Monkey Bread

Ingredients:

3 (12 oz) packages refrigerated biscuit dough
1 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ cup margarine
1 cup packed brown sugar
½ cup chopped walnuts (optional)
½ cup raisins (optional)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350. Grease one 9 or 10 inch tube pan, bundt pans are perfect for this recipe. A spring ring pan wouldn’t be a good idea since the caramel could leak out of the pan.
Mix white sugar and cinnamon in a plastic bag. Cut biscuits into quarters. Shake 6-8 biscuit pieces in the sugar cinnamon mix. Arrange pieces in the bottom of the prepared pan. Continue until all biscuits are coated and placed in pan. If using nuts and raisins arrange them in and among the biscuit pieces as you go along.
In a small saucepan melt the margarine with the brown sugar over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute. Pour over the biscuits.
Bake at 350 for 35 minutes. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a plate. Do not cut, the bread just pulls apart.

Café Rio meat

3 lbs meat thawed (pork is the best)

1 can sprite, not quite the whole can

½ - 1 cup brown sugar

½ - 1 cup salsa

Put everything in the slowcooker on high for 4 hours.

Shred it all up. Cook another half hour. Strain. Roll up in tortillas or spread on hamburger buns. Yum!

Amazing Sticky Fingers

I don't know how many of you know this, but Ammon can COOK. I can follow a recipe, but Ammon actually enjoys cooking. How did I get so lucky? :)

So he decided to bring Wingers to our house tonight. We found the recipe for sticky fingers at http://www.favfamilyrecipes.com/2009/01/just-like-wingers-sticky-fingers-and.html, and he went all out on the rest of the meal, even down to the bowl of popcorn to munch on while we worked in the kitchen.

For the sauce:

**Covers about 8 sticky fingers

3 Tbsp. Franks Hot Sauce

3/4 c. brown sugar

2 Tbsp. water

(Ammon added 1 tsp salt, which, according to him, "made it go from tasting 97% like Wingers, to tasting 100% like Wingers. So there you go.)

Heat up hot sauce, brown sugar and water in a saucepot until all the sugar dissolves.

For the Sticky Fingers:

1 c. oil

1 pkg. frozen breaded chicken fingers

In a frying pan, heat oil and cook chicken fingers until crispy and warm. Bring the sauce to a rolling boil, and put the chicken in the pot to thoroughly coat it. Serve with ranch, celery sticks, steak fries, and of course, your favorite beverage (I like strawberry lemonade, Ammon likes good 'ol root beer).

And what Winger's meal would be complete without a little Asphalt Pie? This was our own recipe, and it turned out pretty good: Oreo crust, mint ice-cream, whipped cream, and caramel. Yum!

Honey Roasted Red Potatoes

Ingredients:

1 pound red potatoes, quartered

2 tablespoons diced onion

2 tablespoons butter, melted

1 tablespoon honey

1 teaspoon dry mustard

1 pinch salt

1 pinch ground black pepper

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly coat an 11x7 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.

Place potatoes in a single layer in prepared dish, and top with onion. In a small bowl, combine melted butter, honey, mustard, salt and pepper; drizzle over potatoes and onion.

Bake in the preheated 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) oven for 35 minutes or until tender, stirring halfway through the cooking time.

Apple Pie

Ingredients:

6 cups sliced apples

3/4 cup white (or brown) sugar

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1-2 Tbsp lemon juice

2 Tbsp flour

1/2 tsp vanilla

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp butter

1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch single crust pie 

Directions:

Prepare your pastry for a two crust pie. Wipe, quarter, core, peel, and slice apples; measure to 6 cups.

Combine sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice, flour, vanilla, and nutmeg. The amount of sugar used depends on how tart your apples are.

Arrange apples in layers in pastry lined pie plate. Dot top with small pieces of butter or margarine. Cover with top crust.

Cover cookie sheet with parchment paper. Place on lowest rack in oven preheated to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake for 30 to 35 minutes longer. Serve warm or cold.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Cake

I found this recipe on allrecipes.com and thought it looked so good! I had to save the recipe, because I'm definately making this one of these days!

Ingredients:

1 (18 ounce) package small chocolate chip cookies

1/4 cup margarine, melted

1 cup hot fudge topping

2 quarts vanilla ice cream

1 cup whipped cream

12 cherries

 

Directions:

Crush half the cookies (about 20) to make crumbs. Combine crumbs with melted margarine and press into the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan or pie plate. Stand remaining cookies around edge of pan. Spread 3/4 cup fudge topping over crust. Freeze 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, soften 1 quart of ice cream in microwave or on countertop. After crust has chilled, spread softened ice cream over fudge layer. Freeze 30 minutes.

Scoop remaining quart of ice cream into balls and arrange over spread ice cream layer. Freeze until firm, 4 hours or overnight. To serve, garnish with remainder of fudge topping, whipped cream and cherries.

Oven Baked Chicken

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
2/3 cup Bisquick
1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 (3 to 3 1/2 pound) cut-up whole chicken

Directions:
Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Melt butter in rectangular baking dish, 13x9x2 inches, in oven.
Stir together Bisquick, paprika, salt and pepper; coat chicken. Place skin sides down in dish (dish and butter should be hot).
Bake 35 minutes; turn chicken. Bake about 15 minutes longer or until juice is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut.