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I loved the Paula Dean receipes, so I thought I'd post on my second favorite: Semi-Homemade with Sandra Lee...
Any good ones that you all use? I'll post mine too!
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I'm game!!!
SPICY FRIES
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2 tablespoons taco seasoning
1 teaspoon salt
1 (26-ounce) bag frozen crispy French fries
Preheat oven to 450
Combine taco seasoning and salt(set aside)
On baking sheets make a single layer of French fries. Bake until golden brown, about 12 minutes and season with the spicy salt mixture.
Chuck Wagon Brisket
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6 pounds beef brisket
Salt and pepper
2 packets (1 1/2 ounces) meatloaf seasoning
1 bottle (12 oz) beer
2 cups apple cider
1 cup sliced onions
2 cups BBQ sauce (I like to mix a hot n spicy with jack daniels original)
1 cup soaked hickory or oak wood chips (opt)
Set up grill for indirect cooking over medium heat (no direct heat source under brisket).
Rinse brisket with cold water and pat dry. Season with salt and pepper and place in foil baking pan. Sprinkle with meatloaf seasoning and pour over beer. Add enough apple cider to cover brisket halfway. Top with sliced onions and cover with heavy-duty aluminum foil.
Place pan on hot grill over a drip pan. Cover grill and cook 2 1/2 hours. If using charcoal, add 10 briquettes to each pile of coals every hour. Remove brisket from braising liquid and place directly on grill over the drip pan. Combine 2 cups of braising liquid with BBQ sauce. Mop brisket thoroughly with sauce. Add 1/2 cup of wood chips to each pile of coals. Cover grill. Turn and mop brisket every 20 minutes for 1 hour.
Transfer brisket to cutting board and let rest 10 minutes before slicing. Thinly slice against grain and serve with mop sauce on the side.
INDOOR: Preheat oven to 375.Follow directions for preparing brisket. Cover pan with aluminum foil and bake in preheated oven for 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Remove brisket from braising liquid and place on foil lined baking sheet. Reduce oven temperature to 350.Mop brisket with BBQ sauce return to oven. Turn and mop brisket with sauce 2 more times every 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let rest 10 minutes before slicing.
Grilled Cheese Dippers with Spicy Tomato-Cheese Soup
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1 can condensed Southwest-style pepper jack soup
8 ounces Mexican-style shredded cheese
1 baguette French bread, sliced 1/2-inch thick
1/2 stick butter, softened
Spicy Tomato-Cheese Soup, recipe follows
In a bowl, combine condensed cheese soup and the shredded cheese. Spread mixture on baguette slices. Butter the outside of the sandwiches.
Heat large frying pan or griddle over medium-high heat. Place sandwiches in the pan and cook until golden brown, approximately 2 minutes. Flip sandwiches and cook second side. Cover frying pan to ensure that the cheese melts. Serve as "dunkers" with mugs of Spicy Tomato-Cheese Soup.
Spicy Tomato-Cheese Soup
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1 can condensed tomato soup
1 can condensed Cheddar cheese soup
3 cups spicy tomato juice
2 teaspoons hot pepper sauce
1 teaspoon dried basil
Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan. Heat thoroughly, over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
Serve in mugs with Grilled Cheese Dippers.
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We've made this for the past few Thanksgiving meals. My older daugther just LOVES it!
Spiced Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Citrus Glaze Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee
Cake:
6 eggs
2/3 cup oil
1 cup canned pumpkin pie mix
2/3 cup water
2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
1 box moist spice cake mix
1 box moist yellow cake mix
Glaze:
Yellow food coloring
Red food coloring
1 pound powdered sugar
1/3 cup orange juice, no pulp
3 teaspoons orange liqueur
Cake:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Butter and flour a 12-cup bundt cake pan. In a large mixing bowl, combine the eggs, oil, pie mix, water, and pumpkin pie spice. Beat until well blended. Add the cake mixes and stir to combine. Transfer the mixture to the prepared pan and bake for 50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Invert the cake onto a cooling rack.
Glaze:
Combine 2 parts yellow food coloring with 4 parts red food coloring to make orange food coloring. Whisk the powdered sugar, orange juice, orange liqueur, and food coloring in a saucepan on low heat for 5 minutes or until the sugar melts. If the glaze seems too dry, add more water or orange juice to reach the right consistency. Drizzle the glaze over the cake.
