Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 cups pumpkin seeds
2 teaspoons melted butter
salt; to taste
garlic powder; to taste
cayenne pepper; to taste
paprika; to taste
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Clean off pumpkin seeds.
Put seeds in a hand towel and roll the towel up to dry the seeds.
Put some aluminum foil on a cookie sheet.
Unroll the towel and place the pumpkin seeds on the cookie sheet.
Spread the seeds out in a single layer.
Pour the melted butter over the seeds.
Sprinkle the salt, garlic power,cayenne pepper, and paprika over the top of the seeds.
Toss the seeds around on the cookie sheet coating them with the butter and seasoning.
Spread pumpkin seeds in a single layer on the baking sheet.
Bake for about 30 minutes or until the seeds are a golden brown.

Apple Pie Pancakes

Apple Pie Pancakes
Ingredients:
2 cups Bisquick
1 cup milk
2 eggs
2 can apple pie filling
3 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
Directions:
In a bowl, mix together the Bisquick, milk, eggs, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and nutmeg.
fold in one can of the apple pie filling.
In a small sauce pan, mix the other can of pie filling and 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
Warm up the pie filling on low heat stirring every few minutes.
Make the pancakes while the pie filling is warming.
Put pancakes on a plate and put some of the pie filling on top of them.
Enjoy!!

Honey Brown Sugar Chicken

Honey Brown Sugar Chicken

4 chicken leg quarters

 Salt and black pepper; to taste

6 tablespoons butter; divided

2 Tablespoons minced garlic

1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

2 tablespoon honey

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

1/2 teaspoon dried basil

1/2 teaspoon marjoram

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Cut the leg quarters in half seperating the thigh from the leg.

Season thighs and legs with salt and pepper, to taste.

Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken, skin-side down, and sear both sides until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes per side; remove from skillet and place in baking dishes. Set aside.

Melt the remaining 2 tablespoon's of butter in the skillet. Add garlic, and saute until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat.

Stir in brown sugar, honey, oregano, thyme, marjoram, and basil until well combined. Pour over the top of the chicken in the baking dishes and place into the oven and roast until completely cooked through, about 25-30 minutes or until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 175 degrees F.

Halloween 2016

We will be doing more pumpkins than this. These are 2 that we have done right now.

I have cleaned out 2 pumpkins and already baked the seed's. We have 1 Jack-O-Lantern done and the second one is just about done. I will post pictures when they are both done. We have 3 more to do but that will be another day.

Did you know that all marjoram's are oregano's, since the genus name for both is origanum, but not all oregano's are marjoram's?

Pumpkin carving

Today we are going to start our pumpkin carving. We have decided to carve 5 pumpkins this year. Today we are going to do just 2 of them.