Chocolate Frosting

1/2 cup butter
2/3 cup HERSHEY®'S Cocoa Powder
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla.

Mango Bars

Crust:
2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup butter

Combine flour and sugar; cut in butter. Press in 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 for 7-10 minutes or until lightly browned.

Filling:
4 cups chopped fresh mangoes
1 1/4 cups sugar, divided
1/3 cup water
1 tsp lemon juice
3 TB cornstarch
3 TB water
2 cups quick oates
1/4 cup flour
2/3 cup butter

In a saucepan, combine mangoes, 3/4 cup sugar, 1/3 cup water and lemon juice. Cook for about 10 minutes, or until mangoes are tender. Combine cornstarch and the 3 TB water. Stir into mango mixture and cook until thickened. Cool slightly. Pour over prepared crust.

Combine oats, 1/4 cup flour and the remaining 1/2 cup sugar in a bowl; cut with butter. Sprinkle over mango mixture. Bake for 50 minutes at 350. Cool and cut.

Pavlova

Heat oven to 300.

1 cup caster sugar (super fine sugar, i just throw real sugar in the blender for like 20 seconds)
4 egg whites

Beat egg whites in mixer until bubbly and bubbles are all the same size. Begin adding sugar a little at a time. You want stiff peaks and a glossy texture. This takes a while, so be patient. But don't overbeat or your mixture will become grainy.

Plop mixture onto baking parchment on cookie sheet (you can do directly on a cookie sheet, but it may stick a bit, and it's difficult to transfer a pavlova without breaking it). Form an 8 inch flattened circle scraping up sides.


Bake for 40 minutes. Turn oven off and let cool in oven (do not open door) for at least an hour.

Cool completely before loading with whipped cream and fruit.
Suggested fruits,

• strawberry and kiwi
• strawberry and banana
• rasberries, strawberries and boysenberries
• peaches
• whatever you love!
  

enjoy ;)

Pork Chop Dinner

6-8 pork chops depending on size
1 cup water
1 onion
6 potatoes, peeled and cut in big hearty chunks
4 carrots, cut in big chunks
3 TB of steak sauce or Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup butter
salt and pepper

Prepare onion, carrot and potatoes.

Melt butter in bottom of pressure cooker. Season chops with lots of salt and pepper. Brown chops on both sides in butter and remove to a plate.

Dump onions into pork fat and butter. Top with carrots and potatoes. Place chops on top of veggies. Mix steak sauce with water. Pour over top of chops.

Put lid on pressure cooker lock it. Bring to high pressure. Cook for 15 minutes. Use normal release method and enjoy!

Apple Cheddar Soup

1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1 tbsp butter

Cook together until tender.

2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
2 cups apple cider
1 tsp fresh thyme or 1/2 dried thyme
1/2 tsp salt
Dash cayenne pepper

Add, bring to a boil and simmer, covered for 15 minutes.

1/2 cup milk
2 tbls flour

Combine in a separate bowl. Add to soup, cook until bubbly.

Add 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese. Stir until melted.

from my sis-in-law... Coral :)

Applesauce Bread

1 TB (or package) yeast
2 1/4 cup bread flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp salt
4 TB sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 pinch nutmeg
2/3 cup applesauce
1 TB butter
1/2 cup apple juice or cider
1/2 cup shredded fresh apple, room temp

Combine applesauce, butter, juice in microwave safe bowl and microwave 1 1/2 minutes (until like warm, butter does not have to melt). Pour into mixer bowl and add yeast. Let sit 5 minutes or so. Add salt, sugar and spices. Mix. Add flours and shredded apple. Knead until dough clings to hook and sides of bowl are clean.

Place in greased bowl, cover, and let rise until double.

Form into ring and place in bundt pan.

Cover. Let rise until double.

Bake about 15-20 mins on 350.

I made a glaze with apple cider and powdered sugar. It was gone in less than 15 mins! What a hit!

Spaghetti with meatballs

Meatballs:

1 lb ground beef
1 cup bread crumbs
1 TB dried parsley
1 TB grated Parmesan
1/4 tsp pepper
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1 egg, beaten

combine, form into balls (about 12-20), refrigerate.

Sauce:

3/4 cup chopped onion
5 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup olive oil
2 (28 oz) cans tomatoes
2 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 bay leaf
1 (6 oz) can tomato paste
3/4 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp pepper

In large saucepan over medium heat, saute onion and garlic in oil til onions are translucent. Stir tomatoes, salt, sugar, bay leaf. Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer for 90 minutes. Stir in the rest including meatballs and simmer 30 more minutes. Serve over pasta.

YUMMMMM!!!