Reeces Peaunut Butter Ball | Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween Everyone! 

Do we have a great App for you!  This Reeces Ball is so simple to make and is no bake!  It is Gluten Free.  The dish didn't take long to make however does require some cooling time to form.  For the most part this dish is just very easy.  If you like Reece's and Peanut Butter you will love this dish!
We hope you check out how we put this great app together below! 


Serves: Small Group

Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 0
Total Time: 5 Minutes. However there is a cooling time of either 1/2 hr freezer or 2 hours fridge.

Ingredients
12 oz. cream cheese, softened
3/4 Cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
1 c. peanut butter, warmed in microwave
1/2 Cup chopped Reese's peanut butter cups
Reese's Pieces, for decorating ball
Graham crackers, for serving, or other things you would like to use. 



Directions:
In a medium bowl using a hand mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer using the whisk attachment, blend cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, peanut butter, and chopped Reese's until combined.
Transfer mixture to plastic wrap and shape into a ball. Fold up sides and cover with plastic wrap.
Refrigerate until slightly firm, 1 hour
Unwrap and place on a serving platter.
Place Reese's Pieces all over and let soften 20 minutes before serving.
Serve with graham crackers.

Here it is!


We think you will really enjoy this dish.  It has a lot of great flavors and was just had that great Halloween feel to it!  Below is how we made it so be sure to check it out!  

We hope you all enjoyed this post and have a fun and safe Halloween!  Halloween is one of Chef's favorite times of the year.  He loves the season but it also kicks off the other seasons to come!  Kinda the start to the big seasons next to come.  We  hope everyone had some fun downtime this October and did some great fun fall activities as well!  We look forward to keep posting!  

Happy Halloween!

Remember Cooking should be FUN, have FUN doing it!

The Cooking Corner

~ Blog Team

Chili Dog Casserole

Hello all,


Halloween is very close and we have a fun and festive dish for you!  This Chili Dog dish will fill you up.  With just a few key ingredients you can put a very warm and welcoming dish together.  We think you and your family will enjoy this great tasting dinner.



Ingredients:
Hot Dog Rolls
Hot Dogs
1 Can Chili
1/4 Stick Butter
1 Teaspoon Minced Garlic
Pinch Parsley
Sliced Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Chopped Onions
Shredded Cheddar Cheese

We hope you check out or site below and see how we put this together.

Crispy Potato Stacks

Hey all!
Today we have a great fall side dish!  Crispy Potato Stacks.  We found this from Byron Talbot who we follow on YouTube.  We really enjoy his videos and dishes he makes.  Chef wanted to make this video for a while now and finally did it.  He has to admit it was so simple too!  It is one of those ideas that looks so complex but is not at all.  We do hope you check out the blog post to see the full recipe and check out Bryon as well!  This side dish is Gluten Free too.


Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes
Total Time: 10 Minutes
Serves: 4-6

Ingredients:
Russet Potatoes
Salt
Frying Oil

Directions:
Pour your cooking oil in a pan and heat up to 350 degrees.
Set your mandolin to a very fine or thin setting.  If you don't own one you can use a knife. Be careful with either one.
Slide the potato making slices and keep going until you are almost all the way through.  No ER Visits please!
Then throw out the top and bottom few slices.  You really only need the middle.  Put the stacks back together making it look like the potato again.
Cut the all four sides of the potato removing the skin and squaring off the potato.
Cut it down the middle and place aside.
Do not place in water.  Water will wash the starch off and then they will fall apart in the oil.
Slowly place the squares in the oil slowly and let cook.  Move them around a bit so they don't stick and monitor.
After about 5 minutes check and remove if golden brown. 
Then season with salt and plate up with ketchup.

Here they are!

They came out really well we will add.  Chef was nervous at first but they did hold and tasted so good.  The crunch outside and soft inside.  They also looked really fun and different.  These would go good with a steak or other disk like that.  Check out the video of Chef making this below to see how easy it was!

