LouAnn's Kitchen

  I've always had different collections of things...When I was a little girl I collected Dog figurines..plus a couple of other cute girly type things ...My mom had always loved recipes, I must admit I have as well. That's Why I think I took foods class in school. There I learned the different measurements, 1/4,1/2,3/4 and 1 cup...learned about the different areas of food.   Then after I became an adult , I still loved recipes, and even had a cookbook or two...Then I got married started to try a few more recipes on the back of labels..and picked up a couple of cookbooks, I still have those, and I treasure them. Then when I was raising my girls , I still collected recipes, ones I wrote down from a cookbook I liked I had checked out at the library..and often tried some of those recipes.   Then I started picking up cookbooks I seen at yard sales I liked, thrift stores I picked up more cookbooks..Needless to say I 'm still collecting cookbooks..and Recipes...Just love looking at

 Well I have over 200+ cookbooks...plus lots of magazines that I have acquired over the years, meaning to write the recipes or craft stuff in them down....needless to say ...Now I 'm in the process of writing down recipes that my sweet mom , grandma had...lots of back of label type recipes as well...so many...   My mom has been going thru her magazine and ripping out the recipes in some of the magazines that she has acquired over the years....My mom tore recipes out of the magazines and put them in gallon size bags..., I haven't even gone thru 1 bag yet...So i got quite a job a head of me...besides all the books in which either my mom or grandma taped the recipes down on construction paper...   My plan is to write the recipes down and then put them in different categories , like a normal cookbook would be in...I know mom has a grey tote full of recipes like the ones stated above...and she told me she has more then just this one tote......A BIG job a head of me doing this...   I

 Yes, Thats What the title says German Chocolate Pie... this recipe had me at Chocolate...So good... What will you need:  1 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup cocoa 1/4 cup cake flour 1 teaspoon cornstarch 1/2 cup eggs ( 2-3 eggs) 1/2 cup plus 1 Tablespoon butter, melted 1 small evaporated milk 1/3 cup milk 1/2 cup coconut 1/2 cup pecans 1 (10 -inch) unbaked pie shell    Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Combine filling ingredients in order of listed; mix well. Pour into prepared pie crust. Place pie in oven Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees. Bake about 40 minutes or until knife inserted in middle comes out clean.

 Here's awesome Slow Cooker Recipe, A soup of course...Stay tune for more then Soup Slow Cooker Recipes... What will you need:  A slow cooker 1 Tablespoon olive oil 1onion, chopped  2 garlic cloves, minced 2 teaspoon ground cumin 2 ( 14 1/2 oz) cans chicken broth 2 ( 15 oz) cans stewed tomatoes 1 Tablespoon jalapeno pepper, minced ( optional) 1/4 teaspoon black Pepper 2 cups  ( about 1 1 / 2 pounds) boneless skinless chicken breast, uncooked and cubed 2 cups water  Combine all ingredients in slow cooker. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or 4-6 hours on high...

 This recipe is from the Rival slow Cooker cookbook of 1995. Rival the producer of the slow cooker...a workhorse for your kitchen What will you need;   A slow cooker  3 pounds chicken wings  Salt and pepper to taste  1 1/2 cups barbeque sauce  1/4 cup honey  2 teaspoons prepared mustard or spicy mustard  2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce  Tabasco to taste, optional   oven to broil wings    Rinse chicken and pat dry. Cut off and discard wing tips ( could save these to make stock with). Cut each wing at joint to make 2 sections. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place wings in broiler pan and broil 4-5 inches from heat source for 20 minutes, at 10 minutes, flip wings over.  or until chicken is brown. Transfer wings to crockpot.  For sauce, combine barbeque sauce, honey, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and if more heat is desired Tabasco sauce to taste in small mixing bowl . Pour over wings. Cover and cook on low for 4 - 5 hours or high 2 -2 1/2 hours. Serve immediately.

 A great Recipe for those Crescent Rolls What you Will Need: 1 package yeast dissolved in 1/4 cup warm water 1/2 cup sugar 2 eggs beaten 1 cup warm water 1/4 cup oil  4 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt   Mix yeast mixture, sugar, eggs and water. Add oil, salt and flour. Let stand until doubled ( 3-4 hours or overnight in fridge) Knead 75 times if desired. Divide into 3 parts. Roll out like a pie crust. Cut into 8 pie shaped pieces. Roll wide edge into the points for crescent rolls. Place on greased cookie sheets. Let rise until doubled. about 1/2 hour. Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350 Degrees.