Rosemary Bread

I am a big fan of fast and simple cooking. This isn’t all that fast (it has to bake after all) but it was easy and it was quite the hit with even some of the more discerning pallets.

Rosemary Bread (Made in the Bread Machine)

Ingredients

·         1 cup warm water

·         2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast (I measured, this was almost two packets but not quite)

·         3 tablespoons white sugar

·         1 1/2 teaspoons salt

·         3 tablespoons olive oil

·         1/2 teaspoon ground thyme

·         1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

·         2 teaspoons crushed dried rosemary

·         3 cups all-purpose flour

Directions 

Pour the water into the pan of a bread machine, then sprinkle in the yeast and sugar. Let the mixture sit in the bread machine until a creamy foam forms on top of the water, about 10 minutes. 

Sprinkle in the salt, then add olive oil, thyme, garlic powder, rosemary, and flour. Set the machine for light crust setting, and start the machine.

(On my machine that means it was mixed and baked on the white bread setting)

Cool and enjoy!

The cookies in the background of this photo are awesome! You can read about them over here!

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cookies

I wanted to make cookies that would be yummy and yet wouldn’t be that hard or time consuming. I adapted a recipe I found online and created these.

By far the easiest cookies to make and they were a HUGE hit with the family.

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cookies 

Ingredients

·         1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

·         1 egg

·         1 (17.5 ounce) pouch sugar cookie mix

·         ½ bag of chocolate chips

(See what I mean... only 4 ingredients!)

Directions 
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

In a bowl, beat the cream cheese until soft and fluffy with an electric mixer, then beat in the egg until thoroughly combined. Mix in the cookie mix, then stir in the chips.

Drop the dough about 2 inches apart onto the sprayed baking sheets. Lightly pat the cookies to flatten. (They won’t flatten or spread out at all)

Bake in the preheated oven until the edges of the cookies are lightly golden 12 minutes.

Cool before serving. Enjoy!

(Makes 44 cookies)