Awesome Chocolate Chip Cookies

I've been away for quite a long time, but now I'm back and sharing my recipe for awesome Chocolate Chip Cookies.

I recently purchased a KitchenAid mixer. I don't know how I survived this long without one. I love it and make almost everything with it.

My brother purchased me some awesome silicone cookie sheets for Christmas. He got them on QVC. I know I'm one of 300 people who have used them, but I have to add my two cents and say they are awesome. They were a bit stinky at first, but that smell did not carry over into the cookies. And I could care less if, down the road, they stain. That just adds flavor.

On to the recipe!*

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

1 cup granulated sugar (I used 3/4 cup granulated sugar)
1 cup brown sugar (I used 1 1/4 cup brown sugar)
1 cup butter or margarine, softened (i used unsalted butter)
2 eggs
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups all-purpose flour
12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips

Place sugars, butter, eggs, and vanilla in mixer bowl. Attach bowl and flat beater to mixer. Turn to Speed 2 and mix about 30 seconds. Stop and scrape bowl. Turn to Speed 4 and beat about 30 seconds. Stop and scrape bowl.

Turn to Stir Speed. Gradually add baking soda, salt, and flour to sugar mixture and mix about 2 minutes. Turn to Speed 2 and mix about 30 seconds. Stop mixer and scrape bowl. Add chocolate chips. Turn to Stir Speed and mix about 15 seconds.

Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets, about 2 inches apart. Bake at 375* F for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from baking sheets immediately and cool on wire racks.

*came with my KitchenAid mixer

Thrown Together Chicken Pot Pie/Chicken 'n Dumplings

We desperately need to do some grocery shopping. I scraped together some stuff we have in our fridge and cupboards and came up with this super easy version of either chicken and biscuits or pot pie. You choose.



I based it on a recipe I found online, but made my own version. It takes about 45 minutes to an hour to make this. Enjoy.

1 lb chicken breast, cut into cubes.
1 can of cream of chicken soup
Half bag of frozen corn (you could used mixed veggies, too, but corn was all I had)
1/2 cup of milk
1/4 cup of sour cream
1/2 cup of chicken broth
1 can of your favorite biscuits (I used the reduced fat Grands)
salt, peper, garlic, and other spices to taste

Directions:

Heat a deep saucepan over medium heat. Add 1tbs vegetable oil and cook the chicken cubes until they are brown. Add chicken broth and simmer until almost all liquid is absorbed. Add corn and cook for about 5 minutes, or until corn is tender.
Mix remaining ingredients in a bowl until smooth. Pour into pan and increase heat to high. Mix thoroughly and bring to a boil. You'll want to cook this until it becomes thick, about 10 minutes.

While your chicken mixture is cooking, separate four of the 8 biscuits and press four of them into the bottom of a greased deep dish pie plate (or whatever else you have on hand - I used a roasting pan because it was all I had) and bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven (biscuits will be slightly doughy) and pour chicken and corn mixture on top of baked biscuits. Use the remaining four biscuits to top the chicken mixture. Place back into oven for another 15 minutes. Cook until biscuits are brown on top.

Enjoy!