hope you enjoy my little taste of summer!

Favorite Food Friday: Slowcooker Baked Beans

I have been doing a lot of both cooking and baking latley. armed with my grandma's old recipie books I have been baking up a storm for all of my family who is out seeding. I have decided to add a new segment on here so that I can share some of these fabulous recipies with you guys!
this first one is an oldie, but a goodie. its a super easy slow cooker recipie that you can prepare in no time:
Slowcooker Baked Beans:
cook 1 package of ground hamburger and put in slow cooker
add:
1                Chopped onion
1/2 cup       ketchup
1/2 cup       brown sugar
2 cans         beans
1/4 cup       bacon bits
add to this about a teaspoon each of
salt
pepper
garlic plus
worchestercire sauce
bake for 2 hrs on high

Cookie Salad

I have had this craving for one of my favourite dishes, but have no occasion that I can make it for. So I have decided to share it here for all of you, I love it because it is called a salad so it can be eaten with a meal, but it is defiantly more of a desert:

Cookie salad
mix:
1 cup                    buttermilk
1 pkg                     small vanilla instant pudding mix
½ container        Cool Whip

add to above:
1 can                      drained pineapple tidbits
1 can                      drained mandarin oranges
2 cups                   grapes
add 1 cup of broken up chocolate coated shortbread cookies just before serving

Lauren's Revenge

I have previously mentioned my neighbour Lauren. What I didn't mention is that she is a fabulous baker. I already have her booked in to make my wedding cake (now all I have to do is find someone to marry!) the other day Lauren and her family came to my house with the most amazing dip for apples we call it Lauren’s revenge, here is the recipe:

Lauren’s revenge
1pkg     cream cheese
½ cup   brown sugar
½ cup   white sugar
½ pkg   skor bits
½ tsp    vanilla
mix together and serve with 6-10 sliced apples.