Thursday, April 30, 2015

Shrimp

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Best... Best Shrimp! Just really Good... wink emoticon
detailed recipe - http://myfridgefood.com/re…/entree-seafood/best-best-shrimp/
Melt a stick of butter in... the pan. Slice one lemon and layer it on top of the butter. Put down fresh shrimp, then sprinkle one pack of dried Italian seasoning. Put in the oven and bake at 350 for 15 min, nice and easy smile emoticon
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Salted Carmel Cheese Cupcakes

Cheesecake Cupcakes
Yield: 24 cupcakes
Cheesecake Cupcakes
Ingredients
  • 2 cups finely crushed graham crackers (from 16 sheets)
  • 3 Tbsp granulated sugar
  • 7 Tbsp salted butter, melted
  • 4 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 3 Tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • Salted Caramel Sauce or Strawberry Sauce, recipes follow
Directions
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl, whisk together crushed graham crackers with 3 Tbsp granulated sugar. Pour in melted butter and stir mixture until evenly coated. Divide graham cracker mixture among 24 paper lined muffin cups, adding about a heaping Tbsp to each. Press mixture into an even layer. Bake in preheated oven 5 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool while preparing filling.
  • In a small mixing bowl, whisk together 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar with 3 Tbsp flour until well blended. Add softened cream cheese to a separate mixing bowl and pour sugar mixture over top. Blend mixture on low speed until smooth. Mix in eggs one at a time and blend on low speed, while scrapping sides and bottom of bowl and mixing just until combined after each addition. Add vanilla, sour cream and heavy cream and mix just until combined. Tap mixing bowl against counter top about 30 times to release some of the air bubbles. Divide mixture among muffin cups filling each cup nearly full. Bake in preheated oven 20 - 23 minutes, centers should still jiggle slightly, don't overbake (if they begin to crack they are starting to become overbaked). Remove from oven and allow to cool 1 hour. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and transfer to refrigerator and chill 2 hours. Serve chilled with a spoonful of Salted Caramel Sauce or Strawberry Sauce (note: for best results spoon topping on just before serving). Store in an airtight container in refrigerator or freeze.
  • Recipe Source: Cooking Classy

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Oven Roasted Vegetables

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Oven Roasted Vegetables:
Ingredients:
1 bundle of asparagus
1 small bag of snow peas
2 medium to small yellow squash...
1 zucchini
1 small bag of baby carrots
1 package of grape tomatoes (or cherry tomatoes)
1 sweet potato
EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)
2 tablespoons Rosemary (If you are using fresh, then it would be 3 tablespoons)
2 1/2 tablespoons Basil (If you are using fresh, then it would be 1/3 cup basil)
McCormick’s steak seasoning’s (pepper mix-it’s part of their Grinders series)
Sea Salt
1 tablespoon minced Garlic

Directions:
  1. Pre-heat the oven to 425 degrees
  2. Cut squash and potatoes into chunks.  For the asparagus, snap at the appropriate areas for them.  This is usually about 1 to 1 1/2 inches from the bottom of the asparagus.  Then cut Asparagus in half.  Not down the middle in half, but across.  We want to leave the spears intact.
  3. Next, you will want to mix the vegetables in one bowl.  Unless you have a really HUGE bowl, then do like me and use 2 separate bowls.
  4. Once the vegetables are in the bowl, sprinkle your EVOO all around the top of them.  This will probably wind up being about 1/4 cup.
  5. Add all of the seasonings on top.  Now, Use the salt and McCormick’s pepper mix to your own liking.  Everyone has their own salt and pepper threshold.  Some might even want to add more rosemary and less basil, but to each their own.  With a wooden spatula, fold all of the vegetables and seasoning together.  Keep mixing until you are sure that the ingredients are nice and spread out.
  6. When done, place your vegetables into a deep baking dish.  I had to use two! lol..don’t judge me.  Cover the dishes with foil, and bake for 30 minutes.  Then, take off the foil and bake for another 10 to 15 minutes.  If you like your vegetables more al dente, then lessen the covered cooking time.

Strawberry crean Cheese Cobbler

Courtney Luper's photo.

 
 STRAWBERRY CREAM CHEESE COBBLER
**Your family is going to go NUTS over this one!!!! It will be their new FAVORITE!
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 cup milk
1 cup of all Purpose flour
1 cup sugar
2 Teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 quarts whole strawberries, washed and tops off
4 oz cream cheese, cut into small pieces.
Preheat oven 350 degrees.
melt butter and pour into 9 x 13 inch glass baking dish.
in a small bowl mix together the egg,milk,flour,sugar,baking powder, and salt. Pour directly over the butter in the baking dish, but do not stir.
Add the strawberries,arranging in a single layer as much as possible. Sprinkle cream cheese pieces over strawberries. Place in preheated oven and bake for 45 minutes or until top is golden brown and edges are bubbling. ( crust rises up and around the fruit, but fruit will still pop a little out of top)
~Enjoy!!~ !

Perfect Cinnamon Rolls

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PERFECT CINNAMON ROLLS
Ingredients::...
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons cold butter
7 to 8 tablespoons milk

FILLING
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons butter, softened, divided 1/3 cup packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions:
In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in milk, a tablespoon at a time, and toss with a fork until mixture forms a ball. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface; roll into a 7-in. square. Spread with 2 tablespoons butter.
Combine the brown sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over butter. Roll up jellyroll style. Cut into six even slices. Place cut side up in greased pan. Bake at 400° for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown. Melt remaining butter; brush over rolls. Serve warm. Yield: 6 rolls. (you can double the recipe for as many as you want to make)
To Make Icing
2 cups powdered sugar
1 -3 tablespoon half-and-half cream or 1 tablespoon cream, approximate 1 dash salt, optional
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1 teaspoon lemon extract or 1 teaspoon orange extract
Directions:
Mix together sugar and enough cream to achieve a spreading consistency. Add extract flavor of your choice and salt (if desired- I omit). Spread over warm still warm cinnamon rolls. This also makes a nice icing for quick breads like banana bread or zucchini bread

Refrigerator Jam

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Baked Oreo Cheesecake






Baked Oreo Cheesecake

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 175°C/155°C fan/gas 3.5. Smash all but 3 of the Oreos into crumbs and mix with the melted butter. Press 2/3 into the bottom of a lined 20cm spring form cake tin and smooth.
  2. 2
    Mix together the cream cheese, sour cream, lemon zest, custard powder, vanilla essence and sugar. Spread half over the base, sprinkle over remaining biscuit crumbs and top with remaining cream cheese mixture. Smooth the top and bake for about 1 hour then remove and allow to cool on a wire rack for about 2 hours.
  3. 3
    Melt the dark chocolate and mix with 70g cream until well combined. Melt the white chocolate and mix with the remaining 30g cream. Spread the dark chocolate all over the cake, drizzle the white chocolate over the top and use a toothpick to create patterns. Roughly chop the 3 remaining oreo biscuits and use to decorate around the side.