Friday, February 5, 2010

Cookie and Beer Marinade Recipe

A Couple of Recipes

I really enjoy cooking, anything (except boring food) is on the menu and i like trying out new recipes. Heres a couple of my own recipes that i like to use regularly though :)

Grandmother's Cookies!
(yes, they really are from my G'Ma's recipe)
½ cup sugar
½ cup butter
1 egg
½ tsp vanilla essence
1 ½ cups self raising flour
Choc chips/walnuts etc

Preheat oven to 180 degrees
Beat sugar and butter together until it goes a pale shade of yellow/almost white
Add vanilla and egg & beat some more

Next stir in sifted flour and choc/chips etc by hand

Roll cookie dough into balls (any size you like) and then put onto tray and flatten

Cook until browned (about 15min) and then cool completely on a wire rack before storing in an airtight container.
Easy peasy!


Beer Marinade for Fajitas

INGREDIENTS
1/3 bottle beer
1/2 -3/4 fresh lime juice
small "sloosh" olive oil
2 cloves garlic
1 tsp brown sugar
dash & a bit more of worcestershire sauce (or soy sauce if no worces available)
small handful chopped coriander
dash of ground cumin

Stir together beer, lime juice, olive oil, garlic, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, coriander, cumin. Add meat and marinate for at least 1 hour.

I'll add some recipes along the way ;)