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Cake Batter Fudge - 10 Minute Recipe!
Ok people. This post is coming to you in less time than it took to actually make this stuff. Which was at most 10 minutes. Want an easy and amazing treat this weekend? Or right now? I hope you have the following things:
yellow cake mix
butter
milk
confectioners’ sugar
Because that’s all you need
1 cup yellow cake mix + 1 cup confectioners’ sugar in microwave safe bowl (yeah, that means this stuff is not going near a pot or the oven.)
Mix ‘em together.
Add 1/2 stick (1/4 cup butter) and 1/4 cup milk. Don’t mix.
I cut up my stick of butter because I decided I could afford the extra 10 seconds of effort. If you can’t, no sweat. Cut another corner. Enjoy.
Place in microwave for 2 minutes.
Take it out and stir immediately
Now it looks like cake batter. But sweet. And delicious.
Mix in sprinkles and pour into a greased pan or, as I did, a plastic container. Classy.
Oh, and did I mention that you could do this WITHOUT DAIRY?
This time use margarine and soy milk. Halve the soy milk (1/4 cup margarine, 1/8 cup soy milk).
Refrigerate for 1 hour, then cut into squares.
Congratulations. You have just made cake batter fudge. All the goodness of sweet fudge without the candy thermometers.
http://bakedfromabox.blogspot.ca/201...ecipe.html?m=1
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15 Secret Pantry Ingredients that Make Your Recipes Better
Try these surprising ways to make your favorite recipes taste better, using everyday pantry items.
Make guacamole better with ...yogurt! Yogurt and sour cream can add so much zing to guacamole! Line the bottom of a strainer with cheesecloth, a coffee filter, or paper towels and set over a medium bowl. Spoon in 1/2 cup plain yogurt, cover, and chill 8 hours or overnight until yogurt 'cheese' is thick and creamy. Mix up all your favorite guacamole ingredients in a large bowl. Then fold in the yogurt cheese and 1/2 cup sour cream to make an amazing dip.
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Squeeze lemon over pasta! Skip the salt when you boil the pasta, instead squeeze in half a lemon. You’ll give your pasta some zip, and cut down on your sodium intake.
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Perk up your steak with ...coffee! Mix fine coffee grounds into a spice rub for a rich, aromatic flavor. For an especially good combination, mix together ground espresso or other coffee, paprika, chili powder (or pure ancho chile powder,) cumin, salt, and freshly ground black pepper. Add a touch of sugar.
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Amp up your eggs with ...cream cheese! Once you try this dish, you may never want your eggs any other way. Cream cheese gives the eggs a smooth texture that is irresistible. Melt 2 tbsp. butter and 1/4 cup cream cheese in a skillet before adding the beaten egg mixture. Cook over medium-low heat until the eggs are just firm yet moist.
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Thicken gazpacho with ...bread! Most soups are enriched with cream or a mixture of butter and flour. Give your gazpacho body with a different thickener: bread. Just puree 1 slice of bread, torn into pieces, right along with the vegetables (as per your usual gazpacho recipe) for a delightful texture and refreshing taste.
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Wake up potato salad with ...horseradish! Potato salads tend to be mild and creamy from mayonnaise or sharp and puckery from vinegar. But for a truly amazing potato salad, prepare your usual potato salad recipe, and simply stir in a teaspoon or two of prepared horseradish.
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Add sour cream to pasta sauce! To give your sauce a rich flavor, stir in 1/4 cup sour cream per 2 cups sauce. Cook over low heat until sour cream blends into the sauce. Keep the sauce warm over low heat, but don’t allow it to boil or the sour cream may curdle.
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Make meatballs juicier with ...applesauce! Grandmas have used this trick for decades. Combine 1 1/2 pounds of ground beef, 2 slightly beaten eggs, 1 cup bread crumbs, 1 cup applesauce, 1 teaspoon salt, and freshly ground black pepper, to taste. Shape into balls and roll in flour. Brown them in a skillet and then add your favorite pasta sauce and simmer until cooked through.
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Put Cheez-Its on your chicken! Use cheese crackers such as Cheez-Its in the breading. First soak the chicken in evaporated milk and fresh lemon juice for 2 to 4 hours, then dip in seasoned flour, beaten egg, and finally the crushed cheese crackers. Pan-fry or bake as usual.
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Add salad dressing to soup! Stir in some bottled blue cheese salad dressing toward the end of cooking your soup and enjoy the mouthwatering results!
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Give ribs zest with ...V8! Combine 1 and 1/2 cups spicy V8 juice, 2/3 cup peach or apricot nectar or pineapple juice. 1/2 cup spicy barbecue sauce, and 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce. Mix with 3 pounds boneless country spare ribs in a baking pan, cover with foil, and bake at 350°F until tender, about 2 hours.
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Brew a sauce with ...Earl Gray! To make an orange-scented sauce for pan-seared chicken or pork, remove the chicken from the pan and keep warm. Saute 1/3 cup chopped shallots in 1 teaspoon olive oil in the same pan. Add 1 cup chicken broth, 3/4 cup fresh orange juice and 2 Earl Gray tea bags. Boil until the liquid is reduced to 3/4 cup. Remove the tea bags and whisk in 1 1/2 teaspoons honey and 1 tablespoon unsalted butter.
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Bake focaccia with ...instant mashed potatoes! Prepare the mashed potatoes according to package directions and cool for 10 minutes. Combine the flour and salt in a large bowl, and make a well in the center. Stir the mashed potatoes and the yeast in as per your favorite Focaccia recipe.
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Add ketchup to Pad Thai noodles - Pad Thai is one of those dishes you never feel like you can make at home. Well, we found something in your pantry that packs all the right flavors -- ketchup! This condiment works perfectly as the base for a Pad Thai sauce. In a bowl, whisk together 1/2 cup ketchup, 3 tbsp. fish sauce, 3 tbsp. sugar, and 2 tbsp. lime juice. Voila! Stir-fry with meat/veggies and cooked noodles as per the directions of your favorite Pad Thai recipe.
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Put chocolate chips in your chili! :hmmmm: For deep, rich tasting vegetarian chili, stir in semi-sweet chocolate chips at the end of cooking. After you've cooked the chili, remove from the heat and stir in 2 tablespoons semi-sweet chocolate chips, salt and pepper.
http://www.rd.com/slideshows/15-secr...deshow=slide16
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Blazin' French Toast
INGREDIENTS:
•1 loaf firm bread, cubed
•8 ounces cream cheese, cubed
•10 eggs
•1-1/2 cups half-and-half
•1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
•1/4 cup maple syrup
Arrange half the bread cubes in a 9x13-inch baking pan sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Layer with the cream cheese and remaining bread cubes. Whisk the eggs, half-and-half, butter and maple syrup in a bowl until blended. Pour the egg mixture over the prepared layers, pressing the bread cubes to ensure even coverage. Chill, covered with plastic wrap, for 8 to 10 hours
Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes or until set. Serve with jam, confectioners' sugar and/or syrup.
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Chicken Bacon Ranch Quesedillas
Cook Time: 30 Min
Ingredients
2-3 lb boneless skinless chicken breast.sliced in small pieces
1 lb bacon..cooked and crumbled
1 pkg cheddar cheese, shredded (I also used shredded pepper jack)
butter
1 pkg dry ranch seasoning
1 pkg small flour tortillas
ranch dressing for dipping
Directions
1 Fry bacon and start cooking chicken breast in a separate pan with a little oil. When the bacon is cooked and cooled then crumble. When the chicken is cooking sprinkle the dry ranch on the meat. When all the juices cook out brown the chicken breast slightly.
2 I used a pancake griddle but you can use a skillet..butter a tortilla and put the buttered side down on the heated griddle. Sprinkle cheese, on side out a few pieces of chicken and bacon and fold over. then flip to brown on each side. Repeat until you use all your meat.
3 Slice them in half and dip in ranch dressing if desired.
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Separating Egg Yolk and Egg White with a Water Bottle.
Ever find separating egg yolks from egg whites a bit messy and difficult?
Watch and see a simple and easy way to separate egg yolk from egg white, using a plastic water bottle!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4E_9iAU3RI
Separate egg yolks with an empty plastic bottle trick!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...0TPjIDCQ0&NR=1
The original video in Chinese is http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Uz2Vnp5ZW4c
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Sourdough Starter
Makes about 11/2 cups starter. Recipe provided by Dave Wetzel.
1 cup milk
1 cup flour
1. Place milk in a glass jar or crock — not metal — and allow to stand at room temperature for 24 hours.
2. Stir in 1 cup flour. Leave uncovered in a warm place, 80 degrees is ideal, for two to five days, depending on how long it takes to bubble and sour. If it starts to dry out, stir in enough tepid water to bring it back to the original consistency. Once it has a good sour aroma and is full of bubbles, it’s ready to use.
3. Try to maintain about 11/2 cups starter. Each time you use part of your starter, replenish it with a mixture of equal amounts of milk and flour. Leave at room temperature several hours or overnight until it again becomes full of bubbles, then cover and store in refrigerator. The starter is best if you use it once a week. If you do not use it for two or three weeks, spoon out and discard about half of the starter and replenish it
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Kool-Aid Popcorn~
Ingredients...
2 cups Sugar
1 cup Light Corn Syrup
⅔ cups Butter Or Margarine
6 quarts Plain Popped Popcorn
2 packages Kool-Aid (Any Flavor You Want)
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
Preparation Instructions...
Preheat oven to 225 F.
Boil sugar, syrup and butter/margarine together for 3 minutes.
On a large shallow ungreased baking dish, spread out popped popcorn.
In a separate bowl, combine the Kool-Aid with the baking soda.
Remove sugar syrup from the stove and carefully stir in the Kool-Aid mixture. (Note: This will make the sugar mixture puff up. Be careful to not get burned.)
Now take sugar mixture and pour it over the popped popcorn. Carefully mix all till combined.
Place it in the oven and stir every 10 minutes. Repeat this 3 more times.
Take popcorn out of the oven and when it starts to cool, break it apart into pieces.
Enjoy!
* Instead of Kool-Aid, you could substitute flavored oils and food coloring, making any kind of combination imaginable.
http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/dess...l-aid-popcorn/
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Compound Butters Combinations
http://thehomesteadsurvival.com/comp.../#.UUH5CFfm9A4
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Whisk Blog shares different compound butters combinations to add flavorful flair to your recipes. A little creativity and imagination, a person could create some really interesting combinations on your own.
When experimenting, I would start with single serving sizes.
Once you click to view article – just scroll down a bit:
http://www.whiskblog.com/2008/08/whi...beau-beef.html
