Best Steak Marinade In Existence

 

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup Soy sauce
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1 1/2 tablespoons garlic powder
• 3 tablespoons dried basil
• 1 1/2 tablespoons dried parsley flakes
• 1 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
• 1 teaspoon dried minced garlic

Preparation
1. Place the soy sauce, olive oil, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, basil, parsley, and pepper in a blender.
Add hot pepper sauce and garlic, if desired. Blend on high speed for 30 seconds until thoroughly mixed.
2. Pour marinade over desired type of meat.
Cover, and refrigerate for up to 8 hours. Cook meat as desired.

GRANDMOTHER’S FAVORITE PEACH COBBLER

 

Ingredients:

• 1 stick butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 can (30 ounces) sliced peaches in syrup
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/3 teaspoon nutmeg

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter in 9 x 13 casserole dish. Separate half cup sugar, all of cinnamon & nutmeg. Separate peaches from syrup.
Mix 1 cup sugar and the other dry ingredients together in a bowl.
Stir in milk & syrup from peaches. Put peaches in casserole dish with melted butter. Pour batter over the top of peaches. Mix cinnamon, nutmeg & 1/2 cup of sugar mixture and sprinkle over top of batter.
Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until top crust is golden brown.

Southern Style Dirty Rice

 

What Ya’ll Need:

• 1 lb. ground meat
• 3 cups uncooked long grain white rice(used uncle ben’s)
• 4 tbsp. Creole Seasoning (used Zatarain’s)
• 1 1/2 tbsp. of Zatarain’s Dehydrated Sweet Bell Peppers
• 1 tbsp. minced Onion(used McCormick’s)
• 1 tbsp. minced garlic
• 1 tbsp. soy sauce
• 6 1/2 cups water
• 2 tbsp. of butter
• *dash of paprika on top for taste

What you Do:

Brown ground beef in large skillet on medium-high heat, make sure you ground it up in very small pieces, then drain and set aside. In a large saucepan bring water to a boil add all the seasonings and butter stir until mixed. Then add the meat and rice; return to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 25 minutes or until rice is tender. Remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with fork before serving. Dash with paprika and enjoy!

Sloppy Joe Mini Pizzas

 

Ingredients

• PAM® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
• 1 pkg (20 oz each) lean ground turkey
• 1/3 cup finely chopped carrot
• 1 can (15 oz each) Manwich® Original Sloppy Joe Sauce
• 1 can (16 oz each) refrigerated jumbo buttermilk biscuits (8 count)
• 1/2 cup Hunt’s® Tomato Sauce-No Salt Added
• 1-1/2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided

Directions

Preheat oven to 400°F. Spray large skillet and 2 large baking sheets with cooking spray. Heat skillet over medium-high heat. Add turkey and carrot; cook 5 to 7 minutes or until turkey is crumbled and no longer pink, stirring occasionally. Stir in Sloppy Joe sauce.
Place 4 biscuits on each baking sheet; press each biscuit into a 5-inch round. Spread 1 tablespoon tomato sauce over each biscuit round. Top each with 2 tablespoons cheese and 1/3 cup meat mixture. Sprinkle tops evenly with remaining cheese.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until biscuits are browned and cheese melts

Fresh Berry Slab Pie

 

Ingredients

• 1 box Pillsbury™ refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box
• 2 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 6 cups assorted fresh berries (sliced strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries)
• 1 cup strawberry glaze

DIRECTIONS

1 Heat oven to 450°F. Remove pie crusts from pouches. On lightly floured surface, unroll and stack crusts one on top of the other. Roll to 17×12-inch rectangle. Fit crust into ungreased 15x10x1-inch pan, pressing onto corners. Fold extra crust even with edges of pan. Prick with fork. Crimp edges. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

2 In medium bowl, mix cream cheese, sugar and milk until smooth. Spread into crust-lined pan. Refrigerate about 1 hour or until set.
3 Gently mix berries and strawberry glaze. Spoon berry mixture on top of cream cheese-topped pie crust. Cover and refrigerate until serving.