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I've made that cake the last 2 thanksgivings too
we also :love: it !!!!
I forgot about that recipe....thanks for the reminder...we :love: pumpkin stuff!!!
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I'm into sweets! Can ya tell?
This is another good one. It's time consuming but easy. We've varied the ice cream too. It's like a giant ice cream sandwich cookie!
Frozen Chocolate Cookie Cake Recipe adapted from Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade
Ganache and Filling:
1/2 gallon cookies and cream ice cream, softened
1 cup heavy cream
1 (12-ounce) bag semisweet chocolate morsels
Cake:
Butter, for pans
Flour, for pans
1 (18.25-ounce) box devil's food cake mix
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
Line 1 (9-inch) cake pan with plastic wrap, with 3 inches overhanging. Spread softened ice cream into lined pan in a smooth, even layer. Freeze for 3 hours, or until frozen solid.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Butter and flour 2 (10-inch) round cake pans and set aside. In a stand mixer or with a hand mixer, beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs in a large mixing bowl on medium speed for 2 minutes, or until well blended. Using a spatula, divide batter between the 2 prepared cake pans. Bake for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cakes cool in pans on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of each pan to loosen cakes and remove from pans.
While cakes are cooling, heat heavy cream in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat until bubbling around the edges. Remove pan from heat, add chocolate morsels, and stir with a whisk until smooth. Refrigerate for about 30 minutes, until cool and slightly thickened, stirring occasionally. Spread ganache on top of and around sides of both cake layers, keeping layers separate and not fitting together yet. Refrigerate entire cake for 1 hour, or until ganache is set.
Place 1 cake layer, ganache side up, on a serving platter. Remove ice cream from pan, peel off plastic wrap, and place on top of cake layer. Place second cake layer on top of ice cream, ganache side up. Freeze until ready to serve, but let stand at room temperature 5 minutes before seving.
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Instead of taco seasoning try old bay next time. Supper yummy !
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Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 48 pillow dogs
1 pack miniature beef cocktail wieners
1 (16-ounce) container buttermilk biscuit dough
1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar
Mustard, optional topping
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
In a grill pan on medium heat, cook cocktail wieners until plump, about 5 minutes. Cook in 2 batches. Set aside.
On a clean surface, cut 4 large biscuits into sixths. Dump cheese into bowl and roll each slice of dough in the cheese to make little cheese balls. Gently stretch each ball to fit a mini hot dog. Wrap the dough around the mini dogs. Arrange pillow dogs on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Leave about 1-inch space between each roll. Bake for 10 minutes. Garnish with mustard, or desired topping. Serve warm.
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Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Yield: 14 pretzels
1 loaf frozen white bread dough, thawed (recommended: Bridgford)
Flour, for dusting surface
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup coarse salt
Topping options, recipes follow
Divide dough into 14 pieces. On a lightly floured surface, roll each piece of dough into a 16-inch rope, and then form into a pretzel shape. Transfer dough to the refrigerator until ready to boil.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
In a large pot, bring 4 quarts of water to a boil. Add pretzels, 3 at a time, and cook until pretzels rise to the surface, about 2 minutes. Remove and drain on paper towels. Arrange pretzels 3 inches apart on buttered sheet pans. Brush with beaten egg. Sprinkle with coarse salt or with choice of toppings. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until browned.
Topping Options:
For garlic cheese pretzels:
1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan
1 teaspoon garlic powder
Roll out dough into ropes, form into pretzels, and poach as directed above. Arrange on buttered sheet pans, brush with beaten egg, as directed above. Sprinkle with Parmesan and garlic powder. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until browned.
For cinnamon pretzels:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup honey
In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar and cinnamon with 1 to 2 tablespoons water (enough water to make a glaze). Set aside. Roll out dough into ropes, form into pretzels, and poach as directed above. Just before baking, brush pretzels with honey. Remove pretzels from oven, and while still warm, brush with cinnamon-sugar glaze.
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Not a recipe, I just had to add that my dh is in LUST with Sandra Lee...lol He comes home every day for lunch and turns her show on. I thought he was going to pass out when she did her clam back at the beach in that red dress last week!
** To get him going... all I have to do is tell him dinner is "semi homemade."
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treehugger I'm dyin' too funny