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Susan's Favorite Recipes , Richland Hills, TX (2026)

04/11/2026

State Fair Ribbon Fudge Brownies

Ingredients
- cooking spray
- ¾ cup sifted all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch salt
- 6 tablespoons salted butter
- 5 ounces semisweet chocolate
- 1 ounce bittersweet chocolate
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- ½ large banana, mashed
- ½ cup chopped toasted walnuts
- ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 325°F (165 degrees C). Spray the bottom of an 8x8-inch metal baking pan with cooking spray.
Step 2: Mix flour, cocoa, and 1/4 teaspoon plus a pinch of salt together in a bowl and set aside.
Step 3: Melt butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Add semisweet and bittersweet chocolate to melted butter and stir until smooth. Remove from heat; set aside for 2 to 3 minutes.
Step 4: Meanwhile, mix brown sugar, eggs, and banana by hand until combined, about 1 minute. Add melted chocolate mixture to banana mixture and stir well, about 1 minute more. Mix flour mixture slowly into chocolate, stirring just enough to combine. Fold in walnuts and chocolate chips. Spread batter into the prepared pan.
Step 5: Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with moist crumbs, 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan on a wire rack for at least 2 hours before cutting.

04/09/2026

Cucidati I

Ingredients
- 2 cups dried figs
- ¼ cup golden raisins
- ¼ cup currants
- ¼ cup candied orange peel
- ¼ cup toasted and sliced almonds
- ¼ cup toasted pine nuts
- 2 (1 ounce) squares bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- ⅓ cup apricot preserves
- ¼ cup dark rum
- 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- 3⅓ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ cup lard
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1 pinch salt
- ⅓ cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

Directions
Step 1: FOR THE FILLING: Stem the figs and quarter them. Place in a bowl and cover with boiling water; steep 10 minutes. Drain and chop coarsely in the food processor. Combine with yellow raisins, currants, candied orange peel, toasted sliced almonds, toasted pine nuts, bittersweet chocolate, apricot preserves, rum, instant espresso coffee, cinnamon, and cloves. To prepare in advance, cover tightly with plastic wrap and keep at a cool room temperature or in the refrigerator up to 3 days.
Step 2: FOR THE DOUGH: Combine the flour, sugar and baking powder in a bowl and stir to mix. Rub in the lard finely, leaving the mixture powdery. Beat 2 eggs and milk to combine in a small bowl and stir into the flour mixture to form a dough. Turn the dough out on a lightly floured surface and knead lightly a few times. Wrap the dough in plastic and chill.
Step 3: Divide the dough into 12 pieces and roll each into a cylinder about 12 inches long. Flour the surface and the dough lightly and roll it into a rectangle about 14 inches long and 3 inches wide.
Step 4: Place a line of the filling down the center of each rectangle, using 1/12 of the filling for each piece of dough. Bring up the dough around the filling and pinch to seal. Turn the filled sausage of dough over so that the seam is on the bottom and cut it into 3 1/2- to 4-inch lengths. Using a sharp paring knife or single-edge razor blade, make a series of diagonal slashes in the top of each little sausage. Pull and twist gently, holding the sausage at each end to open the slashes.
Step 5: Transfer to paper- lined cookie sheets, curving them into wide horseshoe shapes. Make an egg wash by beating the egg and salt together with a fork until it is loose. Paint each shape with the egg wash. Bake at 350°F (180 degrees C) for about 20 minutes, or until they are a light golden color. Cool, dust with confectioners' sugar and store in tins, between layers of wax paper.

04/07/2026

Pineapple Sour Cream And Meringue Pie

Ingredients
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
- 1 pie crust, baked (9-inch)
- 2 egg whites
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/4 cup sugar

Directions
Step 1: To make filling, combine sugar, flour and salt in a saucepan. Stir in pineapple, sour cream and lemon juice.
Step 2: Put saucepan over high heat. Stir and cook mixture until it comes to a boil.
Step 3: Turn down heat and cook 2 more minutes, stirring constantly.
Step 4: In a seperate small bowl, stir a small amount of hot filling mixture into egg yolks. (This heats the eggs and prevents them from scrambling when added to the hot saucepan.) Then add eggs to the hot mixture in saucepan, stirring constantly.
Step 5: Cook and stir for 2 more minutes over medium heat.
Step 6: Remove from stove and let mixture cool to room temperature (approx. 1-2 hours). Spoon into baked pie shell.
Step 7: To make meringue, beat egg whites with vanilla and cream of tartar into soft peaks.
Step 8: Gradually add sugar and keep beating at highest speed until stiff and glossy.
Step 9: Spread meringue on top of pineapple mixture. Note: Meringue MUST TOUCH pie crust all way around.
Step 10: Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes until meringue has a golden color.
Step 11: Best served immediately when cool. (Does not refrigerate as well.).