EASY CHEESY GARLIC BREAD

 

Ingredients

• 1 loaf of ciabatta bread or oval bread loaf
• 1 1/2 cups Mozzarella Cheese
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley or 1/2 tbs of dried parsley
• 3 large garlic cloves, crushed
• 1/3 cup butter
• Salt and Pepper

Instructions

Cut half-way through the bread, making diagonal slices, then create diagonal slices in the other direction – so effectively you make diamond shapes across the top of the loaf.
Mix the butter and garlic together until soft and easy to spread. Crack a little salt and pepper into the butter-garlic mixture and mix through.
Open up each little bread slice, and butter the inside of the slices. Add in a little cheese to each slice.
Sprinkle the top with parsley.
Wrap in tin foil and bake at 180C for 15 minutes and then remove the foil and grill for 5 minutes until the top of the loaf has browned nicely

EASY CHEESY GARLIC BREAD

 

Ingredients

• 1 loaf of ciabatta bread or oval bread loaf
• 1 1/2 cups Mozzarella Cheese
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley or 1/2 tbs of dried parsley
• 3 large garlic cloves, crushed
• 1/3 cup butter
• Salt and Pepper

Instructions

Cut half-way through the bread, making diagonal slices, then create diagonal slices in the other direction – so effectively you make diamond shapes across the top of the loaf.
Mix the butter and garlic together until soft and easy to spread. Crack a little salt and pepper into the butter-garlic mixture and mix through.
Open up each little bread slice, and butter the inside of the slices. Add in a little cheese to each slice.
Sprinkle the top with parsley.
Wrap in tin foil and bake at 180C for 15 minutes and then remove the foil and grill for 5 minutes until the top of the loaf has browned nicely.

Cracker Barrel chicken n’ dumplins

 

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Flour
• ½ teaspoons Baking Powder
• 1 pinch Salt
• 2 Tablespoons Butter
• 1 cup butterMilk, A Bit Less Than A Full Cup (you can use regular milk if needed)
• 2 quarts Chicken Broth
• 3 cups Cooked Chicken
• A bowl of chicken and dumplings. A glass of sweet tea. It’s a meal any Kentuckian would be proud to fix and danged happy to sit down to. And it’s not hard to make. Come on, I’ll show you how.

Instructions:
In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Cut the butter into the dry ingredients with a fork or pastry blender. Stir in the milk, mixing with a fork until the dough forms a ball.
Heavily flour a work surface. You’ll need a rolling pin and something to cut the dumplings with. I like to use a pizza cutter. I also like to use a small spatula to lift the dumplings off the cutting surface.
Roll the dough out thin with a heavily floured rolling pin. Dip your cutter in flour and cut the dumplings in squares about 2?x2?. It’s okay for them not to be exact. Just eye ball it. Some will be bigger, some smaller, some shaped funny.
Use the floured spatula to put them on a heavily floured plate. Just keep flouring between the layers of dumplings.
To cook them, bring the broth to a boil. Drop the dumplings in one at a time, stirring while you add them. The extra flour on them will help thicken the broth. Cook them for about 15-20 minutes or until they not doughy tasting. Add the cooked chicken to the pot and you’re done!

Peach Upside Down Cake

 

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 1/2-2 cups sliced, pitted and peeled peaches or frozen unsweetened peach slices, thawed and large slices cut in half lengthwise
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup milk

Instructions:
Place 1/4 cup butter in an 8x8x2-inch baking pan. Warm in a 350 degrees F oven about 5 minutes or until butter is melted. (Be sure to watch carefully to avoid overbrowning the butter). Remove pan from oven. Add brown sugar, stirring until sugar is completely moistened. Spread sugar mixture evenly in pan. Arrange peach slices evenly over brown sugar mixture. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Beat in granulated sugar until well combined. Add egg and vanilla, beating until combined. Alternately add the flour mixture and milk to beaten butter mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just until combined. Spread batter evenly over the peaches in the pan.

Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 5 minutes. Loosen cake from sides of pan; invert onto a large serving plate. Cool for 10 to 15 minutes more. Serve warm. Makes 8 servings.

CRISPY PARMESAN CRUSTED ZUCCHINI

 

INGREDIENTS

• 4 zucchini, halved lengthwise
• ⅔ cup panko breadcrumbs
• ½ cup fresh grated parmesan cheese
• ¼ cup finely chopped parsley
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• ¼ cup melted butter
• Salt and pepper

INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 400°F | 200°C. Spray a baking tray or sheet with non stick cooking oil spray Place the zucchini halves, cut side up, on the baking sheet; set aside.
Mix together the breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, parsley and garlic in a small bowl. Pour in the melted butter; season with ¾ teaspoon salt and ⅓ teaspoon pepper (or to taste). Mix the ingredients together until the breadcrumbs absorb the butter (about 40 seconds).
Spoon the mixture over each zucchini half, to evenly cover. Spray the topping with a little cooking oil spray.
Bake for 20 minutes in the hot oven until the crust is golden and the zucchini halves are cooked through. Broil for a further 5 minutes on medium heat to crisp the topping.
Garnish with parsley and serve as a side accompaniment to any main dish

AMBROSIA FRUIT SALAD

 

Ingredients:

• 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 2 1/2 cups shredded coconut
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 (8 ounce) can fruit cocktail, drained
• 1 (8 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
• 3 cups miniature marshmallows
• 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained (optional)
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:
In a large bowl, combine the whipped topping, coconut, chopped nuts, fruit cocktail, pineapple, mandarin oranges, marshmallows, cherries, nutmeg and cinnamon. Mix together well and refrigerate for 30 to 45 minutes.
Ambrosia Fruit Salad is ready to serve.

