Looking for a Freezer Friendly Recipe, try this one out..

 First thing though you will need to purchase, Gooseberry Patch's "Freezer Friendly Recipes" Cookbook.

After that you will need to turn to page 55 to the recipe for "Old Time Freezer Pickles".

I tried this recipe out over the weekend, while my mom was here to go to the 43rd Annual Fin and Feather Fall Festival , over in Gore,OK. I sent her home with some to try on the co-workers.

This recipe may take two days to complete, but it is well worth it.

I used the cucumbers, I purchased from the Oklahoma Food Cooperative, which was just enough.

I only had to purchase the 2 onions it called for, and the Ball Pint Freezer Containers I needed to put the end result in.

Below you will find a couple of pics of the end result. The flavor is just right. The recipe gets an A+ from me for ease of preparation, and flavor.

You can stop by Amazon.com to see more titles available for purchase  by Gooseberry Patch.

9/26/2011:

Tina-below is the recipe, with permission from the authors Gooseberry Patch:( Thanks ladies).

8c. cucumbers, peeled and thinly sliced

2 onions, thinly sliced

2T. salt

1c. cider vinegar

1-1/2 c. sugar

5-6 1 pint plastic freezer containers and lids, sterlized

Combine cucumbers, onions and salt; toss to mix. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Drain; rinse well. Combine vinegar and sugar in separate bowl. Add to cucumber mixture; mix well. Spoon into freezer containers; add lids and freeze.

Freeze & Serve Instructions: Store in freezer. To serve, thaw in refrigerator for 2 hours or overnight.

Jelly Belly Soda Pop Mix Jelly Beans make a great cookie that makes you think of your childhood favorites; DP, A&W,A&W Cream Soda, and Orange and Grape Crush...

The mini candy bars did so well in test runs, I thought I would try jelly beans. So last night during the weekly grocery shopping I picked up a couple pound of Soda Pop Mix Jelly Belly Beans. The cookies came out rather tasty, surprisingly.

I have sent them to my testing field to see what people think. If they get a positive review, then I will post the recipe, but for now I will post the pictures.

Below you will find the pictures of my Jelly Bean Experiment:

 

Keep your eyes peeled for the recipe to come.

9/26/2011:
Here is the Recipe that took 10th in the 2011 Great State Fair of Oklahoma:

Sugar Pop Cookies

Ingredients:

1 stick butter

1 egg –slightly beaten

1 Paula Deen HomeStyle Sugar Cookie Mix

1c. Soda  Pop Shoppe Jelly Belly Beans

1c. AP Flour for dusting  jelly beans

Equipment:

Cookie Sheets, Non-Stick Cooking Spray, Spoon. Knife, Mixing Bowl, Small Cookie Scoop

Instructions:

Preheat your oven 350 degrees. In your mixing bowl combine the flour , beans, butter, egg, cookie mix. Dough will be semi-stiff .

Spray cookie sheets liberally with non-stick. Scoop and level with knife onto the cookie sheet.

Bake 10-12 minutes.

Once done move quickly onto cooling rack and then serve.

Make 3 dzn.

This ain't your momma's Better than Sex Cake, this is a Gonna Get Sex Cake...

Ladies,

You read it right, this cake will definitely get you some action, if your mate is a chocolate lover.

I took the mini candy bars from the orgasmic delight cookie, and sister's I put them into a cake.

I can personally guarantee it is well worth all the work!

The recipe will be revealed after the turn in for competition on either September 10th or 11th, 2011.

I can show you pictures though. So check out the pics below:

I hope the pics peak your interest. The recipe will be revealed after competition turn in. Enjoy.
9/26/2011:
Here is the recipe I promised to reveal.

Marvelous Mini Magic

Nannette P Morrison-Tahlequah,OK

4^th Place in the 2011 Great State Fair of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City,OK

Division 3594-Cakes, Sub category 02 - Creative cake mix, loaf or bundt

Ingredients:

5  of the following Mini Candy Bars:

Baby Ruth, Nestle Milk Chocolate Bars, Butterfingers, Snickers, Twix, Crunch, 3 Musketeers.

3 of the following Mini Candy Bars:

Original Mini Milky Ways, Midnight Milky Ways

1 cup all purpose flour for dusting bars in

1 Paula Deen Homestyle Moist Yellow Cake Mix

1/3  cup vegetable oil

1 and 1/3 cup water

3 eggs beaten

Equipment:

Cookie Sheets, Non –Stick Spray, Sharp Knife, Butter Knife, Small Cookie Scoop,Mixing Bowl

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Open all the bars. Chop Bars.Dredge Bars in mixing bowl with flour.

