American Flag Pie is made with a homemade pie crust that brings this pie to a rich balance of buttery flakiness as well as a luscious, sweet-tart taste of homemade pie filling. Easy Flag Pie This easy flag pie is the most wonderful patriotic pie to come out of my kitchen. It is festive and a fantastic addition to my Memorial Day and July 4th celebrations. My Mother taught me long ago that a pie is only as good as its crust. While there is some high quality ready made pie crust in the stores today, that was not the case when I was growing up. I learned to make pie dough from my Mother and perfected it in my Home Economics class in high school. I recommend making a homemade pie crust if at all possible. For the American Flag Pie recipe, I use one of my favorite pie crust recipes. My Homemade Pie Crust recipe combines butter and shortening, lending a flaky, buttery crust every time. I have a few secrets to share that will he...
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Kolache Biscuits
Kolach Biscuits, tender, sweet biscuit dough with a well in the center filled with blackberry or strawberry jam, blueberry or cherry pie filling, or a mixture of sweetened cream cheese. Kolache Biscuits are a cross between a sweet pastry that originated in Europe including eventually making its way to a little town in central Texas and the classic biscuit that is popular all over the south.
Challah French Toast Recipe
Challah French Toast Recipe, fluffy thick sliced Challah bread dipped in a creamy egg mixture until soaked through but not soggy then fried in sizzling butter. Ideal to serve for brunch, weekend family breakfast, or like we do for weeknight dinner. French toast is one of those foods that remind me of my childhood when my Mother would make it on Saturday morning during the winter months. The house would be so cold in the mornings. We had open flame heaters in the living room and bathroom. She would light the oven in the kitchen for heat too as she started the bacon cooking. French toast is comfort food for breakfast that will warm you up fast. Mother's french toast on cold Saturday mornings is still one of my favorite memories of her in the kitchen.
Sausage Gravy Breakfast Enchiladas
Sausage Gravy Breakfast Enchiladas- Hearty breakfast enchiladas with a Southern spin on a favorite Mexican dish, your whole family will thank you in advance. Breakfast Enchilada Casserole If you're a breakfast casserole fan, you'll love these Breakfast Enchiladas with Sausage Gravy. Not only are the enchiladas delicious and a little unique, but they are also easy to make and can be prepared the night before for brunch or a family breakfast the next morning. Get all the ingredients ready and assemble the breakfast enchiladas the night before. Make the sausage gravy the next morning, then pop it in the oven. For the ingredients, I used hot sausage, white sharp cheddar cheese, and shredded hash browns. I softly scramble the eggs because they will cook some more in the enchiladas. If you prefer to change the ingredients to your taste, feel free to do so, but I recommend the white sharp cheddar cheese in these Breakfast Enchiladas. It just makes them super delici...
Perfectly Cooked Steak Bites
Steak Bites, bite-size pieces of tender sirloin steak marinated in avocado oil, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, minced garlic, salt, and pepper. Perfect for an elegant main dish or as an appetizer for any family gathering. I have the secret how to cook the steak bites perfectly! Sometimes I just want to cook outside the box. When I think steak, I think grilled steak, baked potatoes, and a nice side salad. Steak Bites are definitely outside the box. You might think outside the box means labor intensive, lots of ingredients, and expensive ingredients. Not Steak Bites!
Magic Green Beans
Magic Green Beans , baked in a casserole dish with all the sweet, savory and amazing flavors of the fancy green bean bundles that are so popular in fine dining restaurants and around the holidays without all the fuss! Have you made the Green Bean Bundles? These fancy little bundles are a lot of trouble to make, but for our fancy Christmas dinner, Prime Rib, Smashed Fingerling Potatoes, Green Salad, and hot buttered rolls, nothing is too much trouble. Green Bean Bundles just go with our fancy menu. The Green Bean Bundles are so easy to put together, but they are very time consuming when you need to make enough to serve a large crowd. Who doesn't love the flavor of bacon wrapped around a bundle of green beans, and a combination of brown sugar, butter, salt, and Worchester sauce poured over them and baked to perfection?
King Ranch Chicken {The Perfect Casserole}
King Ranch Chicken, tortillas, chicken, peppers, creamy sauce layered together in this Classic Southern casserole. You might say King Ranch Chicken is the perfect casserole! King Ranch Chicken is a family favorite. It's probably the best combination of Mexican flavors in a casserole of all time. My family adores this casserole. My recipe for King Ranch Chicken is one of those recipes that feed an army. You can make two pans. Most of the time, if I am making a casserole and going to the trouble of chopping and mixing. Why not make two?
Skillet Creamy Mustard Chicken
Skillet Creamy Mustard Chicken , chicken thighs smothered in a creamy sauce made with chicken broth, a little heavy cream, whole grain mustard, and avocado oil. Simple low carb idea. Looking for another tasty chicken recipe? Have I got one for you? We are a huge fan of bone-in chicken thighs anyway you cook them. But these creamy mustard chicken thighs are my favorite. The chicken thighs are patted dry, seasoned and brush with a portion of the grainy mustard on the chicken before cooking.
Weeknight Family Supper Meal: #6 Hobo Dinners
The Weeknight Family Supper Meal is an inspiration for a meal that can be enjoyed any night of the week, offering ideas on how to prepare part of the meal ahead, how to freeze leftovers, and how to repurpose them into a new meal. Hobo Dinners are the perfect meal to make on a busy weeknight. The hamburger, potatoes, carrots, celery, and onions are all cooked in a foil packet, making clean up virtually nonexistent. To change things up, sometimes I add a wedge of cabbage. Season each layer of vegetables to keep the whole meal flavorful. The Hobo Dinner can be made the night before and placed in the refrigerator. Set it out an hour before cooking. The Hobo Dinners are a meal all by themselves, but I like to serve them alongside crusty bread or perhaps some Red Pepper Flake Seasoned Crackers. These Red Pepper Flake Seasoned Crackers add a spicy flair and help enhance the flavor of all the food on your fork. The crackers can be made a day or two ahea...
New Potatoes and Peas in a White Sauce
Old Fashioned New Potatoes and Peas , sometimes called Southern New Potatoes in White Sauce, tender new potatoes and English peas smothered in a rich, creamy white sauce. SOUTHERN NEW POTATOES IN WHITE SAUCE There is one thing for sure about this recipe for New Potatoes, and English Peas has been around for ages. My Mother passed it down to me, and her Mother passed it down to her, a tried and true recipe. The first vegetables I want to eat in the spring from our garden growing up are new potatoes and fresh English peas. Mother would wash and scrap the new potatoes, slice them, or you can also quarter them if you like a chunkier potato. While the potatoes are cooking, she makes the white sauce.
