Galletitas de Azúcar // No Fail Sugar Cookie Recipe

I just finished baking my Sugar Skull cookies. I have the best "Galletitas de Azúcar" (Sugar Cookie) recipe ever. It's basic, easy, and never fails. Here we go:

Galletitas de Azúcar

1 cup butter (unsalted) 1 cup sugar 1 egg (medium or large) 1 tbsp vanilla extract
3cups flour 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt
(Add a little bit of cinnamon and you have the perfect dough for christmas cookies as well!)
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla extract. Mix well!
In a separate bowl whisk all dry ingredients together. Add dry mixture a little at a time to the butter mixture. Mix until the flour is completely incorporated.
Roll dough between two sheets of parchment paper to desired thickness (0.25 inches), and start cutting, stamping... be creative!
       
Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes or until the cookies begin to brown around the edges.  Leave plain (I prefer plain) or decorate each cookie with Royal Icing.


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Tomato Parmesan Chicken // Tender & Crunchy!

After sharing the Pizza Dough recipe earlier this week, I decided to share another Italian inspired dish with you. I was coming up with this one, when I didn't feel like going to the store. So all the ingredients are basically things you might find in your pantry and freezer. It turned out so good, it's one of our favorite dishes now.
I love the way the chicken turns out after a few hours in the slow cooker. But I also love a crunchy crust. This recipe is combining the best of both worlds:




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Recipe: Pizza Dough! // No More Store Bought, Please.

I really love food blogs - but somehow I only like recipes, if they are REAL recipes. Home made stuff. Lately I see a lot of "take a box of this" or "use this and that pasta sauce". THIS is not a recipe, in my opinion. It's just putting together ready-made stuff. Especially when it comes to pizza. I have seen multiple pizza recipes of so called food bloggers lately, that start with "Buy some pizza dough - I prefer Pillsbury". Ummmmmm no. So your home made pizza will be just opening a can, putting ready-made tomato sauce on it, pepperoni, and grated cheese? Well, save some time and go straight to the frozen meal section of the grocery store next time. And please don't call it a recipe.
When we make pizza at home, we ALWAYS make our own dough. It is super easy, cheap, and trust me: it tastes DELICIOUS! This is why I want to share my go-to recipe today. Feel free to share it, pin it... Just please spread the word, so people will stop buying this ready-made crap.

And for the tomato sauce: take 1 can of diced tomatoes (plain, no salt added), 1 fresh medium sized tomato, salt, pepper, oregano, basil, and throw everything in the food processor. It tastes YUMMY! Be creative when it comes to the toppings! I love baby spinach, anchovies, onions, and bell pepper on my pizza!

What's your favorite pizza? Plain pepperoni or something fancy?

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Healthy Recipe Linkup // Easiest Pasta Recipe EVER!

Happy Monday!

I am linking up with a couple of awesome ladies today. We want to share our favorite healthy recipes!
Since this is one of my all time favorites, easy as heck, and pinned on Pinterest a lot, I will repost my "Easiest Pasta Recipe EVER!"!

Enjoy!

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Easiest Pasta Recipe Ever! // Printable!

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Fit Food Recipe: Home Made Chocolate Protein Bars

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Yummy and easy recipe! // Happy Sunday!

Happy Sunday, Ladies!

My Banana Bread recipe is going viral on Pinterest, so if you are one of my lovely new readers:
I post it on here again! It is simple, quick, and yummy! Try it :)

One week down // Weekend plans

Howdy ladies!

TGIF! What a week! Working with people in Korea, who celebrate "Chinese New Year" this weekend and taking off to visit family and friends turned out making this whole week a lot busier for me than usual. A lot had to be done before their 4-day-weekend. I wish I had one, too, though!

But nonetheless I am really looking forward to my weekend! While I sit at work, my buddy Mr. Slow Cooker prepares this for me:

                                                                  Source: sweettreatsmore.com via Anni on Pinterest

So my weekend will start off with a nice dinner! I might call my sis as well, maybe she wants to join me? Eating alone is not really fun... But this "Quinoa Chicken Chili" looks delicious! Can´t wait to try it!

I think I will start watching "Army Wives" again and start with Season 1 tonight. To be honest, I didn`t really like this show first. But after a while I got hooked up and as I confessed on my Facebook the other day: I cried watching the season finale of Official Army Wives.Do you watch the show? Who´s your fave character? I can´t really decide, but if I had to pick, I'd have to say Roxy. She was so naive in the beginning and now she has become such a sting person. I hope she will be back. It won't be the same without her...




Saturday or Sunday I will go to the movies with 2 friends from church. I haven´t been in a movie theatre for AGES! I hope I won´t fall asleep. I don´t even know which movie we are going to watch?! I just told them I`m in, and all  I need to know is time and place, and I´ll be there.

M told me to stay busy while he`s in the USA. I´m doing my best to do it, but still enjoying quiet time at home, with a book, coffee, Coco...

But I'm back on my church schedule as well and I'm happy to go to the service again every Sunday and bible class on Thursdays.

On 02/20 me and two of my sisters will go to a concert in Nuremberg. Moses Pelham, my fave german "rapper" and producer! I'm looking forward to it! It just sucks it's on a Monday and I won't be off Tuesday... Going out partying while having to work the next day is nothing for women my age anymore ;oD!

What have you guys planned for the weekend? Anything exciting?

xoxo
Anni

#Food // Easy Chicken Stroganoff Slow Cooker Recipe!

As you all know, Santa brought me a Slow Cooker last Christmas. So far I really enjoy my new little buddy, cause nothing beats a nice cooked meal, ready to eat when you get home after a looooong day at the office.

Last week I found this recipe on Pinterest:

Source: thriftywifey.com via Anni on Pinterest

I made it, it was EASY and tasted AWESOME! So I want to share it here:

Ingredients:

• Two boneless skinless chicken breast (frozen or fresh)
• Lipton Onion Soup Mix (1 pouch)
• Sour Cream (16 oz)
• 1 can of Cream of Mushroom Soup
• Half onion or whole depending on preference
• Sliced mushrooms

Recipe:

1. Place frozen or fresh chicken breast in bottom of crock pot
2. Mix soup mix, sour cream, mushroom soup, onion and mushrooms together
3. Pour mixture over chicken breast
4. Cooker on high for 4 hours in slow cooker

The chicken will be tender and easy to crush up once the mixture is done cooking. Serve over egg noodles or rice, whichever you choose! (via: http://thriftywifey.com)

Try it!!

So now I want to ask you chickees to share your favourite and (please) EASY crock pot recipes with me and my readers! Leave a link or post it in the comment section!

Easy Banana Bread Recipe

#NaBloPoMo // Recipe: Anni's Pumpkin Pie