Monday, May 19, 2008

Chicken Corn Soup

Rating: 6 Stars
I just sort of made this recipe up as I went along. It's easy and you can tweak it some to your personal liking.

Ingredients:
1 Whole Rotisserie Chicken, De-Boned and shredded
3 cups Corn
15 oz Creamed Corn
2 cups Cooked, Cubed Potatoes
45 ounces Chicken Broth
1/2 tsp. Pepper
1 tsp. Salt
1 1/2 tsp. minced garlic
2 Tbsp. Parsley Flakes

Directions:
Combine all ingredients and cook in crock pot on Low for 7-8 hours or on High for 3-4 hours

Golden Cornbread


We enjoy this homemade corn bread with chili or chicken corn soup.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Margarine, softened
1 cup Sugar
2 Eggs
1 cup Buttermilk
1 cup Flour
2 cups Yellow Cornmeal
1 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Baking Soda

Directions:
Cream margarine and sugar together by hand. Add remaining ingredients. Pour into lightly greased 9 X 13 pan. Bake at 375 for approximately 25 minutes (until golden brown).

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Triple Layer Butter Pecan Cake


This triple layer cake is full of toasted butter pecans! It has a yummy cream cheese icing that is tops! A real crowd pleaser!

Ingredients for Cake
1 1/4 cups Butter, softened, divided
2 cups Chopped Pecans
2 cups Sugar
4 Eggs
2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
3 cups All-Purpose Flour
2 tspoons Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 tespoon Salt
1 cup Milk

Ingredients for Icing:
2 packages (8 oz each) Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup Butter, softened
1 package (2 pounds) confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
2/3 cup chopped pecans, toasted

Directions for Cake:
In a small heavy skillet, melt 1/4 cup butter. Add pecans; cook over medium heat until toasted, about 4 minutes. Spread on foil to cool.

In a large mixing bowl, cream sugar and remaining butter. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Beat just until combined. Fold in pecans.

Pour into three greased 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

Directions for Icing:
In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, confectioners sugar and vanilla. Spread frosting between lays and over top and sides of cake. Sprinkle with pecans. Store in refrigerator.