Spiral Pasta Salad

Spiral Pasta Salad

Grandma Elsie Thackeray


Cook:
Spiral Noodles (1 lb. Package)

Add:
Chopped celery
Chopped tomatoes
Sliced black olives

Dressing:
2/3 cup red wine vinegar (other types vinegar ok)
1/3 cup oil
3/4 cup sugar
1 t salt
1/2 t black pepper

Dad's Oven "Dutch Oven" Chicken

Dad's Dutch Oven Chicken (But made in the oven)!!

It turned out perfect!

3 to 4 chicken breasts (for 6 people)

1 T seasonall or ½ T salt and ½ T pepper

1 C flour

¼ C oil

4 Carrots – cut in 3 inch lengths and then halved

6 potatoes – cut in 4 or 6 pieces

1 onion – sliced in ¼ inch slices (like onion rings)

1 can cream of chicken soup mixed with 1/2 C milk

Combine flour, seasonall or salt and pepper in gallon zip bag

Cut breasts in half or thirds

Shake breast in flour until well coated

Heat fry pan with oil and put coated chicken in pan and brown well on both sides.  The chicken does not need to be cooked through

In 9X13 pan put one layer of onions, potatoes, and carrots

Place browned chicken on top of first layer

Put remaining onions, potatoes and carrots on top of chicken

Sprinkle flour left over from chicken on top – makes nice thick gravy

Mix soup and milk and pour on top of everything.  I will often use two cans of soup because I like lots of the gravy.

Cover with aluminum foil and cook for 3 hours at 300 or 2 hours at 350.

Perfect Chocolate Brownies

These are amazing.  I've been looking for a long time for a brownie recipe that could hold a candle to my favorite brownie mix (Hershey's triple chunk).  These win.  Hands down.  Yum.  Dense, moist, top crispy layer, sweetly chocolate, and delicious to the edges.  The picture above includes a layer of York Peppermint Patties and Homemade Chocolate Frosting (Choco. chips, Butter, Milk, and Powdered Sugar)

Born from the newest addition to my family.  My Cuisine at Home Cookbook Annual Volumes.  They complete me.  I hope they don't mind that I post this here.  ;)

Basic Chocolate Brownies
(Makes 1- 9x13" pan)
Work Time: 30 Minutes
Cook Time 25-30 Minutes

Melt and Set Aside:
12 oz semisweet chocolate, broken up
1 1/2 c. sugar
12 T butter

Wisk Together:
1 c flour
1/4 c cocoa
2 t baking powder
1/4 t salt

Beat until Foamy:
4 large eggs (at room temp)
1 T vanilla

Bake at 350 degrees. 22-25 min.
in a greased 9x13 pan.

Heat butter, sugar and chocolate until melted.  (I microwaved mine.  I used 1/2 milk and 1/2 dark because I didn't have semisweet.  Let cool.  Spray pan.  Line with parchment paper if desired and spray again.  Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.  Beat eggs and vanilla until foamy (mine never foamed, possibly because my eggs were too cold?  not sure)  Add cooled chocolate to eggs.  Mix until well combined.  Add flour mixture, one half at a time, folding into wet ingredients.  Spread batter into pan.  Bake for 22-25 minutes until toothpick inserted in center is barely moist.  Beware of over baking.