Barbs Crowd Pleasing Cookies Food

BARB'S CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add chocolate to butter; cook and stir until chocolate melts completely into the butter and the color is consistent, about 5 minutes.
• Slowly stream hot water into the chocolate mixture while stirring continually; add sugar and corn syrup. Continue to cook and stir until the sugar dissolves completely into the liquid, about 10 minutes.
• Remove saucepan from heat and stir vanilla extract and salt into the sauce.

BARB'S SUPREME CURRIED HAM AND EGG STACKS

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a heavy skillet over medium heat. Add shallot, and cook until lightly browned. Remove from the pan, and set aside. Fry the ham slices in the same skillet just until browned on each side. As you turn the ham to brown on the second side, place the spinach leaves on top to steam a little. Remove from the skillet and place onto a plate or onto toasted English muffins, keeping the spinach on top.
• Heat the remaining tablespoon of oil in the skillet. Crack the eggs in, and fry on each side to your desired degree of doneness. Place the eggs on top of the ham stacks.
• Return the shallots to the skillet, and season with curry powder. Gradually stir in pineapple juice, scraping the bottom of the pan to mix in all of the browned bits. Increase the heat to medium-high, and boil until the sauce has reduced and thickened. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Spoon sauce over the egg stacks and serve immediately.

BARB'S CROWD-PLEASING COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt. Blend into creamed mixture. Stir in chocolate and peanut butter chips, peanuts and pretzels.
• Drop by heaping tablespoons about 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet. Bake 10 - 13 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned and centers are still soft. Do not over bake. Cool one minute on baking sheet. Cool completely on wire racks. Store in tightly covered container.

CHELLE'S ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Grease the bottom only of loaf pans (two pans if using 9 inch, three if using 8 or 8.5 inch).
• In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar and shortening.
• Stir in eggs, water and zucchini.
• Mix in remaining ingredients thoroughly, except nuts.
• Stir in nuts, if desired, and pour into pans.
• Bake for 60 to 70 minutes; until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center of the loaves comes out clean.
• Cool for 5 minutes.
• Loosen the sides of loaves from pans, remove from pans to finish cooling.
• Cool completely prior to cutting.
• Great served toasted with butter, with cream cheese frosting, whipping cream with rum as dessert, or just plain!
• Enjoy! ;).