Pecan Pie Cookies

 

Ingredients:

• 1 prepared single pie crust (homemade or purchased, I used Pillsbury)
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• ½ cup pecans, chopped
• ⅓ cup packed brown sugar
• ¼ cup corn syrup
• 2 eggs
• ⅛ teaspoon salt

optional
¼ cup semi sweet or milk chocolate chip for decorating.

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a large non-stick pan, combine butter, pecans, brown sugar, corn syrup, salt and eggs. Cook on the stove top over medium-low heat just until thickened. (You don’t want it dry, just slightly thickened, about the consistency of pudding). Remove from heat and set aside.
Unroll dough and using a 3″ cookie cutter, cut out circles. Gently fold about ⅛-1/4″ up on the edges.
Spoon 1 tablespoon of the pecan mixture into each circle.
Place on a parchment lined pan (it’s important to line it) and bake 8 minutes or until filling is just set. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.
Place chocolate chips in a small Ziploc bag (use brand name, the store brands tend to leak). Microwave about 15 seconds or until mostly melted. Snip off a tiny corner of the baggie and drizzle chocolate over the cookies. Cool.

Peach Hand Pies

 

Ingredients:

• 2 boxes (14.1 oz each) refrigerated pie crust
• 1 can (21 oz) peach pie filling
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 egg white, beaten

Directions:
Preheat oven to 425°F. Remove pie crusts from package and allow to come to room temperature while you prepare filling.
Dump pie filling in a shallow bowl and dice peaches using a fork and knife (you want them to be small pieces). Add in cinnamon and mix until blended. Set aside.
Unroll pie crusts and cut 6 circles from each crust using a 4-inch biscuit cutter. You may have to re-roll the scraps to get the 6th circle.
Using a 1 tbsp cookie scoop, drop peach pie filling into center of each pie crust circle. Fold in half and pinch edges completely. Fold pinched edges over and press with the tines of a fork to seal. Poke hand pie with fork once, to prevent bursting.
Beat egg white in a small bowl until frothy. Brush over the tops of each hand pie. Bake on a parchment paper lined baking sheet (1 inch apart) for about 15 minutes, until browned.
While pies are baking, whisk together the powdered sugar and milk until smooth. Remove cooked pies from baking sheet and drop (while warm) into glaze, coating it completely. I use two forks to flip it in the glaze and remove carefully. Return to parchment paper and allow to set (about 5 minutes).

Banana Split Pie

 

Ingredients:

• 1 stick butter, melted
• 1 box graham cracker crumbs
• 1 stick butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 5 bananas, sliced
• 1 (15 ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained

• 1 (16 ounce) container Cool-Whip, thawed
• 1 (4 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, stemmed
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
• Chocolate Syrup, optiona

Instructions:

In a 9×13 glass or porcelain dish, combine 1 stick of melted butter and graham cracker crumbs. With a fork, incorporate the butter until the crumbs are coated. Firmly press into a crust in the bottom of the pan.

In a medium bowl, cream together the other stick of softened butter, eggs and confectioners’ sugar; beat for 15 minutes. Spread evenly on the graham cracker crust. Layer banana slices evenly on top of butter/sugar mixture; layer pineapple on top of the bananas. Evenly spread the Cool-Whip and garnish with cherries and pecans. Drizzle optional chocolate syrup over the top. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight. Keeps well refrigerated for about a week.

KFC Original Recipe Chicken

 

Ingredients:

• 1 med onion chopped
• 1 tsp cooking oil
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 can(s) (10)oz tomato soup
• 1/4 c water
• 1 Tbsp italian seasoning
• 3 Tbsp butter
• 1 Tbsp garlic salt
• 32 slice pepperoni (chopped)
• 2 c shredded mozzerella

Directions:
1 Start by adding the onions and a drizzle of canola or vegetable oil in a large skillet on medium high heat.
Heat through. Add the ground beef and cook all the way through,.
Once the meat is cooked,add chopped pepperoni, add the tomato soup, water and pizza seasoning.
Reduce to low and let simmer.
2 While the meat and sauce are simmering, preheat the oven on broil and spread the butter evenly on each
English muffin half. Sprinkle with garlic salt.
Pop these under the broiler on a cookie sheet for about 2 minutes or until they begin to brown just on the edges.
3 Take out of the oven and top each English muffin with about 1/4 cup of the meat and sauce mixture.
Top each of those with the cheese.
Place back under the broiler for another 2-3 minutes or until the cheese turns golden brown and bubbly.
Enjoy!

