Posts Tagged ‘butter’

Homemade Sandies (shortbread cookies)

Homemade Sandies

I have been up all night lately and my only savior has been coffee.  Nothing goes with coffee like Shortbread cookies (AKA Sandies).  I buy them by the case.  However, I ran out and was unable to go to the store.  So I decided to try them for myself.  It is a basic butter cookie [...]

Hasselback Potatoes

Hasselback Potato

As a Midwesterner, I love meat and potatoes.  The combination is amazing!  However, sometimes it gets hard to spice up the combo.  I discovered that the Swedes have been spicing up their potatoes for years.  They fan out the potato and bake it making a mixture between a baked potato and a thick cut chip. [...]

Herb Roasted Chicken

Herb Roasted Chicken

Sometimes a little visit to the store will inspire you.  In this case it was a brief encounter with a roaster chicken at the local Food Lion.  I was strolling through the aisles looking for some inspiration when I saw it.  A $2 chicken.  It immediately hit me.  Time to make a roasted chicken!  Dana [...]

Thin and Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Well I have made many chocolate chip cookies but never intentionally made thin and crispy chocolate chip cookies.  I usually make thick and chewy cookies (my personal preference), but I wanted to see what all the fuss is with crispy cookies.  So I did a search looking for thin and crispy chocolate chip cookies.  To [...]

One Pan – Macaroni and Cheese

Over the past week I have been cleaning out my pantry trying to cook everything that I could without going to the grocery store. Needless to say, I was running low on everything. Then I noticed that I had a bag of mozzarella cheese in the fridge and about a 1/2 cup of milk. Sounds [...]