Cooking - for a new lifestyle (Our Test Kitchen)

I was invited to a cookie swap at Annie's last week. Am I ever glad I went. I received some really delicious cookies. But what to make? I had to get out one of my old cookbooks and come up with a sure-fire cookie recipe. What better way to remember which recipes are best than to look for the pages with the most spills on them . . . LOL . . . And that's how I chose this recipe . . . Cereal Jumbles 1/3 cup shortening 1/2 cup sugar 1 well-beaten egg 1-1/2 tbsp milk 1 cup sifted enriched flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp vanilla 1/2 cup finely cut dates 1/2 cup chopped nuts 1-1/2 cups whole wheat flakes** ** I went to 3 different stores and could not find any wheat flake cereal. I ended up using Presidents Choice On Track cereal. It was a good decision. And I've been really enjoying eating the leftover cereal. ** Cream shortening; add sugar gradually, and blend. Add egg and milk. Sift together flour, baking powde...

Lightened-Up Cream of Mushroom Soup - Recipes - Food - Canadian Living Posted using ShareThis I made this soup the other night using white mushrooms I found on the "hardly used nearly new rack" at Superstore. I'm not a fan of mushroom soup but I really enjoyed this one. Hal is a fan.

These squares turned out wonderfully. I made them for a cookie exchange with the ladies. YUMMY! 4 1/2 cups rolled oats 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, melted 3/4 cup light corn syrup 1 tablespoon vanilla 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening 2/3 cup (about 3 ounces) chopped nuts Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 15 x 10-inch pan. Combine the oats, sugar, butter, corn syrup, vanilla and salt and mix well. Press the mixture into the pan, using your lightly greased hands to help the process along. Bake the squares for 10 to 12 minutes, or until they're a light golden brown. Remove them from the oven and cool completely on a wire rack. In a medium saucepan set over very low heat, melt the chocolate and shortening together, stirring constantly until smooth. Spread the mixture evenly over the oat base and sprinkle on the chopped nuts. Cover very loosely and chill the sq...

1 1/2 cups water 1/4 cup oil 2 tbsp honey or brown sugar 2 tsp salt 4 cups flour 2 tsp yeast Add in order and turn on machine. Allow dough to finish mixing and rise. Roll dough into balls and arrange on oiled cookie sheet and let rise again (double in size) Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. I have a love hate relationship with yeast! Is it too old? Did I buy the wrong kind........on and on......now I have a trick I found online! Unsure about your yeast? The above recipe calls for 1 1/2 cups of water....only add 1 cup at the start. Make the 1/2 cup warm water and soak your yeast in it! Not ovenight, just while you are putting the rest of the ingredients into the breadmaker! If the yeast is still a grain in the water, it is no good. If it is goopy (technical word) the yeast is good. Add the water/yeast combination and wahoo! Press start. This works in any recipe (so far). Don't need 16 buns right now? Here's a tip (again stolen from online!) Place what you will need on th...

Have you ever been pleased you remembered to pull out the breadmaker and make a loaf especially for a meal you are making, and when you opened the lid found a doughy lump of goo or a dried out rock hard mass? ME TOO!! Until I became less scared of the stupid machine's "warnings" of not correctly entering the items etc. So here is a simple bread recipe: 1 1/4 cups of water 2 tbsp powdered milk (I used milk) 2 tbsp oil 1 tsp salt 3 1/4 cups of flour 1 1/4 tsp yeast Simple right? Put the items in the breadmaker in that order and turn it on.....well....not if you are me, and instead of using the 1 cup measuring cup, I used the 1/4 cup and counted out the number I needed....9 right? hmmmmm no! it was suppose to be 13! 13 of the 1/4 cups = 3 1/4 cups NOT 9! Giant error and soup in the breadmaker (thank goodness I only use mine to mix not bake! LOL) Ok so what do you do? If I add the flour I will have to remix (therefore overworking the dough) If I don't I might as well toss...

Hey I am adding a new label today for breadmakers! I am finding more and more people who are disappointed with the outcome of their breadmaker....I have found a couple tricks and hope to learn a few more from people on this blog! Happy baking and "Bon Appetit!"