Worlds Easiest Cookie Recipe (Re-Post from a few years back)

Perhaps the easiest christmas cookie I make. Those who where expecting Krum Kake or Rosettes- those might be coming as well. These are ridiculousy easy to make. Just follow the Easiest Peanut butter Cookie Recipe and add a Hershey's Kiss on top!

WORLDS EASIEST PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE
1 c. peanut butter, smooth or crunchy (I use a 16 oz. Jar of Adams "no stir" Crunchy and double the recipe)
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. sugar

Combine above ingredients. Roll into small balls, about 1 inch. Place on a cookie pan lined with parchment paper, Bake at 350 degrees until done (about 7-10 minutes). Top with a Hershey's Kiss while cookies are still warm. Let Cool on pan or place in a refrigerator for 10-15 minutes
UPDATE: Note there is no flour in this recipe. Not an omission on my part- just doesn't call for it! Try topping with a Miniature Reese's Peanut butter cup for something different.

Chocolate Covered Pork Rinds

1 Bag of Pork Rinds (Chicharrones)
1 bag of Milk Chocolate Chips

White Trash Kitchen is on the air. Now to make a delicious treat for the holidays! This is so simple... I just melted some Milk chocolate chips in a double boiler or whatever method you prefer . (A simple trick- I melt the chocolate in a mini crock pot) When the chocolate is melted I dip the Pork Rinds in the chocolate. Then place the dipped rinds on a tray lined with parchment paper and let cool. Eat and enjoy!!!

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LYNN'S HOT CINNAMON APPLE CIDER

This is a simple recipe a friend of mine makes at the holidays. Note: Do not use a drip coffee maker. This is meant for a banquet coffee maker or an old school percolator- if you don't have those use a sauce pan.

1-46oz can apple juice
1/3 cup red-hot-cinnamon candies

Place red hots in the basket of a coffee percolator. Pour apple juice in and percolate. Garnish with a cinnamon stick if desired. If you use a sauce pan start with the apple juice bring to a boil , simmer and put in red hots. Or if you want you can probably use a Crock pot. Set on high with the apple juice in it, add red hots. Whatever method you choose when the red hots melt it is ready!

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Pig Kisses... A cookie Elvis would love

I was sitting around, without much to do, and started thinking about cookies and how I could kick my peanut butter kisses up a notch... so of course I thought "BACON". So in true Elvis fashion I came up with a   cookie I simply call Pig Kisses

PIG KISSES
1 c. peanut butter, smooth or crunchy (I use a 16 oz. Jar of Adams "no stir" Crunchy and double the recipe)
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. sugar
12 strips of bacon cooked and crumbled
 Combine above ingredients. Roll into small balls, about 1 inch. Place on a cookie pan lined with parchment paper, Bake at 350 degrees until done (about 7-10 minutes). Top with a Hershey's Kiss while cookies are still warm. Let Cool on pan or place in a refrigerator for 10-15 minutes
(Note there is no flour in this recipe. Not an omission on my part- just doesn't call for it! So happy Gluten free cookie break!)

Hot Apple Chai-der

I know I know- this is supposed to be a cookie swap... but you gotta wash down those cookies with something...

Here is an easy to make drink to warm your insides.

2 cups of Apple Cider

Two to three Chai tea bags

Optional- whipped cream or a small scoop of vanilla ice cream

Take the Cider and bring to a boil, and throw the teabags in and let them steep. Pour into mugs and serve. Optional- top with whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Enjoy

or do the harder version here

Cranberry In Phyllo

Easiest recipe ever... No cooking, no baking... Updated from last years recipe

What you need

1 pkg Athens Phyllo Shells (15 Shells)

1 cup of cream cheese, softned

1/4 cup of Cranberry Sauce or Relish (I used Relish)

I simply blend about 1/2 cup to 1 cup of Cream Cheese (I use the food processor for this- but a mixing spoon works as well). Rechill.

Then I take my mini ice cream scoop and put a scoop of the dip in each phyllo shell. Rechill. Serve.

Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

Well for my first cookie recipe, I have to admit to being hornswaggled by advertising... an ad for Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix that had a recipe for making mint chocolate chip cookies using their Sugar Cookie Mix. I thought I could do this without the pre mix - Why not use my own sugar cookie recipe? Easy to work with, I love this recipe. I would imagine you could use your own standard sugar cookie recipe.
Sugar Cookie Recipe
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

To make them Mint Chocolate Chip:
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon mint extract
6 to 8 drops green food color
2 pkgs of Mint and Dark chocolate chips
Or 1 Package of Creme De Menth chips and 1 package of Chocolate Chips
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Add the mint extract and the food color- Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on cooling racks.

