Julia

Julia

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Korean Barbequed Beef (Bul-ko-kee)

-- Josh's house...? =)

  • 1 lb. beef boneless tip sirloin, round, or sirloin steak
  • 1/4 c. soy sauce
  • 3 Tb. sugar
  • 2 Tb. sesame or vegetable oil (sesame is best)
  • 1/4 tsp. pepper
  • 3 green onions, finely chopped (I didn't even use these =) )
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped (I just used garlic powder)
  1. Trim fat from beef, cut beef diagonally across grain into 1/8" slices. (For ease in cutting, partially freeze about 1/ 1/2 hours).
  2. Mix remaining ingredients, stir in beef until well coated.
  3. Cover and chill 30 min.
  4. Drain beef, stir fry in 10-inch skillet or wok over med. heat until light brown. 2-3 min.

Serve with hot rice.

4 servings.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Amazing Peanut Butter-Chocolate Molten Cake


-- Kraft Foods
  • 4 squares BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate

  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

  • 1 cup powdered sugar

  • 2 whole eggs

  • 2 egg yolks

  • 6 Tbsp. flour

  • 4 oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

  • 3 Tbsp. peanut butter

  • 2 Tbsp. brown sugar

  • 1/4 tsp. vanilla

  • 1/2 cup thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping
  1. PREHEAT oven to 425°F. Grease 1-qt. souffle dish or baking dish; set aside.

  2. Microwave chocolate and butter in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 to 1-1/2 min. or until chocolate is almost melted. Stir with wire whisk until chocolate is completely melted. Stir in powdered sugar. Blend in whole eggs and egg yolks. Stir in flour; set aside. Mix cream cheese, peanut butter, brown sugar and vanilla until well blended.

  3. POUR half of the chocolate batter into prepared dish; cover with peanut butter mixture. Top with remaining chocolate batter.

  4. BAKE 20 min. or until edge is set but center is still slightly soft. Cool slightly. Top each serving with the whipped topping just before serving. Store any leftover dessert in refrigerator.

Soft and Chewy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

--Kraft Foods Kitchen

  • 1 pkg. (2-layer size) devil's food cake mix

  • 4 oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

  • 1/2 cup peanut butter

  • 2 eggs


  1. PREHEAT oven to 375ºF. Place ingredients in large bowl. Beat with electric mixer on low speed 1 min., then beat on medium speed 1 min. or until mixture pulls away from side of bowl and forms soft dough.

  2. SHAPE into 44 (1-inch) balls. Place, 2 inches apart, on baking sheets. Flatten each ball, in criss-cross pattern, with tines of fork dipped in sugar.

  3. BAKE 7 to 8 min. or just until edges of cookies are set. (Do not overbake.) Cool on baking sheet 2 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

Makes 22 servings (serving= 2 cookies)

Reeses Peanut Butter Happiness Cookies

-- Hershey's Kitchen

These cookies are the perfect cookies for a delicious chocolate and peanut butter fix. It's one of my favorites. Great fresh out of the oven with a big glass of milk. :)

  • 2 cups flour

  • 3/4 cup cocoa

  • 1 tsp baking soda

  • ½ tsp salt

  • 1 1/4 cup butter, softened

  • 2 cups sugar

  • 2 eggs

  • 2 tsp vanilla

  • 1 2/3 c Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips
  1. Heat oven to 350

  2. In a separate bowl, stir together: flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.

  3. Beat together butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat well.

  4. Gradually add in flour mixture. Stir in PB chips.

  5. Drop by tablespoon on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 8-9 minutes. Cool slightly on a wire rack.


Makes 4 ½ dozen cookies.

Oatmeal Scotchies


-- Josh's Mom


  • 1 cup flour

  • 1 tsp soda

  • ½ tsp salt

  • ½ tsp cinnamon

  • 1 cup butter, softened (Crisco buttery stuff-ness)

  • 3/4 cup sugar

  • 3/4 cup brown sugar

  • 2 eggs

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

  • 3 cup oats

  • 12 oz. pkg. Butterscotch Chips


  1. Preheat oven to 375.

  2. In small bowl combine flour, soda, salt, and cinnamon; set aside.

  3. In large bowl combine butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla; beat until light and fluffy.

  4. Gradually add flour mixture. Stir in oats and butterscotch chips.

  5. Drop by tablespoonful onto ungreased cookie sheet.

  6. Bake 10 minutes.

Makes 4 dozen cookies.

(I found a very similar recipe [almost identical, really] here: http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/recipes/detail.asp?id=3909&page=1&per=25&category_id=20&classics=1&CategoryPage=true# )

Brown Sugar Muffins

-- Josh's Mom =)

  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup milk

Bake at 350 for 25 minutes (but really about 10 or 15)... because... they’re better that way. :)

These are super fun if you bake them in mini muffin pans. Just make sure to spray the pans!