(courtesy of our Williams Sonoma Star Wars pancake molds)

2 eggs
2c flour
3T sugar
2t baking powder
1t baking soda
1t salt
2 1/2c buttermilk
4T butter, melted
1/2t vanilla

Beat the eggs until frothy, then add everything else and stir just until the flour isn’t lumpy.  Don’t over mix.  They’re super yummy! 🙂

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I made these for the Sonrise Staff Christmas Party, and they were so, so yummy!!  They’re kind of tedious, but not difficult.

Salted Caramel-Stuffed Chocolate Truffle Cookies (yes, that’s right)

Ingredients:
Chocolate Truffle Cookies
1 small Roll (16.5 Oz) Refrigerated Chocolate Chip Cookies
⅓ cup Unsweetened Baking Cocoa
¼ cup Whipping Cream
½ tsp Kosher (Coarse) Salt
½ cup Miniature Semisweet Chocolate Chips
30 Round Chewy Caramels In Milk Chocolate (From 12-Oz Bag), unwrapped (Rolos)
Topping
20 Round Chewy Caramels In Milk Chocolate (From 12-Oz Bag), unwrapped (Rolos)
2 Tbsp Whipping Cream
½ tsp Kosher (Coarse) Salt

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Ingredients: 
4 cups Chicken Broth
2 cups Water
2 Cooked, boneless chicken breast halves, shredded (I just used a rotisserie chicken)
1 (4.5 ounce) Package Quick Cooking Long Grain And Wild Rice With Seasoning Packet
½ tsp Salt
½ tsp Ground Black Pepper
¾ cup All-Purpose Flour
½ cup Butter
2 cups Milk

Directions: 
In a large pot over medium heat, combine broth, water and chicken. Bring just to boiling, then stir in rice, reserving seasoning packet. Cover and remove from heat.

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Backstory: Chad is uber picky about pizza sauce.  From the jar – forget it.  We’ve tried several homemade recipes, and none of them have cut it for him.  We found this one at allrecipes.com, and it was highly reviewed.  We make pizza almost weekly, and this is now our go-to sauce.

1 (6 ounce) Can Tomato Paste
3/4 c Warm Water (110 Degrees F/45 Degrees C)
3 Tbsp Grated Parmesan Cheese
1 tsp Minced Garlic
2 Tbsp Honey
¾ tsp Onion Powder
¼ tsp Dried Oregano
¼ tsp Dried Marjoram
¼ tsp Dried Basil
¼ tsp Ground Black Pepper
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Boil the ribs for 30 minutes (I cut the rack in half or thirds, depending on the size of the pot I use).

Brush them liberally with whatever BBQ sauce you want to use (for us it’s Sweet Baby Ray’s Honey BBQ), and wrap them in foil.  Bake at 250 for 2 1/2 hours.  At this point you can put them in the fridge to continue later if you want.

Throw them on the grill just to make them seem “grilled”, they’re already fully cooked.

That’s it!  I mean it.  They’re so easy.  And the bones come out perfectly clean.  … Read the rest

I got this recipe from my dear friend Ellen long ago, before either of us had any children.  Now I’ve made them so many times that I don’t need the recipe anymore.

Heavenly Rolls (yes that is the name, and yes it is an appropriate name)
1 c milk
1 stick butter – put these together in the microwave for 45 seconds, then in the bread maker

Add in this order:
2 beaten eggs
1/4 c sugar
3/4 t salt
4 c flour
2 1/2 t yeast

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I’m trying something new on the blog – adding some of my favorite recipes.  Chad and I love trying new recipes.  He is allowed to be honest about them, and I don’t take it personally if they aren’t a hit.  So here is my first one.  We don’t cook steak very often, because frankly I’d rather have a burger, but we bought a beef bundle from a friend and cooked up some Delmonico steaks last night.  Chad asked me to find a marinade or rub, and I tried this one.  It was so easy, and so yummy!!  This will now … Read the rest