Hobo Stew

Growing up, my parents got us Schwan's food or ice cream every once in a while. While looking through their website (or maybe one of their catalogs) my mom came across this great recipe. It is just ridiculously good! It also makes great left overs, one of those foods that is just as good (if not better) the next day.

Most of the items in it are from Schwan's, but I don't think it would be hard to substitute fresh items. If you order from Schwan's, you can just go on their website, look the recipe up, and there's a link to buy all of the items needed from them. You can order it online and have them deliver straight to your house, you don't even have to be home. You can make two batches out of the order.

4 Polish sausages, frozen, sliced*
12 Italian meatballs, frozen*
2 cups super sweet cut corn, frozen*
2 cups grilled onions and mushrooms, frozen*
6 baby red potatoes, cut in to pieces
1 cup baby carrots
2 cups BBQ sauce
*Items purchased from Schwan's

• Put all of the ingredients in a slow cooker, cover, and cook on low for about 8 hours. Stir occasionally.
• To bake instead of slow cooking, place in large covered casserole dish and bake at 375 degrees for about 2.5 hours.

Chocolate Crinkles

I got these from the cookie book our friends gave us that I mentioned in the last post. I love crinkle cookies but never had a book with the recipe and just never got around to looking for one. I was in a super baking mood yesterday so I whipped up the batter for these while I made the other cookies.

4 eggs
1 & 3/4 cups sugar
4 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
1/2 cup cooking oil
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
Powdered sugar

• Beat eggs, sugar, chocolate, oil, baking powder, and vanilla.
• Gradually beat in flour.
• Cover and chill for about two hours, or until easy to handle.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees
• Shape dough in to 1 inch balls, roll in powdered sugar, and place on lightly greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges are set and tops are dry. Transfer to wire rack and let cool.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

I've been looking for the perfect oatmeal raisin recipe for a while. I posted one on here before that was good, but not perfect, and I'm just not one of those people that can taste a recipe and know what needs to be change. A couple of years ago a friend of ours gave me a cookie cook book so I decided to try the recipe in there. I think we've found a new favorite! Even my step-dad, who does not like raisins, took some home with him :)

3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 & 1/2 cups flour
2 cups rolled oats

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Beat butter on medium high for 30 seconds. Add brown sugar, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and (if desired) cinnamon and cloves. Beat until combined.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined, beat in flour, and stir in oats.
• Drop dough on to ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.