Oven "Fried" Chicken

This is my husband's favorite way to eat chicken. The way I make this "fried" chicken is to really season the crumb mixture. I hope you give this a try before it is too hot turn on your oven. This is What's Cookin on Beaty's Creek.

Needed:
4 cups cornflakes-crushed
2 T garlic powder
1 T cayenne pepper
2 T salt
2 T pepper
1 whole chicken-cut up

Mix together cornflakes, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper in a large Ziploc bag. Once mixed well add one piece of chicken at a time to the bag and shake. Bake chicken on a parchment lined baking sheet at 425 for 35 minutes.

Okie Steak AKA BBQ Baloney

Nothing is better with potato salad than Okie Steak. Give it a try instead of hamburgers the next time you grill. This is What's Cookin on Beaty's Creek tonight. Better get it done quick because the summer thunderstorms are brewing.

5 pound stick of baloney-sliced 1/2 inch thick
Grill
Barbecue sauce of your choice.

Grill on each side then slather with sauce. Place "steak" between hamburger buns and eat!!

Ransome's Birthday Cake

Ransome decided he wanted a guitar cake this year and I thought to myself, how hard can that be??? Well let me tell you finding the pan was the easy part of this cake and it was not all that easy. After the cake pan was found, the flavor was picked and said flavor was baked into a guitar shape so the real work could begin. See I don't know a guitar set up from a radio set up, see the problem?? Thank goodness Sean and Raven were here to assist me. My hand is still sore from all of the squeezing and my mind is sore from thinking. I hope you think this cake is as cute as Ransome did on his big day. Cannot believe he is 8!! Time sure does fly. This is What's Cookin on Beaty's Creek tonight.

Pickled Beets

I really love pickled beets, I can eat a whole jar in one setting if I don't watch myself. If you have never tried pickled beets you are missing out. This recipe is so simple you must give it a try even if you have never canned anything before. This winter you will not believe how good home canned food tastes! I love to open a jar of something I have canned from my garden in the winter, brings a little Spring back to Beaty's Creek. This is What's Cookin on Beaty's Creek today.





50 beets
2 cups beet boiling water
2 cups white vinegar
2 cups sugar
2 t cinnamon

Remove beet greens and save to use later. Wash beets very well and place in pot covered with water. Bring beets to a boil and boil for 20 minutes or until fork tender. My beets were not real large, (I like small beets for pickles) so they cooked for about 15 minutes, size matters on how long your beets will cook. Once boiled let beets cool and then remove beets skin. Remember to wear gloves or you will have purple hands. Now get your jars ready to go, I use pint jars for pickled beets, I like the smaller jars for pickles but you can use quart jars if you wish. Prepare your jars as you would for canning anything. Once ready pack with your beets. Now bring beet water, vinegar, sugar, and cinnamon to a boil and pour over beets in jars and seal with a flat and ring. You will process beets in a hot water bath for 12 minutes. Let pickled beets sit for a couple of weeks before you eat them.

Rub

This is my rub recipe for most meats before smoking.


2 cups brown sugar
1 cup chili powder
1/4 cup cayenne pepper
1/4 cup garlic powder
1/2 cup kosher salt
1/4 black pepper

Mix very well. That is it.

Soft, Moist and Gooey Cinnamon Rolls

This recipe comes from AllRecipes.com I really like this website. I am always looking for another good homemade cinnamon roll recipe. This one is soft and very moist. This is What's Cookin on Beaty's Creek.



Needed:

1-cup milk
1 egg-beaten
4 T melted butter
½ (3.5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding
4 cups bread flour
1 T white sugar
½ t salt
2-¼ t bread machine yeast
½ cup butter-softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 t cinnamon
1 t milk
1 ½ cup powdered sugar
4 T butter-softened
1 t vanilla

1. In a bread machine pan, place the milk, beaten egg, melted butter, water, vanilla pudding mix, bread flour, sugar, salt, and yeast in the order recommended by your bread machine manufacturer. Select the dough cycle.
2. When cycle is finished, remove from pan, and knead for 3-5 minutes. Roll out to a large rectangle. I had to use about ½ cup of additional flour due to sticking.
3. Mix together the softened butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Spread over dough. Starting with the widest end, roll the dough into a log. Pinch to seal seams. Cut into ½ to 1 inch slices, and place in a greased 9x13 pan. Place in draft-free space and let rise until doubled.
4. Preheat the oven to 350’. Bake for 15-20 minutes. To make frosting, mix the milk, powdered sugar, softened butter, and vanilla in a small bowl. Spread over warm cinnamon rolls.

Whole Wheat Date Bars

When I read this recipe in Martha Stewart's Cookie cookbook, I thought it would make a good breakfast bar for Raven and it did. I love dates and eat them by the handful but was not sure if Raven would like them. She said they were great but Ransome did not care for them, he is not into "health food." This is What's Cookin on Beaty's Creek today.

Needed:
for the filling:
2 1/4 cups dates
1/4 apple cider

for the dough:
1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup wheat bran
1/4 t course salt
1/4 t baking soda
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 t finely grated lemon zest
10 T room temperature butter
1 egg
1/4 applesauce

1. Make filling: Bring dates and cider to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until dates are soft and almost all of the liquid has reduced, about 10 minutes. Let cool completely and then transfer to a food processor. Puree date mixture until smooth.

2. Make dough: Whisk together both flours, bran, salt, and baking soda in a bowl. Put brown sugar and zest in a bowl of your Kitchen Aid mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add butter; mix until combined, about 1 minute. Add egg and mix until fluffy. Add flour mixture in three batches, alternating with 2 batches of applesauce. Now divide dough in half and wrap each half in plastic; shape into a rectangle. Refrigerate until firm, about two hours.

3. Preheat oven to 375'. Roll out one piece of dough between two pieces of floured parchment paper and place into a 9x13 pan. This is what I did because it was much easier. Now place date mixture on top of dough and place in the fridge until very firm. Now roll out the rest of the dough and place on top of date layer. I had to use flour dusted on parchment when I rolled the dough out. Bake for 20-30 minutes. Cut into bars and enjoy!

Side note... Martha says the dough is a sticky one and this is true. She also says to fold the dough over on itself with the filling inside but I thought this was just too hard for me. This why I say a layer of dough, then dates, then dough in a 9x13 pan. To me, this method just worked better.