Saturday, February 19, 2011

Cheese Danish

16 oz cream cheese softened
1 1/2 tsp of vanilla
1 egg beaten
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup rasberry or apricot jam
2 pkgs of crescent roll dough
4 oz sliced almonds

Preheat oven to 250. Mix cream cheese, vanilla & sugar in bowl. Unroll 1 can of crescent roll dough on a cookie sheet, sealing perforations. Spread cream cheese filling on dough, leaving 1/4 inch edges. Top with jam. Unroll second can of dough and lay on top of first layer. Seal edges with edge of fork. Brush with beaten egg. Sprinkle with sliced almonds. Bake for 30 minutes, allow to cool slightly before cutting & serving.

Wingers Sticky Fingers

Sauce:
2 1/2 cups brown sugar
3 Tbs corn syrup
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup Frank's red hot sauce (NOT tabasco sauce. If you want generic look for "Louisiana" hot sauce - that's what we use.) - p.s. I use more...like 1/2 cup or so.
1 Tbs apple cider vinegar

Combine sugar, syrup, and water in a heavy bottom sauce pan. Heat on medium heat until boiling. Reduce heat and add hot sauce and vinegar. That's all.

Sticky Fingers:
chicken breast cut into strips (or you can use chicken tenders)
1 cup flour
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp paprika
1/3 cup Frank's red hot sauce
1/4 cup water

In a large ziploc bag combine everything BUT hot sauce and water. In a shallow bowl, combine hot sauce and water. Coat your chicken in flour mixture (ps I never measure my spices, I just dump...) then dip it in the hot sauce mixture. Coat the chicken one more time in flour mixture and then fry in a fryer for roughly 5 minutes (or until they are done) We set our fryer at 355*

Once chicken and sauce are prepared, coat chicken in sauce and eat. Once they are "dipped" you can cook them in the oven at 350* for a couple minutes to sort of thicken up the sauce. My husband likes them best after they have sat for a few minutes (like ten) because the sauce gets stickier.

Recipe From: This Little Piggy

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Creme Brulee French Toast

1/2 cup butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons corn syrup
1 loaf Texas toast bread (I've used other kinds, just don't do Wonder, fluffy stuff)
5 eggs
1 1/2 cups half and half (or mixture of milk and whipping cream)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla

In a small saucepan melt butter, brown sugar, and corn syrup over medium heat until smooth, stirring occasionally. Pour mixture onto large, greased jelly roll pan (18x13). Spread to cover surface. Place 12 slices Texas toast bread in a single layer to cover pan. Mix together eggs, cream, salt, and vanilla. Spoon mixture over each piece of bread. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Bake uncovered 30 min at 350 degrees. Remove from pan and serve. If not serving immediately, turn each slice of bread over (this will prevent bread from sticking to the bottom of the pan). You can serve with syrup butter but I just use a small amount of plain syrup since the bread is super sticky, moist, and rich anyway.

Syrup Butter

1 1/2 cups butter
3 cups maple syrup

Melt together and serve over toast.

Recipe From: Sympley Good Recipes