Impress your roommates with your culinary expertise - make filled chocolates to help everyone through the next bout of final exams!
Ingredients:
2 cups creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup butter (one stick)
3 3/4 cups powdered sugar
3 cups crisp rice cereal
Beat the peanut butter and softened butter together in a large mixing bowl until blended. Add the powdered sugar and beat until well combined. Stir in cereal. Shape into either one-inch balls or snack candy bar sized oblongs. Refrigerate on waxed paper lined baking sheet for an hour or two or until well-chilled.
Chocolate coating:
4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup shortening
Melt carefully in the microwave. It burns easily so be careful! Dip your peanut butter centers into the melted chocolate and set on waxed paper to harden. Refrigerate until set.
OR!!!
Get some candy chocolate like the Wilton's brand or the blocks you can sometimes find in the baking section of the store. Just melt and dip centers as described above. These will set at room temperature unless you live near the equator and then you are on your own!
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Hot legs and thighs . . .
Hey, I'm talking chicken here. What were YOU thinking?! Anyway, the easiest dinner to fix when you are hungry but need to study while dinner is cooking would be chicken.
Oven-Baked Chicken legs and/or thighs.
Buy enough chicken to provide each person with two pieces each with a few extra for the male guests.
2 packets of dry Ranch dressing
2 cups bread crumbs. (You can either buy bread crumbs or smash some store-bought croutons.
1 cup grated Romano or Parmesan cheese. (You can use the green cans of the stuff usually near the pasta aisle or ask someone!
1 cup vegetable oil
Combine the first three ingredients in a large bowl. Preheat oven to 350 degree. Vegetable spray a large baking dish.
Dip each piece of chicken in the oil and then in the crumbs. Place in the prepared baking dish. Bake for approximately 30-40 minutes or until the chicken is brown and the juices run clear if you pierce a piece with a fork.
You can also cut wedges of potato, dip them in the oil and arrange on a baking dish or between the pieces of chicken if there is room. You can spice and herb them before putting them in the oven with the chicken.
Dried Italian dressing works, too.
Oven-Baked Chicken legs and/or thighs.
Buy enough chicken to provide each person with two pieces each with a few extra for the male guests.
2 packets of dry Ranch dressing
2 cups bread crumbs. (You can either buy bread crumbs or smash some store-bought croutons.
1 cup grated Romano or Parmesan cheese. (You can use the green cans of the stuff usually near the pasta aisle or ask someone!
1 cup vegetable oil
Combine the first three ingredients in a large bowl. Preheat oven to 350 degree. Vegetable spray a large baking dish.
Dip each piece of chicken in the oil and then in the crumbs. Place in the prepared baking dish. Bake for approximately 30-40 minutes or until the chicken is brown and the juices run clear if you pierce a piece with a fork.
You can also cut wedges of potato, dip them in the oil and arrange on a baking dish or between the pieces of chicken if there is room. You can spice and herb them before putting them in the oven with the chicken.
Dried Italian dressing works, too.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Can't help but improve your life . . .
Here is an interesting site that might help get you through the cafeteria line with a better appetite!
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/12/09/101-ways-to-hack-your-college-cafeteria/
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/12/09/101-ways-to-hack-your-college-cafeteria/
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