Kale Chips

Try them if you dare.  How to make kale chips.

German Pancakes

German Pancake
■4 tablespoons butter
■4 eggs
■2/3 cup flour
■1 teaspoon salt
■2/3 cup milk
■favorite jam
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Melt butter in a 10-inch cast iron skillet. Pour melted butter into a separate container for use later, leaving a coating of butter on the inside of the skillet. Beat eggs with flour until smooth. Add salt and milk, mixing again until smooth. Pour batter into skillet and drizzle melted butter on batter, covering center area but not the edge. Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes. (Be sure oven is to temperature. The heat makes the pancake rise.) Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for an additional 10 minutes. Slice into wedges, serve with warm jam.


(Hollee Eckman and Heather Higgins, All That Jam, [Salt Lake City: Shadow Mountain, 2003], p. 5.)

Fudge in a Bag (from Sarah Pollister's lesson)

Ingredients:
•3 oz pkg of cream cheese
•1 lb box of powdered sugar
•2 packets of cocoa mix or 1/2 cup of cocoa
•2 tablespoons of butter
•2 1 gal zip lock storage bags
Preparation:
Place all ingredients in one of the zip lock bags, close and put it in the next zip lock bag. Give everyone a turn at squishing the bags to mix. Mix until smooth... Enjoy!

St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes from Better Homes and Garden

Ingredients
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 4-serving-size package instant pistachio pudding mix
3/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate pieces
2/3 cup sugar
2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 beaten eggs
1-1/4 cups milk
1/2 cup cooking oil
1 teaspoon vanilla or 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 of a can cream cheese frosting (1 cup)
Green colored sugar
1/2 cup candy-coated milk chocolate pieces
Directions
1. Grease muffin cups or line with paper bake cups. In a large mixing bowl stir together flour, pudding mix, chocolate pieces, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In a small bowl combine beaten eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla or almond extract. Stir into flour mixture just until combined. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full.

2. Bake in a 375 degree F oven for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Frost with cream cheese frosting; sprinkle with green sugar, then milk chocolate pieces. Makes 18 cupcakes.

Dave Lawson's Creamy White Chili

CREAMY WHITE CHILI
serves 10
From the man cave of David Lawson

2 pounds of chicken breasts diced
1 onion chopped
1 garlic bulb or (to taste) chopped or pressed
1 tb oil
8 cans (15 oz) Great Northren bean rinsed and drained
(you can swap 2 cans for Garbanzo if desired)
3 15 oz cans chicken broth
4 4oz cans green chilli
1 each of Red bell pepper and Green bell pepper chopped
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp cumin ( spices to taste)
2 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (I use 2 tsp for more zip)
2 cups sour cream
1 cup whipping cream

Saute chicken,onion,and garlic in oil.
In large pot or crock pot. add beans, broth, seasonings and sauteed chicken, onion, garlic.
Bring to a boil, then simmer for 30 mins.
Add sour cream and whipping cream. Mix and heat through.

Berry Batter Cake (served at the Stake RS meeting 2/24/2011)

Ingredients:
4 cups berries (blueberries, raspberries, or any combination--fresh or frozen (Costco triple berry blend works great)
juice of a lemon-(about 3-4 Tbsp)

6 Tbsp butter, softened
1 cup sugar

2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

1 cup milk

Topping ingredients:
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 Tbsp cornstarch
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cinnamon

2 cups boiling water

Directions:
Spary 9/13 baking dish (glass if you have it) with cooking spray. Put berries in the bottom of the dish and sprinkle with lemon juice.
In a medium mixing bowl, cream butter and then add sugar and beat until fluffy. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and mix well. Add small amounts of milk and dry ingredients alternately to the butter/sugar mixture, mixing well after each addition. Drop batter by large spoonfuls over the berries and then carefully spread it until berries are covered.
Mix sugar, cornstarch salt, and cinnamon and sprinkle over batter. Pour the boiling water over everything.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 45-60 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and cooked through.
Serve warm.

Lynn Shepherd's White Chil

White Chili

1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
1 large sweet onion
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 (15 1/2 ounce) cans white beans, rinsed and drained
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can chicken broth or stock
2 chicken bouillon cubes
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon dried cilantro
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 (4 ounce) cans diced fire-roasted green chilies
2 tablespoons sugar

Mix the above ingredients in crock pot and cook on low for 6-8 hours.

1 cup sour cream (room temperature)
1/2 cup whipping cream (room temperature)

Before serving, mix sour cream and whipping cream into chili.