New American Items

OMG now I'm craving Snickerdoodles and Mothers animal circus cookies.  Damn that website!!  lol

Snickerdoodles are a snap to make.

I know they are.. I don't have everything I need to make them at the moment or I'd be in the kitchen! 

Imagine what an enterprising and adventurous US-American person in the UK could do with all these American addictions on a focused and healthy scale?  

It's a jump-switch. Are the streets paved with gold in the UK?  

Snickerdoodles are a snap to make.

Cait, Do you know a good recipe?

I can give you the one from my 1973-ish Betty Crocker Cookbook.  It's the same recipe that my mum and I have used for years.

I'm convinced the only reason I'm of a slim-average body is because I don't hit junk food. I drink up to a gallon of water a day. Key to being slim! Magic!

Good for you. 

I can give you the one from my 1973-ish Betty Crocker Cookbook.  It's the same recipe that my mum and I have used for years.

Share with the class!  Share with the class! 

Mmmm.  I could REALLY go for some of those Mother's Circus Parade cookies right about now.  But I'd settle for some Teddy Grahams.

Share with the class!  Share with the class! 

Ooh yes, please do!  I have a recipe, but it makes about 10 MILLION cookies, and I don't dare cut it down because they never turn out the same when I do that! 

I am sure we could help you eat the excess CH

Ok, bear in mind these are US measurements!

Snickerdoodles

1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup shortening (Trex)
1 1/2 cups sugar (caster)
2 eggs
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar (caster)
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Heat oven to 400F. Mix thoroughly butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar and the eggs. Blend in flour, cream of tarter, baking soda, and salt. Shape dough by rounded teaspoonfuls into balls. (I use my hands)

Mix 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon; roll balls in mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Immediate remove from baking sheet.

Yield: about 6 dozen cookies

For those in the UK, I've used British spoons and cups for this recipe with no problem.  Depending upon egg size and how dry the mix turns out, you may need to add another egg.

BAKED CHEETOS!!!!!!

Baked Cheetos, caught my attention to.  I will get some when I go to the states in Sept.

The Baked Cheetos are very good. My kids hate Cheetos so I never really buy them but when I do the great thing is they're all MINE.

I never touch artificial sweetners.  Gag!  They all taste chemically and heaven knows what they do to your body.  Mix fruit juice w/sparkling water, keep a jug of herbal tea in the fridge, crush lemon, lime or fruit slices into your water.  But 'diet' fizzy drinks - blech.  Probably all those fakey chemicals make you retain more water than a normal beverage.

I agree 100%. I stay away from artificial sweeteners, too. I don't actually believe that real sugar (in moderation) is a bad thing. For what it's worth, a teaspoon of sugar has only 15 calories. In my opinion, those calories do you far less damage that all the stuff in artificial sweeteners.

Why are none of those new American products exciting me?!? I'll be over there next month and I'm already wondering what I'm going to do for two weeks without my marmite!

I LOVE Cheeto's, did you see these ones? "Natural Cheeto's", I am sure they're not very natural, but they look good!

http://www.phoood.com/weblog/archives/cat_outstanding.html

I'll be over there next month and I'm already wondering what I'm going to do for two weeks without my marmite!

Take it with you