BBQ Cheeseburger Pie

The first time I served the Impossibly Easy Cheeseburger Pie (from the Bisquick box) they were ready to request it again.  This is my spin on the already approved recipe.  Once you've tried this recipe, you'll be able to come up with some yummy creations that will suit your family's tastes!

What you'll need:

   1 lb ground beef

   1/2 c or more shredded cheese

   1 box of cornbread mix

   ingredients to make corn bread (for Jiffy: 1/3 c milk and 1 egg)

   

Preheat oven to 400.

Brown a pound of ground beef and drain off grease.

Place beef in baking dish and stir in your favorite bbq sauce...make sure that all the beef is coated with sauce.

Evenly distribute beef in dish and top with shredded cheese (I used cheddar, but you could use whatever kind you like best or have in the fridge).

Whip up a box of cornbread (I usually have Jiffy on hand).

Pour cornbread mixture over cheese and gently spread cornbread to completely cover cheese and beef.

Bake for 20 minutes.

Enjoy!!!

Happy baking!

Kitchen Tips

Ever travel with a baking dish?  You know what I mean...you've prepared a dish for a potluck or get together and now you have to transport it from home to location in one piece or at least in the dish!  I have this little brown dish and I rescued from my mom's pile of throw-aways (I have no idea why she felt the need to put it in the trash pile in the first place, especially without asking me first!).  It was the chosen dish for a yummy dip that I was taking to a get together, but I wanted to make sure the dip stayed in the dish.  What's a girl to do?!

RUBBER BANDS!!!

I rescued these two little rubber bands from the useless ad paper that's thrown in our yard every other week.

Needing to fill large tube pasta...like manicotti???

Put the filling in a large zip top bag, seal, snip one corner and wah-la!

Now you can easily fill each pasta tube and have dinner in the oven a lot sooner.

If you have any handy kitchen tips you love and use, please share!

Happy cooking!

Bread fit for The King

So everyone knows that Elvis enjoyed bananas with his peanut butter.  I'm not sure if he was a fan of chocolate, the loved chocolate covered peanut butter candies were first introduced in the late 1920's, so I'm guessing he might have enjoyed the delightful combination.

When I first saw this recipe, I immediately thought of one of my dear friends who is a big fan of banana bread.  She would store very ripe bananas in the freezer, saving them for banana bread at the most perfect time.  I'm dedicating this recipe to my housemate, CA, for her birthday!

The picture doesn't do it justice...it's pretty amazing!

Reese's Peanut Butter Banana Bread

   3 very ripe bananas

   1/2 c peanut butter

   1/4 c oil

   1 egg

   1/2 c granulated sugar

   1/4 c brown sugar

   1 1/2 c all purpose flour

   1/2 tsp baking soda

   1 1/2 tsp baking powder

   1/2 tsp salt

   8oz bag of Reese's Mini cups

1. Preheat oven to 350.

2. Grease loaf pan.

3. In a medium bowl whisk together your flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.  Set aside.

4. In a large bowl stir together your bananas, peanut butter, oil, egg, and sugars.

5. Pour your dry ingredients into wet ingredients and stir until just combined.  Batter will be lumpy.

6. Fold in your mini cups and spread batter into prepared pan.

7. Bake for approx 1 hour or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.

8. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then loosen edges of bread from pan using a knife and remove loaf from pan.  Transfer bread to a cooling rack to finish cooling.

Note on recipe: If you notice the bread browning too fast, lower the temperature down to 325.

Thanks to Cookies and Cups for the recipe!

Happy baking!

Cookies..chocolate chip

Growing up with a bakery in the backyard has it's advantages...cookies fresh from the oven are the greatest!   Chocolate chip cookies are one of my favorites. I'm always on the look out for chocolate chip cookie recipes.  I found one that the New York Times claimed as the best...and with a ranking like that, how could I not try them to see if they really are the best?!

First of all, before you attempt this recipe, you should know the number one rule to baking: read the full recipe before starting!

This recipe calls for some ingredients that you may not have in your pantry like cake flour, bread flour, and sea salt.  And for the record, I didn't have bread flour in my pantry, so I had to use all purpose flour...and there is a difference.  Click here for a little education on flour differences!

Click here for the printable version of this recipe...Thanks, My Baking Addiction!

Happy baking!