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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Jammin' Oatmeal: Breakfast Is Served

Jammin' Oatmeal: Breakfast Is Served


Hi everybody :)

Welcome to another Breakfast Is Served. If you're just tuning  in to my post every Sunday I post a Breakfast Is Served. To catch up, last week breakfast was Freezer Buttermilk Biscuits with Honey Cinnamon Butter.

Today breakfast is all about the oatmeal. I love oatmeal and this recipe is one ways I serve it.

Jammin' Oatmeal

1 - 1 1/4 cups Oatmeal
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup milk (not shown)
Honey to taste
Jam or Preserves, any flavor; to taste (I love the ones with pieces of fruit in it)
2 tablespoons Pecan, Almonds, or Walnuts; toasted with Cinnamon Sugar Butter
Cinnamon Sugar Butter to taste

In a small pan heat water and milk over medium heat add oatmeal and cook as directed on box. Remove from heat.
  Add the honey and butter, swirling to melt. Add the nuts. Serve immediately.
I love the taste of this, it reminds me of eating a crisp or pie. My favorite preserve to use with it is cherry, but I run out of it :(. It's more delicious I think when using a jam or preserve with pieces of fruit in it.


















ENJOY! Come again...

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Saturday, November 17, 2012

Whiskey Chicken Drummers

Whiskey Chicken Drummers


Hi everybody :)

One day while watching Rachael Ray Show, this recipe caught my attention. Since it has my favorite part of the chicken, the drumsticks or drummers as she calls them, I wanted to give it a try.  Let's get it started.
Whiskey Chicken Drummers adapted Rachael Ray Show

Ingredients

For the marinade:


         2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce (I used Worcestershire Pepper Blend)
         2 tablespoons whiskey or bourbon
         2 tablespoons hot sauce (such as Frank's® Red Hot®)
         2 tablespoons cider vinegar
        12 chicken leg drummers
        Salt and pepper ( I use Rosemary, Basil and Citrus Salt)

For the sauce:

          3  tablespoons butter
          2 large cloves garlic, minced
          2 shots whiskey
          1/3 cup cayenne pepper hot sauce (such as Frank's® Red Hot®)
          1 teaspoon coarse black pepper

Chopped or sliced scallions
Carrot and celery sticks (celery not shown)

Mix marinade ingredients in a large baggie. Season drummers with salt and pepper, and add them to the marinade. Refrigerate 3 hours then bring up to room temp.
Preheat oven to 300ºF. Arrange a wire rack over a baking sheet. Arrange drummers on the rack and slow cook 1 hour and 15-30 minutes.

For the sauce, melt butter in a pan over medium heat. Add garlic, swirl 2 minutes, 
then add whiskey, hot sauce and pepper. Drop heat to low, let simmer for 5 minutes.
Toss drummers with sauce and top with scallions. Serve with carrot and celery sticks alongside.
What I Did and/or Think:
I followed the recipe exactly but only did half of the whiskey because I only used 5 drumsticks. I also let my drumsticks or drummers marinaded overnight. 


The Taste: These drummers were very tasty. A little too spicy for me, but my son and his friend LOVE them. I used the full amount of the hot sauce in the recipe, next time I'll do half. So this will be REPEATED!  













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Friday, November 16, 2012

Chocolate Turtle Pudding Poke Cake: My 100th Post!

Chocolate Turtle Pudding Poke Cake: My 100th Post!


Hi everybody :)

Bring your favorite chocolate dessert to Roxana’s Home Baking #chocolateparty and win amazing prizes from OXO, Calphalon, Keurig, Imperial Sugar, Honey Ridge Farms and Land O’ Lakes® Butter

Today is my 100th post! YES! From the time when I posted Red Velvet Cake, my very first post to now. WOW! I didn't know NOTHING about blogging back then, I'm still learning now. I started out because I just wanted to share my joy of baking with the world. 

During the few months I been blogging, I notice my most popular post is the Red Velvet Poke Cake. So to celebrate, for days, I been thinking of a way to make an out-of-this-world-amazing chocolate poke cake. I think I accomplish my mission, Chocolate Turtle Pudding Poke Cake. Here's  what I did...
 Chocolate Turtle Pudding Poke Cake inspired My Recipes America's Favorite Food
 or online here.
 
The Cake:

 















1 (18.25-oz.) package devil's food cake mix
3 large eggs
1  cup milk, buttermilk , sour cream, or water
1/2 cup oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon instant coffee granules 

1 tablespoon cocoa  + more for sprinkling pan

The Filling:


 















2 (3.9-oz.) package chocolate instant pudding mix (prepare as directed on the box)
1/2 cup Dulce de Leche (I used homemade following this recipe)
2 Tablespoon Kahlua, optional

The Topping:


 













1 (16-oz.) can ready-to-spread chocolate fudge frosting (save about 3 tablespoons for drizzling)
4 oz. (1/2  8 oz. container)  Cool Whip, thawed

5 (1.76-oz.) packages turtle candies (2 packages for garnishing) 3 turtles per pack or 15 turtles
Dulce de leche for garnish


DIRECTIONS 


For the Cake:
Preheat oven to 350°. Grease 13 by 9 inches pan sprinkle with cocoa. Set aside.

Beat cake mix and remaining ingredients at low speed with an electric mixer 1 minute; beat at medium speed 2 minutes. 

Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake at 350° for 30 to 32 minutes
Remove from oven.  Let cool for a few minutes. Then, with a wooden spoon handle, large fork or skewer poke holes in the warm cake at 1/2-inch intervals. Be sure to poke right down to the bottom of the cake. You want holes big enough so that the pudding has plenty of room to get to the bottom.

For the Pudding Filling:
Whisk together prepared pudding,  Dulce de Leche, and Kahlua, if desired, in a bowl until well blended.

Pour pudding over cake. (There will be some pudding mixture left over, so enjoy :).  Making sure to get right into the holes as much pudding as possible. Cover and put in the refrigerator to set for about 2 hours.

For the Topping:
Cut 6 turtle candies in half, and set aside for garnish. Dice remaining 9 turtle candies In a large bowl, fold cool whip into chocolate fudge frosting and diced candies. Spread over top of cake.

Drizzle with Dulce de Leche and fudge frosting over top; place turtle candies halves on top of each servings.
 
What I Think:
Although  I made the Dulce de Leche, it can be purchase at your local  supermarket.  It's very simple to make using the link provided,  just make ahead and refrigerate the day before. 


















The Taste: The cake was DELICIOUS! It also best to serve this cake well chilled, so plan ahead or a day before serving.  The chocolate flavors intensify overnight!  This chocolaty sensation is definitely a GREAT REPEAT!  

For a more caramel taste, I think this would also be great,  just only using the Dulce de Leche for the filling. I think I'll try it that way next :)

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