No Fat Ass Waffles

Since it is the time of year for everyone to wanna get the lard off, I invented a really good lower-fat waffle.

Jilly's No Fat Ass Waffles

3 eggs
1-2 TBSP Stevia/Splenda
1 1/4 cup milk 1%
1/2 plain Greek yogurt
1/4 tsp salt
1 TBSP Baking Powder
1 tsp Vanilla

Blend all of this together for a few minutes to make them fluffy.  Add in 1-3/4 cups of flour, 1/4 cup at a time until all of the flour is just blended together.  Waffle iron the bejeesus out of them in your normal fashion.

Toppings- To keep the fat off.  Top with some more yogurt and berries. I bet bananas and walnuts would be good too but I wouldn't know because bananas make me sneeze.  Maybe some sugar free syrup.  SO good!!!!!  You can thank me when ever you wish.  XOXOXO

Jilly

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Stained Glass Cookies, Peppermint Patties, and Peppermint Bark Hearts

I made a whole bunch of stuff today.  No one in my family really needs anything so i make disposable gifts in the edible and consumable forms.  Today I did three and a half projects.  The first is Stained Glass Cookies.  I used this recipe.

Scottish Shortbread + One Egg

3 1/4 cups of flour
2 1/2 sticks of softened butter
2/3 cup of sugar
1 egg ( I added this to help bind the dough)

Beat together egg, sugar and butter until mixed.  Beat in one 1/2 cup of flour at a time until all is mixed in.  Roll out and cut big stars and baby stars out of the middle.  Smash the hell out of 25 Jolly ranchers still in the package with a hammer.  This blows off some steam and I LIKED IT.  Put the smashed up candy in the middle of the stars.  Bake at 325 degrees for 16 minutes.

Before baking

After baking

Then I made peppermint patties. I used this recipe.

One 14 oz. can of condensed milk
one tablespoon peppermint extract
6 cups of powdered sugar

Mix milk and extract together and then slowly add sugar one cup at a time until the dough is stiffened.  I added the last two cups and kneaded it in by hand to avoid killing my mixer.  Roll the dough out and use sugar to keep the rolling pin from sticking.  I rolled in on wax paper. Cut out the pieces and let them dry a few hours.  Turn the pieces half way through drying them.

Melt chocolate in a double boiler with one tablespoon of shortening per 6 ounces of chocolate.  Dip the pieces in the chocolate with a fork and place on a cookie sheet.  Stick them in the fridge for 20 minutes to set the chocolate. Yum.

Rolled and cut

Waiting to swim in chocolate

Hot mess.  I need to clean these up a bit.  I am not a good chocolate dunker. 

Then I made Peppermint bark with candy canes.  I used the mini dollar store candy canes as frames.  Melted 16 ounces of White chocolate chips with 2 table spoons of shortening.  I very painstakingly  spooned it into the candy canes and used a butter knife tip to spread it out.  Placed them in the fridge to set while I melted the dark chocolate the same way.  I then repeated the process for  the dark chocolate and immediately sprinkled crushed candy cane on top.  ( I smashed the snot out of the candy canes with the hammer too!!! I placed them in a freezer bag and had at it.  LOL.)

Candy Cane Bark

I tried to make Spritz cookies but the dough wouldn't stick to the pan so I need to figure out what to do with it tomorrow.  GRRR!!  I am exhausted and need Xanax, or something, but I feel like I got a lot done.  YAY!  If you get these treats and don't like them, DO NOT TELL ME.  You may get your azz whooped.  Merry Christmas!!  

Healthy-er Apple Pancakes- Nom Nom

I just made up a really yummy apple pancake recipe.  OMG!!  YUM!!

Healthier Apple Pancakes

1 1/2 cup white whole wheat flour ( I like this flour because it has Whole Wheat grain but the kids still like it)
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon

3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups milk (2% is what I used)
2 TBSP honey

1 shredded, cored apple ( I used Granny Smith and I keep the skins on but if you don't like them, take them off.  LOL)

In one bowl mix dry ingredients together.  Beat eggs in another bowl for a minute or so, add milk and honey.  Beat all three for about a minute.  Add dry ingredients to the bowl with wet ingredients and use electric mixer to mix them just until they are all mixed together.  Don't over mix.  Stir in shredded apples.  In my personal opinion using an electric griddle is the best way to make pancakes but mine is buried in my garage so I just used a large frying pan on medium-ish heat.  I used Pam spray on it before adding the batter. On my stove I set the heat just past the halfway point. These pancakes need to be flipped before the bubbles start to stay broken, unlike regular pancakes.  They are darker in color and it is harder to tell when to flip.  I learned the hard way that waiting until the bubbles are broken makes for a crisper pancake. :)

I, of course, made them unhealthy by adding butter and syrup, but isn't that what you are supposed to do?  At any rate, they are really good.  My litte taste testers liked them and they loved helping me make them.  My son is, more or less, obsessed with breaking eggs.  He is actually pretty good at it.  He doesn't get the shells in very often. Quite often I find cracked eggs in the trash and sink from when he has practiced his skills.  HEHE!  Gotta love two year old boys.