Sunday, December 18, 2011

Pumpkin Dessert Squares


This recipe calls for 1 jar of pecan pumpkin butter that can only be purchased from Williams-Sonoma, but we just used one from Trader Joe's. It was just as delicious and less expensive!

1 box yellow cake mix (set aside 1 cup)
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted plus
4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter (cut into small chunks)
3 large eggs
1 jar Muirhead Pecan Pumpkin Butter
2 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease a 9" x 13" inch baking pan.

2. Stir together the remaining cake mix, 8 tbsp. melted butter, and 1 of the eggs. Pour into the prepared pan.

3. Stir together the pumpkin butter, 2 eggs, and the milk. Pour over the cake batter in the pan.

4. Add the flour, sugar, and cinnamon to the bowl with the reserved 1 cup cake mix. Add the 4 tbsp. cold butter. Using a pastry blender, cut in the butter until pea-sized crumbs form and the mixture clumps together. Crumble over the pumpkin butter mixture.

5. Bake until golden, 35-40 minutes. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let cool, then cut into squares and serve.

Dana's Best Chocolate Chip Cookies


Cream together in a small bowl:
3/4 cup butter, melted
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar

Sift together in a separate bowl:
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda

Add to butter-sugar mixture:
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 tbsp. vanilla

Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredeants.
Fold in semi-sweet chocolate chips.
Preheat oven to 325.
Bake 15-17 minutes on a greased cookie sheet.
When the edges are golden brown, remove & enjoy!

Latin Chicken Soup


This recipe serves 4.

2-3 chicken bouillon cubes
1 whole chicken, cut-up
potatoes or yucca
mini corn-on-cobs
root veggie
carrots
calabaza (similar to pumpkin)
noodles, very thin (optional)

Put cold water in pot-enough to cover all.
Put veggies in cold water and bring to boil.
Add bouillon.
Then add chicken.
Cook at least 1 hour.
At the end, put in very thin noodles, if desired.