Monday, April 15, 2013

ShaBaM! :-)


Peanut Butter Sheet Cake…
Ingredients
    Cake:
  • 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Frosting:
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 6 Tablespoon buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. For the cake: In a medium pot add the peanut butter, water, and butter and bring to a boil. Remove from heat.
  3. In a separate bowl, mix together the sugar, brown sugar, flour, salt, and baking soda with a fork. Add to the peanut butter mixture.
  4. Add the eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla to the bowl and mix well.
  5. Stir well and pour into greased or parchment lined cookie sheet pan with a little edge (12X17 jellyroll pan). Bake for 15 minutes at 375 degrees.
  6. For the Frosting: In a small pot bring the butter, buttermilk, and peanut butter to a boil. Remove pan from the heat and add the powdered sugar and vanilla. Pour frosting over the warm cake.

Monday, October 10, 2011

BBQ Pulled Pork

Rub 5 pound Pork Butt with the following rub:

1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
2 Tb Sea Salt
1 Tb Garlic
1 Tb Black Pepper
2 Tb Chili Powder

Put into covered baking pan with 1 cup of water and bake on 175 degrees for 8 hours. Turn temp up to 350 degrees and bake for another 1/2 hour. Pull out of oven and drain most of the liquid off of Pork. Pork should be tender enough to use a fork to shred the meat. Once shredded, add favorite BBQ Sauce and serve on Buns or over Baked Potatoes.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Petra's Steak Sesame Noodles

Yes this was yummy thanks for askin..

Ingredients:
1 whole sirloin steak 3/4 to 1 pound (i used tri tip 1.5 lbs)
sea salt
3/4 cup soy sauce
3 tablespoons pure sesame oil
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
1/2 cip sliced green onions
8 oz weight thin noodles (i used thin spaghetti)
cilantro leaves

i placed the water onto boil for spaghetti noodles, salted my water for taste

Steak:
Salt heavily on both sides of the steak with sea salt
i then took a cast iron skillet turned it on high heat placed a little oil in the pan, seared my meat on both sides using tongs so as not to let the juice escape the meat. after well seared on both sides i turned on low and covered till done, turning here and there.

When steak is done take and slice to bite size, set it in a flat bowl or plate drizzle several tablespoons of the sauce over the steak.

Sauce:
While steak is cooking take a bowl place the minced garlic in the bowl, the soy sauce, sesame oil, olive oil, rice vinegar, brown sugar and i added a just a tiny bit of crushed red chili pepper flakes
stir and set aside.

Noodles:
When your noodles are done, place them in a serving bowl toss in you green onion, cilantro leaves and remainder of the sauce. place the meat on top of the noodles and serve.

served with a simple barely seasoned rice
Rice cooker:
2 cups uncooked white rice (preferably jasmine)
1 cup frozen mixed veggies (pick out the grean beans)
1 package fried rice seasoning
1 can of chicken broth
water to make up the difference in liquid

started this in rice cooker mins before i started water to boil, when i had the food ready to serve the rice beeped to say it was done. PERFECTO!

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Kerri's Red Baby Potatoes

Cut Red Baby Potatoes in half or quarters. Par Boil them until 1/2 way tender. Don't over cook or they will be mushy. Drain potatoes. Put 1/4 cup olive oil in non-stick frying pan. Heat up until hot. Add potatoes to pan and add spices.

1 Tb Italian Seasoning
2 cloves of fresh minced garlic
Salt/Pepper

**I've also used chili powder in place of Italian Seasoning and it was really good!

Brown on both sides like fried potatoes. Don't turn until brown or potatoes will be mushy. Cook until tender.

Kerri's Country Style Ribs

Country Style Pork Ribs- Boneless or Bone In

Rub ribs lightly with olive oil usually takes about 3 Tb. (you can also use regular oil) Then make your rub mixture:

1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
4 Tb.Chili Powder
2 Tb.Garlic Powder
2 Tb.Onion Powder
1 Tb.Salt
1 Tb.Pepper

Rub Ribs generously with rib mixture and let stand for 15-20 minutes.

Bake @ 350 degrees uncovered for 1 hour then pour Sweet Baby Rays over ribs and let cook for another hour or until meat is tender.

If you want to grill them. Put them on the grill and turn and baste ribs with Sweet Baby Rays every 5 minutes until meat is done. This is my favorite way to fix ribs....but either way is yummy!

Kerri's Ensalada

1 Head of Cabbage sliced very thin
3 Carrots, grated
1 pint size sweet tomatoes cut 1/2
1/2 Medium onion diced
1 Bunch of Cilantro diced
1 Can of diced green chili's
1/2 Diced pickled jalapenos (I use 1 cup...depends on how hot you want it)
1/2 Cup Orange Juice
4 Limes....just the juice of the limes
2 T Sugar
2 T Vinegar
Salt/Pepper to taste


Mix together vegetables. Add peppers. Mix OJ, Lime juice, sugar, salt, pepper, vinegar together and then pour over vegetables. Taste and modify if needed.

Monday, January 31, 2011

I had forgot about this recipe for a while.... made them last night.



Chocolate Marshmallow Clouds
3 cups flour
2/3 unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup salted butter, softened
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups miniature chocolate chips
8 ounces miniature marshmallows, frozen
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Until you are ready to assemble the cookies just prior to baking, keep the marshmallows in the freezer—otherwise they will thaw too rapidly. In a medium bowl combine flour, cocoa, and baking soda. Set aside. Combine sugars in a large bowl. Using an electric mixer, blend in butter until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla, and beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the flour mixture and chocolate chips and blend at low speed until combined. Batter will be very stiff.
Gather 4 or 5 frozen marshmallows in the palm of your hand and cover them with a heaping tablespoon of dough. Wrap the dough around the marshmallows, completely encasing them and forming a 2-inch diameter dough ball. Place balls on ungreased baking sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake 10-12 minutes. Cool on pan for 2 minutes, then transfer to a cool, flat surface.