Mom's Brownies

Another yummy treat that brings back memories.

Ingredients

• 2 sticks butter (melted)
• 2 c. white sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 4 eggs
• 3/4 c. cocoa
• 1.5 c. flour

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 F.
2. There's no real order to the rest as I remember. Mix thoroughly and pour into 9 x 13 greased baking dish.
3. Cook for 20-25 min.

As options add pecans, chocolate chips, and dust with powdered sugar.

Mom's Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are the cookies mom made every Friday (most Friday's) for an after school treat!

Ingredients

• 3/4 c. white sugar
• 3/4 c. brown sugar
• 1 c. butter/margerine
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2.25 c. flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
• chopped pecans

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 F.
2. Blend butter and sugars.
3. Mix in eggs.
4. Mix in vanilla.
5. Add remaining dry ingredients.
6. Spoon onto cookie sheet and bake for about 10 minutes (just keep an eye on them)

For a variation spread all the dough evenly into a 9" x 13" baking dish and cook for 20-25 minutes for cookie bars (my personal favorite).

Sloppy Joe's

Though the recipe doesn't call for BBQ sauce, it is still very good and very easy (you're basically making your own BBQ sauce).

Ingredients

• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1/4 onion
• 1/4 green bell pepper
• 8 oz. tomato sauce
• 1/4 c. catsup
• 1 tbsp. vinegar
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
• salt, pepper, and chili powder to taste

Directions

1. Sautee onions and peppers and brown meat.
2. Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil.
3. Simmer for 20 min. covered.
4. Serve on hamburger buns.

Mrs. Fields Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 c brown sugar
• 2 c white sugar
• 2 c butter
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 4 c flour
• 3-5 c oats (depending on desired consistency. You can blend the oats in the blender so it is more of a flour [recommended] or just pour them in as is)
• chocoloate chips (regular chocolate works as well) (put in as many as you would like)
  

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
   
2. Cream together first three ingredients.
   
3. Beat in 4 eggs.
   
4. Mix in salt, soda, b. powder, and vanilla.
   
5. Stir in flour, oats and then chocolate chips.
6. Bake in oven for 6-8 minutes.

Dad's Best Spaghetti Sauce

This is for a large recipe, and the ingredients aren't measured very accurately, so experiment and see what works best for you.

Ingredients

• 6-8 15 oz. cans of tomato sauce (depending on how much sauce you want)
• 2 lbs. sausage
• 1 large green bell pepper
• 1 large onion
• 1 can of mushrooms
• Italian seasoning
• Garlic powder
• Salt
• Pepper
• Grated cheddar cheese

Directions

1. Cook sausage and veggies together, drain grease.
2. Pour tomato sauce into large Crockpot, add meat and veggie mixture.
3. Layer top of sauce with seasonings, then stir.
4. Layer a second time and stir.
5. Cover and cook on low for 8 hrs. or high for 4 hrs.
6. Serve over spaghetti noodles and top with cheddar cheese.

Butter dips are a fantastic bread to have with it.

Dad's Fried Rice

This is a great way to use up any already cooked rice you have in your fridge that you don't want to eat because your taste buds don't really call out for it.

Ingredients

• vegetable oil (1 or 2 tbsp)
  
• cooked rice
• soy sauce (enough to get the right color/desired flavor for the amount of rice)
• 1 or 2 eggs (according to preference)
• frozen veggies
• garlic powder
• black pepper

Directions

1. Heat up oil in frying pan (or wok).
2. Add cooked rice and soy sauce, stir until sauce is evenly distributed
3. Make small clearing in middle of rice to fry egg(s), scramble and mix with rice.
4. Add frozen veggies and spices to taste.
   

Red Enchilada Sauce

This recipe saved us when we didn't have any cans of enchilada sauce. It's very easy and you probably have all the ingredients in your pantry!

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp. chili powder
• 2 tbsp. flour
• 2 tbsp. vegetable oil
• 1 c. tomato sauce
• 1 c. water

Directions

1. Mix and boil first three ingredients in sauce pan.
   
2. Mix in tomato sauce and water.
   
3. Stir occasionally until boiling.