Famous Amos Secret Recipe

I was browsing through the Internet for recipes and I came across this blog!

http://ampin.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/famous-amos-secret-recipes-cookie/

Someone apparently got so mad that Famous Amos charged her RM250 for the recipe because the waitress said "two-fifty". She thought it was only RM100. Famous Amos won't give her money back and its payback time!! Enjoy the recipe! its FREE!!!

Recipe may be halved:

2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups brown sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal (measure oatmeal &
blend in blender
to a fine powder)
24 oz. chocolate chips
1 tsp. salt
18 oz. Cadbury bar (grated)
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
2 tsp. vanilla

cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and
vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt,
baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips,
Cadbury bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place
two inches apart on a cookie sheet.. bake for 10
minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 122 cookies..

Have fun..!!

Hey, Pesto?

Pesto Chicken Pasta is one of my favourite pasta. You can use Spaghetti or penne, any pasta it will taste as good.

Make this pesto when fresh basil is plentiful and affordable. Be sure to plant lots of basil in your garden; pesto freezes well.

You'll need
2 cups (packed) fresh basil leaves
3 cloves garlic
3 tbs pine nuts/ walnuts, toasted
1/4 to 1/2 cup olive oil
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Salt & Pepper to taste

1.In blender or food pocessor, blend together basil,garlic,pine nuts and enouhg oil to make mixture smooth.
2.Transfer to bowl; stir in Parmesan.
3.Add Salt & pepper to taste. If too thick, add 1-2 tsp hot water or a bit more oil.
4.Store in refrigerator for up to one week, or in freezer.
I freeze the pesto in ice cube trays and then transfer to plastic bag.

You can get a cube out whenever you want to cook it. Just simply mix it with pasta, stir fried chicken breast (in a different pan and then add them together). You can mix in veges such as peas, courgette/zucchini, broccoli or asparagus. It's so simple and cook whenever you want.. it stores in my freezer for a year and it's still good!

Sri Lanka Briyani Rice

Chamelia makes the best briyani rice ever! She is from Sri Lanka and her briyani rice is HEAVEN! She normally makes ALOT and we will have to eat briyani rice for a week! Today she made for us again and I was helping her with the chopping and cooking :-)

Ingredients

To Make the rice

*Briyani rice (she said to use the rice from Sri Lanka of course)

*1 tbs of turmeric powder

* Salt

* Pandan leaf

For the briyani sauce

* 1 whole chicken

* 2-4 potatoes

* 2-3 tomatoes

* 2-4 Chopped onions

* Garlics (10 or more), sliced

* Ginger (2-3 cm), sliced

* Fresh Coriander (chopped)

* 1 tsp chili powder

* 1 tbs briyani mix

* 2 tsp coriander powder

* 1 cube chicken stock

* Some cardomom, cloves and cinnamon sticks

* Salt to taste

Methods

1. Marinate the chicken with vinegar, salt and chili powder the night before or at least 2 hours

2. Add some oil and fry until super crispy and set aside.

3. With the same oil, fry potatoes till brown and also the garlic and ginger. Set aside

4. Add some oil and fry the onions.

5. Then make a hole in the middle of the wok and add the chopped tomatoes.


6. Then add the spices - cardomom, cloves and cinnamon sticks

7. Add curry leaves and chopped coriander

8. Next add the Briyani Mix ,hicken stock, chili powder, coriander powder and some salt to taste.

9. Add the fried chicken into the mix.

10. Add the potatoes and fried garlic and ginger and mix.

For the rice

Cook rice the usual way u cook. Chamelia cooked it in the pot because she is making a huge portion and it will not fit in the rice cooker :-P. She add turmeric powder, pandan leaf and some salt.

When both rice and the briyani sauce is cooked, Just mix them together and yummy yum yum!

Enjoy!!

Banana Bread

This banana bread is so simple to make and it's sooo good...

You'll need these ingredients;

3 Ripe bananas

6 Tbs melted butter

1 tsp vanilla

2 large eggs

1 1/3 cup all purpose flour

2/3 cup sugar

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

Optional; 1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/4 cup chocolate chip

1/4 cup chopped walnut

Just simply mix all the ingredients together shown as in picture above.

Pour them on a baking tray. Bake in preheated oven for 52-55 mins at 350 F

And put it on wire rack to cool...

I love to eat it warm, where the crust is still crispy and the inside is still soft.. usually gone in 2 days!