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My Favorite Recipes

Peanut Butter Cookies

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened

1/2 cup peanut butter

2 tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 egg

1 3/4 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

Heat oven to 375. In large bowl, cream sugar, brown sugar, and butter. Blend in peanut butter, milk, vanilla, & egg. Stir in flower, baking soda, & salt. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets; flatten balls in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in sugar. Bake at 375 for 10 to 12 mintues or untill golden brown.

VARIATION:
PEANUT BLOSSOMS- Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in sugar. Bake as directed above. Immediately top each cookie with a milk chocolate kiss, pressing down firmly so cookie cracks around edge.

Basic Meatballs

1 lb. ground beef

1/4 cup breadcrumbs

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon pepper

1 small onion chopped

1 egg

1 tablespoon oil

In medium bowl, combine all ingredients except for oil; mix well. Shape into 2 inch balls. In large skillet, brown meatballs in hot oil; drain. Add desired sauce into meatballs.

Tip: To brown in oven, arrange in ungreased shallow baking pan; bake at 400, for 15 minutes or untill browned.

Yum Yum Cookies Submitted by Shellebell

1 cup butter

1 cup sugar

2/3 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

2 cups flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups oats

2 cups corn flakes

1/2 cup coconut

Cream together butter and sugars, add eggs. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and vanila mix well. Add oats and cocount mix well. Add corn flakes mix GENTLY not to break them up to bad. Drop onto baking sheet, bake at 350 for 12 to 15 minutes, depending on stove and how you like them baked. Happy Baking!!

Picadillo

1 large onion

1 bay leaf

1 cup green olives (or to taste)

salt, pepper, oregano, & garlic (to taste)

1 can tomato sauce

2 cans water

1 1/2 lb. ground chuck

rice or pasta

black beans

Brown diced onion in small amount of olive oil. Brown ground meat. Drain, add tomato sauce, water, spices, & olives. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 3 hours. Don't allow the liquid to simmer away completely. Serve over rice or pasta with black beans or serve on the side with black beans over rice. Delish!!!!!

Black beans

1 lb. black beans

1 medium green pepper

1 lg. onion, cut fine

1/2 tsp. salt

6 garlic cloves, cut fine

2/3 cup olive oil

2 bay leaves

1 tbsp. vinegar

Soak beans overnight. In morning, wash and pick over. Place on fire in 1-quart cold water. Boil 1 hour. Turn fire low and add remaining ingredients, except vinegar. Cook very slowly (about 4 hours) untill beans begin to thicken. Ten minutes before serving, add vinegar. Serve with yellow or white rice. This is best made the day before and allowed to set, then reheated.

Keywesters recommend adding 1 tbsp. of surgar when the beans are removed from the stove.

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