Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

While looking at other food blogs I can't help but want to make everything I see because they all look so good!!! This is one of the recipes, so I decided to give it a try. I found this recipe on Cafe Zupas!

Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
makes 48 cookies

1 cup butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
3 cups oats
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 well-beaten eggs
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
1/2 cup dried cranberries

Grease a cookie sheet; set aside. Preheat oven to 375F.

In a medium saucepan combine butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Cook and stir over medium heat until melted. Remove from heat. Add oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir until combined. Add eggs; mix well. Stir in white chocolate chips and cranberries.
Drop batter by rounded teaspoons 3 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheet, stirring the batter often.

Bake for 6 to 7 minutes or until edges are firm. (The first batch always seems to take a little longer so make sure you check them before you take them out.) Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

White Chili

We love soup in our house!! During the winter we have soup at least once a week. We found this recipe in Community Magazine last week and decided to try it. It turned out to be pretty tasty!!

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

2 medium onions, chopped (1 cup)

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

3 cups chicken broth

2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro or 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander

2 tablespoons lime juice

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves

1/4 teaspoon red pepper sauce

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 can (11 ounce) white Shoepeg or whole kernel corn, drained

1 can (15 to 16 ounces) great northern beans, drained

1 can (15 to 16 ounces) butter beans, drained

2 cups chopped cooked chicken breast

Heat oil in 4-quart Dutch oven over medium heat, Cook onions and garlic in oil, stirring occasionally, until onions are tender.

Stir in remaining ingredients except chicken. Heat to boiling, reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 20 minutes. stir in chicken; simmer until hot.

Chicken Cordon Bleu Bites

It has been a long time since we have posted but, we promise or at least we will try to be better at posting. This recipe would be great for a New Years Eve party or any dinner party that you are planning during the holidays! They are great served as a main dish or as and appetizer! They are made of ingredients that you probably have in your kitchen already! Try them out and let us know what you think!

Chicken Cordon Bleu Bites

12-20 chicken breast tenderloins

4 pieces of Swiss cheese ( cut in to slices about 1 inch wide)

4 pieces of ham (also cut these about 1 inch wide and as long as the tenderloin)

12-20 sturdy toothpicks (make sure they are thick so we could hold the chicken together)

Salt and Pepper to taste

Egg Wash- 3 eggs whisked with 2 tablespoons water

Flour Mixture-

2 cups flour

1 teaspoons salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1 teaspoon garlic powder

Bread Crumbs-

2 cups Panko crumbs (If you use Italian crumbs then you do not need to add the next 2 following ingredients)

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon paprika

Dipping Sauce-

1/2 cup Dijon Mustard

1/2 Cup Yellow Mustard

2 tablespoons Mayo

1/4 cup honey

Combine all the ingredients for the dipping sauce in a bowl.

Place chicken tenderloin between two pieces of wax and beat with tenderizer for a few seconds. After you have tenderized all of the pieces place a strip of ham and then a strip of cheese on top of each tenderloin. Also add a dot of honey mustard on one end of the each strip. Then begin to roll your strip, once it has been rolled stick a tooth pick through it.

Make egg wash by whisking 3 eggs with 3 tablespoons with water.

In pan combine flour mixture and in another pan put bread crumbs in it.

After chicken is rolled up roll it into flour mixture then dip in egg wash. Last roll into the bread crumbs. Lay the Cordon Bleu bites on a oiled pan, lightly brush butter on to the tops of the bites or spray with Pam lightly. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes until they are golden brown and the chicken is cooked thoroughly. Serve with Dipping Sauce and Enjoy!!

No-Bake Peach Pie!

Last week a friend of ours had a piece of this pie that her neighbor had given her, she let us try it and we loved it. We told her that she needed to get us the recipe, sure enough that night she called us with the recipe and we could believe how easy it was!!

No-Bake Peach Pie

2 cups gramham cracker crumbs

1/2 cup butter, melted

2 cup sweetened condensed milk

1/2 cup lemon juice

6 slices peaches

Whipped cream

Chopped nuts (optional)

Mix Graham cracker crumbs and butter. Press into 9x13 the pan. In another bowl mix sweetened condensed milk and lemon juice. Put half of this mixture on top the the crust. Cut peaches and place on top. Put the rest of the sweetened condensed milk mixture on. Put in refrigerator to chill for at least 1 hour. After chilled and just as you serve it add whipped cream and chopped nuts of your choice (optional, you could also put more crushed graham crackers on it if you would like). Then it's time to eat!!

