Brown Sugar Fudge

What You'll Need

• 2 cups​ packed ​brown sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions: 

1. In a medium saucepan set over medium heat, combine brown sugar, white sugar, evaporated milk, and butter.
2. Cook, stirring occasionally, to the soft-ball stage, or 238 F on a candy thermometer. Remove from heat. 
3. Add vanilla (do not stir) and let cool to lukewarm. 
4. When lukewarm, beat the fudge with a wooden spoon until the mixture loses its gloss. Stir in the nuts.
5. Pour into a buttered 8-inch pan or pie plate.

1. Cool brown sugar fudge until firm and cut into small squares.

Chicken thighs in a mushroom sauce

This might be a new favorite in our house!

You will need:
One package of chicken thighs
salt and paper
1 onion chopped
1 package of  mushrooms
1 small clove of garlic
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup milk

Directions
1. fry chicken thighs in some olive oil in a cast iron pan. put the skin of the chicken down first so you get a nice crust. Don't forget to season with salt and pepper
2. then take out the chicken and let it rest. Then put mushrooms, onions, and garlic in pan and cook it.
3. then add milk and mushroom soup.
4. then add chicken and put chicken in the oven at 350 for about 20 mins. when it comes out I usually drizzles some of the sauce over the chicken.

Baked Apples

4 medium apples, like Honeycrisp
1/4 cup brown sugar (dark or light)
1/4 cup rolled oats
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, divided in four
1/2 cupe hot water hot water

Optional extras:  chopped nuts or raisins
To serve: Ice cream, whipped cream

Preheat oven to 375°F with a rack in the lower-middle position.

Remove the core of the apples

Mix the brown sugar, oatmeal, cinnamon, and butter  and any extras in a bowl. Divide this mixture between the apples, packing the core.

Arrange the apples in a baking dish (like an 8x8-inch Pyrex dish) Pour the water into the bottom of the dish and cover loosely with aluminum foil. Any extra mix i had I put on top of the apples

Bake for 20 minutes and remove foil. Continue baking uncovered until the apples are soft and the brown sugar has melted into a syrup, an additional 20 to 30 minutes. You can test the apples by poking a paring knife through the oatmeal mixture and into the interior of the apple; it should slide into the apple easily with no resistance. The skin on the apples will also become wrinkled and soft by the end of cooking.

Serve with a scoop of ice cream or whipped cream.  Leftovers will keep for up to a week and can be reheated in the microwave or eaten cold.