Levi's Yummy Queso/cheese sauce

  

For when you want a quick and yummy snack

Recipe: (for 1 person)

1/4 cup cheddar cheese

1 tbsp milk 

1/2 tbsp butter

about 1/4 cup medium salsa

1/4 tsp crushed red pepper 

salt to taste

Instructions:

Combine cheese, milk, and butter in a small microwaveable bowl and microwave on HIGH for 25 seconds and stir.

Stir in salsa and seasonings. 

Enjoy with chips or remove salsa and CRP to make macaroni sauce (I would also recommend a smaller ratio of cheese to butter and milk and more salt for macaroni)

*note: this recipe can be varied to taste. feel free to comment with your variations.

amazing banana cream pie, smitten kitchen

 

Banana Cream Pie

• SERVINGS: 8
•  TIME: 1 ACTIVE HOUR PLUS 1 TO 2 HOURS CHILLING 
• SOURCE: ADAPTED LOOSELY FROM THE BOOK ON PIE BY ERIN MCDOWELLL

CRUST

• 1 11-ounce (311-gram) box Nilla Wafers, ground into crumbs
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 cup (115 grams or 4 ounces) unsalted butter, melted

CUSTARD

• 2/3 cup (130 grams) granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup (40 grams) cornstarch
• 1 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt (Diamond brand; use half of any other)
• 2 large eggs
• 2 large egg yolks
• 2 cups (475 grams) whole milk
• 1/3 cup (75 grams) heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons (30 grams) unsalted butter
• 2 teaspoons (10 grams) vanilla extract or 1 teaspoon extract and 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste

ASSEMBLY

• 2 to 3 large bananas
• 1 cup (225 grams) heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon (15 grams) sour cream or creme fraiche (optional)
• 1 tablespoon (15 grams) granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon (5 grams) vanilla extract

Make crust: Heat oven to 350°F. Combine cookie crumbs and salt in a medium bowl and stir until mixed. Add butter and stir until crumbs are evenly coated. Press crumbs into the bottom and up the sides of a standard 9-inch pie dish. I like to use the outer edge of a heavy measuring cup to press in neat, firm sides but nobody will be the wiser if you just use your fingertips. Bake crust until lightly browned, about 9 to 10 minutes. Cool in fridge (or outside, my favorite fridge) until needed.

Make custard: In a medium saucepan, whisk together sugar, starch, and salt. Add the eggs and yolks one at a time, whisking until smooth and no pockets of sugar-starch remain before adding the next. Whisk in vanilla bean paste, if using, and then, very gradually, whisking the whole time, pour in milk, then cream. Bring mixture to a simmer over medium heat, whisking the whole time. As the custard begins to bubble, it will thicken. Simmer for one minute, whisking. Remove from heat and stir in the butter until it is fully melted, then vanilla extract. Let cool for 5 minutes.

While custard cools slightly, lop off a few inches of banana and leave it unpeeled and set aside until needed for decoration. Peel and slice remaining bananas into the bottom of your cooled crust. For an extra-silky filling, pour and press the custard through a fine-mesh sieve, right over the bananas. If you don’t wish to sieve it, just spoon it in. Spread the custard into an even layer, press a piece of plastic wrap against the surface, and chill (in fridge or, again, outside) until custard is cool and set, 1 to 2 hours.

Finish assembling: In a large bowl, beat heavy cream with sour cream, if you wish, sugar and vanilla until soft peaks form. Spoon or dollop over cooled custard, or you can make starry blobs, as I did, with a big star tip set into the corner of a pastry or freezer bag. Decorate with remaining banana, peeled and sliced. Cut into big wedges and don’t be surprised if it doesn’t last.

Do ahead: Banana cream pie keeps for 4 to 5 days in fridge.

Authentic Mrs. Fields choc chip cookies

 

READY IN:

 

25mins

YIELDS:

 

UNITS:

 

• 2cups butter
• 2cups sugar
• 2cups packed brown sugar
• 4large eggs
• 2tablespoons vanilla
• 4cups flour
• 5cups oatmeal (put in blender and make into flour)
• 1teaspoon salt
• 4teaspoons baking powder
• 4teaspoons baking soda
• 2(12 ounce) bags chocolate chips
• 8ounces Hershey Bars, grated
• 3cups nuts, any kind of nuts (optional)

DIRECTIONS

• Cream together butter, sugar and brown sugar.
• Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.
• Mix together flour, oat flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
• Stir in chocolate chips, grated Hershey bar and nuts (if using).
• Drop by 1 1/2" balls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375° for 6-10 minutes.
• NOTE: If you want your cookies to spread out a bit more, flatten them a bit before baking.
• Cookies will be soft but will firm up a bit after cooling.

cookies(the ones on the clipboard)

 

Preheat oven to 375

ADD TO THE MIXER

1/2 cups crisco

 1 1/2 cups butter-room temp

1 1/2 cups white sugar

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

BEAT FOR 3 MIN

ADD 3 eggs

ADD 2 tsp vanilla

MIX TILL COMBINED

BLEND IN BLENDER

3/4 cups oats-until floury

ADD TO MIXER BUT DO NOT BLEND

5 cups flour

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 tsp salt

MIX WITH LID ON UNTIL JUST COMBINED

ADD 

choc chips or m&ms or candy

MIX UNTIL JUST COMBINED

bake 8-10 min until edges are golden