Olive Garden Breadsticks

 

 

1 1/2 cups warm water

... 1 packet active dry yeast

4 1/4 cups all purpose flour

2 Tbsp. unsalted butter melted

2 Tbsp. sugar

1 Tbsp. salt

In a large bowl, dissolve sugar and yeast in warm water and allow to sit for 10 minutes, covered. Mixture should be frothy.

In separate bowl, combine flour and salt.

 

 Add to yeast mixture.

 

 Add melted butter.

 

 Mix with paddle attachment of stand mixer or wooden spoon until fully combined.

Knead dough for a few minutes just until dough is smooth.

 

 Do not overknead!

Grease a cookie sheet.

 

Pull off pieces of dough and roll out into strips.

 

 Cover the dough and let sit in a warm place for 45 minutes to an hour.

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F and once heated, pop in the bread sticks.

In microwave, combine the following:

 

1 stick unsalted butter (or 1/2 cup margarine), 2 teaspoons garlic powder and 1 teaspoons salt.

After bread sticks have cooked for 6 or 7 minutes, brush the bread sticks with half the butter mixture.

 

 Then continue to bake.

 

 Bake for 5-8 more minutes.

Immediately upon removal from the oven brush the other half of the butter on the sticks.

 

Allow to cool for a few minutes before eating.

 

 

Pumpkin Empanadas

Flour Tortillas (large size)

Pumpkin Filling:

... 8 ounce block cream cheese (room temperature)

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup canned pumpkin

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

Cream together cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Then blend in canned pumpkin, vanilla and pumpkin pie spice.

Put about 1/3 cup of pumpkin filling in the center of each tortilla and spread around covering tortilla close to the edges. Roll up carefully and secure with a toothpick.

Drop each empanada in a pan of heated vegetable or canola oil. Heat oil to 350 degrees. Fry til golden brown. Place on paper towel to drain. ***Remove toothpick after frying!

Then roll each empanada in a mixture of:
1/2 cup sugar
1/8 cup cinnamon

Dip in Cool Whip or whipped topping.

Apple Fried Pies

1 lb Dried apples

1 lb Butter

1 lb Sugar

1/2 c Orange, sliced thin

1/4 Lemon, sliced thin

-Tough pastry, rolled out

Cover apples, orange and lemon with
water and cook over the fire for about
15 minutes --- until they are tender.

Remove from heat and add the butter
and sugar, mixing well.

Let the ranch apple mixture chill.

Now roll out your pastry and cut it in 4-inch circles.

Add 2 tablespoons of the apple
mixture to each circle and fold it over.

Press the edges together and fry
in deep fat until brown.

CROCKPOT CHICKEN CORDON BLEU

4-6 chicken breasts (pounded out thin) 4-6 pieces of ham 4-6 slices of swiss cheese or mozzerella 1 can cream of mushroom soup (can use any cream soup) 1/4 c. milk Put ham and cheese on chicken. Roll up and secure with a toothpick. Place chicken in crock pot so it looks like a triangle /_\ Layer the rest on top. Mix soup and milk. Pour over top of chicken. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours or until chicken is no longer pink. Serve over noodles with the sauce it makes.