Sweet and Sour Meatballs

 2 lbs gr chuck making to meatballs add salt and pepper bake at 400° until done drain off Grease and add one and a half cups of grape jelly and one and a half cups of ketchup that has been mixed together thoroughly bake an additional 15 minutes. Serve over rice. OR You can also do these in a crock pot. Brown the meat drain. Put it in the crock pot with ketchup and jelly. Cook on low 2 or 3 hrs or high for 1 hr. 

Old Fashioned chocolate Icing - Awesome old fashioned boiled icing

 

3 1/2 cups of powdered sugar

1/2 cup of unsweetened cocoa

1/2 cup of milk

1 stick of butter (melted)

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 

Cook  in a medium saucepan over low heat until melted bring to a simmer add nuts if desired pour on warm cake.

Texas Sheet Cake

 

Big Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies

 

2 C. butter or margarine

2 C. brown sugar

1 1/2 C. white sugar

3 eggs

2 tsp. vanilla

3 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

6 C. flour

1 large pkg. chocolate chips (at least 2 cups.... 3 is better)

Cream butter with sugars, then add eggs and vanilla and mix well.  Ad the rest of the ingredients and mix together well.  Roll in walnut sized balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet

Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.  Cool a minute on the cookie sheet and remove to rack to finish cooling.  Best served with a large glass of ice cold milk.

Peanut Butter Muffins

Ingredients

1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour

2/3 cup packed brown sugar

2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 egg

3/4 cup milk

2/3 cup creamy peanut butter

1/4 cup canola oil

1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2/3 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk the egg, milk, peanut butter, oil and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in chocolate chips.

Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 15-17 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve warm.

BBQ BAKED PORK CHOPS

 

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• INGREDIENTS
  
  
  
  1 tbsp WORCESTERSHIRE 

• 1⁄2teaspoon prepared mustard
• 1tablespoon flour
• 1tablespoon brown sugar
• 1teaspoon salt
• 1tablespoon vinegar
• 1cup ketchup
• 1cup water
• 1 1⁄2lbs pork chops, cut about 1 1/4-inch thick
  
  

  DIRECTIONS
  
  

  • Combine mustard, flour, sugar and salt.
  • Add vinegar, ketchup and water and mix thoroughly.
  • Pour over chops in a baking dish.
  • Cover tightly with foil and bake at 350° for 1-1/2 to 2 hours.
    
    
  •  or in a crock pot on low).

 THE NEELEY'S

SMOTHERED PORK

CHOPS

Smothered pork chop and chicken recipes are all over the South. This one came from the Neeley's Celebration cookbook. I kind of adapted the original recipe a little bit to fit my family's tastes.

READY IN: 40mins SERVES: 4

 Recipe tweaked  

INGREDIENTS

4 pork chops

⅛ teaspoon sea salt

¼ teaspoon cracked black pepper

1 cup flour- reserve 3 Tbsp for gravy

2 tablespoons onion powder

1 tablespoon garlic powder

¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 teaspoons smoked paprika

¼ cup peanut oil

1 medium onion, diced

2 cups chicken broth

½ cup milk

teaspoon hot sauce

DIRECTIONS

Pat the porkchops dry with a paper towel and

season with salt and pepper.

Combine the flour, onion powder, garlic powder,

cayenne and paprika.

Dredge the chops in flour mixture on both sides

until lightly coated.

Heat a cast iron skillet over medium heat and

coat with the peanut oil.

When oil is hot, slip in chops and fry on each

side, about five minutes per side, until golden

brown.

Remove chops from pan and set aside.

Add onions to pan and saute until fragrant,

about a minute.

Add three tablespoons of the seasoned flour

left over from dredging the chops to the skillet

and stir with a wooden spoon until it makes a

paste.

Slowly whisk in the chicken broth, making sure

there are no lumps. 

• Turn up the heat and allow the chicken broth to reduce and thicken occasionally stirring. Once the sauce coats the back of your wooden spoon, pour in the milk. Add hot sauce and stir to combine.Return the chops to the skillet and simmer for 15 more minutes until the chops are cooked through.

