Sweet and Chunky Chicken

I have always loved this recipe!! Mom made Sweet and Chunky chicken a lot when I was still under her roof, and she actually got the recipe from Chad's grandma, Mary Jean. Little did I know, she would become family one day.

Ingredients:
3 lbs. Chicken
1 tsp. garlic salt
1/2 tsp. salt

Cut chicken, sprinkle with garlic and pepper. Let stand 1 hr. or more in fridge.

1 beaten egg
4-6 Tbsp cornstarch

Dip in egg, then cornstarch and brown in frying pan set to med low.
Put browned chicken into baking dish, and pour this sauce over top:

Sauce:
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup vinegar
3 1/2 Tbsp ketchup
1 Tbsp soy sauce

Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour uncovered.

Serve with rice.
(I usually half this recipe but don't half the sauce. It seems like this sauce is just enough for half the recipe. It's good to have some to mix in with your rice.)

Reese's Cookies

So last weekend we were able to have Gary, Blake's dad, stay with us on Friday night. Blake had a tournament in Moses Lake, and had games on Friday and Saturday. He played great in both games... he makes me proud. Guess what he did during Friday's game!? He DUNKED it! Ha, I know my 6 foot, white boy, husband can really dunk it! :) He got a steal and was open so took the opportunity. Ha, the worst part of him dunking it... is that I was talking to my friends... and MISSED it! Oh I am a terrible wife. I was just talking and all of a sudden everyone was going crazy, so I turned around and got the news. Everyone went crazy, because I think it surprised them that Blake could dunk. It was so fun that Gary got to be there; he even got it on video so I got to watch it that night. :) I will be paying more attention during his games.

Another fun thing that happened was we got to surprise Britni Pena with her BEST friend, Jamie Fuller. I had the idea about the weekend before. I knew Brit was ready to go home, and a little homesick. Her first time living away from Rexburg, and not being home since September. I know how hard it is, and felt like she needed to see Jamie to make the last couple weeks before Christmas a little easier. So Gary was so willing to fly Jamie up with him, and it all worked out. I was so grateful! They got here Friday at about 4 and went home Saturday at about 9, after Blakes game. It was too short, but we're grateful they were able to come! Brit was a little late to the Friday game, so when she walked in Jamie and I were waiting for her in the foyer and Jamie walked out from a little corner and went and hugged her. Brit was so cute, and so stunned! She was just smiling and laughing, and then we were so happy to see the tears come. She didn't know what to say, so she didn't say anything for a while! It was great! Jamie was able to stay with Brit and Andrew and also hang out with me! I loved having Gary and Jamie in Moses Lake, and love them both!

This is coaches wife, Anette, she has become one of my best friends. She is amazing and I think the world of her. Ever since we moved to Moses Lake last year she has been so kind to me and made the whole basketball experience a great one! She is also in our ward so it's been so fun!

So I've seen these cookies many times before, and have always wanted to bake them, so I decided to make these. I'm not sure how they turned out, but I hope they were good. :)

Blake and I also got a new camera in preparing to take pictures of our little addition in 2 months! Can't wait!! I only had to take 1 picture to get a good one (I use to take an average of 5, and then make Blake try to get a good one, and then still not be satisfied with both our tries) :)

Ingredients

about 40 Reeses Peanut Butter Cups Miniatures
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

Heat oven to 375. Remove wrappers from candies. Line small muffin cups with paper bake cups, if desired. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter, egg, and vanilla until fluffy in large bowl. Stir together flour, baking soda, and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place one in each paper-lined or ungreased muffin cup. Do not flatten. Bake 10 to 12 minutes until puffed and lightly browned; remove from oven. Immediately press peanut butter cup in center of each cookie. Cool completely in muffin pan.

French Dip and Homemade Fries

What you will need 

1 2.5-3 lb. beef roast
2 Tbsp. olive oil
salt and pepper
2 1-ounce packages dry onion soup mix
2 c. water
2 cans beef broth
6-8 large buns
Swiss cheese sliced.

Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat and rub roast with salt and pepper.

When very hot, carefully place roast in pan and sear on all sides. You’re not cooking the meat, you’re just browning it quickly on all sides to add flavor and seal in the juices. Oh, and it smells so good–just like Grandma’s house on a Sunday afternoon.

Place in crockpot and sprinkle with onions soup mix. Pour water and beef broth over roast.

Cook 8-10 hours on low or cook 4-5 hours on high and another 3-4 hours on low. It’s hard to screw this part up; basically, the longer it cooks, the more tender it will be. But you know it’s done when you pop a fork in it and the meat just falls apart. When meat is ready, shred with a fork.

