Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

For years I searched for the perfect cookie recipe that would lend itself to any dried fruit, nut, or chip and I feel I've finally found it. This recipe lends itself to any addition I've tried. The picture shown here, top, has walnuts and chocolate chips. The bottom pic has chocolate chips, walnuts and mini M&M's. The timing is right on (I put the cookie sheet on the second tier from the top) and my guys eat 'em up!!

 Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

21/4 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs

1. Mix flour, soda, and salt. Mix butter, sugars, vanilla and eggs until creamy, beat well. Gradually add flour mixture to sugar mixture. Stir in Chocolate chips (2 cups) and nuts (1 cup). Drop onto greased cookie sheet. Bake 10 minutes at 375 or until lightly brown. Remove cookies from cookie sheet and cool on rack.

Servings: 30
Yield: 5 dozen cookies
Oven Temperature: 375°F

Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 1/30 of a recipe (1.5 ounces).
Percent daily values based on the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.
Amount Per Serving
Calories 179.3
Calories From Fat (33%) 58.61
% Daily Value
Total Fat 6.67g 10%
Saturated Fat 4.02g 20%
Cholesterol 28.67mg 10%
Sodium 88.32mg 4%
Potassium 37.45mg 1%
Total Carbohydrates 27.13g 9%
Fiber 0.59g 2%
Sugar 10.42g
Protein 2.75g 6%

Recipe Type: Cakes, Pastries, and Desserts

Quick and Easy, Impossible Quiche

This recipe came from my husband's personal book. Years ago we put together recipes he liked to fix, most because they were easy and could be prepared with little fuss when we came home from work. This quiche makes its own crust, just pour liquid into the pie pan and bake! I think this must have been originally from a bisquick cookbook or the back of the box. I hope you try it with any of your own creative ideas. You will love it!!

Impossible Quiche

1 cup Swiss cheese, shredded
1 small can mushrooms, sliced
1/2 cup Bisquick
2 cups milk
4 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
dash pepper

1. Put cheese in bottom of 9" pie dish.
2. Add mushrooms, meat, olives, etc. at this time.
3. Preheat oven to 350 deg.
4. Mix Bisquick, milk, eggs, salt, pepper in blender or with mixer at high speed 1 minute.
5. Pour over cheese mixture.
Servings: 6
Oven Temperature: 350°F

Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 1/6 of a recipe (4.8 ounces).
Percent daily values based on the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients. 3 of the recipe's ingredients were not linked. These ingredients are not included in the recipe nutrition data.

Amount Per Serving
Calories 171.93
Calories From Fat (56%) 96.72
% Daily Value
Total Fat 10.9g 17%
Saturated Fat 5.98g 30%
Cholesterol 150.75mg 50%
Sodium 321.59mg 13%
Potassium 176.85mg 5%
Total Carbohydrates 5.33g 2%
Fiber 0g 0%
Sugar 4.53g
Protein 12.8g 26%

Recipe Type: Main Dish

Tips
Bake 350 for 50-55 minutes, but time really depends on the oven. I actually cook mine for approximately 62 minutes, covering the top with foil for last 10 minutes. This last one in the picture above, I moved to the top rack and the quiche was ready in 45 minutes with no cover for the top.

Delicious Country Lemonade

 
Summer’s on it’s way and you know we’re going to be thirsty. I hope it won’t be as hot as last summer, but we live in Texas, so I know what to expect.So began the quest for a thirst-quenching drink with more flavor than water and with a deeper flavor than a sports drink. I found this recipe in a pile of papers stashed in the kitchen drawer. I had clipped it out of the food section of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram a few years ago then forgot about it.
Like crazy people, my husband and I began a year long project of remodeling our home. I say crazy because last summer was one of the hottest on record. This recipe quickly became a favorite. I hope, if you try it, it will become a favorite of yours!


Basic Lemonade
1 1/4 cup sugar
1 cup boiling water
4 cups cold water
1 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice (approx 6 lemons)
1. Combine sugar and boiling water, stirring until sugar dissolves. Add cold water and lemon juice. Mix well. Chill and serve over ice. Garnish with lemon slices if desired. May also use lime juice.

Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 177 calories per 6 oz serving.
Percent daily values based on the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1048.02**
Calories From Fat (1%) 7.41
% Daily Value
Total Fat 0.88g 1%
Saturated Fat 0.15g <1%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 41.71mg 2%
Potassium 393.83mg 11%
Total Carbohydrates 275.2g 92%
Fiber 1.1g 4%
Sugar 258.72g
Protein 1.28g 3%

**Calories given are for entire pitcher

Source
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Getting Started - Introduction and Dedication

I've been told that everybody and their brother does a cooking blog. Yes, that's probably true. It's also true I have so much on my plate right now I hardly have time to turn around. But, when my daughter told me she was going to cook and bake her way through her grandmother's recipe box, I thought it might be the time to put the recipes and stories of the women in our family in print.

My daughter and I have talked for quite some time about putting the family's favorite recipes together in book form, but it's never come to fruition. Getting everyone together in one place is sort of like herding cats; they seem to scatter in all directions!

So, I'm going to start putting stories on this blog to introduce you to good recipes and to the ladies who wrote them and passed them down. I hope you'll find the posts interesting and come to love our ladies as much as we do.

Dedicated to: Granny Pike, CarCarr, Mammy, Missy, Aunt Carrie, Aunt Barbara, Meme, and Ginny. We love and miss you!