EASY but Delicious :-)

Here's a little bitty mini tutorial for you

Peanut Butter Chocolate Marshmallows

Ingredients:
Marshmallows
Peanut Butter
Mini Chocolate Chips


Most people probably know how to make these its just an idea for a snack when your sitting at home and you want to eat something sweet but don't know what.
The first step it take your marshmallows and dip the top in peanut butter.
Next dip the end that's covered in peanut butter in mini chocolate chips.


Done!


They should look like this when your finished: (Only without the face...)





Oh, one more step that I forgot, eat them!










Thanks for looking





~Courtney




P.S. Like the little marshmallows I made on Paint? Haha =)

Fried Plaintains

Hello! Well, here in central Pennsylvania, it's still snowing. The record for the most snow was 30.3 inches way back in 1893... It's been broken :-P haha. But being stuck inside with no school, is such a wonderful time to cook.

Anyway, today I'm gonna show you how to make fried plantains. I found this recipe on the internet somewhere, so I can't take credit for it, but I took my own pictures of how I did it and would really like to share it with you because they are sooooo tasty ♥

You start out by putting half an inch of vegetable oil in a pan and bringing it up to 325 degrees, or medium heat.

Peel the plantain. If you don't know how that's done click this link on How To Peel A Plantain.


Next cut it into about inch wide circle pieces.



Then place them in the hot oil and fry them for two minutes on each side. Then take them out and let them cool for about five minutes.




The next step, if you have a plantain press you can use that to press them flat. (Of course, if you have a plantain press you probably already know how to make theses haha). So if you don't you can put the circles in between two layers of plastic wrap and press then flat with the bottom of a cup, the palm of your hand or a meat tenderizer. Don't beat it silly though, just kind of press or tap it so you don't kill it.



(I did mine with the bottom of a cup ^)


The Next step will be to put them back into the oil (At the same heat as before) and let them fry for 4 minutes on each side this time.




After that take them out and put them on a plate with a paper towel on it (to drain off any excess oil). When they are cool enough to eat, salt them and eat them!




They are extremely delicious. The outsides get a little crunch and the inside stay more squishy (not gross squishy though, like the insides of a good french fry). I like to eat them with ketchup but you can dip them in whatever you want or just eat them plain.


If you have any questions, feel free to comment :-)






~Courtney

Snicker Doodles!

What do you do when there's two feet of snow outside, its cold and you can't leave the house because the roads are so bad?

You bake snicker doodles!!

For those of you who don't know what snicker doodles are, they are reeeeeally delicious cookies that are rolled in cinnamon and sugar before they are baked. They are quite yummy =)

The Recipe

1 Cup of Butter

1 1/2 Cups of sugar

2 Eggs

2 3/4 Cups of Flour

2 Teaspoons of Cream of Tartar

1 Teaspoon of Baking Soda





First you mix the butter and sugar together and the add the eggs. Once all those are mixed thoroughly together, you can add the tartar, backing soda an the flour.
If its sticky and/or hard to roll into balls, then you can chill it in the fridge. If its not the you can just start to roll it into balls. The balls should be about the size of a medium strawberry (only round, obviously haha).

Next, you mix together 2 tablespoons of sugar and 2 teaspoons of cinnamon together in a bowl and roll the balls of dough around in it until they are covered:






Once they are rolled place them on a cookie sheet and press them just a little bit so they are slightly flattened on the top:







Bake them at 350 degrees for ten minutes. When they are done put them on a wire cooling rack:







Then eat 'em!




If you have any questions, feel free to comment and ask =)





~Courtney