Krum Kake Redux- New Recipe

I have a new recipe for Krum Kake- much easier than the one I posted last year, from Mrs. Hilda Farden, out of the Edmore (ND) Lutheran Church Women's Cookbook

Krum Kake ... Mrs. Hilda Farden

4 eggs
1 cup of Sugar
1 cup of heavy Cream
1 1/2 tsp. Vanilla
2 cups of flour
Mix in the order given. Bake on a Krum Kake Iron.

(This is typical of North Dakota Church Cookbooks- Little direction as they think you should know how to do it and at what temperature.)

This Is How I roll


Krum Kake Irons vary from old fashioned ones you put on a burner of your stove, to fancy double electric iron. You can use a pizzelle iron, all you need is the wooden cone for rolling. All items are available at the Lefse Store

Old fashioned on the burner iron,
wooden Cone Roller

No matter what Iron you use I strongly suggest light cotten gloves or glove liners to protect your hands. Even my much banged up plumber's hands are tender to the heat of molten batter,
They say if you can make waffles, you can make Krum Kake and Pizzelle. Well I can't make waffles but I can make krum kake and pizelle.

Peanut Butter Kisses

The Farmer's Daughter is calling for a cookie recipe swap. So here is my part:

PEANUT BUTTER KISSES

Perhaps the easiest christmas cookie I make. Those who where expecting Krum Kake or Rosettes- those might be coming as well. These are ridiculousy easy to make. Just follow the Easiest Peanut butter Cookie Recipe and add a Hershey's Kiss on top!

WORLDS EASIEST PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE
1 c. peanut butter, smooth or crunchy (I use a 16 oz. Jar of Adams "no stir" Crunchy and double the recipe)
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. sugar

Combine above ingredients. Roll into small balls, about 1 inch. Place on a cookie pan lined with parchment paper, Bake at 350 degrees until done (about 7-10 minutes). Top with a Hershey's Kiss while cookies are still warm. Let Cool on pan or place in a refrigerator for 10-15 minutes

UPDATE: Note there is no flour in this recipe. Not an omission on my part- just doesn't call for it! Try topping with a Miniature Reese's Peanut butter cup for something different.

How to make Sugar Free Peanut Brittle

Abbie, at the farmer's daughter said she wanted to see the peanut brittle- one thing I learned in school and working for a school system is When the teach wants to see something you show it!
When I was diagnosed with diabetes, I thought all of the treats at Christmas were gone for me.
I have since learned that I can have the treats, I may just need to re-learn how to make them. One of my favorite things at Christmas was Peanut Brittle. My Aunt Orinne used to make the best peanut brittle and sugar cookies so thin you could use them for windows. (I loved thin crisp cookies!) O ain't found a decent sugar cookie recipe yet (or how to roll them paper thin) Anyway I was googling around one day and learned about Maltitol. And how it can be used to make things like sugar free peanut brittle-
Here is the recipe I use
Where to buy Maltitol

A batch of brittle cooling on parchment paper















All the ingredients:
1 cup of Maltitol
1 stick of butter
1 cup of peanuts
















Melt the butter over medium heat















Add the Maltitol, mix and stir until it starts bubbling- not a rolling boil














Add the peanuts and continue stirring- The Maltitol will separate and rejoin itself again- Don't burn the peanuts!

Take a cookie sheet lined with a sheet of Parchment or wax paper and pour the golden molten brittle on it. Let cool.

SOME TRICKS I HAVE LEARNED MAKING THIS PEANUT BRITTLE-

-While the picks show me making it in a sauce pan, a large frying pan works better. I don't know the reason. It just does. Trust me.

-Even though it is nice and gooey and sweet looking - fight the temptation to stick your tongue in it or your finger to take a taste- it is MOLTEN HOT!!!
-Place the parchment in the cookie sheet before starting

-And measure your ingredients first and place them in bowls- makes the process a whole lot easier

And according to the recipe they let it sit in the nonstick frying pan to cool- I wouldn't (too hard to remove) I prefer using parchment paper. I have used wax paper but the wax on the paper melts off (eeeeww)

No Bake Sugarfree Chocolate Cheescake Balls

I have a Cheescake cookie recipe that I came up with that is so easy it's ridiculous.

