Mocha Chips ‘n’ Bits

nwilker — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:08:45 +0000

Mocha Chips ‘n’ Bits – another gem from my Great American Cookie Cookbook!

Could be made with or without the coconut.

Some people might be seeing these under their Christmas tree this year!

Ingredients:

1 cup butter flavor shortening

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 tbl milk

1 tbl instant coffee

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

2 1/3 cup flour

1 1/2 tbl unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup milk chocolate chips

3/4 cup coconut

Preparation:

1. Heat oven to 375. Place sheets of foil on countertop for cooking cookies

2. Combine shortening, granulated sugar, brown sugar, milk, instant coffee and vanilla in a bowl. Beat until blended. Beat in eggs.

3. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Mix into creamed mixtre until “just” blended. Stir in chips and cocnut. Drip rounded tablespoons 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.

4. Bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes. Do not overbake. Let stand 2 minutes on baking sheet. Remove cookies to foil to cool.

Yields: 3 1/2 dozen cookies.

Thai Chicken and Coconut Soup

nwilker — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:58:39 +0000

This was an amazingly simple and delicious soup! I’m so excited that I still have 2 lemon grass stalks, i can’t wait to make it again!! I did learn some things about lemon grass! You need to peel off a couple of the outer sheaths, cut off a large hunk of the bottom to get all the bulb off, and then slice it like a green onion, but only 2/3 up the stalk… Then finely chop the little slices cause the bigger pieces will be un-edible and use the rest of the stalk as flavoring in the soup! The smell of the lemon grass is amazing! I was running around the house sniffing it! Hubby was laughing at me!
I used Serrano Chiles vs the Thai chilies it called for and it worked great! Fabulous heat! I’d probably skip the chicken, maybe use tofu, or maybe nothing else!

Ingredients

3 cups Chicken Broth
1 teaspoon grated lime rind
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon chopped peeled fresh lemongrass
2 tablespoons Thai fish sauce
1/2 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger
1/2 teaspoon chopped seeded Serrano Chili
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces (could take it or leave it)
1 (14-ounce) can light coconut milk
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

Preparation

Combine first 7 ingredients in a large saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat; stir in chicken and coconut milk. Cook 3 minutes or until chicken is done. Sprinkle with cilantro.

Nutritional Information

Calories:228 (29% from fat)
Fat:7.3g (sat 4g,mono 0.7g,poly 0.5g)
Protein:30.8g
Carbohydrate:8.2g
Fiber:0.5g
Cholesterol:77mg
Iron:1.9mg
Sodium:778mg
Calcium:23mg