German Chocolate Brownies

Wow has is been a long time since we posted or what? Everyday we talk about posting but are always so busy that we never have the time. But, now school is back in session and things have calmed down a little and we are ready to start blogging again. This is a fantastic brownie, any party or gathering we take this to it is always a favorite.

German Chocolate Brownies

Mix together:
1 German chocolate cake mix
1/3 c. evaporated milk
3/4 c. melted butter

Put about 3/4 of batter in a 9x13-inch pan. Cook at 350 for 8 minutes. Mix together.

14 oz. caramels
1/3 c. evaporated milk

Melt in microwave for 2 1/2 to 3 minutes, stirring after each minute. When brownies have cooked for 8 minutes, put out of the oven and sprinkle 1 cup of chocolate chips on top. Pour the melted caramels on top of chocolate chips and then sprinkle on 1/2 cup (or whatever you prefer) chopped pecans or wlanuts (optional). Using the rest of the brownie batter, do the top of the brownies. Bake 20-28 minutes more. Cool completely before cutting.

ENJOY!!!

Corn Salsa

This is a wonderful, tasty, and addictive salsa. If you haven't noticed we are all about quick and easy recipes, and this is yet another. It's great for a summer time picnic or barbecue were you may have to bring something to share, but after you have tried it you may not want to.

CORN SALSA

Ingredients:
1 cup black-eyed peas, drained
1 can corn, drained
2-4 green onions, sliced
5 med. tomatoes, chopped
1-2 avocados, chopped
1/4-1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped
1 pkg. Good Season's Italian dressing

Mix Italian dressing as directed. Combine all ingredients with dressing. To make it less runny, use less dressing.

Flank Steak Pinwheels and Roasted Vegetables

If you want to impress guests this is the way to go. It is relatively fast and easy, it looks great. These two dishes are a great complement for each other.

Flank Steak Pinwheels

Ingredients:
1 Large flank steak, butterflied along the grain*
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
7 ounces Asiago, Shredded
8 ounces baby spinach leaves, washed patted dry, stems removed
5 ounces Gorgonzola. crumbled
1 bunch green onions, slice on the diagonal
8 to 10 wooden skewers, soaked in water

Directions:

Preheat grill or grill pan to high

Spread the flank steak out so that the grain is running left to right. Begin layering the flank steak with salt and pepper, the Asiago, then the spinach, the Gorgonzola and scallions. Begin rolling the flank steak tightly and away from you. Evenly, insert the skewers 1 to 2 inches along the seam of the pinwheel to hold it together on the grill. Sprinkle on any steak seasoning. We used Montreal Steak, Grill Mates. Cut in between each skewer but not against the skewer; you want the same amount of meat on either side of each skewer. Cover plate in olive oil and lay pinwheels in it make sure to get both sides. Grill the pinwheels on each side for about 3 to 4 minutes or until your desired doneness. You will have lots of flames which gives it a yummy charbroiled taste, but you do lose some of the cheese inside. You can cook it on an indoor grilling pan as well or make a pocked out of tin foil and cook it on the out door grill if you don't want to lose some of the inside.

*Note: We did not butterfly flank steak. Your butcher could butterfly it for you but, we had the butcher put it through the tenderizer which did not make it as thin as butterflying it but it still worked.

Roasted Vegetables

Ingredients:
Olive Oil Freshly ground pepper
Kosher salt

Any assortment of vegetables including:
Zucchini, sliced diagonally 1/2 in. thick Asparagus, tough ends removed
Red onions, sliced 1/2in. thick Carrots, sliced diagonally
Whole fresh mushrooms Red baby potatoes.

Toss each vegetable with olive oil, slat and pepper. Place on cookie sheet. Roast in a preheated 400 oven for 20 to 40 minutes on the inside, crisp on the outside. Arrange the vegetables in groups on a large platter. Serve hot or at room temperature.