Chicken Rolls

I know this picture makes it look kind of gross but its really good! (this is it cut in half)

Chicken Rolls

-4 oz cream cheese

-1 package (10 oz) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained. (I only use half)

-1 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella plus more for sprinkling

-3 Tbsp Parmesan cheese

-6 small boneless skinless chicken breasts

-1 egg, beaten

-10 Ritz crackers, crushed

-Optional 1 1/2 cups spaghetti sauce, heated

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Mix the cream cheese, spinach, mozzarella, and Parmesan.

Pound the chicken to 1/4"

Spread the cream cheese mixture evenly onto each breast. Roll up the chicken and secure with a toothpick. *Be sure to remove the toothpicks after baking*

Dip the chicken rolls in the beaten egg then into the cracker crumbs.

Place on a greased 9X13 pan seam side down and bake for 30-35 minutes.

*Optional -Pour spaghetti sauce over rolls and sprinkle with cheese.

(we like it better with LOTS of cheese on the inside and without the spaghetti sauce. Paul also likes it without the crackers.)

This is one of our favorite dinners! ENJOY!

Stephanie

Texas Ranger Cookies

Makes 4 dozen
Special ingredient:  Lightning McQueen  (refer to my blog)

1 c. butter
1 c. brown sugar
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. quick oats
1 c. coconut
2 c. rice crispies cereal
1 pkg. chocolate chips
1/2 c. chopped nuts, optional

Cream sugars & butter.  Add eggs & vanilla.  Mix dry ingredients.  Add oats, cereal, coconut, choc. chips, & nuts.  Add to creamed mixture and mix well.  Drop onto ungreased cookie sheet & bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.

SpICy PUmpKin PanCAkes!

It is so the season for pumpkin, & what better way to start your day?

2 c. flour

1 Tbs. baking powder

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. ginger

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

1 tsp. salt

2 Tbs. brown sugar

1/2 c. pumpkin puree

1 3/4 c. milk

1 egg

2 Tbs. oil

Mix dry stuff.  Mix wet stuff.  Mix together.  Make pancakes.  Eat.

(Yep, those are the exact instructions in my cookbook!)
Michele

P.S.  Marie?  Tiffany?  It's been awhile!

Strawberry Fruit Roll Ups

This is before I started it. It will be darker when its finished.

Supplies:

Strawberries

Sugar

Applesauce

Blender

Food Dehydrator and liners

Cooking spray

Cut the tops off of the strawberries and wash them. Turn your blender on and drop the strawberries into the hole one at a time. Using the measuring cup on your blender, stop adding strawberries when you have 5 cups. Pour the blended strawberries into a big bowl. Add 1 cup of applesauce and 1 cup of sugar; stir. Spray your dehydrator liners with cooking spray and pour 1 cup of strawberry mixture onto each liner, shaking it to evenly distribute the fruit. Plug in the dehydrator and dehydrate for 8 hours.

*For every 5 cups of fruit, add 1 cup of applesauce and 1 cup of sugar. If you have multiple dehydrators, you can double accordingly. If you have a dehydrator that is different than mine, it may take less or more fruit per tray. I tear each layer in half and call that one fruit roll up, so this makes about 12 fruit roll ups. I used about 1 1/2 baskets of strawberries, or about 1 1/2 pounds. Wrap in plastic wrap to keep soft until needed. Enjoy.

Stephanie

Luscious Four-Layer Pumpkin Cake

Oh, it's almost the season for all the yummy pumpkin things!!  I just saw this recipe, and I wanted to save it because I want to make it sometime.  So, sorry I haven't actually made it yet, but when I do I will I'll let you know what we think of it.  Or if you beat me to it . . .!!!

Luxcious Four-Layer Pumpkin Cake

::Cherry-Chip Chocolate-Chip Cookies::

In highschool, these were a favorite for our friends.  They're super-easy and way yummy!

1 box Cherry-Chip Cake Mix

1/2 cup Oil

2 Eggs

1/2 bag of Chocolate Chips (mini are fun to use!)

Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Mix first three ingredients well.  Add choc. chips.  Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until golden brown on bottom.  See how easy those are?  Enjoy!

Michele

P.S.  You can use any kind of cake mix and different kinds of chips too.  Be creative!

Star-Spangled Fruit Tart

1 tube (18 oz) refrigerated sugar cookie dough, softened (you can use homemade cookie dough, like I did, but why make it harder than it has to be?)
1 pkg. (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla or almond extract
1 cup fresh blueberries
1 cup fresh strawberries, halved
1 cup fresh raspberries (optional)

Press cookie dough onto an ungreased pizza pan or for a thicker crust use a pie pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes (until a golden brown.)  Let cool.

In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, & vanilla until smooth.  Spread over cooled crust.  In center of tart, arrange berries in the shape of a star.  Add a berry border.  Refrigerate until ready to serve.  Yields: 16 servings.

Happy 4th!  Michele