Here is what you will need:

APPLE PIE FLOWERS (Serves 6)

2 Apples (Red Delicious)
2 Pastry Sheets - 1 Sheet makes about 4
Flour
Cinnamon
Sugar
Half a Lemon
Water

Sharp Knife
Large Bowl
Rolling Pin
Silicon Cupcake Tray

 

How to make them:

Chop apples in half and core. 

Thinly slice each segment (the thinner the better). 

Fill bowl with water and add half a lemon.

Place apple slices in bowl and microwave for three minutes.

Drain apple slices.

On your kitchen bench, cover a section with flour and place one pastry sheet on top and sprinkle with flour. 

Using your rolling pin, roll the pastry sheet out making it nice and thin.

Place your apple slices so the skins hang over the edge of the pastry.

once you have layer them on the top edge, sprinkle with some cinnamon and roll from one side to the other.

Continue this until you have made the desired amour of apple pie flowers.

Place them in your silicon cupcake tray (or butter a normal cup cake tray) and place in the oven for 30 minutes on 210 degrees Celsius.

Leave to cool slightly and serve warm.

Honey Garlic Pork Chops

Courtney Luper

It's grilling season!!!! Nothing like some mouth-watering pork chops! Yum!!!!
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This recipe would work with... chicken as well!

Ingredients:
1 cup ketchup
1/3 cup honey
¼ cup soy sauce
2 garlic cloves (minced)
1 1/2 lbs boneless pork chops (6 4 oz portions)
salt and pepper
Directions:
Step 1: In a medium bowl stir together ketchup, honey, soy sauce and garlic. Set aside.
Step 2: Lightly season the pork chops on both sides with salt and pepper. Brush each chop with the sauce to coat.
Step 3: Grease the grill grates of an outdoor grill and heat the grill to medium-high heat. Place pork chops onto the grill, and cook (while basting with the sauce often) for about 5 minutes on each side or until the meat is cooked through (the internal temperature has reached 145 degrees).
(Makes 6 Servings)

Kentucky Blackberry Cobbler

Mary Stone

Homemade Kentucky Blackberry Cobbler
Traditional Recipe
2 1/2 C Fresh blackberries, washed...
1 C Sugar
1 C Flour
2 t Baking powder
1/2 t Salt
1 C Milk
1 Stick of unsalted butter, melted

First you should take care of the blackberry and sugar mixture because it needs to sit for a while. Stir together just the berries and sugar in a large bowl and let it sit out for 25-30 minutes. This will coax out the juices of the blackberries so that they can be sweetened up by the sugar, and we can taste the full spectrum of the fruit–this process is called macerating.
After about 20 minutes, you should turn on the oven to about 375º and start preparing your batter.
Stir together the flour, baking powder, salt, and milk with a wooden spoon. Next, stir in the melted butter and hand-mix it until the ingredients are well incorporated and you have few clumps.
Pick out a clean baking dish– a smaller one will do– pour in the batter and smooth it out. You can choose to line it with parchment paper or not, but don’t grease the pan (there is enough butter in there already!). Finally, pour the macerated blackberries on top with all the sugar included and evenly distribute it over the batter.
Bake this promising pan of happiness in the oven for 45 minutes to an hour, depending on how golden you prefer it to be. Let it set up for a good 15 minutes so it will hold its shape. It will be bubbling like crazy and quite hot, so be careful!
This hour goes a little like this: you can hear it bubbling through the vent behind the stove, you can smell the buttery dough caramelizing with the sugar, and you can see the dotted crown of blackberries creating that quintessential golden cobbler crust. It is a marvel to have in your oven, let me tell you!
Serve warm or room temperature with warmed cream or fresh whipped cream. You can store this at room temperature with foil over it for 2-3 days, probably longer in the fridge…but it never lasts that long for me!

Cheesy Bacon Bombs

In order to make this recipe, you will need:

1 can (8 ct.) Pillsbury Grands Flaky Layers Biscuits
1 block of mozzarella cheese
1 package of bacon (I suggest thick cut bacon)
Toothpicks or larger wooden skewers
Oil (I used Canola, but you could use vegetable oil as well)
According to the BBQ Bros, “the aim of this is to wrap the cheese block in raw biscuit, then wrap it in a piece of bacon and fry it in 350° oil until all sides are nice and golden brown. Set on paper towels to drain and cool for a few minutes.”

