Thursday, November 26, 2009

Gramma Sue's Cornbread & Cornbread Stuffing

My mom makes wonderful cornbread and has passed down the recipe to me and our family. She also told me how to make her stuffing which she just goes by her head. :)  Thanks Mom for writing at least the instructions down for me :)

Cornbread

1  cup flour
2  tbsp sugar
1  tsp  baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1  cup cornmeal
1  egg
1/4 cup oil
1 cup milk


Preheat oven to 425 degrees.  Grease an 8 x 8 x 2 baking pan.
Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.  Add cornmeal and mix well.
Add egg, oil, and milk and stir until flour mixture is moistened.
Pour in pan and bake for 25-30 minutes.



Cornbread Stuffing

Just boil the broth of the turkey with an onion, salt, pepper and a little (about a Tablespoon) of sugar. 
Let cook until onion is tender. Take off heat and add the 8x8 pan of cornbread and enough of the white 
bread from hamburger or hot dog buns to make a good consistency. Bake at around 400 until the top browns. 

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Enjoy!

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

H's Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

After learning from and playing around with other recipes I love, I wanted to come up with a recipe using all butter instead of shortening or margarine. Looking to more natural ingredients and trying to help a friend in the process. Here is the fruits of my labors. The family seems to really enjoy them.

1  cup softened butter, room temp
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup sugar
1  cup packed light brown sugar
1  tbsp pure vanilla
2 eggs
3 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
12 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 370 degrees. With mixer, blend butter, olive oil, sugar and brown sugar in mixing bowl. Mix in vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, blending well.  Add dry ingredients and mix well.  With large spoon, stir in chocolate chips. Place rounded spoonfuls of dough onto ungreased non-stick cookie sheet. Bake cookies for 8 minutes. Enjoy!