KFC Original Recipe Chicken

 

For the coating

• 2 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons paprika
• 2 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon tarragon
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/2 teaspoon onion salt
• 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
  *optional add ketchup to mix

Directions:

1. Sift together all the coating ingredients and place in a clean plastic bag. Coat each chicken piece first with the beaten egg, then with the flour mixture in the bag. Make sure you coat each piece completely with the flour.

2. Heat the oil in a skillet. Brown the chicken in oil slowly, uncovered. Once
browned, cover the skillet and keeping frying on a very gentle heat until the chicken is fully cooked. Place on paper towels to drain out the excess oil.

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Texas Roadhouse’s Rolls

 

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup warm milk
• 1 package or 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose four, plus more for the board
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup butter, melted plus 1/4 cup butter, melted (optional)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Honey Cinnamon Butter
• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar

How to make it :

In a cup or small bowl, stir together the warm milk, sugar, and yeast. Allow the yeast to proof and begin to activate while you prepare the other ingredients. (This is not necessary, but I prefer this to using milk cold out of the refrigerator). Using a stand mixer or food processor, combine the flour, egg, 1/3 cup melted butter, and salt. Add the milk mixture and process until you have a smooth dough; it will be stickier and wetter than regular bread dough. Place the dough in a greased bowl, turn the dough to grease all sides, and cover with a towel. Let rise until it has doubled in size. When the dough has doubled, punch it down and turn it out on a floured board. Let rest for 10 minutes. Roll out the dough into a large, flat rectangle approximately 1/2 inch thick. Cut into 16 portions with a sharp knife and place on a greased baking sheet and let rise again, until doubled. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake the rolls for 10 minutes on the greased baking sheet. They will be light brown when removed from the oven. If desired you can brush the tops of the rolls with the remaining 1/4 cup melted butter before serving .
Prepare honey cinnamon butter by combining butter, cinnamon, honey, and powdered sugar until well blended.

HERSHEY’S SYRUP BROWNIES

 

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 cup butter ( no substitutes, melt in microwave)
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup flour
• 1 (16 ounce) cans Hershey’s syrup
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional) Icing
• 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, melted ( no subs)
• 4 tablespoons cocoa
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

How to make it:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease the bottom of a 10 by 15 inch pan
2. After melting butter in microwave, cream sugar and butter together. Add eggs, one at a time and beating well after each addition.
3. Add vanilla extract.
4. Add flour, mix well.
5. Add Hershey syrup, mix well.
6. Add chopped nuts, if using.
7. Pour batter into pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until brownies test done with a toothpick.
8. When the brownies are almost done baking, prepare icing.
9. Bring to boil in the microwave, the butter, cocoa and 1 T. milk.
10. In a mixing bowl, add confectioners’ sugar. Add the cocoa mixture to the sugar and beat well. Add 1 t.
vanilla extract. Add the rest of the milk. Add enough to get the desired spreading consistency.
11. Let brownies cool about 5-10 minutes. Spread icing on brownies. Sprinkle with some more chopped
nuts, if desired. The icing will harden to a fudge-like consistency.
12. Let brownies cool completely before cutting into squares.

Southern Candied Sweet Potatoes

 

Ingredients:

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 6 sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Instructions:

In a small bowl, mix the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together.
Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat; add sweet potatoes, and stir to coat.
Sprinkle sugar mixture over the sweet potatoes, and stir.
Cover skillet, and reduce heat to low.
Cook, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour, or until the sauce is dark and the potatoes are candied.
They should be tender, but a little hard around the edges.
Stir in vanilla, and serve.

My Grandmother’s Fresh Peach Cobbler

 

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1 cup flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 cup milk
• 5 -6 peaches, sliced
• 3/4 cup sugar

Directions:

1 Preheat oven to 350°.
2 Pour melted butter into an 8×8 pan.
3 Whisk together the flour, 3/4 cup of sugar, baking powder and milk.
4 Pour over melted butter.
5 Cover with peach slices.
6 Cover with 3/4 cup sugar (I know this will seem like a lot, but use it all.).
7 Bake until batter rises to top and forms a nice brown crust, about 20 – 30 minutes.