Place meat in crusty rolls. Top with cheese and broil open-faced in the oven or toaster oven for a few minutes, until bread is golden and cheese is melty. 

Ladle juices into small cups for dipping and enjoy!

French Fries 

2 large russet potatoes 

1/2 t of chili powder

1/2 t cumin

1/4 t salt

 2 T oil 

Cut the potatoes in thin strips or however thin or thick you like them :) 

Mix the oil and spices in a small bowl 

Spay backing sheet with pam and then place the potato strips down. Use a spoon and put the spice mix on the potatoes.  I like them pretty spicy so I put a lot on mine, and a little on Treags 

heat the oven to 400 and let them cook for about 20 min.  If your wedges are on the ticker side keep them in a little longer :)

Enjoy! This is Treags FAVORITE meal he asks for it all the time! 

Magic Bars

Blake's treat today was his usually Banana, Chocolate milkshake and also magic bars. Oh how I love to bake! Here's a picture of the baby bump too! Ha, crazy!

Ingredients

1/2 c. margarine or butter

1 1/2 c. crushed graham crackers

1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk

1 c. chocolate chips

1 1/2 c. coconut

1 c. chopped nuts (opt.)

Preheat oven to 350. In 13x9 pan melt butter in oven. When melted, sprinkle graham crackers evenly over butter. Pour condensed milk evenly over crumbs. Top with coconut, chocolate chips, and nuts. Bake for 17-20 minutes. So yummy! 

Food by the Fullmer Girls Husbands! Blakes Buffalo Wings

Yes, Blake made us dinner!! Oh and it was so good. Cooking was something that I could do that Blake didn't. I should've known that Blake would be good at it, because he's good at everything. So if you didn't know I gave in to getting cable. I know I was a cruel wife last year and just loved having Blake to myself without cable distracting him. Blake wanted it really bad so we got it. I thought for sure he would just be obsessed with sports like the rest of the boys.. surprisingly I think he's only watched ESPN like twice since we got it a couple weeks ago. The shows that he watches include: chopped, cupcake wars, cake boss, extreme couponers, and really anything on the food channel, TLC, or documentry shows. This was a great surprise for me, because I enjoy these kind of food and other shows. The other day I teased him that I wanted dinner ready for me when I got home from dance. I knew it wouldn't happen, so I made dinner. Today though we got home and I asked him what he wanted for dinner, so I could prepare something before teaching Zumba. He told me that he was going to make dinner tonight. He was serious. He asked what to make, and I told him that deciding what to eat comes with making dinner. He accepted and then asked what websites I usually use to find recipes, so he was off in his "office" looking up recipes to make. He got a list together of the things he needed and we ran to the store to get a few items we didn't have. He wouldn't tell me what he was making, but that I was to go to teach Zumba and it would be ready when I got back. If any of you are familar with the show chopped you can only imagine how my husband was acting while preparing this meal. He pretended he only had a certain amount of time to cook it. Oh if you could've all watched him you would all see why I love him as much as I do. Before I left I had to show him where the flour and a few other ingredients where, that's how much  time he spends in the kitchen. Oh if you didn't know Blake has never cooked since we've been married. He honestly doesn't eat unless I make him something. He won't even eat an apple, unless I cut it up for him. And I swear he thinks knives are so scary, he's always telling me to be careful and that I'm going to cut myself. It's hilarious! So when I got home, about 50 minutes later, I got this adorable man in the kitchen preparing these wings!

 When I first saw that he was frying these wings I got very nervous, because I try to stay away from fried foods. But I made an exception, because how do you tell your adorable cook no.  I asked him if he loved cooking, when I got him, and he said "No! It takes too long!" Ha, I just laughed and started cleaning up the mess he had made. He finished, not on his time limit though, but it didn't matter, and it was time to taste the food. He even pulled this sauce, he had made, out of the microwave. Oh it was all SO yummy! He will now cook dinner everynight. I was once again humbled, because I realized that my husbands first meal was better than all the meals I've made in our first year of marriage.

Blake's Buffalo Wings

Ingredients

oil for deep frying

1 cup flour

2 teaspoons salt

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon paprika

1 egg

1 cup milk

3 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2 inch strips

1/4 cup hot pepper sauce

1 tablespoon butter

Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Combine flour, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, and paprika in a large bowl. Whisk together the egg and milk in a small bowl. Dip each piece of chicken in the egg mixture, and then roll in the flour blend. Repeat so that each piece of chicken is double coated. Refrigerate breaded chicken for 20 minutes.

