Corn Flake Tarts with Amaretto Whip Cream

Corn Flake Tart

Melt together 1 bag of Marshmallows and 1/2 stick of butter in the microwave. ( about 3min )

Add 6-7 cups of coarsley crushed cornflakes- mix all together.

Coat your hands with butter and make into small balls. Press into muffin tins and shape to form a shell.

Freeze for 10-15 minutes.

Amaretto Whip Cream Filling

Whip together 1 quart of heavy whipping cream and 2 tbsp powdered sugar

fold in 1/4 cup of Amaretto after the cream is whipped and can form stiff peaks.

Fill the frozen tart shells with the whip cream and refreeze till you are ready to serve them.

Serve them while they are still frozen with a sprinkle of cinnamon.

Yummy Yummy Yummy!

From our Christmas table to Yours

Merry Christmas!

Chargers to Decorate your Dining Table.

So over the last couple of weeks I have been working on a design for a  charger plate. This is what I have come up with. They are going to sell for $40.00 for a set of four ( not including freight). We are going to start offering them in, Black, Burnt Orange, French Blue and a Sage Green. But keep a watch as we are creating new borders for your Christmas Table.

Edge of the Black Charger

These are the Black Chargers

I used the Burnt Orange Chargers for my Thanksgiving table.

I decorated my Thanksgiving table with the Burnt Orange chargers.

Our Thanksgiving Table!

Burnt Orange Charger

Big Pancakes - Crepes

Big Pancake Batter

Making the pancakes.

Recipe

6 eggs

3 cups milk

2 cups flour

1 cup sugar ( I only use a 1/2 cup )

3 tbsp oil ( you can use melted lard also )

1 tsp salt

Beat eggs and sugar together, add the milk, mix in the flour. Add the oil and the salt.

I use a 1/4 cup measure to pour onto the griddle.

( 450 -500 degrees )

 they will cook quickly so keep an eye on them.

Banana topping

1/2  stick of butter

1/2 to 1 cup of brown sugar

4 banana's

Melt the butter and sugar together

add banana's....and if you want add a spicy Rum or Grand Marnier to give it a little kick!

Hope you enjoy this family favorite!

Beignets...Almost as good as the Jazz Kitchen's

Beignets

Step 1- take 2 tbsp yeast and add to 1 cup warm water. Let sit for about 10 minutes, it will get a nice frothy top on it when it is ready to use. If the Yeast does not become forthy on the top start over with fresh yeast.

Step 2 - add 1 cup of flour to the yeast mixture and mix together. let this double in size.

Step 3- In a seperate bowl take 1 and 1/4 stick of softened butter and  2/3 cup sugar, cream this together.

             add in 3 eggs ( one at a time ) 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp vanilla and slowly add 3 1/2 cups flour.  start by doing this with a spoon and not the mixer. Once you get this all mixed together then you can use your mixer to finish mixing this together. It will be a soft dough.  Let this rise together for 1-1 1/2 hours or till it doubles in size.

 

When your dough has doubled in size then it is time to roll it out on a floured board. Roll it out to about 1" thick and cut into bite size pieces. They will rise and puff up in the hot oil when you are deep frying them.  fry them for about 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown.

In the Oil Hot Tub...Looking good

Ready to bite into them....Yummy!

Roll the Beignets in Sugar to finish them off!

Vanilla Cream Sauce for Dipping

Step 1 - seperate 12 eggs ( we need only the yolks )

to the egg yolks add 1 cup sugar and cream together

2 cups heavy cream

2 cups whole milk

1 tbsp vanilla

Bring this to a simmer

When the cream and milk mixture is warm add it to the egg and sugar mixture slowly whisking it together

pour this back in to the saucepan and keep stirring with a wooden spoon until it starts to thicken. This can take up to about 8 minutes.  Let cool and then place in the fridge. This sauce is so good on the beignets.

Granola Bars

So I found a recipe for Granola Bars on the internet through Pinterest...and they are so yummy. To make this my own...I added a couple of things that my family likes to eat in Granola bars. So here is the recipe. ( Mels Version )

2 cups oatmeal
1 cup sliced almonds  
1/2 cup pecans 
toss this together with 3 tbsp canola oil to help with the toasting.

Toast on a baking sheet at 325 oven for about 10-15 min or until golden brown
  

                 
In a seperate bowl ( use a large one ) add the next ingredients;

1 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup of dried cranberries or any other dried fruit that you like ( you can try Chocolate chips too )
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg

Add the oatmeal mixture to the bowl and mix it together.

In a saucepan pour 1/2 cup honey and 1 tsp of vanilla and bring to a boil. This is going to be your glue that holds the granola bars together. let is simmer for 3-4 minutes till it becomes quite thin and runny.

When your honey is ready pour over the granola mixture and mix till all coated with the honey. Use a

9 X 13 baking sheet lined with parchment paper ( you need this so that it can be removed easily from the pan.) lightly coat the parchment paper with canola oil with your hands. This helps the granola mixture to not stick to your hands when you are pressing the mixture onto the pan.

Bake at 300 degrees for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely before cutting into bars.

Ready to eat!                            

Hope you enjoy these...they are really simple to make and really heatlthy too.

Enjoy!!!!

Our Day at the Pumpkin Patch

Rylee's first time at a pumpkin patch!

 









Daddy, Rylee and Mommy

                                             







            Rylee and her Papa.
A shoulder ride...that's the way to travel!

In the pumpkins!

                                                            Waiting on a Woman!

Fun Times in the Kitchen with Friends

We had some friends over for Marvins Birthday and we ended up in the kitchen for a quick blog...this recipe has a different spin on the crusty cheesy bread that I have already posted. This is great for a large group of people. You can see by all the people that wandered through the kitchen that night...that was only a couple. The rest of them were in the backyard dancing to the wonderful DJ and Karaoke music of Jayme and Woody...You guys are the best!!!!!

 I made a huge pot of Steak Chili for the party and I served it up in mason jars...so easy for everyone to handle.

I hope that you enjoyed this little video. My friend Brenda is such a kick...we are going to do some real cooking soon....Maybe Thanksgiving.