Bambinos

Amy worked at La Pizzeria for a long time so she told me how to make these. I don't have the pizza dough recipe though.
2 cans refrigerated pizza dough OR a recipe of your own (1 can makes 3 Bambinos)
Pizza sauce (from the store or a recipe of your own)
Pizza toppings of your choice.

I used the pizza dough out of the can for sake of time. They tasted fine but next time I will use a homemade dough. I laid it on a cookie sheet, one can at a time, and pressed it out, but don't press the dough too thin. Cut the dough with a pizza cutter in half the long ways, then into thirds. You should now have 6 even squares of dough. Put pizza sauce and toppings on one row of three, leaving the other three empty. Be careful to leave the edges bare so you can seal the bambino. Brush the edges with a beaten egg. Carefully fold the empty pieces of dough over onto the topped pieces. Seal edges tightly. If you have a hole in one or it is not sealed good it will make a mess in your pan. Fry in 375 degree oil one at a time till golden brown, turning once. Remove from oil and set on paper towels.
*If you use your own dough you can roll it out and cut out big circles or squares, what ever is easiest for you to do.

Doughnut Holes

I couldn't stop eating these!
1 cup sugar
6 TBS melted shortening
3 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp nutmeg
3 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup buttermilk

Mix everything together and drop by scanty tsp in 370 degrees hot oil.
Cool on paper towels then roll in sugar
*This makes a TON! I made 3 dozen and still had at least 3/4 of the batter left over. Maybe cut it in thirds if you don't want that much or try freezing it.

White Chocolate No-Bake Cookies

Tyler loves white chocolate and we love no-bake cookies so I came up with this little gem. They are pretty rich and sweet but SO good!

Boil:
1/2 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk

Add:
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups white choc chips (can also use milk chocolate if you want regular chocolate)
When Choc chips are melted add:
3 1/2 - 4 cups quick oats (depending on how gooey you like them!)
*You can also add extracts like orange, raspberry or mint or add colors for hollidays!

Quickly spoon on to wax paper, cool and devour!

Chicken Tortilla Soup

2 large chicken breasts
2 Tb olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
1 cup chicken broth
1 can corn
1 can black beans
1 can diced tomatoes OR 1 small can tomato sauce if you don't like chunks of tomato
1/2 - 1 tsp minced garlic
1/4 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp chili powder
2 Tb Lime Juice
2 Tb cilantro, chopped
7-8 small corn tortillas cut into small slices
Salt and Pepper to taste

In a large pot cook chicken, onion, and garlic in olive oil. Add cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper. Then add chicken broth, corn, beans, tomatoes, lime juice and cilantro. Add most of tortilla strips but reserve some to broil in the oven to top soup with. Allow soup to simmer for about 10 minutes, the tortilla strips will thicken the soup. Top with shredded cheese, sour cream, cilantro and broiled tortilla strips.