Fry chicken in the hot oil, in batches. Cook until the exterior is nicely browned, and the juices run clear, 5 to 6 minutes a batch.

Combine hot sauce and butter in a small bowl. Microwave sauce on High until melted, 20 to 30 seconds. Pour sauce over the cooked chicken; mix to coat.

Fresh Peach Pie

Fresh Peach Pie
from the kitchen of: Jan Stevens

1 cup water
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
2 level Tbsp. lemon jello powder
sprinkle salt
1 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 or 2 drops yellow food coloring
2 cups fresh sliced peaches

Bring water and sugar to a boil, add cornstarch which has
been dissolved in a little cold water.

Cook 3-5 min. Add jello to hot mixture, then add salt,
butter, and vanilla. Food coloring may be added.
When cool add 2 cups fresh peaches. Pour into cooked
and cooled pie shell.

(I used a pillsbury pie crust and it was easy
and really yummy. I just had to unroll it and bake it,
but if you're feeling super domestic, you can make your
own from scratch.)

Corn Bread/Muffins

This recipe comes from a friend in college it is super easy and not too dry. I made it tonight and added real corn to it which was really good. I usually 1/3 the recipe and it makes about 8 muffins. Hope you like it! I am glad to see some recent posts from everyone keep it up! love you all-carly

3 Eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
3 cups Bisquick
3 heaping TBSP corn meal
1 1/2 cubes ( 6oz ) melted butter
3/4 tsp baking powder
1 cup sugar

Beat eggs in a large bowl, add milk. Add melted butter or margarine, while beating. Sift all dry ingredients together, then fold in egg mixture and mix well.
Bake in two ungreased 9x9 tins at 325 30-35 mins or as muffins for 18-20 mins.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies... made with whole wheat :) (Blake doesn't even know!)

You can skip this part and go straight to the recipe if you don't want to hear me ramble. :)

I'm back! Oh it's been too long! I am just getting back into my normal routine of baking and cooking. I will catch you up on our summer. We had a wonderful summer in Mud Lake, Idaho. We were so fortunate to be able to live with the Skidmore family. They are SO good to us! Farming was an adjustment....to say the least. Good thing I had Angie, Jade, and Cass to keep me company. Blake is TRYING to get me convinced that we're going to farm and live in Mud Lake the rest of our lives..... but I'm not convinced yet. :) I think I'm just use to dad's lifestyle of getting home at 3:30 everyday and having his summer and holidays off. I realized how much I love that dad and mom worked so hard, and were able to have time off in the summers and holidays. Over the summer I've learned that farmers are hard workers!! I love that my husband is a hard worker, but a part of me wishes that sometimes he would just not work so hard! haha. No I'm just kiding... well kind of, but really not really. I am trying to convince Blake that an administrater is where the job is at! Ha, dad would totally disagree, but I just would like to know when Blake was going to be home, and that that time was going to be before dark. I did do pretty good (at times :)) with him working so hard. Other times... not so much. Ha, some of you were fortune to witness that. :/ .. sorry about that. But overall the summer was good. It was good for me to learn how to be OKAY without Blake, but also made me realize that he needs a job that he only has to work a few hours and day, and can take time off whenever, and maybe even work at him! :) Ha, I wish!!! Maybe one day... like when he retires! Anyways, I love him and am so grateful for the hard worker he is! That is just how much I love him. I am gone from him for an hour and seriously get sad. He is just my favorite!! :) I know that he will be good at whatever he decides to do! Well back to summer... it was great, but I did miss cooking and baking. Hopefully I can be good at posting now! Washington is great, but I sure do miss you all, and hate hearing about you all getting together without Car and I. Now just get up here and come visit us. :)

Recipe! Blake loves Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies and so I wasn't surprised that that's what he wanted tonight. He just finished his applecrisp last night, so I get to make another treat! Once a treat is finished I make another one, but I won't let myself make treats if there is already one that hasn't been finished. Because of this... I beg Blake to finish whatever treat he has, so I can make something else. I tried not to let Blake see that I was a little disappointed when he said that this is what he wanted, because I remembered that I should post something, and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are already on here. I decided to make a different recipe, and he loved them. Well he said they were good, but he's not too good at being thrilled or excited about anything, so I have to pretend he loved them! Ha, but he really liked them. I hope they're good, because I am going off of what he says!

