Welcome to my cookbook! I have several recipes that folks have asked for, so I decided to post them here. Some are included in the ward cookbook, but many of them are things I found after that was published so I wanted a place to put them so my family had access to them. I'll add to this as I find things that I think need to be shared. If you have a recipe you'd like to add, let me know and I'll add you as a contributor.

Monday, May 7, 2012

Cheese Bread from Jillee's mom



1 loaf french bread, sliced lengthwise
3 Tablespoons chopped green onions
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup finely chopped bell pepper
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
3/4 cup mayonnaise

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Mix all the ingredients together in a small bowl, then spread out on sliced french bread. Place bread onto a foil lined baking sheet and cook at 375 degrees for 15 minutes. (Keep an eye on it after about 10 minutes). Allow to cool for a few minutes and slice.

And apparently once you buy green onions, you can re-grow them again and again, just submerge the ends (the root ends) in water, put in your windowsill, and new green onions will grow an inch in just a few days.  After a week or so you'll have a little crop you can snip and use again.  Gotta try this. Thank you, Pinterest!

Decadent Chocolate Cake

Cake:
  • 2 stick butter
  • 6 Tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 c water
  • 2 c sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 1/2 c flour
  • 1/2 c milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Melt butter in 2 quart or larger saucepan; add cocoa and water and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in sugar Add salt, soda and flour, and stir well. Blend in eggs, milk, and vanilla. Bake in a 9x13, greased cake pan in 400 degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes

Frosting:
  • 1 stick butter
  • 6 Tbsp powdered cocoa
  • 6 Tbsp milk
  • 1 Tbsp hot water
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 lb confectioners sugar, sifted

Melt butter in a medium saucepan; add cocoa and milk and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add water, vanilla, and sifted confectioner sugar, and mix well. This frosting is not stiff. Frost cake while cake is hot and frosting is still warm. Let cool before cutting.