Mama's in the Kitchen Cooking and Baking

Instant Pot Mexican Beans 1 lb. Fresh Pinto Beans 1 links andouille sausage 1/2 package of bacon sliced into about 1-inch cut 5 oz. of thick sliced ham cut into about 1-inch cut 1/2 small onion, diced 1 tbsp. Knorr pollo 1 tbsp. Garlic powder 1 tbsp. Cumin powder water Clean your beans, take out any ugly and or broken beans out, make sure you also take out any little clumps of dirt, wash under your tap water rubbing the beans in between your hands to make sure you take off any dirt that is on the beans.    Now add beans to a large bowl and cover with water, at least 4 times as much water as beans because the beans will expand, soak beans in water overnight.   The next morning, drain and rinse.  Get your instant pot out Ok set you instant pot to the sauteed button and saute your sausage, ham, and bacon for about 3 minutes then add the onion and cook until the onion is translucent, now  do not drain the fat from the pot just add beans and the rest of the spic

Peanut Butter Rice Krispies Balls 1 c. crisped rice cereal 2 c. smooth peanut butter 3/4 c. butter softened 3 3/4 c. powdered sugar 1 pound melting almond bark 1 tbsp. shortening Mix together peanut butter and butter, then add powdered sugar mix well then add Rice Krispies cereal Use a tablespoon or a cookie scoop to make uniform balls, roll into balls chill for about 20 minutes. Melt chocolate with shortening in 30-second intervals until completely melted. Dip peanut butter balls into the chocolate with a fork place on parchment paper, foil or wax paper until cool. Enjoy A little taste of South Texas Comfort Food from yours truly ♡Mama in The Kitchen♡ ☆✿░S░H░A░R░E░✿☆ ♡░T░O░♡         ☆✿░S░A░V░E░✿☆ ☆♡*•Pass it on•*♡☆♡Thanks for sharing♡☆ Please go to the links below and subscribe or join.  Copy and paste. Thank you Join me on Snapchat https://www.snapchat.com/add/mamasinthekichn My blog, where you can find a lot of my reci

Sugar Cookie 6 cups all-purpose flour 4 tsp. baking powder 2 cup granulated white sugar 4 sticks butter, room temperature 2 large egg, room temperature 2 tsp. vanilla extract 1 tsp. almond extract Preheat oven to 350° F. Add butter to the bowl of your stand mixer and cream on medium-high for 1-2 minutes, or until butter is smooth and lighter in color. With the mixer on low, slowly add the sugar and the eggs. Scrape the bowl with the mixer off. Turn mixer back on low and add in extracts. Allow all ingredients to combine fully. Add in the baking powder and then the flour, a little at a time, until fully incorporated. Drop dough onto a floured countertop, flatten out into a flat disc, about 1/8-1/4 inch thick. Cut out cookies in the desired shape and bake at 350°F for 8 minutes. (Keep an eye on them! You don't want burnt edges and every oven is different.) Let cool on the cookie sheet until firm enough to transfer to a cooling rack. Cool cook

Ginger Banana Bread Loaf 6 c. flour 3 tbsp. Ground cinnamon 4 tsp. Baking soda 4 tsp. Baking powder 2 tsp. Salt 4 c. Sugar 6 tbsp. Maple syrup 6 tbsp. molasses 1 tbsp. ground ginger 1 tbsp. ground allspice 4 TBSP. Vanilla or banana extract 16 oz. Cream cheese, sour cream or plain yogurt 2 c. butter 8 eggs 6 medium ripe Bananas 1 c. Pecans or Walnuts (Optional) I use the Cream cheese, sour cream or plain yogurt, it helps the banana bread stay moist. you can make it diabetic friendly by changing the flour to wheat flour the sugar to Splenda the creams to a lite cream the banana has natural sugars so its friendly until you get to the banana. (OPTIONAL) You can spread a glaze over the top of the bread recipe below Preheat oven to 350°F makes 1 loaf Put all dry ingredients into a bowl mix well with a Wisk. Melt butter set aside and let cool add all the other wet ingredients to your dry ingredients mix well now add butter.  Bake about 45 to 60 minutes until just firm

Homemade Tamales, (MASA) & (FILLINGS) Make sure that you have all the ingredients and equipment needed for the recipe before you start preparing. I like to prepare the masa in the morning but I will not be using it right away I let it sit for at least two hours, at least while you prepare everything. 🫔First: Soak cornhusks Place the dried cornhusks in a pan, bucket, dish or sink and cover with hot water, allowing husks to soak until soft and pliable husk, Softening cornhusks can take up to 2 hours, but the best thing will be to soak overnight drain and add fresh water in the morning, only pull out the husk you will be using at the time you are spreading the masa the rest leave soaking in water. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🫔Chile SAUCE For the sauce: 🫔4 Chile ancho cleaned, seeded 🫔8 guajillo peppers cleaned, seeded, open flat, and deveined 🫔1 tsp. Garlic powder  🫔1 tsp. Salt In a pot add chiles brin