Ingredients

1/2 cup melted unsalted butter

1/4 cup canola or vegtable oil

1  cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

2 tsps vanilla

2 cups whole wheat flour

2 tsps baking soda

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup chocolate chips

1 1/2 cups oatmeal

Preheat oven to 375. Combine melted butter, oil, and sugars. (I just used a spatula to mix all my ingredients.) Mix in eggs and vanilla. Add and mix well flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Then, fold in chocolate chips and oatmeal. Place on parchment paper lined cookie sheet. (I just did a greased cookie sheet.) Bake for 7-10 minutes, depending on if you want a softer or crispier cookie. ENJOY! 

Apple Raspberry Crumble

Apple Raspberry Crumble from Jonna Warnke's "Get off your Butt and BAKE" blog

4 C. peeled and sliced Granny Smith apples or other tart apples
3/4 c. raspberries (opt.)
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 c. water if using fresh raspberries or 2 T. water if using frozen berries
1/4 c. sugar
For the crumble:
1 stick butter, chilled but not hard
1 c. flour
1 c. sugar
Place apples and raspberries in med. bowl, sprinkle with cinnamon, salt, sugar and water. Combine well. Place mixture in 8 x 11 buttered glass baking dish or individual ramekins. Set aside and prepare crumble. In sep. bowl, mix softened butter, flour and sugar. Take a fork and mix ingredients until small pea size chunks form. (or use pastry blender).
Grab a handful of dough, and press firmly in the palm of hand, so that the crumbs are very chunky. Place evenly on top of apple mixture. Bake at 350 for about 40 min or until crust is a deep golden brown. Serve hot or cold.

Hersheys Chocolate Town Chop Cookies
1 c. shortening
1/2 c. sugar
1 c. brown sugar
1 t. vanilla
2 eggs
2 c. shortening
1 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
1 c. chopped nuts (opt.)
2 c. chocolate chips
Cream sugars and vanilla, Add eggs and beat well. Add flour, soda and salt. Beat. Stir in nuts and chips. Drop by cookie scoop onto baking sheet. Bake at 375 for 8-10 min. (Lightly browned edges) Makes about 6 doz. cookies. * 3/4 c. marg. may be substituted for shortening.

These are from the red little binder cookbook. They used to be Tiara's favorite ones to bake.
Dad likes them, too!

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

I love zucchini bread in the fall!! Mom makes the best chocolate zucchini bread ever, but since I didn't have time to call her for her recipe, I decided to try the recipe from "Our Best Bites" website. It turned out to be a winner. It has a nice moist texture and tastes like chocolate cake. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

Chocolate Zucchini Bread {makes 2 loaves}

Recipe by OurBestBites.com

2 C flour
2 t cinnamon
1/2 t salt
1 1/2 t baking soda
6 T unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 C canola oil
1 C sugar
1/4 C brown sugar
3 eggs
2 t vanilla
1/2 C sour cream
3 C grated zucchini
3/4 C mini chocolate chips

Topping:
2 T brown sugar
2 T white sugar
1/2 t cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour 2 loaf pans and set aside. I actually used one 8" disposable pan to give away and a larger 9" one for me and the batter divided perfectly. So you should get 2 very full 8" pans or slightly less full 9". Do one of each like I did!

Mix topping ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.

Place flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder in a small bowl and whisk to combine. Set aside.

With a stand or hand mixer beat oil, white sugar, brown sugar, and eggs until combined and slightly fluffy, 1-2 minutes.

Add vanilla and sour cream and mix until combined.

Gently stir in the grated zucchini.

Take a spoonful of the flour mixture and stir in with the chocolate chips (that will help keep them evenly distributed.) If you only have regular chocolate chips, or a chocolate bar, just give it a chop so it's the size of mini chocolate chips. Stir remaining flour mixture into batter and mix just until combined. Add chocolate chips and stir to combine.

Divide the batter between the two pans. and sprinkle topping over each.

Bake in your preheated 350 degree oven for 50-60 minutes. I set my timer for 45 minutes and then keep an eye on it for the remainder. Ya never know how different ovens handle things.

When it's done a toothpick or skewer should come out without goopy batter on it and the top will be gorgeous and cracked with sugar.

Let it cool on a rack for 5-10 minutes and then remove from pans. You definitely have to eat a slice warm. And slathered with butter.