04/05/2026

Islands Chicken & Pork Filipino Adobo

Ingredients
- 8 chicken thighs
- 8 pork steaks
- 4 tablespoons olive oil or 4 tablespoons Crisco
- 1 -2 onion, diced
- 6 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 dried red pepper
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup nakano rice vinegar
- 1/2 cup Kikkoman soy sauce
- 1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk

Directions
Step 1: In large heavy deep frying pan, melt Crisco.
Step 2: Fry pork steak until slightly browned on each side. Set on a plate.
Step 3: Fry chicken thighs until slightly browned on each side. Set on a plate.
Step 4: Pour water in frying pan, and loosen any meat particles.
Step 5: Add onions, garlic, bay leaves, 1 dried red pepper,rice vinegar, soy sauce and coconut milk.
Step 6: Cook on low heat 15 minutes. Stir from time to time. Take out dried red pepper. Throw away.
Step 7: Preheat oven 325°.
Step 8: In baking pan with cover, add browned meat.
Step 9: Add with sauce. Bake 1 1/2 hours.
Step 10: Throw away bay leaves before serving. I like to make a platter of rice and put chicken and pork with sauce on top. I also serve lemon slices dipped in salt. Placed on the side of the platter.

03/13/2026

Homemade Sauerkraut

Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup distilled white vinegar, divided
- ½ onion, diced
- 1 head cabbage, cored and shredded
- ¾ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon celery seed
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ground black pepper to taste

Directions
Step 1: Combine water, 1/2 of the vinegar, and onion in a pot over high heat; add cabbage, sea salt, celery seed, onion powder, garlic powder, and black pepper. Pour the remaining vinegar over cabbage mixture. Cover pot and bring water to a boil; cook mixture for about 3 minutes.
Step 2: Stir cabbage mixture and return lid to pot; cook, stirring occasionally, until cabbage is tender and wilted, 10 to 15 minutes more.

03/11/2026

Aunt Dee's Sweet Oatmeal Bread (Abm)

Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups bread flour
- 1 cup oats
- 2 1/2 teaspoons yeast

Directions
Step 1: Place ingredients in bread machine in order given. Set machine to "basic" setting.

03/09/2026

Eastern European Kotlety

Ingredients
- 1⅓ pounds lean ground beef
- ⅔ cup milk cracker crumbs
- 1 small sweet yellow onion, minced
- 1 egg, well beaten
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 clove garlic, minced (Optional)
- 1¼ teaspoons kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- ½ cup vegetable shortening for frying

Directions
Step 1: Mix ground beef, cracker crumbs, onion, egg, milk, garlic, kosher salt, and black pepper in a large bowl until evenly blended. Shape meat mixture into twelve 3-inch patties about 1 1/4-inch thick.
Step 2: Heat vegetable shortening in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sear patties until golden brown, about 2 minutes per side. Reduce heat to low and continue cooking, uncovered, until patties are no longer pink in the center, about 20 minutes more. Remove patties from skillet and drain on paper towels until ready to serve.

03/06/2026

Jiffy Pinwheel Cookies

Ingredients
- 1 (8 ounce) package jiffy pie crust mix
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 (8 ounce) package jiffy brownie mix
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup soft butter
- 1/3 cup melted chocolate chips

Directions
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
Step 2: Mix all white batter ingredients together. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
Step 3: Mix dry ingredients for chocolate batter together.
Step 4: Add remaining chocolate batter ingredients and mix well. Chill for 1 hour.
Step 5: Roll white batter onto floured surface into an 8x10 rectangle.
Step 6: Place chicolate batter over white batter evenly. Roll up like a jelly roll.
Step 7: Slice into 1/2 inch slices and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Step 8: Bake 12-15 minutes.

03/03/2026

Jessica's Famous Tuna Patties

Ingredients
- 3 (15 ounce) cans tuna in water (drained)
- 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
- 14 1/2 ounces canned sliced carrots (mashed with a fork)
- 1/2 cup thousand island dressing
- 1 medium egg
- 3 tablespoons sweet pickle relish
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- salt (to taste)
- pepper (to taste)
- lemon pepper (to taste)

Directions
Step 1: Pre-Heat Oven to 375.
Step 2: Spread oil over bottom of pan (any metal pan should work, I used a pizza pan that has a lip on it).
Step 3: Mix remaining ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
Step 4: Divide mixture into 8 equal parts.
Step 5: Form mixture into patties and place on the pan.
Step 6: Bake patties for 10 minutes.
Step 7: Turn patties over. (Be careful they may fall apart easily.).
Step 8: Continue to bake for an additional 5-10 minutes until they start to brown.
Step 9: Remove and let them sit for 5 minutes to firm.

