October Recipes

I keep making pancakes every weekend because Ashkon LOVES them :)

Giant pancake!!

I also made what Ashkon said to be The Best Weisser Cookies he had ever had :)

 

 

But, now on to NEW recipes...

Oatmeal Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Makes 4 ½ dozen

Ingredients

3 cups rolled oats

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon ground cloves

½ teaspoon salt

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup light brown sugar

½ cup white sugar

1 large egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup pumpkin puree

1 cup dried cranberries

Directions

Preheat oven at 350 degrees.

In a medium bowl combine rolled oats, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt and set aside.

Using an electric mixer combine butter and sugars and cream together until light and fluffly.  Add in eggs, followed by vanilla and pumpkin.  Mix in flour mixture until combined then stir in cranberries.  Drop tablespoon size spoonfuls onto baking sheets.  

Bake for 10-12 minutes in a preheated oven.  Cool for a few minutes on baking sheet before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.  

Southwestern Chicken (Crock Pot)
Makes 6 servings (Ideal slow-cooker size: 6-quart)

Two 15 1/4-oz. cans corn, drained
15-oz. can black beans, rinsed and drained
16-oz. jar chunky salsa, divided
6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
1 cup low-fat shredded cheddar cheese

1. Combine corn, black beans, and 1/2 cup salsa in slow cooker
2. Top with chicken. Pour remaining salsa over chicken.
3. Cover. ook on high 3-4 hours or low 7-8 hours.
4. Sprinkle with cheese. Cover 5 minutes for cheese to melt. (We left this step out)

Note: This dish goes well with rice.

Homemade BBQ Sauce (Made BBQ chicken with it in the Crock Pot with the extra)

Ingredients:
2 tbs oil
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 onion diced
4 cups ketchup
1/2 cup nutmeg syrup
1 bottle carib beer
1 stick of cinnamon
4 bay leaves
1/2 cup brown sugar
Dash of salt

(Makes a lot)

1. Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-low heat
2. Add the garlic and onions and cook for 5 minutes, stirring, being careful not to burn them
3. Reduce the heat to low
4. Add the ketchup, beer, brown sugar, cinnamon, bay leaf, nutmeg syrup, and salt, then stir. Allow to simmer for 20 minutes
Taste after simmering and add whatever ingredients it needs

*Sorry for the ambiguity- I got this recipe at a cooking class, a Grenadian cooking class :p