NO BAKE SUGARFREE CHOCOLATE CHEESCAKE BALLS

1 PACKAGE (8OZ) OF Cream Cheese, at room temperature

1 package of Sugar Free Oreos

about 1/2 cup of finely chopped pecans or walnuts

Turn the oreos into crumbs in the food processer

put in the cream cheese, and pulse until well mixed,

THE MESSY PART

not take and roll a small amount into a ball!

Rechill

after chilling about 1/2 hour

roll the balls in the nuts

and you are done! Chill before serving. Makes about a dozen balls

I tried this with Snackwell sugar free shortbread as well and not as tasty but gives you a real cheescake taste. Now Ms. Paula Deen would dip them in caramel before rolling in nuts, but I have yet to find sugar free caramels! This also makes a tasty Mock Cheesecake by putting the filling into a graham cracker crust

KrumKake and Potato Sausage

Abbie, The Farmers Daughter is doing a Christmas Cookie Recipe Swap, so I suppose I must waddle my fat butt into the fray.

Well tomorrow I will be making stacks of KrumKake- a norwegian cookie that heathens (non-norwegians) like to fill with whipped cream and whipped chocolate- thease are not Canolli's people. They are little cones of blood sweat and tears (well 3rd degree burns actually). My grandma "taught" me how to make krumkake- I use the word taught with qoutations because grandma would sit there and watch me make the krumkake, tell me I have to much batter on the iron and scream when rolling the krum kake into the cone- it is hot grease folks! Anyway, my mom, does the same thing- sits down and watches tv while I do the work. It is ok, I don't mind. I have learned that cotton glove liners do wonder protecting your hands from the molten krumkake when rolling. I will probably make 4 batches of delicous krumkake tomorrow. Here is a recipe pretty close to my own.

1 stick butter (1/2 cup or 8 tbsp.)
1 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs1 cup general purpose flour2 tbsp.
whipping cream1/2 vanilla extract
Makes about 25 krumkaker
1. Melt the butter carefully in a microwave oven or double boiler. Do not overheat.
2. Thoroughly mix the sugar into the butter, stirring well.
3. Using a power hand mixer, blend the eggs into the mixture.
4. Then add the flour slowly while blending to a smooth, consistent batter.
5. In a small bowl, whip the cream fully. Then add the whipped cream to the batter and blend completely.
6. Add vanilla extract to suit your taste. If needed, add a small amount of milk while blending until the consistency is just spoonable but not quite pourable. The mixture should drop off a measuring spoon but not pour off. This consistency will ensure a lacy textured krumkake, but you will find the baked krumkake slightly more difficult to handle without tearing while rolling onto a cone. But it's worth the effort!
7. Using the KrumKake Express™, start with the Color Control Dial at 2-1/2. One heaping tablespoon of batter will make a 5-6" krumkake. Lock the lid latch for a thinner and crispier krumkake. For a thicker krumkake do not close the latch while baking.
8. Add batter to the plate only when the green "Ready" light is ON. In about 30 seconds, the red "Baking" light will turn ON.
9. When the green light comes ON again, open the lid of the KrumKake Express™ and inspect the krumkake for color. Adjust the Color Control Dial as necessary to obtain a total bake cycle of 70-80 seconds for a golden brown krumkake.
10. Cook until golden brown and remove promptly.
11. Roll onto the Cone Form quickly while the krumkake is still hot

How to roll A krumkake into a cone

Note- if you do not or cannot find a krumkake iron, you can use a pizzelle iron as well. I have a double electric krumkake iron,

The other thing I love about the holidays is Potato Sausage. It has been years since my dad and I actually made delicous potato sausage. When he was a kid his mom and stepdad would invite lots of folks over for Potato Sausage stuffing parties in their basement. You need to find casings (ask at your butcher market. Pig Casing works best, per my dad). Then you need a grinder with a sausage stuffing attachment. They would make hundreds of pounds of sausage and probably drink gallons of booze. Lots of work and folks wonder why I buy mine. I bought 6 packages, and promptly froze them. That's a lot of sausage. Here is pretty the same recipe I use, but I don't know about the part that says about rolling them into balls- we never did that. Just remember to boil them for about 20 minutes.
Maybe tomorrow I will write about the wonders of Potato Klub! One dish that requires no special irons or sausage making equptment!