I'm giving this 5 stars only after following the advice of other reviewers, but it IS a very good basic recipe. I cut the soy sauce, subbed half a lemon for the lime and added orange juice for the marinade, didn't make the salsa (we didn't eat it with any so why bother!), and the best part: I used 2 jars of canned beef cubes (home canned) in place of the flap or flank steak. That cut down on needing to marinade, I just added the marinade into the pot along with the beef, liquid and all, from the mason jars. I simmered this on the stove for ~30 min while I made Mexican rice and viola', dinner was ready! By simmering, the extra liquid evaporated and what was left was concentrated flavor... sooo yummy!! Half of our kids are half-Hispanic and this is a very authentic recipe that our 7 year old remembers eating from when he was much younger. Almost exactly like an authentic Mexican restaurant nearby. I can't wait for leftovers!

Reviewed On: Jul. 24, 2009

Oh goodness, but these were amazing! A quick, easy cookie for snack time and they made a ton! I had no issues with hard cookies.. and the kids gobbled them up still warm. I never realized just how easy it was to make snickerdoodles.. I'll be making these often!

Reviewed On: Dec. 16, 2008

OMG!! This was so good! I did 8x the recipe (because we have 10 ppl in our fam and the kids always have friends sleep over on Fridays) and used sour milk instead of regular milk and melted 1 cup of real butter instead of the shortening (I'm just not a shortening fan). When I mixed the wet stuff, I added the beaten eggs into the somewhat cooled butter, then mixed that into the sour milk, then poured into the dry ingredients. I used an electric mixer and added ~1 TBSP of vanilla at the end. Per other reviews, I spread this out on the griddle and cooked over medium/low. These disappeared faster than I could cook them. They are so light and fluffy... I hate to admit, but I ate 8! This will be our staple pancake recipe from now on! Thanks SO MUCH!!

Reviewed On: May 19, 2007