Muddy Buddies

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9	cups Rice Chex®, Corn Chex® or Chocolate Chex® cereal (or combination)
1	cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2	cup peanut butter
1/4	cup butter or margarine
1	teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2	cups powdered sugar

put cereal in a bowl and set aside. microwave chocolate and peanut butter on high for 1 minute, stir and then microwave for 30 seconds until smooth.

stir in vanilla then pour over cereal stirring until evenly coated.  put powdered sugar into a 1 gallon zip lock bag.  pour in cereal, seal the bag then shake until cereal

is evenly coated.  place on wax paper and let dry.

Crispy Clusters

1 cup small marshmallows
1 cup rice crispies
I cup cheerios
1 cup peanuts
(if you have allergies to peanuts, add 1 more cup of cereal,
maybe a cup of corn checks, Maybe even broken pretzels?)

1 lb Block candy coating
Melt the candy coating and pour over the dry ingredients, stir it all together
Spoon teaspoons size drops onto wax paper and let cool.
Voila! Easy peasy

almond bark popcorn mix

Mix together any combination of snacks that you want: popcorn, pretzels, m&m's, cranberries, rice chex, nuts, etc.  Melt some almond bark over top and enjoy!

Creamy Italian Chicken‏

1 cream cheese
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 packet of italian salad dressing (it's a seasoning packet next to the salad dressings)
4-5 thawed chicken breasts {cut in half}

mix the sauce together and cook in a crock-pot on low for 3-4 hours. 
Serve over rice!  Super rich!

It's the perfect Sunday dinner

Boule (Artisan Free-Form Loaf)

1 1/2 tbsp yeast
1 1/2 kosher salt
3 cups warm water
6 1/2 cups flour

Mix it but don't knead it.  Put it in a big bowl and let it rise on the counter for 2 hours.  Then put it in the refrigerator for up to two weeks! You can use it immediately, but it is easier to handle if it is refrigerated first.  It is a very sticky dough.  

When you are ready to make a loaf, generously sprinkle a cookie sheet that doesn't have an edge (I use my airbake cookie pans) with cornmeal. Then sprinkle some flour on top of the bowl of dough and lop off a quarter of the dough.  Fold dough over itself, tucking edges under and smoothing top.  You can shape it into a circle or elongate it a bit..     

Place it on the cornmeal covered pan.  Set your timer for 20 minutes and let it rise. After 20 minutes, place a pan (best if it doesn't have an edge) or baking stone into the oven, with a broiler pan placed on the lower rack.  Preheat the oven to 450 and set the timer for 20 minutes.  When the timer goes off,
slide the loaf from the cornmeal covered pan to the heated pan in the oven. Then pour 1 cup of hot tap water into the broiler pan under it.  Bake for 30 minutes until the bread is golden brown.The outside of the bread will be perfectly crispy and the inside perfectly soft.

White Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies

mix
1 c brown sugar
1 c white sugar
1 c crisco
2 eggs

add
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp vanilla
3 1/2 c flour
dried cranberries & white chocolate chips (as many as desired)

bake at 350 degrees for 8-12 minutes

*tip
-I run a fine chop through half the cranberries I add
-You can also melt some vanilla almond bark and drizzle for a fancier occasion

naan bread aka indian bread

2 c Flour
1t sugar
1t salt
pinch baking soda
2 T Oil
2 1/2 T Plain Yogurt

3/4 c warm water
1t yeast

olive oil


Dissolve yeast in warm water, while that is dissolving Mix dry ingredients, add oil and yogurt until all of it is incorporated. {let rise for 3-4 hours until doubled in size} use oil on your hand to keep from sticking. Separate dough into 6 equal parts and roll out using a little flour and rolling pin - into an oval shape about 1/4 thick (dont go too thin)

It is custom to make these in a special clay oven called a Tandoor but a super hot oven will work. If you have a "pampered chef stone" use that. Preheat  your oven with the stone inside to 450 degree's. Place your dough on the stone and bake (mine took about 5-6 minutes) until brown spots start to appear. brush with olive oil or butter and serve!

Manjula's version on you-tube