Thursday, January 20, 2011

Sister Arther's Chicken Casserole

A cute old lady in the ward wrote this recipie up for me after serving it to us one night. It was yummy!

1 chicken
1 pack Pepperidge Farm stuffing mix (herb)
1 (8 oz.) sour cream
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 onion chopped
1/4 c. butter

Roast or stew one chicken and debone. Mix 3/4 pack of stuffing mix and butter. Mix sour cream, 2 cups chicken broth and cream of chicken soup. Stir in chopped onioin, water chestnuts, and chicken. Top with remaining stuffing mix. Bake at 325 to 360 for 45 minutes. Serves 8.

If you stew the chicken you can save by using the broth the chicken was cooked in.

Good with water chestnuts, apples, walnuts, to add some crunch. Use 2 cups of chicken broth if you stew the chicken use the broth.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Best Ever Banana Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Prep Time: 15 mins Total Time: 1 1/4 hr Serves: 16, Yield: 1 9x13 pan

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups bananas, mashed, ripe
2 teaspoons lemon juice
3 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter, softened
2 1/8 cups sugar 3 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cups buttermilk

Frosting
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 1/2 cups icing sugar

Garnish
chopped walnuts

Directions
Preheat oven to 275°.
Grease and flour a 9 x 13 pan.
In a small bowl, mix mashed banana with the lemon juice; set aside.
In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
In a large bowl, cream 3/4 cup butter and 2 1/8 cups sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in eggs, one at a time, then stir in 2 tsp vanilla.
Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
Stir in banana mixture.

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Remove from oven and place directly into the freezer for 45 minutes. This will make the cake very moist.
For the frosting, cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth.
Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla.
Add icing sugar and beat on low speed until combined, then on high speed until frosting is smooth.
Spread on cooled cake.
Sprinkle chopped walnuts over top of the frosting, if desired.

NOTE: Do not skip the freezer part! Makes the cake so moist. Store it in the fridge, and it tastes the best the next day.