The Official Recipe Thread Chocolate Chip Cookies

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I REMEMBER THE DAY THE BEATTLES BROKE UP.. do does that rate to get into the long tooth club..

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My mom and olpest brother favorite cake is spiced cake with coffee icing.  You can't buy it in the store
you have to make it the  Easy way is the find powder vanilla frosting mix...and substitute strong brewed coffee for the water or you can do teh following

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
3 tablespoons strong brewed coffee
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
 
DIRECTIONS
Beat together confectioners' sugar, butter or margarine, coffee, and vanilla until smooth. Add more liquid or confectioners' sugar as needed.

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Thai Bar-B-Que Chicken Recipe

2 whole young chickens
4 stalks fresh lemon grass
1 tablespoon coarsely chopped ginger
1 ounce garlic, finely chopped (about 6 large cloves)
4 shallots
1/2 cup coarsely chopped Chinese parsley roots
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 cup coconut milk
1 to 2 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons oil
Hot sticky rice
Garnish: Chinese parsley sprigs, cut into 2-inch lengths
Red chili peppers (optional)

Directions:
Rinse chickens and pat dry. Split chickens down the breast, but do not cut all the way through; press open. Place chickens in a large bowl. In a food processor or blender combine lemon grass, ginger, garlic, shallots, parsley roots, brown sugar, coconut milk, fish sauce, soy sauce and oil; blend until smooth. Pour sauce over chickens and marinate overnight in the refrigerator. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place chickens on a rack in an open pan with the split side down. Bake for one hour, depending on the thickness of the chicken, or until the juices run clear when the thigh is pierced with a sharp knife. Serve with hot sticky rice. Garnish with Chinese parsley and red chili peppers.

soooo good....

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REALLY GOOD PICO DE GALLO for Cinco De Mayo

It means beak of the chicken

juice of 1 lemon or lime
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
2 1/2 cups chopped tomatoes, (romas are the best)
2 to 3 jalepenos, chopped **
1 medium onion, diced
1 clove garlic, minced or you can used minch from the store....
1 tsp. salt

The seeds can be removed from the jalapenos to reduce heat, if desired.
Mix all ingredients in bowl. Stir well to evenly distribute all flavors and then enjoy. It tastes so good!

If you are seeding jalepenos (prononced HAL lo pian ya') wear disposable kitchen gloves and don't touch your face or around your eyes until you wash your hands...seed are wear most of the fires is in jalepenos.

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Scratch Brownies
•1 cup butter or margarine (melted)
•2 cups white sugar
•1 tsp vanilla flavoring
•2 eggs
•½ cup cocoa
•2 cups plain flour
•optional - nuts, raisins, chocolate chunks, caramel pieces
Directions:

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2.Cream margarine and sugar. This works well with a mixer, but you can do it by hand.
3.After the creaming stage, do switch to a spoon for mixing. Brownies tend to get tough if worked too much.
4.Add the vanilla and eggs and mix just until smooth.
5.Pour in cocoa and flour. Again, mix until smooth and lumps are broken up. But, don't go to wild on the mixing.
6.If you want to add extras, just fold those in easily.
7.Bake for 18-20 minutes in 2 pans size 8 inches by 8 inches. You can use a larger pan like the 9 x 9 and cook for a little longer-25 to 30 minutes at 350 degrees F. If you use a single pan, then the Scratch Brownies are thicker.
These are always a hit with my kids, at Scout functions, and at pot luck dinners. They also work out well at barbecues, since they hold up much better than many desserts



Read more: http://southerncuisine.suite101.com/article.cfm/scratch_brownies__favorite#ixzz0G6dIfaIG&B

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Ingredients:

•2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
•1 teaspoon baking soda
•1 teaspoon salt
•1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
•3/4 cup granulated sugar
•3/4 cup packed brown sugar
•1 teaspoon vanilla extract
•2 large eggs
•2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
•1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Now if you want to have the cookies extra chey heres a trick
make a double batch of the above and drop in an extra egg.
now that you hve more cookie share the love...

I always add a tea spoon of cinnamon, and up the vanilla extract to an table spoon. Bry it you might like it.

 
Directions:
PREHEAT oven to 375° F.

COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

PAN COOKIE VARIATION: Grease 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan. Prepare dough as above. Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan on wire rack. Makes 4 dozen bars.

SLICE AND BAKE COOKIE VARIATION:
PREPARE dough as above. Divide in half; wrap in waxed paper. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm. Shape each half into 15-inch log; wrap in wax paper. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.* Preheat oven to 375° F. Cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices; place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. Makes about 5 dozen cookies.

* May be stored in refrigerator for up to 1 week or in freezer for up to 8 weeks.

FOR HIGH ALTITUDE BAKING (5,200 feet): Increase flour to 2 1/2 cups. Add 2 teaspoons water with flour and reduce both granulated sugar and brown sugar to 2/3 cup each. Bake drop cookies for 8 to 10 minutes and pan cookie for 17 to 19 minutes.