Best Green Beans & Bacon

 

Best Green Beans & Bacon 

Ingredients:

• 5 cans of cut green beans (you can use frozen also)
• 1/2 pound of bacon, cut into pieces and cooked
• 1/4 cup of butter
• 2/3 cup of brown sugar
• 7 teaspoons of soy sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoons of garlic powder
• 3 Tbsp bacon grease 

How to:

1. Open the cans of green beans, drain, rinse and pour into the slow cooker. Add the cooked bacon on top of the green beans.
2. Melt the butter and bacon grease stir in the brown sugar, soy sauce, and garlic powder to make a thick sauce. Drizzle the sauce over the green beans.
3. Cook the green beans on high for about an hour. Stir the green beans just before serving to mix up all of the ingredients.

 

 Taco Casserole

Ingredients :

– 1 1⁄2 pounds Ground Beef

– 1⁄3 large Onion, chopped

– 1 can Green Chilies, small can

– 1 can Enchilada Sauce

– 2 ounces Cream CheeseIngredients

– 1 bag Fritos Corn Chips

– 1 bag Shredded Cheese

– 3⁄4 cup Lettuce, shredded

– 1⁄2 cup Tomato, fresh, diced

– 16 ounces Salsa

– 8 ounces Sour Cream

Directions :

1. Brown ground beef with onion.

2. Add green chilies, enchilada sauce and cream cheese.

3. In a 9×13 pan, repeat layers as follows: Fritos chips Meat Mixture Shredded Cheese.

4. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes or until cheese is bubbly.

5. Top individual servings with lettuce, tomatoes, salsa, sour cream as desired.

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Mama's Potato Salad

 

 So here are the ingredients:

4-5 large baking potatoes or 8 cups 

1/2 cup sweet onion like Vidalia

1/2 cup finely diced celery

1/2 cup sweet pickle relish

1/4-1/2 c dill pickle juice 

4 eggs boiled

1 stick melted butter

1 1/2 cups Miracle Whip (if you must use mayonnaise, use mayonnaise)

4 tbsp. yellow mustard

2 tsp. sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

First boil the eggs and potatoes and let them cool a little, peel and chop them.

Chop the celery, onion finely.

Put the potatoes in a large mixing bowl add a stick of butter and stir well add Miracle whip, mustard and dill pickle juice, salt and pepper paprika and sugar. Add chopped celery, onion, relish stir well add chopped boiled eggs. Taste for seasoning add more salt and pepper if you want. 

You can also add a little bit of cayenne pepper if you want to have a little spiciness to it. Sprinkle a little paprika on top for decoration.

No Roll Pie Crust

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

what you will need:

2 cups of all-purpose flour

1/2 cup of oil

3 tablespoons of cold water

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1/4 teaspoon of baking powder

Use a nine-inch pie pan and spray with some non-stick spray.

Whisk dry ingredients in a bowl, add oil and water. Mix until it forms a dough. Pullbit together in a ball place in prepped pan use fingers to press out and up the sides of the pan. Prick bottom and bake or fill with whatever pie you are making.

400• for 8 - 10 minutes maybe longer depending on your oven.

Soap day!

I made a batch of soap this week. Recycled my empty containers and made 5 of the large size. It was a pretty concentrated batch. that's ok. The recipe is on this blog. 

 Simple Southern Cooking: Laundry Soap

 

 

Air Fried Pickles

1 egg ¼ cup milk dash of Louisiana hot sauce *optional Seasoned bread crumbs Dash of garlic powder Dash of onion powder Dill pickle slices I buy best maidand it says dill pickle chips. Drain pickles on paper towels. Mix egg and milk together and hot sauce in small bowl. Mix seasonings in bread crumbs in separate bowl. Dip pickles in the wet then the dry and place on air fryer tray that has beencovered in foil and sprayed with nonstick spray. Bake in air fryer 400° for 5 minutes. Serve with ranch dressing.