Hasselback Garlic Potatoes w/Bacon & Cheese

Nancy Miller

OMG - These are the BEST potatoes ever!
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Hasselback Garlic Potatoes w/ Bacon &... Cheese Recipe!

For many people, Hasselback style potatoes are nothing new.
Make some slices in a potato, bake, and it magically fans out into an impressive looking potato with LOTS of character indeed, making for a brilliant addition to any meal!
Ingredients
16 ounces potatoes
3 to 5 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
4 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons olive oil
salt and fresh black pepper
Fresh chives (diced)
Bacon (cut into large chunks)
Shredded Cheese of your choice- 1-cup
Sour Cream, recipe follows**
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Using a wooden spoon as a cradle, place each potato in the spoon and make several parallel slits into each potato top making sure not to slice completely through.
Place 3 garlic slices between slits at the crown of each potato. Toss in a medium bowl with butter and olive oil.
Place on a baking sheet lined with tin foil and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.
When the potatoes begin to “fan out” it’s time to make the magic happen.Carefully slip a hunk of bacon into each slit of the potato like so and continue to cook
Once the potatoes and bacon are fully cooked (use a knife poke test), coat the potatoes with heaping helping of shredded cheese. .
Bake until tops are crispy and potatoes are cooked through, about 1 hour. Transfer to a platter and top with Herbed Sour Cream and chives.
Herbed Sour Cream:
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley leaves
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Combine ingredients in a small bowl. Season, to taste, and refrigerate until use.

Chicken Bacon Lasagna Rolls

 

CHICKEN BACON LASAGNA ROLLS
INGREDIENTS:
8 lasagna pasta, cooked and drained.
1 pound bacon, diced, cooked and drained...
1 small red or yellow onion
6 cloves of garlic, crushed
2 chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
2 cups of Alfredo cream sauce
1/2 cup mozzarella (to sprinkle on top)
1/2 cup grated Parmesan (to sprinkle on top)

Filling:
1 cup ricotta cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
6 oz. cream cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
1 tablespoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons onion powder
salt and pepper
DIRECTIONS:
- Add 8 pieces of lasagna pasta to a large pot of boiling water.
- Cook pasta 2 minutes less than the directions on the package.
- Drain pasta in strainer and lay pasta onto paper towels to dry off excess water.
- Shred chicken breasts. Set aside.
- Cut and fry bacon.
- Add diced onions and crushed garlic 3 minutes prior to baking being finished.
- Drain bacon mixture onto a plate with paper towels.
- In a medium size bowl, mix together the ricotta cheese, sour cream, cream cheese, Parmesan and seasonings.
- Divide and spread the filling onto the cooked pasta evenly.
- Add the shredded chicken onto each pasta.
- Sprinkle the bacon mixture on top of the chicken and cheese mixture. (Save some for the top after you roll up the pasta.)
- Sprinkle some Parmesan on top of the bacon and chicken.
- Spread ½ cup of cream sauce on the bottom of a medium baking dish.
- Roll the pasta and put seam side facing down into the sauce that is in the baking dish.
- Cover the roll ups with the rest of the cream sauce.
- Top with pieces of bacon.
- Sprinkle mozzarella and Parmesan on top.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 25 to 35 minutes.

Crockpot French Dip Sandwiches

Christa Hawkins Hinkley

Crockpot french dip sandwiches
1 can french onion soup (10.5 oz)
1 can beef broth (10.5 oz)
1 can or bottle of beer (12 oz)...
1-3 lbs of pork tenderloin or some kind of roast
french rolls or something similar
swiss or provologne cheese slices
Process

Pour beef broth, french onion soup, and beer into crockpot
Put tenderloin or roast in crockpot as a whole
Cook on low for 7 hours
About 30 minutes before time is up, shred the meat with a fork
Re cover and continue cooking for the remaining 30 minutes
Slice open bread and put swiss cheese slices inside
Put in oven at 200 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until toasty
Remove from oven and fill em up with meat.