Combine in the mixing bowl with the bar chunks, the oil, water, eggs, and cake mix, until well combined.

Spray silicone bundt pan liberally with non-stick and place on cookie sheet.

Bake 55 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean, turn out on plate and place on cooling rack.

Frosting:

½ cup prepared cream cheese frosting. Nuke 30 seconds in microwave in microwave safe bowl, then drizzle over cake.

The Most Orgasmic Delight for Chocolate Lovers!

I got inspired last night as I was talking to my mom on the phone. I have to make 5 dozen cookies for an event at the church in September, so I thought of a cookie I could make that was kid friendly. The cookie I came up with was a Candy Bar Cookie,yes I said Candy Bar Cookie. What kid does not like a candy bar, especially in a mini size that they can hold on to? Not many that I know of , unless they have allergies.

Well for this recipe I began with :

2- 40 z bags of mini candy bars( 1 bag had - crunch, butterfinger, nestle milk chocolate, baby ruth, the 2nd bag had- milky way regular, milky way dark, twix,3 musketeers and snickers.)

I opened the bag and sorted the bars out by brand. Then took out 5 of each, and put the rest of them in the fridge.

1 betty crocker pouch of sugar cookie mix

1 stick of butter, no melted & 1 egg

Flour for coating the chopped up mini's

Equipment : Mixing bowl, cookie sheets, non stick cooking spray,small cookie scoop, and a sturdy spoon for stirring, or spatula. I just used my hands to mix, because I don't mind getting into it.

Instructions: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

In your mixing bowl put a little flour, to coat the bars as you chop them up, so they won't clump together (About a 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup should work, you can always add more if needed.)
Unwrap and chop up your bars one brand at a time, and add them to the flour and toss to coat, as you chop them up.
Once all the bars are chopped up and coated, then add the sugar cookie mix pouch and toss together. Add your one egg and one stick of softened butter.

Start with your spoon or spatula, then when you get it to the point that won't work anymore, then get in there with your hands and combine it.

Once the mix is well combined get out your cookie sheets and scoops with your non-stick spray. Spray your sheets, then scoop out the mix, until the sheet fills up, then get out the next sheet and spray, and repeat scooping until all the mix is gone.

Put your cookies in the oven at 350 for 12 minutes or until golden (I found out 15 minutes was a little long, so I scaled the time back). Take out, turn off oven, and put on cooling rack. Remember before though to do the toothpick test, and if the toothpick comes out clean, then place them on the rack to cool.

Serve with your favorite vanilla ice cream.

Here are some pics from my test run of this recipe:

Hope you enjoy these. I will post more testing items as I go. So keep your eyes peeled for more goodies.

First of State Fair Cookie Contender's 2011

 This is an up close shot of the first contender the Green Apple Pomegranate Lemonade Twister

This is a shot of the second contender the Peach Tea Twister

These are two of the first possibilities for entries into the 2011 Oklahoma State Fair. I will be posting more as I go.

Tahlequah First UMC gets a new minister, and I get in my kitchen to cook my contribution to his 2nd reception hosted by the UMW

As the title states, I got in my kitchen this morning to cook my contribution to the incoming minister's reception. I raided the cabinets for mixes and went to work. I had quite a few duplicate mixes of the Paula Deen Mixes so the duplicate ones are the ones I used. Paula's mixes do it right, the flavors always come out great, and they are some of the quickest I have dealt with.

The first of the four rounds of goodies I made for my part was a Blueberry Vanilla Bean Latte Mini Muffins:

 

This recipe starts with a Paula Deen Homestyle Blueberry Muffin mix w/ a can of fresh blueberries enclosed.

The second of the four rounds of goodies I made for my part was Strawberry Generic Jello Mix Sugar Cookie:

This recipe began with a best choice strawberry jello mix, and a Paula Deen Homestyle Sugar Cookie Mix.

The third of the four rounds of goodies from the kitchen consisted of, Rootbeer Bread bites:

Once again the base of this recipe begins with a Paula Deen Southern Style Buttery Beer Bread Mix, and instead of a regular beer, it has a 12 oz can of A&W Rootbeer.

Finally, the last of the four rounds of goodies for the reception ends with the Yellow Orange Cafe Cake Bites:

As with all the rest the base of the recipe begins with a Paula Deen Homestyle Moist Yellow Cake Mix, but this also incorporates the General Foods International Orange Cafe coffee mix.

I thought I would show you what I made. I hope the people at the reception will enjoy these. I will post the recipes in a separate posting so if you would like to try to make them you can.