03/01/2026

Chicken Smothered With Apples & Onions

Ingredients
- 2 apples, sliced
- 1 onion, sliced
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon margarine
- 1 dash cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 2 chicken breasts
- 1 tablespoon margarine
- salt
- pepper
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar (optional)
- garlic powder

Directions
Step 1: Heat a sauce pan to medium.
Step 2: Peel and slice the apples into small chunks.
Step 3: Slice the onion.
Step 4: Add the margarine to sauce pan.
Step 5: Add the onions when margarine has melted.
Step 6: Cook until softened - about 5 minutes on medium heat.
Step 7: Add the water, apples and cinnamon and cook until soft - about 10 minutes.
Step 8: If the apples are tart, add 1 tbsp brown sugar.
Step 9: While the apple mixture is cooking, heat a frying pan to medium.
Step 10: Add the margarine.
Step 11: Season chicken breasts with salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste.
Step 12: Add the chicken to the frying pan and brown on both sides - about 10 minutes.
Step 13: Mix cornstarch and wine together in a bowl.
Step 14: When the chicken has browned on both sides but is not fully cooked, add the cornstarch and wine mixture to the frying pan.
Step 15: Stir to loosen any bits from the pan.
Step 16: Add the apple mixture to the frying pan and stir until wine and apple mixtures are combined.
Step 17: Cover the chicken with some of the apple mixture and lower the heat a bit until chicken is fully cooked - about 10 more minutes.
Step 18: Serve with apple mixture spooned over chicken.

02/28/2026

Peanut Butter Choco Chip Cookies

Ingredients
- 2 cups peanut butter
- 2 cups white sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350°F (180 degrees C).
Step 2: In a medium bowl, combine peanut butter, sugar and eggs. Mix well with wooden spoon till smooth and well-blended. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
Step 3: Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheets two inches apart. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or till lightly browned. Cool on cookie sheets for a few minutes than transfer to wire rack. Cool completely. Store in airtight containers up to a week

02/27/2026

Marmie's Easy Roasted Fennel With Onion

Ingredients
- 3 fennel bulbs
- 1 red onion
- 1 sweet red pepper (tasty but optional)
- 10 fresh garlic cloves, peeled and coarsely crushed (or more.. I like more)
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, more if desired (High quality EVOO)
- 2 ounces lemon juice
- 3 ounces white wine
- 1 cup black olives, kalamalta whole pitted (optional)
- 2 tablespoons rosemary, lightly chopped (I like fresh)
- 3/4 teaspoon peppercorn, coarsely ground
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt

Directions
Step 1: Place the following in a greased casserole (or Ziplock bag if preparing ahead.).
Step 2: Cut top and bottom of Fennel away, saving green leafy top as you can eat the whole Fennel using it for garnish or in salads.
Step 3: Peel exterior layer off Fennel.
Step 4: Cut Fennel in quarters lengthwise, then cut each quarter again if it is a large Fennel, and cut away 'core' from each piece. Place sliced Fennel in bowl or Zipper bag.
Step 5: Peel and slice Red Onion in quarters length wise. Add to Fennel.
Step 6: Core, seed and slice Red Pepper in similar manner. Add to Fennel.
Step 7: ***NOTE *** To coarsely crush garlic a little bit easier -- Break the head of the garlic into individual cloves with your hands and discard paper covering. Slice bottom of each garlic clove away and discard end. Place clove on a cutting board, lay a wide knife flat, or a spatula over the clove and smack it with your fist to crush it! The paper will just pop away, discard paper. Use garlic clove as desired.
Step 8: Peel and crush garlic cloves. Add to Fennel.
Step 9: Add Olives to Fennel.
Step 10: Add 1/4 cup olive oil, rosemary, kosher salt and pepper, mix coating vegs with the oil and spices.
Step 11: Mix lemon juice and wine in separate cup add 1/2 of the liquid to Fennel and mix all together.
Step 12: Set remainder of wine/lemon liquid aside until/if required during roasting.
Step 13: Pour fennel mixture into an appropriately sized casserole dish if not already there. If coming from a bag take a spatula and scrape all the yummy seasonings out of the bag and pour over vegs.
Step 14: Roast in oven at 425 degrees for approximately 30-45 min uncovered until nicely golden and softened.
Step 15: Stir occasionally to prevent burning.
Step 16: Add remaining wine/lemon mix to fennel if necessary while roasting.
Step 17: Enjoy.

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