Best & I MEAN BEST Ginger Cookies

So I am salivating at the THOUGHT of getting to eat these cookies!! These have a background story, this a recipe from a friend of a friend kind. I got it from Leslie Davis-Strange and we made thousands, YES thousands of them when we lived traveling doing ministry in Vermont. Everyone who has ever eaten them has asked for the recipe and you are soon about to find out why....Oh my Lord get your self ready for a treat because these are MIGHTY good!!!

They are salty & sweet, that combination is irresistable! They are NOT tough & crunchy like a ginger snap, though if you leave them in the oven too long they can turn into that! They are chewy and yummy! ENJOY!

Ingredients:
3/4 Cup of Butter Flavored Crisco
1 Cup of Sugar
2 Cups of Flour
2 Tsp Ground Cloves
2Tsp Ginger
1 Tsp Cinnamon
2 Tsp Baking SODA
1 1/2 Tsp salt
1 Egg
1/4 Cup Molasses

* Another 1 cup of sugar in a cereal bowl to roll the dough in later.

Directions:

1. Preheat your over to 350 degrees



2. Cream together: Crisco, Sugar, add eggs and Molasses until SMOOTH. Leave alone in mixer.



3. In another separate bowl: Mix Dry ingredients: Flour, All Spices, Baking Soda, & Salt.





4. Slowly add dry mixture to wet mixture in mixer.



5. Roll into WALNUT sized balls, or 1 Inch * Important NOT to make them bigger!



6. Get a bowl and roll into sugar until completely covered.



7. Place on baking sheet and bake for 8 minutes, take out IMMEDIATELY and let cool on pan for three minutes.



8. Take off baking sheet and EAT THEM ALL!

CHICKEN PAD THAI

Are YOU tired of the same "OLD" same "OLD" ? Do you want some SPICE in your HOUSE? How about some THAI food! If you have never tried it you MUST tonight! It is SUCH an AROMATIC exotic cuisine that is delectable to your senses, and oh SO YUMMY!



INGREDIENTS:
Chicken Breasts (Cut into fajita strips)
Limes (Cut into Wedges)
Bamboo Shoots (At your local grocery store)
Cilantro
Green Onion or Scallions (Those long green onions, also GREAT in salads!)
Peanuts or Cashews
1 Egg
Glass Noodles (At your local grocery store in Asian section)
1 Small can Panang paste (If in Abilene at the Phillipino market on Barrow past Abilene High on your LEFT if coming from the South side)
1/3 Cup of Coconut milk (At your grocery store)
1/3 Cup Peanut Butter (Creamy or Nutty your choice!)
SEASONED SALT, (If you don't already have this you MUST have! It is my BEST friend in the kitchen!)

Directions:

1. Get out a pan and soak the glass noodles (They look like clear fettucine noodles). Keep them long or cut them in half like I did and SOAK them. They MUST soak 30 minutes!!!



2. Prep your ingredients: Chicken breasts cut, lime wedges cut, bamboo shoots washed, green onions chopped, cilantro chopped, nuts and egg ready to go.



3. In a skillet or wok brown your chicken on MED-HIGH HEAT seasoned with salt, cook 85% through, we don't want it to DRY out through the rest of the cooking, it will be FULLY cooked by the end, PROMISE!



4. Move chicken out of skillet or move over and add eggs, cook FULLY.



5. Drain your Glass noodles and add to the top of your chicken & eggs in the skillet or wok. Simmer and stir through.





6. Add the Green Onions to the top.



7. Then add 1/2 a SMALL can of Pad Thai Paste, It will be VERY SPICY if you put the WHOLE can in! Stir in and mix through.



8. Add in 1/3 Cup of Coconut Milk & Peanut Butter, then pour onto serving dish and top with Peanuts or Cashewa & Cilantro with Lime Wedges on the side.

9. Serve as creatively as you like!



10. ENJOY YUM YUM!!