Sweet and Sour Chicken

This recipe is my sister-in-law's (Melissa's). It is soooo good!

8-10 chicken tenders

1 egg

vegetable oil

cornstarch

sauce

3/4 c. sugar

1/2 c. vinegar

1 tbsp. soy sauce

1/4 c. ketchup

1 tsp. garlic powder

Whip egg. Dip uncooked chicken in, then dip in cornstarch. Fry in pan with vegetable oil until golden on both sides. Make sauce and pour in 9x13 pan. Place chicken in dish and cook at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Flip chicken every 15 minutes. Serve over rice.

Note: I think you could definitely do more than 8-10 tenders. You would probably just need a little more egg/cornstarch to dip in.

Apple Pie on a Stick

This recipe is from my camping-chef extraordinaire sister in law Michelle.
They are to DIE for yummy!!

Apples
Roasters
Cinnamon
Sugar

Slowly (and I mean slowly- take your time) roast your apples over hot coals. The apple will begin to split and juices come out, this means you're close. When ready, peel the apple

and roll it in cinnamon and sugar.

Enjoy!

Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu

This is so easy and really yummy! While the recipe calls for 4 chicken breasts, I used 2 and pounded them thin. I then cut each in half to make 4. However, I had lots of extra toppings. So if you do 4 chicken breasts and halve them like I did, you wouldn't need to double the rest of the recipe (in my opinion).

4 chicken breasts

sliced ham

sliced cheese (swiss or provolone)

1 can cream of chicken

1 tbsp. dijon mustard

1 box chicken-flavored stuffing

Prepare stuffing according to directions on box. Put chicken breasts down in pan first; salt and pepper. Follow with a slice of ham, then slice of cheese. Mix together cream of chicken and dijon mustard; spoon some over each chicken breast. Top with stuffing. Bake at 400 degrees for 30-40 minutes, or until done.

Pancake Cupcakes

Pancake Cupcakes

I made these for JJ's birthday.

They were SO yummy!!  

{Pardon the picture, I only had my phone's camera on me}

Recipe from The Whimiscal Princess 

2 Cups Flour

2 Tablespoons Sugar

2 Teaspoons Baking Powder

1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda

1/2 Teaspoon Salt

1 Large Egg

3 Tablespoons Butter, melted

2 Cups Buttermilk {or cheat and add 2 Tablespoons lemon juice or white vinegar and enough milk to make 2 cups and let it stand for 5 minutes}

Preheat oven to 400 degrees and spray a muffin pan with non-stick spray.

In a medium sized bowl whisk the dry ingredients together.  In a small bowl whisk the wet ingredients together.  Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir gently until just combined.  Do not over mix.  Pour the batter, about 1/3 cup, into the prepared muffin pan.  Bake for 10 minutes or until it springs back when gently pressed.  Allow to cool for a few minutes.
Makes approx 12 regular sized cupcakes.

We served ours with syrup, whipped cream and sprinkles. 

Apple Pie Bars

Found this recipe here at Our Best Bites. Made it today to run around to all the people I was supposed to visit teach this month! Loved it! My notes are in bold:

SWEET PASTRY:

2 c. flour

1/2 c. sugar

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1 c. real butter, softened (no substitutions!)

1 egg, beaten

APPLE FILLING:

1/2 c. white sugar

1/4 c. flour

1 tsp. cinnamon

4 c. (about 3 medium) sliced, peeled baking apples (I used 4 small Gala apples)

GLAZE:

2 c. powdered sugar

About 3 Tbsp. milk

1 tsp. almond extract (I used vanilla)

To prepare crust, mix flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder in a medium bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or two knives until you have pea-sized crumbles. Gently mix in beaten egg.

Spray a 9x13 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Gently pat about 2/3 of the crumb mixture onto the bottom of the dish. Preheat oven to 350 and set aside.To prepare apple filling, combine flour, sugar, and cinnamon and toss with apples. Spread apples out on prepared crust. Sprinkle reserved crust mixture over apples evenly and bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes.When finished, allow to cool completely.

To prepare glaze, whisk together powdered sugar, almond extract, and enough milk to achieve desired consistency. Drizzle glaze over cooled pastry and allow to harden (you can place it in the freezer to hurry things along). Cut into bars and serve.

These really are so good!

Halloween Candy Corn Rice Krispies Treats

1/2 C butter
10 C Rice Krispies cereal
9 C miniature marshmallows {1 bag is about 6 cups}
2 C mixture of candy corn and indian corn
Candy pumpkins
3/4 C chocolate chips or mini chocolate chips
Yellow and red food coloring

In a large bowl, combine cereal, candy corns, and chocolate chips. Set aside. In a large sauce pan melt the butter and marshmallows together. Blend in 3 drops red food coloring and 5 drops yellow, adding more if you feel necessary to desired shade. Add marshmallow mixture to the cereal mixture. Stir quickly to combine. Spread on a large {cookie sheet} buttered pan. Press with buttered hands or spatula. While warm press on candy pumpkins spread around each square. Refrigerate and cut. Enjoy!

*There is a bag of Halloween candy called Autumn Mix that has the candy corn, indian corn, and pumpkins in the same bag. You will need two of those.

Fun Pizza Cups (Great for kids!)

Stacie here- I made these the other night. It's been a while since I've made them, and I had forgotten how much I love them. They are so yummy and SO easy!

1 tube refrigerated biscuits (10 biscuits)

1 jar pizza sauce
Grated mozzarella cheese
Assorted pizza toppings (pepperoni, ham, cooked sausage, olives, mushrooms, pineapple, green peppers, zucchini, etc)

Roll out each biscuit and place in a muffin tin covering bottom and sides. Place 1 T of sauce in each biscuit, add toppings and top with grated cheese. Bake at 400° for 12 minutes. Makes 10 pizza cups.