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Thursday, April 30, 2009

COOKIES

Everything Cookies

3 cups Oats
1 cup Flour
⅓ cup Sugar
⅛ tsp Baking Powder
⅓ Broken Pecans Piece's
⅓ cup Raisin's
⅓ cup Dried Cherries
⅓ cup of your favorite Dark Chocolate Chips
1 tsp Vanilla
2 Eggs
1 Stick Sweet Butter (unsalted) or equal Crisco shorten 
Mix oats,flour,baking powder dried cherries,pecan's,chocolate
and raisin's. Mix butter,sugar,and vanilla Add to dry Ingredients.
Whip eggs until frothy add to bowl.
(mix well)

Drop on to ungreased cookie sheet in spoonfuls or lightly flower hands and roll in to 1 inch balls and place on cookie sheet.1 inch balls make 2 inch cookies 2 inch balls make 3 inch cookies 3 inch balls make 4 inch cookies. (1) inch 36 (2) inch 24 (3) inch 12 (4) inch 6 cookies. Bake at 350 degrees 15 to 18 min test oven temps with sample of (3) cookies on sheet adjust temp and time for your oven. Variations: You may personalize your cookies by using any kind of dried fruit,nuts or chocolate of your choice. Archer has a line of dried fruits,nuts and chocolates available at your local Target store in the grocery isle.♞

Saturday, April 25, 2009

CHICKEN

BAKED CHICKEN

10 lb Bag of legs and thighs very common. (leave attached)

Rinse chicken well and dry.

1 Orange
1 Lemon
1 lime
1 flower of garlic
⅔ cup olive oil

(2) 9x13 roasting pans foil is fine
and disposable for easy
cleanup.

place garlic in microwave 15 to 25 seconds. Remove when cool to the touch. Skins will fall off garlic easily. Crush garlic cloves with flat side blade of a large knife or garlic press. Place in side of oil and set aside for 15 minutes. Slice all of the fruit in to ⅛ slices Place in to roasting pans. Rub each piece of chicken with oil mixture. Place chicken pieces on top of fruit so that all of the fruit is covered. Sprinkle with sea salt and fresh ground black pepper. Place in hot oven 450 degrees 90 minutes. Oven temperatures vary which will cause cooking times to vary.

Use remaining oil to bast chicken
every 30 minutes.♞

RIBS

Serves (4) Basic dry rub for all ribs.

2 racks baby back ribs (4 to 5 pounds)

For the dry rub mix together.



1 Tbl of black pepper
1 Tbl of dark brown sugar
2 Tbl of cumin seed
2 Tbl of paprika
2 Tbl of garlic powder
2 Tbl of onion powder
Cover ribs well with mixture.

Use any cooking method you like.
Crock pot,Grill,Oven or Stove top.♞

Thursday, April 23, 2009

VEGETABLES

Roasted Root Vegetables

1 cup olive oil.
1 whole flower of garlic.
1 large onion (your choice).
4 large potato's (your choice).
8 Carrot's peeled optional.
8 Shallots
1 Tablespoon fresh or dried rosemary.
Sea salt & fresh ground black pepper to taste.

(9 x 13 Pyrex baking dish)

Wash scrub and dry all root vegetables well. Leave skins on potato's, place whole garlic with skins in microwave 15 to 25 seconds wait for garlic to cool to touch peel garlic and crush cloves with the flat blade of a large knife or garlic press. Combine olive oil garlic and rosemary set aside for 10 minute's. Cut potato's in to ¼ piece's peel and cut onion in to ¼ piece's Cut carrots in to ¼ diagonally. Cut shallots in half. Coat all vegetable's with olive oil mixture individually add to pryex. Place in oven 450 degree's covered with foil for 30 minute's uncover bast with remaining oil mixture and return to oven for additional 30 minute's. Please note: dish should be browned gently and fork tender (not burnt and mushy.) Dish will serve 4 to 6 people. Should you have any oil left over save in a air tight container for another recipe,perhaps Italian dressing.♞