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Recipe Book

These are recipes by TEST members that are worth trying. All recipes are made at one's own risk, no troll recipes please. Be sure to put your name after your recipe so we know who to blame when we fuck it up.


Cooking Basics

The cooking key

  • T = tablespoon
  • t = teaspoon
  • c = cup

Generic cooking tips

  • 1/2 egg = one egg white, toss yolk
  • Sugar and confectioner's sugar are two different things.
  • Shortening and butter are (more or less) interchangable, butter obviously tastes better.
  • Measure liquids in a liquid measuring cup, measure solids in solid measuring cups.

Hors d'œuvre

Entree

Chicken Packages by Junko

My mother would make this all the time when we were kids, because we always had a lot of leftover chicken. Everyone I've made this for so far has loved it, even if they weren't fans of cream cheese.

  • 2 tubes of crescent rolls
  • 2 cups cooked chicken (around 2 breasts)
  • 1 package Philadelphia cream cheese
  • 1-2 cups peas or mixed vegetables
  • 1 serving cooked stuffing
  • 1-2 T milk
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Spread out the crescent rolls but seperate only into squares. 4 crescents per square. Mix up all the ingredients in a bowl and spoon into the 4 squares. Pull up the four corners of the packages. Pinch seams together. Sprinkle tops with a little bit of bread crumbs. Bake at 400 degrees; for 15-20 minutes.

Make-Ahead Potatoes by Junko

  • 4 large potatoes peeled and quartered
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 package cream cheese, softened
  • 3 T butter, divided
  • 1 T dried minced onion
  • 1/2 T salt
  • paprika

Cook potatoes until tender and drain. Mash, add sour cream, cream cheese, butter, onion, and salt. Continue to mash until smooth.

Spread in greased casserole dish. Sprinkle top of potatoes with paprika. Bake at 350° immediately for 40 minutes covered with aluminum foil, bake another 20 minutes uncovered.


Dessert

Idiot Cookies by Junko

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This is a favorite of my brother inlaw, getting the timing down on the fudge boil can be tricky at first, but the ease of recipe and little cleanup makes it worth it.

  • 1 stick of butter
  • 4 T cocoa
  • 1/2 c. milk
  • 2 c. sugar

Mix in a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil 2-3 minutes. Time this because you are essentially making fudge. If you don't do 2-3 minutes, it won't work. Take off heat and add quickly:

  • 1/2 c. peanut butter
  • 1 t. vanilla
  • 3 c. oatmeal (old fashioned oats, the quick cook kind)

Mix and drop on waxed paper. Leave sit until cool and firm.

If summer, you may need to store in the refrigerator.

culture/recipe_book.txt · Last modified: 2022/07/14 07:36 by Fof