Laci's Recipes

Hey guys! Hope that you are doing well and that you had a good week! I want to share with you a dessert that everyone in our family loves. It's a recipe from the kitchen of my husband's grandma. It's called Chocolate Silk Pie, and it's AWESOME. She always makes this pie for holidays and family get-togethers. It's that dessert that we always look forward to. Last weekend I decided to give it a try myself. It's actually really simple (if you use a store bought crust) and doesn't take much time to bake. It was my first time making it, and I think that it turned out really good. The only thing that went wrong was that I forgot to cover up the pie crust, which she recommends doing for the entire bake time. So, mine turned out a little too brown. And maybe the pie itself was just a tad over cooked on the top..? Probably. I'm still bad about that with this oven...  There was something just a bit different than how hers usually tastes, but I couldn't real

One of my Christmas presents this year was a nifty new kitchen gadget, an Instant Pot®. Have you heard of this thing? It's an electronic pressure cooker. Apparently it's all the rage right now, even though I was unaware. I had heard of it a couple of times and have been wanting a pressure cooker but didn't give it much thought. I guess that Santa thought that I needed one, and I'm happy to say that I think that I will love it! I'm thinking that it will get more use than my slow cooker. It cooks food 70% faster and has tons of functions. You can even use it as a slow cooker, steamer, or rice cooker. I have made a batch of white rice with it, and it turned out better than when I use my actual rice cooker....seriously. It did an amazing job. The first meal that I made using this gadget was a deer roast with potatoes and carrots. It turned out SO tender and just fell right off of the bone! The recipe below is pretty much the original that I used, even though I c

Hey everyone! Here's a recipe that I make fairly often. I'm not a huge fan of meatloaf really. This is more for the husband than anything, but this meatloaf has such a good flavor that I will eat it. I found this recipe on the side of an A.1. Original Sauce bottle and gave it a try a few years ago, and it has just kind of stuck! Whip up some mashed potatoes and heat up some green beans to go with it, and you've got yourself a meal. Recipe from: A.1. Original Sauce bottle Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 60-70 minutes Servings:6 A.1. Meatloaf Ingredients: 2 pounds ground beef 1 onion, chopped 8 oz. can tomato sauce 1 cup dry breadcrumbs 1/2 cup A.1. Original Sauce 2 eggs, beaten 1/2 teaspoon black pepper Directions: 1.) Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. 2.) Divide tomato sauce. 3.) Mix half of tomato sauce and all other ingredients together in a large bowl. 4.) Using your hands, knead all ingredients until thoroughly combined. 5.)

Hey guys! Here's a recipe that I made for dinner a couple of nights ago. I'm not sure why I don't make this more often; it's so good! And, it takes almost no prep so it's an easy dinner idea for weeknights. I have this recipe written down in my recipe book and have made it a few times in the past and came across it when looking for something to make the other night. I'm not sure where I originally found it, somewhere on the internet. All I needed to buy was the cheese, and we had an easy dinner for two. I love recipes for two because I never end up wasting food, which is easy to do with just two people eating. If you're cooking for four people, you could also make four smaller portions out of this recipe, depending on the size of the chicken breasts. It can also be easily doubled or tripled depending on how many people you're cooking for. I served this with a small salad and a slice of garlic bread. This is a great recipe that I think almost everyone w

Hey guys! Happy New Year! 2017 is gone, and 2018 is officially here! Here's to hoping that 2018 brings good things our way! 👍 I did make a few changes from the original recipe besides using the Earl-Grey tea. Some on purpose, some not. I accidentally used 8 tablespoons of butter instead of the 6 the recipe calls for. Whoops, but not surprising. I ended up having to add a few more Oreos and powdered sugar to the crust mix. I also ended up with melted butter all in the bottom of my oven because it leaked out of the bottom of the springform pan. The recipe didn't mention this, but I suggest wrapping the entire outside of the pan with heavy-duty aluminum foil to keep the butter from dripping out into your oven! Do this when you bake the crust as well as when you bake the actual cheesecake. I did not have any, so I cooked the cheesecake on a baking sheet after the melted butter fiasco. Also, I did not use tea bags. I instead used loose leaf tea inside of tea infusers. There will