Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Pancakes
From Country Living

INGREDIENTS

1 cup(s) multigrain pancake mix, such as Up Country Organics ( I just used Krusteaz or whatever my store had)
1 large egg
1/2 cup(s) all-natural peanut butter ( I used Costco's Organic Peanut Butter because that is what we had )
1 cup(s) milk
1/2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
1 cup(s) semisweet chocolate chips
1 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter ( I just used Pam on the pan so I didn't use the butter)

DIRECTIONS
1.Heat oven to 200 degrees F. Stir the pancake mix, egg, peanut butter, milk, vanilla, and chocolate chips together in a large bowl. Melt about 1 teaspoon butter in large, nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Pour three to four 1/4-cupfuls of batter on the heated skillet to form pancakes and cook until the tops bubble and the edges begin to crisp. Turn and continue to cook for about 2 more minutes, until both sides are golden brown. Transfer pancakes to a baking pan and keep warm in the oven until ready to serve. Repeat with remaining batter.

We served this to the missionaries and they loved it. We doubled the recipe as they ate ALOT. We also served bacon and hashbrowns. I bought a Ore Ida hasbrowns and added onions and peppers. The pancakes taste like Reesses Peanut Butter cups. We served Maply Syrup with it. Yummy!

Cheesecake Factory's Bruchetta

1 1/2 c. Chopped Roma Tomatoes
2 T. Diced red onion
1 Large garlic clove- minced
1/2 T Chopped fresh Basil leaves (4-6)
1/2 t. Olive oil
1/4 t. Salt
Dash of Pepper

Mix together and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Serve with French bread brushed with olive oil and garlic salt, then broiled.
This is so yummy!!!

Breanne

Blueberry Muffins

We got this recipe from Rachel Maygren (Lane's Wife) it was wonderful!

Batter:

• 6 T butter
• 1/3 C whole milk
• 1 egg
• 1 yolk
• 3/4 t vanilla
• 1 1/2 C flour
• 3/4 C sugar
• 1 1/2 t baking powder
• 3/4 t salt
• 12 oz fresh blueberries (although I only purchased one container of 6 oz and that was plenty of blueberries ... your choice though)

For the crumbly topping of sheer goodness: 3 T cold butter cut into bits; 1/2 C flour; 3 1/2 T sugar

Melt butter in a saucepan, remove from heat. Whisk in milk, egg, yolk, and vanilla.

Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl, then add milk mixture and stir together. Fold in blueberries.

Divide batter into 12 muffin cups (which you've buttered or Pammed sufficiently).

Rub together the crumbly-topping-of-sheer-goodness ingredients with your fingertips and then sprinkle over batter in cups.

Bake 18 to 20 minutes at 375. Remove from oven and cool in tin on baking rack for 15 minutes

Thai Chicken and Spicy Asian Noodles

I got this recipe from Heidi McClintock (Hobbs) when we moved up to Utah over a year ago. We love it. And for a while we were making it at least once a week! Enjoy!

8oz package of Linguine
8oz package of fresh sugar snap peas (frozen works too)
2 T peanut oil (can use veg. oil)
2 T soy sauce
1 T peanut butter
1 T lime juice
1 tsp chili garlic sauce (substitute 1/2 tsp chili powder and 1/2 tsp garlic powder)
cooked and chopped chicken
1/3 C chopped fresh cilantro

Cook Linguine in 2 quarts of boiling water. Cook as directed on box. Add sugar snap peas 2-3 minutes before Linguine should be done.
Combine oil, soy sauce, peanut butter, lime juice, and chili garlic sauce in small bowl. Drain pasta and return to pan. Pour sauce over pasta, add chicken, sprinkle with chopped cilantro. Serve while warm.
Serves about 4 - I like to double the recipe to have extra for lunch. Sometimes I put the chicken in the sauce mixture while the pasta cooks to get more flavor in the chicken.

Carly

Desert: Cake Balls

When we were home over Memorial Day we made some fun treats and we got the recipe from our friends the Ferons. I'm pretty sure it was a hit. 

1 Box of Cake mix (i.e. chocolate)

1 container of frosting (i.e. chocolate)

1 package of Almond Bark or any other kind of melting/dipping chocolate (i.e. chocolate to go with these chocolate ones)

Make the cake as directed. When it's done, crumble it up into a large mixing bowl. Add the container of frosting and mix it up. Then form into balls and dip into your melted dipping chocolate. All done! You can make them look really pretty by drizzling the opposite color of chocolate dipping mixture over the top's. I even thought it would be fun to put ice cream in the middle! Or roll them in sprinkles, nuts, m&m's, etc. Have fun with it. You can even freeze them because it kind of makes a lot and then pull them out when and defrost when you need a treat! 

Carly 

New Family Blog

So, I thought of this idea a while ago and finally decided to get it done! I think it will be fun. So anytime someone in the family has a new recipe that they try or an old one they would like to share, post the recipe on the blog for everyone to see! Then we can all make comments on it if we liked it, didn't like it, tweaked it, etc. Also, if we need a recipe for something (a party, a church function, stuck in a rut for dinner, etc.) post on the blog what your looking for and then everyone in the family can see if we have a recipe that fits your description! I hope everyone participates and has fun doing this!