Chef Gone Crazy!!!

Hi Everyone! Its been a while since I posted its not that I lost interest I just been really busy whipping up some new recipes and some old favorites. I made alot of recipes with my husband and my mother-in-law. There is a recipe for breakfast and two recipes for snacks or deserts. I hope you enjoy them becuase my husband and I sure did! Its always fun to try something new cause it is an adventure of the cooking variety.

Breakfast Casserole

Ingredients

1lb Sausage

6 Eggs

2 cups Milk

1 tsp. Salt

1 tsp. Dry Mustard

6 Slices Bread, broken into pieces

1 1/2 cups cheese, shredded

Heat oven to 350*. Brown sausage the drain and cool. Beat eggs and milk together. Add salt and mustard and beat again. Add bread and stir until softens. Stir in the cheese and sausage. Pour into a greased 9 x 13" glass baking dish and refrigerate overnight (if your not going to cook it right away) Bake for 40 to 45 minutes. Let stand a few minutes before cutting. Increase baking time if recipe is doubled.

Double Stiped Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

3/4 cup REESE'S Creamy Peanut Butter

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine

1/3 cup granulated sugar

1/3 cup packed light brown sugar

1 egg

2 tablespoons milk

1 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 1/3 cups quick-cooking oats, divided

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Chips

2 teaspoon shortening (do not use butter, margarine, spread or oil)

1/2 cup REESE'S Peanut Butter Chips

Heat over to 350*. Beat peanut butter and butter in a large bowl until well blended. Add granulated sugar and brown sugar; beat until fluffy. Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well. Stir together 1/2 cup oats, flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into peanut butter mixture.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls Roll in remaining oats place on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten cookies with tines of fork to form crisscross pattern.

Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.

Place chocolate chips and 1 teaspoon shortening in medium microwave-safe container. Microwave at Medium (50%) 30 seconds; stir. If necessary, microwave at medium an additional 10 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, until chocolate is melted and smooth when stirring. Drizzle over cookies. Repeat procedure with peanut butter chips and remaining 1 teaspoon shortening. Allow drizzles to set.

Cookie Dough Truffles

Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

1/2 cup semisweet mini chocolate morsels

1 cup finely chopped pecans

1 1/2 pounds chocolate bark candy coating, melted

In a large bowl cream butter and brown sugar with an electic mixer at mixer at medium speed until creamy. Add vanilla. Gradually beat in flour and add milk. Add chocolate morsels and pecans, mixing well. Shape into 1-inch balls. Place on waxed paper; chill for 2 hours. Melt chocolate bark candy coating in double boiler. Using two forks, dip cookie balls into candy coating to cover. Place on waxed paper and chill to set. Store in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.

Happy Cooking!!!

Hope this takes off well....

I got this idea from the movie "Juile and Julia" and also from a friend. I'm going to make or try to make a recipe everyday and to take pictures of the steps and put it on here for you to see and the recipe for you to try on your own!

Here's alittle about myself.... My name is Sara Klemm. I'm 25 years old and happily married to my amazing husband Nick. We met online in a vermont chat room. We started dating April 27th 06. On our year anniversary of dating (April 27 07) Nick asked me to marry him and of course I said "YES". Then on June 27th 09 we got married.

I decided to write a blog about the recipes I make because I thought it would be cool and maybe trade recipes with other people and see what they think of the recipes I put on here if they try them too.

For Christmas 09' Nick and I made cookies for our loved ones because we didnt have the to get presents since we just had the wedding 6 months before. I came up with the idea we make cookies because one it comes from the heart and two everyone likes cookies right! I'll put the recipes up and pictures too when I make the recipes again. We made three different kinds of cookies.

Tonight I made the first recipe. It didn't come out the way I wanted to but there's always next time!

Lemon-Pepper Cappellini

Ingredients

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

3 tablespoons butter

4 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1 teaspoon coarse black pepper

2 small lemons, zested and juiced

Salt

1/2 pound capellini

1/2 cup shredded or torn basil leaves

Grated cheese, to pass at table

Directions

Place water on to boil for pasta.

In large skillet combine olive oil and butter over medium heat. Add garlic, pepper and the lemon zest. Salt water when it boils the cook cappellini to al dente, 2 to 3 minutes. Add ladle of cooking water to lemon-pepper butter stir in the lemon juice. Drain pasta and toss with lemon-pepper butter and salt to taste. Add the basil to the pasta and serve a small bundle alongside your entree or serve as a delicate first course.

We had five cheese garlic bread with it but you could have anything with it!

Happy Cooking!!!