Thursday, November 8, 2012

Sugar Cookies-Aunt Dixie-The Soft Kind

1 cup white sugar
1 cup butter (softened)
cream together
2 eggs-room temp.
add one at a time and incorporate well
1 t. vanilla
In a separate bowl mix 
2 3/4 cup flour
3 t. baking powder
1/2 t. salt

Cream together the butter and sugar.  Add each egg one at a time.  In a separate bowl whisk together the dry ingredients.  Add to the wet and mix until combined.  Chill dough.  Roll out thick with a mix of flour and powdered sugar.  Bake at 400 degrees (in my oven) for 8-10 minutes.  Use parchment paper or lightly grease pans. Let cool on rack and then frost.

Double recipe
2 c. white sugar
2 c. butter
4 eggs
2 t. vanilla
5 1/2 c. flour
6 t. baking powder
1 t. salt

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Ritz Cracker Chicken

4-5 Chicken Breasts
15-20 Ritz Crackers
1/4 t. salt scant
1/2 t. pepper
1/2 t garlic powder
1/4 c. parmesan
1/4 c. butter
1 egg

Crush the crackers in a ziploc bag then add salt, pepper, garlic powder and parmesan.  Mix egg in a dish for dredging and pour cracker mix in another dish for dredging.  Melt butter and pour a little in 9x13 pan.  Dredge chicken in egg then crackers and place in pan.  Pour remaining butter over the top.  Bake 30-35 minutes at 350 degrees.