Monday, August 16, 2010

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

This recipe combines two of my favorite things: Chocolate and Peanut Butter. It's a cake mix recipe, so it's very easy and fast. They're also very moist and tasty. They were very popular, I must say. Good thing too, or I might have had to eat them all.
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1 chocolate cake mix (with pudding in the mix)
1/3 cup brown sugar
1-1/3 cup peanut butter (creamy or chunky, low fat or regular)
1/2 cup oil
1/4 cup water
1 egg
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1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees

2. Mix all the ingredients together

3. Use your hands to roll the dough into 1" balls to put on the cookie sheet.

4. Use a fork dipped in sugar to smoosh the dough slightly and give it the traditional crosshatch pattern.

5. Put the cookie sheet in the oven and bake for 8-10 minutes. Don't overdo it; you want them moist.

6. Let cool for 1 minute on the cookie sheet, then transfer them over to a cooling rack.


Recipe makes 30-45 cookies

1 cookie = 3 WW Pts

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Herbed Chicken

Recipes don't get much easier than this! This slow cooker recipe goes great with rice or mashed potatoes, as you end up with gravy as well as the chicken. We really liked this one. I also like how a good slow cooker recipe makes your house smell divine all day long. YUM!
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4 bone-in chicken breast halves
10-3/4 oz. can of cream of chicken soup
3/4 c. water (you can decrease this if you want thicker gravy)
3 Tbsp. soy sauce
2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
3 Tbsp. wine vinegar
1 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. dried oregano
1/2 tsp. minced garlic or garlic powder
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1. Place chicken in slow cooker
2. Combine remaining ingredients in a bowl. Pour over chicken.
3. Cover and cook on high for 1 hour, and then on low for 3 hours.
4. Serve with rice or mashed potatoes.