White Bread - Bread Machine

1 cup hot water
2 tsp. yeast
3 tbs. sugar
1/4 cup vegtable oil
1 tsp. salt
3 cups flour

Pour the hot water into your bread machine then add the yeast and sugar, let sit for 5 min. Add the oil, salt and flour and start bread machine on basic or rapid selection.

I cook mine as a 1.5 lb. loaf, light crust, and have used the rapid selection every time I have made this. My husband loves it. We have made this almost every day this last week and one day I made it twice.

White Chocolate Chip, Cranberry, Macadamia Cookies

Picture and recipe from Kneaders Bakery featured on Good Things Utah

· 1 cup butter, softened to room temperature

· 1 cup packed brown sugar

· 1 cup white sugar

· 2 eggs

· 1 Tablespoon vanilla

· 3 cups all-purpose flour

· 1 teaspoon baking soda

· 1 ½ cup white chocolate chips

· 1 ½ cup dried cranberries

· 1 cup macadamia nuts chopped.

Preparation: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a cookie sheet with pan release. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, white sugar until fluffy. Beat in the egg and the vanilla. Combine the flour and baking soda and stir into the sugar mixture. Do not over beat as this will cause the cookies to be tough. Fold in white chocolate chips, cranberries and nuts. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto the cookie sheets. Bake for 10 – 12 minutes until slightly brown on the edges. Allow cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheets before placing them on a cooling rack.

I made these tonight and they are delicious. I will definitely make them again.

Brownie Samoas

{recipe & pic from} Real Mom Kitchen

1 brownie mix
3 1/2 cups shredded coconut, toasted
(2) 14 oz. package of caramels, unwrapped
1/2 tsp. salt
4 tbsp. milk
3 oz. semi-sweet chocolate
Prepare brownie mix according to box directions ( I made min according to the directions for cake like brownies. I also lined my pan with aluminum foil to easily remove the brownies from the pan for cutting.). Cool. Place the caramels, salt, and milk in a microwave safe bowl and cook on high for 3-5 minutes. Stop occasionally to stir. Cook until all caramels are melted and smooth. Add coconut and mix together. Spread over cooled brownies. Refrigerate 4-5 hours or overnight. Remove at least 1 hour from the fridge before cutting. Cut into bars and drizzle with melted semi-sweet chocolate.

Apricot Chicken

1 bottle Catalina Salad Dressing
1 cup apricot jam
1 envelope onion soup mix
4 chicken breasts

This recipe can be done in the crockpot on low for several hours or in a baking dish in the oven at 350 degrees for 1 hr. You just place the chicken in and cover with the other ingredients. I did mine in the oven for about 2 hrs at 300 degrees and I covered it with tinfoil for 1 1/2 hours then removed the tinfoil for the last 30 min. I served this with white rice and it was wonderful. I would definitely make this again, and best of all my kids and husband liked it.

Chocolate Chip Toffee Bars

recipe & pic from The Sisters' Cafe

2 1/3 c. flour
2/3 c. brown sugar
3/4 c. butter
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 (12 oz.) pkg. chocolate chips
1 c. chopped nuts
14 oz. sweetened condensed milk
10 oz. Skor toffee bits
Stir together flour and brown sugar. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add egg and mix well. Stir in 1 1/2 c. chocolate chips and all of nuts. Reserve 1 1/2 cups of this mixture and press remaining into a greased 9x13 inch pan. Bake for 10 minutes at 350. Pour milk over hot crust and top with 1 1/2 cups toffee bits. Sprinkle remaining crumbs over top plus remaining chips. Bake 25-30 more minutes. Top with remaining toffee bits.

*I made this tonight, they were pretty good. I didn't use all of the Skor toffee bits cause I didn't have a full package. I would make them again.

Slow Cooker Clam Chowder

Slow Cooker Clam Chowder

1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of celery soup

1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of potato soup

1 can New England clam chowder

2 cans minced/chopped clams (1 can drained, 1 can undrained)

1 quart half and half cream

1 pint heavy whipping cream

red potatoes peeled and diced

celery diced

onion chopped

salt and pepper to taste

Mix all ingredients into slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hrs.

* Okay I thought I should start telling you which of these recipes I have tried. I made this for our Relief Society Dinner Group tonight and I thought it turned out pretty good. I really like that I could have Clam Chowder in a crockpot, since regular Clam Chowder takes a little longer. I will definitely make this recipe again *

Stew

1 can minestrone soup
1 can tomato soup
1 can water
1 to 1 1/2 pounds stew meat
1 onion, chopped
3-4 carrots, thickly sliced
3-4 potatoes, cut into chunks
Salt and pepper to taste

Combine all in a crockpot. Cook on low for 8-10 hours or high 4-5 hours. Serves 4-6.