Neal's Real Chocolate Chip Cookies

The Fake recipe is called Atticus's Chocolate chip cookies. It was wrong. This is the real one that is awesome.

2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt

--Mix in bowl. Set aside.

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar

--Mix in mixer, then add:

1 egg
1 tsp vanilla

--Slowly add in dry ingredients, mix. Then add:

2 cups chocolate chips

--Refrigerate dough for 1 1/2 hours. Scoop into cookie balls and line up on cookie sheet.  Then bake at 375 degrees for 9-11 minutes.

TIPS:   Use soft butter. Don't add too much butter or sugar. Don't over beat dough. Chill dough to prevent spreading.  The higher temperature and shorter cooking time is perfect for soft cookies.

Mexican Fried Rice

From Elsa.

You should keep in mind the following guidelines:
1 clove garlic for every cup of rice
2 cups water for every cup of rice
1 Tbsp oil for every cup of rice
1 Tbsp chicken bouillon for every cup of rice
2 tsp salt for every cup of rice



The following recipe if for two cups of rice:

2 cloves garlic
1/2 white onion chopped
3 large chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup water

Place in blender and blend.

In pan cook on medium heat:
2 Tbsp oil and two cups of Jasmine rice. Stir constantly until rice reaches a nice golden brown color. About 15-20 minutes.

Then add:
4 cups of water
Blended Tomatoes
2 Tbsp. chicken Bouillon
2 tsp. salt
Bring to a boil, then cook the rice for ten minutes or until rice is mostly soft. (This took longer than ten minutes in the demonstration. More like 20.)

Refried Beans

This is a recipe from Elsa.

In a pressure cooker place:
1 clove garlic
1 cup beans
3 cups water
1 Tbsp Salt

--Cook in pressure cooker on high for one hour.

In a pan heat 5 Tbsp of Lard (can use olive oil)
If you would like peppers, tomatoes or onions to your beans, you should cook them in the lard now.

Add cooked beans to pan with lard. Doesn't have to be all the cooked beans. Cook and mash. The longer you let it cook on medium heat, the better it will taste.  Add bean water if you need wetter beans.

Salsa

This is Elsa's salsa recipe.

7 tomatoes (big round ones like beef steak, cooked in a skillet lined with tin foil until skin starts blackening.)
1 Arbol dried chili (more if you want more heat)
Scant 1 Tbsp. salt
Scant 1/4 cup water

-- Place in blender and blend.  Add diced cilantro and onion to taste when salsa is cooled.

Christmas Breakfast/Conference Sunday Breakfast

This is the breakfast we make only on special occasions.  I wanted to make a list of things that my kids request so I don't have to ask every time.

Egg Casserole
German Pancakes
Lehi Roller Mills Raspberry Muffins
Cinnamon Rolls
Bacon
Sausage
Hashbrowns

Orange Juice

Suggestions for the future:
chocolate milk
tomato juice
smoothies

Sticky buns
monkey bread
fruit, yogurt and granola
French toast
oatmeal
pancakes