Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Buffalo Chicken







Ingredients

  • 20 chicken wings (or 1 dozen drumsticks)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon hot sauce, divided
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) melted butter 

Directions

  1. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil. Set a wire rack on the baking sheet and coat it with cooking spray.
  2. Place the salt, pepper, 1 tablespoon hot sauce, and vegetable oil in a resealable plastic bag, and shake to mix. Add the chicken wings, seal, and toss until well coated.
  3. Place the flour, cayenne pepper, and garlic powder in another resealable plastic bag, and shake to mix. Pour the chicken wings from the first bag into the flour bag, seal, and toss until well coated with the flour mixture. Place the wings onto the prepared baking sheet rack, and place into the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
  4. Preheat oven to 400°F.
  5. Melt the butter in a medium microwave safe bowl. Whisk in the hot sauce. Dip the wings into the butter mixture one at a time, and place back on the baking sheet rack. Bake in the preheated oven until the chicken is no longer pink in the center, and crispy on the outside, about 1 hour.

Chicken Tikka Masala





 Ingredients:

1 1/2 Lbs chicken breast, chopped into bite size pieces

(Marinade)
  • 1 cup plain yoghurt
  • 2 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tsp cumin
  • 1/4 t. red pepper
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
(Sauce)
  • 1/4 cup cilantro
  • 1 Tbsp unsalted butter
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 jalapeño, minced
  • 1 small onion, diced
  • 1 bell pepper, cubed (optional)
  • 2 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 can (8 oz.) tomato sauce
  • 1c. heavy whipping cream

Put the chicken in a dish or large ziploc bag, and add all of the marinade ingredients: yoghurt, lemon juice, cumin, red pepper, black pepper, cinnamon, salt, & ground ginger.

 Put in the fridge for 1-2 hours then discard the marinade. Grill or cook the chicken in a high sided skillet about 5 minutes per side, or until no longer pink inside. For the sauce, melt the butter over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper,and jalapeño and cook till tender.  Add coriander, cumin, paprika, garam masala, garlic, and salt. Stir to combine. Stir in tomato sauce and simmer for a few minutes until thickened.  Add the cooked chicken to the sauce and stir in the cream . Serve with white rice and garnish with fresh cilantro.

Friday, September 19, 2014

Montana Moose Poop (or elk poop)

Montana Moose Poop 
Liv

I got this recipe from my piano teacher and the first time we made was at my 8 year old birthday party.


photo courtesy of the internet-- north dakota kitchen

Ingredients:
10 cups of cocoa puffs
2 cups of corn syrup
1 1/2 cups of sugar
1 1/2 cups of peanut butter
2 cups of dry roasted peanuts

Line jelly roll pan with parchment paper. (Don't use waxed paper as a substitute. It won't work!)
In a really large bowl, pour 10 cups of cocoa puffs.

Combine corn syrup and sugar in a pan on the stove top. Stir and bring to a boil. Add peanut butter, stir 'til melted. Add peanuts, stir to combine.

Pour over cocoa puffs. Stir to coat. Pour into prepared pan (you may have to press it down.) Let cool. Cut into bars and enjoy!

LKP

  


Eclair Sheet Cake

Eclair Sheet Cake
Noah

Noah's new favorite dessert that a lady in our ward makes- I haven't actually made it but he's eaten it and gone on and on about it a couple of times so I asked her for the recipe....

photo courtesy of the internet 

Cake Ingredients: 

1 cup of water
1 stick of margarine
4 eggs 
1cup of flour 

Cake Prep: 
Bring water and margarine to boil add flour and mix into a ball. Cool slightly.  Add eggs 1 at a time and mix with fork

Spread into lightly greased 11 x 11x 1inch cookie sheet. (I think a large cookie sheet aka jelly roll pan works fine!)  Bake 400° fahrenheit for 15 - 20 minutes. Press down bumps with a spoon and cool.

Filling Ingredients:
1 (8oz) package of cream cheese (softened)
3 cups of milk
2 small packages of Instant French Vanilla pudding

Filling Prep:
Mix filling with electric mixer at medium.
Spread on cooled crust.

Top with 8oz container whipped topping and at serving time drizzle hershey's chocolate syrup over top then run knife through to create design.

This was (almost totally) entered by Liv.
   

Monday, September 8, 2014

Chocolate Caramel Cake


CHOCOLATE CARAMEL CAKE
Esther

1 chocolate cake mix (German chocolate, Devil’s Food, etc.)
1 tub cool whip (8-12 oz)
1 jar caramel ice cream topping
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1-2 Score or Heath candy bars (or a package of chocolate covered toffee bits)

Cook cake mix as directed. Cool. Poke several holes in cake with a fork. Then pour sweetened condensed milk all over cake, evenly spreading (you do not need to use whole can if you don’t want to). Pour caramel over cake, spreading evenly (do not need to use entire bottle). Let sit for about 5 minutes and the spread cool whip over entire cake, spreading evenly. Break up candy bar(s) into small pieces and sprinkle randomly over cool whip. Refrigerate when not serving. Cover. DELICIOUS!

***Georgia’s Note: Or more properly known as Better Than Sex Cake or BTS

Bacon and Cream Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms


BACON AND CREAM CHEESE STUFFED MUSHROOMS
Georgia
 
 
Ingredients
  • 8 oz bacon
  • 1/2 cup finely minced sweet onion
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 16 oz white button mushrooms
  • 4 oz cream cheese
  • 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
  • salt and pepper
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Using scissors or a sharp knife, cut raw bacon into small pieces. In a large saute pan, over medium heat, cook bacon until nice and crispy. While bacon is cooking, remove mushroom stems from caps and chop stems into small pieces. When bacon is done, remove from pan and set aside; reserve 2 tablespoons of bacon grease and pour the rest from pan. Saute onion until soft about 5 minutes, scraping up any brown bits on bottom of pan. Add chopped mushrooms stems and garlic and cook a few minutes longer. Reduce heat to low. Add cream cheese and parmesan cheese and stir until cheeses are melted. Add reserved chopped bacon and season to taste with salt and pepper. (Mixture can be made, cooled, and stored, covered, in the fridge for up to two days.) Remove mixture from heat and stuff each mushroom cap generously with mixture. Bake at 350F for about 20 minutes or until mushrooms are soft and filling is nice and hot.
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Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries


CHEESECAKE STUFFED STRAWBERRIES
Georgia
 

Ingredients:
-1 lb large strawberries
-8 oz. cream cheese, softened (can use 1/3 less fat)
-3-4 tbsp powdered sugar (4 tbsp for a sweeter filling)
-1 tsp vanilla extract
-graham cracker crumbs

Directions:
1. Rinse strawberries and cut around the top of the strawberry. Remove the top and clean out with a paring knife, if necessary (some may already be hollow inside). Prep all strawberries and set aside.
2. In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla until creamy. Add cream cheese mix to a piping bag or ziploc with the corner snipped off. Fill strawberries with cheesecake mixture. Once strawberries are filled, dip the top in graham cracker crumbs. If not serving immediately, refrigerate until serving.