Cinnamon roll cookies

Cinnamon Roll Cookies

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Yield: about 36 cookies

Ingredients

• 1 & 3/4 cups all-purpose flour(210 g)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 & 1/4 cups granulated sugar (250 g)
• 2 tablespoons sugar for innards
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons pecans, chopped(optional)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat 1 & 1/4 cups sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Mix in egg and vanilla.

Reduce mixer speed to low. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing just until combined. Refrigerate dough for 1 hour. 

Roll out dough between 2 sheets of wax paper into into an 18"x 10" rectangle.

Combine 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon (and pecans). Sprinkle evenly over cookie dough. Press down gently with hands.

Starting with a long side, roll up dough in jelly-roll fashion. Place seam side down on plastic wrap. Wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours. 

Preheat oven to 350°. Line a baking sheet with a silicone liner or parchment paper.

Cut dough into 1/2-inch slices. Place on prepared baking sheet. They spread a bit.

Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until lightly browned.

Cool on pans for 5 minutes. Then, remove cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

gin gin mule

• 10 mint leaves
• 1/2 ounce simple syrup (or to taste)
• 1/2 ounce lime juice
• 1 1/2 ounces gin
• 2 ounces chilled ginger beer
• garnish: lime wedge and mint sprig

Procedures

1. 1
   In a cocktail shaker, lightly muddle mint leaves with simple syrup and lime juice.
   
2. 2
   Add gin and fill with ice; shake gently until chilled (you don't want to smash the mint to smithereens), about 10 seconds. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice, add ginger beer and stir. Garnish with lime wedge or mint sprig, or both.

baked flounder

1. 4 flounder fillets (2 pounds total)
2. Salt and freshly ground pepper
3. 3/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
4. 1/2 cup coarse fresh bread crumbs
5. 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
6. 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

1. Preheat the oven to 425°. In a large baking dish, season the fish fillets with salt and pepper. Mix the Parmesan with the bread crumbs, melted butter and olive oil and sprinkle over the fillets. Bake for 15 minutes, or until the fish is cooked and the topping is golden. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving

can use panko instead of breadcrumbs 

chicken rice soup asian style - congee

1 c regular rice
2/3 c sweet rice  (or all sweet rice!)
10 c water

chicken quarters or drums or legs or whole cut up chicken. whatever.

10:1 ratio water to rice
PS those cups are rice cups

Dump all that in slow cooker on low for 8-10 hours.  Add salt pepper and anything.  YOu can omit the chicken and put left over meats in at the end.

bacon wrapped meatballs

Sweet and Spicy Bacon Wrapped Meatballs

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

45 mins

 

Serves: about 36

Ingredients

• 1 lb bacon, cut in half (my package had 18 slices so I had 36 half-slices of bacon)
• 36 meatballs (or as many as you have bacon slices)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons chili powder

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix together brown sugar and chili powder in a small bowl.
3. Spray a broiler pan with nonstick cooking spray.
4. Cut a pound of bacon strips in half and wrap them around meatballs (I used store bought, fully cooked Italian style meatballs that I thawed in the microwave before wrapping them with bacon.), securing the bacon in place with a toothpick.
5. Dredge the bacon wrapped meatballs in the sugar and chili mixture, pressing to coat it well.
6. Place them on the greased broiler pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30-45 minutes, depending on how you like your bacon. I like mine crispy, so I baked them for 45 minutes.