Get Well Cards

This is a get well card from Michelle and Brad.
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This is a card from the Baars' family.
This is a get well card from my parents (Gary and Kathy Ray).
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This is a get-well card from my father-in-law (Rick Schulz) and his girlfriend, Leslie.
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My recovery is going faster than scheduled. I went from crutches to a cane in less than two weeks time (I didn't start the crutches until the fourth day after surgery and I started the cane use two weeks after the surgery.). If anyone is holding out on hip replacement, don't. It's a wonderful thing. Johnny Out.

Recipes: Chewy Chocolate-Cherry Cookies

Chewy Chocolate-Cherry Cookies

Yield: 30 servings

Ingredients:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour (about 4-1/2 ounces)
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 2/3 cup dried tart cherries
• 3 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips
• Cooking spray

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. Lightly spoon the flour into a dry measuring cup and level with a knife.
3. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk.
4. Place the sugar and the butter in a large bowl and beat with a mixer at high speed until well blended.
5. Add the vanilla and the egg and beat well.
6. With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the flour mixture and beat just until combined.
7. Fold in the cherries and chocolate chips.
8. Drop the dough by tablespoons 2 inches apart onto a large baking sheet coated with cooking spray.
9. Bake at 350°F for 12 minutes or just until set.
10. Remove the cookies from the oven. After they cool on the pan for five minutes, transfer the cookies to a wire rack and let them cool completely before serving.

Recipes: Hollandaise Sauce

HOLLANDAISE SAUCE

Ingredients:

1. 1/4 cup butter
2. 1/4 cup cream
3. 2 egg yolks, beaten
4. 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
5. salt to taste
6. pinch of cayenne pepper
7. pinch of paprika
8. 1 teaspoon freshly minced parsley

Directions:

1. Melt butter in the top of a double boiler. Stir in cream and beaten egg yolks. Whisk together. Add salt and lemon juice. Cook over boiling water in a double boiler until mixture thickens, stirring constantly.
2. Remove from heat and beat with a whisk until light. Stir in cayenne pepper, paprika and freshly chopped parsley, if desired

Recipes: Forty-Niner Flapjacks

Forty-Niner Flapjacks

Ingredients:

• 2 cups sour milk (regular milk can be used)
• 1 cup cornmeal
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• Water as needed

Directions:

This is a very old recipe from the California Gold Rush days. These flapjacks were very popular in the gold camps.

1. Mix the milk, cornmeal, flour and egg together.
2. Add the baking soda and salt, then mix. Add a little water if needed (if it looks too dry).
3. Drop dough (like pancakes) onto a greased skillet (medium heat).
4. When bubbles appear and the bottom of the flapjacks are browned, turn and cook until the other side is brown. Turn only once!