Butterfinger Milky Way Cookies

These are super soft & yummy!!

Ingredients:
2 sticks butter or margarine
3/4 cups sugar
3/4 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
3 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. salt
6 mini butterfinger candy bars or 1 1/2 regular bars
6 mini Milky Way candy bars or 1 1/2 regular bars
1/2 cup chocolate chips

Directions:
Mix together butter & sugars. Add eggs & vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, & salt together and add to butter mixture. Cut up candy bars into pieces and fold in with chocolate chips.

Bake at 375 degrees for 9-11 minutes.

Italian Cheese Bread

This is Ryan's all-time favorite bread! It goes great with any pasta dish. It is really easy and is really tasty.

Ingredients: (bread)
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp quick rise yeast
1 cup warm water (120-130 degrees)
1 TBS. vegetable oil

Ingredients: (topping)
1/3 cup Italian dressing (I use Tuscan House Italian)
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp dried oregano
1/4 tsp dried thyme
dash of pepper
1 tsp. parmesan cheese
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions:
In a bowl, combine first 4 bread ingredients. Combine water & oil, add to flour mixture. Add additional flour if needed to form dough. (I use my KitchenAid mixer with the dough hook to kneed). Kneed for 1-2 minutes or until smooth & elastic. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover & let rise in a warm place for 20 minutes. Punch the dough down; place on a greased pizza pan or cookie sheet & pat into a 12 in circle. Brush with salad dressing. Combine the seasonings; sprinkle over top. Sprinkle with cheeses. Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Chewy White Chocolate, Chocolate Cookies

I made these for Father's Day & they were a big hit!

Ingredients:
1 3/4 cups flour

1 1/4 cups cocoa powder (I use Hershey's Dark Chocolate Cocoa Powder)

1 cup white sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 tsps. baking soda

1 cup butter

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1/4 tsp. salt

2 cups white chocolate chips

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease cookie sheet. 2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar and white sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition. Add the salt and vanilla. 3. In another bowl, combine the flour, cocoa and baking soda and gradually add to the creamed mixture. Fold in chocolate chips. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheet.4. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until fluffy but still soft. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

spinach-pasta toss

 

This was a very quick & yummy dinner!

1 can (14.5 oz.) Italian-Style diced tomatoes, undrained
2 cups multi-grain penne pasta, uncooked
1 cup water
1 pkg (9 oz) baby spinach leaves
1 cup mozzarella cheese

Bring tomatoes, pasta, and water to a boil in large saucepan stir. Cover; simmer on med-low heat 10 minutes. Uncover; simmer 1 min. or just until pasta is tender. Add half the spinach; simmer, covered 2 min. or until wilted. Stir. Repeat with remaining spinach. Serve topped with cheese.