Chocolate Pudding Fudge

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/4 cup + 2 T. butter

1/3 cup water

1 pkg. instant chocolate pudding

3 cups icing sugar

 

Melt chips, butter and water in a large microwaveable bowl for 1 minute on high. Stir and repeat if needed. Whisk in the chocolate pudding for 2 minutes. Add the icing sugar, one cup at a time. Spread into an 8x8 baking dish lined with parchment paper and refrigerate until hard. Cut into small squares and keep refrigerated.

Caramel Apple Pudding Cake

Cake: 

1 cup flour

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 cup milk

2 T. oil

1 tsp. vanilla

2 apples, diced

Topping:

1 cup brown sugar

1 T. cornstarch

2 T. butter

1 cup hot water

Mix the cake and spread into a large oven-safe bowl or slow cooker. Combine sugar and cornstarch for the topping, spread over top. Melt butter in water and pour over top. Do not stir. Slow cook on high 2 1/2 hours or bake 35 minutes at 350. Let stand 10 minutes for the sauce to thicken.

Cinnamon Loaf

1 cup sour cream

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 cup soft butter

2 eggs, well beaten

1 3/4 cups flour

1 cup sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

2 tsp. baking powder

Topping:

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 T. cinnamon

Combine sour cream and baking soda, then blend in butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour and baking powder. Spread half the batter into pan, cover with half the topping mixture. Add remaining batter and top with rest of topping. You can make this in a loaf pan or an 8x8 cake pan. Bake for 45-60 minutes at 350.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 1/4 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

3 cups flour

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking soda

1 cup chocolate chips

 

Roll into balls and place on pan. Do not flatten. Bake 10 minutes at 350.

Hamburger Soup

1 lb. ground beef

chopped onion

6 cups water

4 tsp. beef bouillon

2 carrots

2 sticks celery (optional)

4 potatoes

28 oz. can tomatoes

1 can tomato soup

1 bay leaf

parsley

pepper

1/4 tsp. thyme

1/2 cup pot or pearl barley

 

Brown beef and onion together, then add all the rest. Cook about two hours.

Taco Mac

1 lb. ground beef

chopped onions

chopped red pepper

2 T. taco seasoning

1/2 tsp. salt

1.5 cups milk

284 ml can diced tomatoes

1 cup beef broth

2 1/4 cups dry macaroni

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

 

Cook ground beef with spices, onions and peppers. Add milk, tomatoes, beef broth and macaroni. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for about 10 minutes until macaroni is cooked and most of the liquid is absorbed. Add the cheese and cook a little more until the cheese has disappeared.

Air Fryer Recipes

These are all the things I make in my air fryer and the approximate times they take. The time isn't exact. If you have a fuller basket, it will take longer, and an emptier basket will take less time. I always use the highest temp on my air fryer, which is 390 degrees. Also, I almost always pause the air fryer and shake the basket at least once during cooking time to make sure it cooks evenly.

French fries and other potato products - these generally take about 15-20 minutes. Potato wedges take a little less time.

Chicken fingers - 15-20 minutes depending on how many you do. If the chicken is fully cooked when you buy it, it only takes 6-8 minutes.

Baby carrots - toss the carrots with a little oil and salt & pepper, spread in mostly a single layer and air fry for 15 minutes or until cooked through.

Bacon - add water to the bottom of the basket until it's almost covered so that the bacon fat doesn't smoke. You can generally fit half a package of bacon in the basket. Air fry for 10-12 minutes, pausing once to stir and make sure the bacon isn't sticking together.

Pizza pops - about 10-12 minutes

Egg rolls - 10-12 minutes

Hot dogs - 5 minutes. Smokies take about 10.

Toast or English muffins - 3 minutes

Other ideas - raw potatoes cut in wedges or cubes will work but I forget how long they take, probably about 20 minutes. Apparently you can cook chicken breasts in there, and hamburger patties, but I haven't tried that yet.

The only thing I've tried that didn't work at all was roasting broccoli. It burned too much before it got cooked through.