Homemade Chocolate Icing

My first try at homemade icing.  And I gotta say.  I rocked it.  I will never buy chocolate icing again.

You will need
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup softened unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 Tablespoons milk
1/3 cup (or to taste) cocoa powder

I just used a large spoon but you could use beaters if you wanted.
Stir or beat powdered sugar and butter until smooth.  Add in the rest and stir or beat until well mixed.
Add more milk if it is too thick.
And that is it.  So Simple.  So Good.
I was able to cover two dozen cupcakes with this.

Creamy Ramen noodles.

So So good.  Creamy Ramen noodles.  Cook the ramen noodles in 2 cups water for 3 minutes.  Drain the water.  Add 1/3 cup milk and 1 Tbs butter and the ramen mix.  Heat until the butter melts.  So easy and so good.  You can use any flavor ramen.  I have been hooked on pork flavor right now.

Cake cookies

These cookies are so light and fluffy and so easy to make.  I think I have a new favorite chocolate chip cookie.


Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix together
1 cake mix.  I used yellow but will try others in the future.
1/2 cup oil
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 Tbsp vanilla pudding mix (not required, I just like vanilla)
3/4 cup chocolate chips.  (Less or more as desired)

Spoon out balls onto a baking sheet.  Bake for 12 - 14 minutes. ( I would start out with 10 min and adjust as necessary.  I usually have to bake for longer then most recipes.)

This made about 3 1/2 dozen cookies.

Just a update.  I used Pillsbury cake mix the first time and they turned out soft and chewy.  I used Duncan Hines the last time I made them and they were crunchy.  So I think the softness of the cookies depends on the cake mix.

Breadsticks

Really good.  My family says they want these now all the time.  I used to just get the frozen bread-sticks from Walmart.
Take one bread-stick and spread it out.  Sprinkle cheese on the break-stick.  I used mozzarella this time but I have used Colby-jack before.  Press the cheese into the bread-stick and then put another bread-stick on top.  Press the sides together.  Sprinkle the Garlic Parmesean powder on top and then twist.  Repeat until all the bread-sticks are used up.  This will only make six bread-sticks.
Cook for the time on the Pillsbury container.
Enjoy.

Roloitas - Cookie Bar

My family loves this.  It is so yummy.

1 pkg Rolo's candies
1 cup chocolate chips (if you want).  
3/4 cup butter melted
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup flour
1 cup oats (I used old fashioned)
1 teaspoon baking soda

Add everything but the Rolo's and chocolate chips together.
Pat 1/2 the mixture in a 8x8 baking dish.  Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
Remove from oven and layer the Rolo's candy over the crust.  As much or as little as you want.  Then if you want sprinkle the chocolate chips between the Rolo's. 
Crumble the rest of the mixture on top of the Rolo's and bake for another 15 -20 minutes, until the edges are lightly browned.
Cool completely before cutting.

Enjoy the goodness :)

Homemade Chlli

My first try and I was so excited my family actually liked this.  They had second and third helpings.
I took a couple of different recipes and mixed them up together.

Brown 1 pound of ground beef with a teaspoon of onion powder.
Drain and and add to a large stockpot.
Add the following to the stockpot.

2 - 8oz cans of Roasted garlic tomato sauce
1 and 1/2 cups water
2 - 15oz cans of pinto beans 
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 packet chilli mix
1/2 packet taco seasoning mix

Bring to a boil and then simmer for 25 minutes.  Serve with shredded cheese and crackers.

Homemade Doggie Bone Treats

My step-daughter and I tried these today.  Turned out pretty good.  The new little kitten we have even liked them.  We changed up the recipe a bit from the one  we got.

3 eggs
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
2 Tablespoons dry milk
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon dried parsley
2 1/2 cups rice flour *


Preheat oven to 350 degrees

In a large bowl blend the eggs and pumpkin together.
Add the dry milk, sea salt and parsley.
Slowly add in the flour until it forms a dry dough.
Roll out as thin or thick as you like and use bone cookie cutters to cut out bone shapes.
Place on cookie sheet.  No grease necessary.
Bake 18 minutes and then flip over bones and continue to bake another 18 minutes.
Cool completely before feeding to animals.

Recipe we took this from called for brown rice flour but we could not find it so we used white rice flour. The brown rice flour is supposed to promote better digestion and some animals have allergies to regular flour.  So hopefully the white rice flour is also better.   But you can use regular flour.