Cheesy Chicken, Bacon & Avocado Quesadillas

4 medium-sized flour tortilla shells

1 lb chicken, cut into bite-sized pieces
salt and pepper
8 strips of bacon, cooked & crumbled
1 avocado, diced
mild cheddar cheese, shredded
2 tbsp butter

These are super easy to make.  Just put everything in the tortilla shells and then put the quesadilla in the skillet with a little bit of the butter.  These are amazing, Treagan asks for them every night :)  

Blueberry Muffins

Muffins:
(Makes about 18)
2 cups all- purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
 

2 eggs
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cups vanilla Greek Yogurt
1 1/2 cups blueberries, dusted in flour

Topping:

1/2 cup white sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup butter, cubed
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.

In a medium bowl mix together flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon. In a large bowl beat together eggs, white sugar, and brown sugar. Mix in oil, vanilla, and sour cream. Mix dry ingredients into wet mixture (be sure not to over-mix, batter will be lumpy). Gently fold in blueberries. Scoop batter into prepared muffin cups so they are 2/3 of the way full.

To make the topping: mix together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Mix with fork, and sprinkle over muffins before baking.

Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes.

These were SOO Yummy! I have made them 4 times already! Treag LOVES them and eats them right up! I wish I had a picture of him with them but I don't :( Enjoy! They are delish!

Love,

         The Fullmers

Cookies and Cream Oreo Cupcakes

Cupcakes: 1 box white cake mix
1 package double stuft oreos

Make cupcake batter according to package directions.
Set aside. Twist apart 24 double stuft oreos, and place
the wafer with the filling on it (filling side up) in the bottom
of each paper liner. Set aside the other half of the 24 wafers.
With the remaining full oreos, put in a ziploc bag and use a
rolling pin to crush them.
Fold in the crushed oreo pieces into the batter. Fill liners 3/4 full
and bake according to mix directions. Let fully cool before frosting
them.

Frosting:
1 package cream cheese (room temp)
1 stick of butter (room temp)
4 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup whipping cream (or whole milk)
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
24 oreo havles (that you set aside earlier)

Mix together cream cheese, butter, powdered
sugar, cream and vanilla with a hand mixer for about
2 min.

Frost each cupcake and then sprinkle on any remaining
oreo crumbs as garnish.

Add an oreo half as garnish right before serving.
Serve and enjoy.

Makes 24 cupcakes
(Instead of adding an oreo half as garnish, you can
add a mini oreo on the top. That's what we did for
Jake and Summer's reception and it turned out
super cute.)

Cupcake Pies

Its been forever since I have made a post on this so I think its about time! These little cupcake pies are super cute and way easy to make! I made these for Treagans work BBQ for the 4th of July.  They were a huge hit! Everyone said they loved them.  And they were gone in seconds ha

You will need. . .
Pie Crust (I used store bought pie crust I didn't attempt to make it but you sure can!)
1 Can of your choice of pie filling (Since it was the 4th I used blue berry)
Cupcake pans
Butter
Sugar
Star shape cookie cutters (or whatever holiday it may be you can use that shape)
I used a cup to make the circle for the crust of the pies.  Just press and lift and you will have a perfect sized pie crust.
Make it fit in the cupcake pan like you would a pie.
Fill with your choice of pie filling. (I filled it half way, but if you put a little more in it will kind of spill out and it looks really cute)
Cut the starts out for the top
Melt the butter and dip the stars in them and then sprinkle sugar on top of the stars
put the "star" on the top of the pies
bake them to however the pie crust calls for.

Love,

                                       The Fullmers

Breakfast Casserole

This past weekend was my bridal shower in Rexburg and we had the most yummy food! Tiara made yummy muffins, my friend made delicious fruit dip with tons of fruit, Konda made even more yummy muffins and fruit parfaits and I made this breakfast casserole! It is SO easy and very good! Enjoy!! (recipe at the end!)

Bacon Breakfast Pizza

• 1- 8 count can crescent roll dough
• 3 cups shredded hash browns (can used cubed)
• dozen eggs
• 1 cup shredded cheddar
• 6 slices bacon ** In my opinion you  need MORE bacon than this!! 
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• Optional: Other toppings of your choice. Examples are: Onions, mushrooms, other meats, other vegetables, etc

Cook bacon and set aside. Spray a 9×13 inch pan with cooking spray. Place crescent roll dough in the bottom of the pan, pinching seams together to seal. Spread frozen hash browns over dough. Salt and pepper to taste (I start with 1/2 tsp of each). Beat all eggs in a bowl and pour over hash browns. Sprinkle crumbled bacon over. Place in oven at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes, or until set in center. Sprinkle cheese over top and return to oven just until melted. Serve warm.

When Jake ate it he said he felt like he needed to dip it in something, like ketchup or salsa. It could have been because maybe I overcooked it? But you can add whatever you want!