As you can see it really was simple.  Chef has wanted to try this since he saw it on Byron's channel.  He was nervous at first but then after trying it found they wee so simple to make!  He said he will make these again for sure.  A special shout out to Bryon Talbot for this creative idea!  His links are below so be sure to check those out!  The other cool thing is you can even make these as an appetizer!  We just listed them as sides.  The past few videos we have made have only had a few key ingredients and by far they have been so fun to make!  We can't wait for our next one.  Fall time is one of our favorites!  We hope you are all having a fun and spooky October!

Remember,
Cooking should be FUN, have FUN doing it!

The Cooking Corner
~Blog Team

Here is Byron's video Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF6pomWXxes&t=235s

Breakfast Pizza

Hello all,
So fall is here and we are so excited!  We wanted to make a breakfast pizza!  How many times have you ordered breakfast pizza.  Well we wanted to see how easy it is to make and if we can save you some time and money!  We actually found this was easier than we thought and really you can add any toppings you want!  Be creative and have fun with this.  One of the best things we found was we made this at night and had so much fun.  Everyone loves breakfast for dinner so why not!  We do hope you try this out.

Prep Time: 25 Minutes  (Depends on ingredients)
Cook Time: 10 Minutes
Total Time: 35 Minutes
Serves: 4-6

Ingredients:
Cooking Spray or Melted Butter
1 Roll out Pizza Crust-Store bought
9 Eggs
6 Links of Sausage
6-8 Bacon Strips
1/2 Onion Chopped
1/2 Pepper Chopped
2 Cups Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Cooking Spray or melted butter

Directions: 
Start your bacon first since it takes the most time, we use our small oven we have.  You need your bacon to be very crispy and this takes time.  Also you have to let it cool to break up as well.
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
Spray or butter a cooking sheet pan.
Spread the pizza crust out on the pan and then butter/spray the top.
Place in the oven for about 8 minutes or until golden brown.
While the crust is cooking prep other toppings.
Cook your scrambled eggs, cut up any veggies and heat the sausage as well.
When all the toppings are done and your crust is removed you can start.
Place the egg down first, then add the cheese, then you can top either the entire pizza or do half.
We then advise to put a little cheese on top to melt the ingredients down with.
Put the pizza back in the oven for another 10 minutes.
Take out and cut up!

Here it is!

We hope do hope you enjoyed this however the video is below and we encourage you to watch that to see how we put it all together.  The team will make this again for sure just based off how easy and fun it was.  We also want to try other toppings like onions or ham!  You can do all different ideas and have fun in the process.  Please see the video below to get a good idea of how we made this.

We do hop you enjoyed this video and post.  This really was a fun dish to make and came out so much better than we thought.  We also made it pretty simple to put together with easy ingredients.  We hope you enjoyed this post.  We also hope everyone is having a great fall season getting into the Halloween spirit!  We love fall and making videos this time of year.  Thank you all again for the love and support.

Remember,

Cooking should be FUN, have FUN doing it!

The Cooking Corner

~Blog Team 

Extra Crispy Chicken Wings | Binging with Babbish

Hello all,
Today we wanted to do a video on a you tuber who comes from our area!  Andrew Rea has a great and amazing cooking show where he makes dishes from movies, TV shows and other places.  He was just on Hot Wings not to long ago and made the wings for it.  So we wanted to give his crispy recipe a try!  We never made wings like this before but were very interested and excited to try something new!  Maybe one day if he comes home for a visit we can do a video together.  These wings are cooked at a low temperature, then rest then cooked again at a higher temp.  These are gluten free also! Check out this cool and unique way to make some really extra crispy wings!

Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes 1 Day resting in between.
Serves: 6-8

Ingredients:
Fresh Chicken Wing
Oil
Celery
Blue Cheese

Directions:
Take your fresh chicken wings out and season each side with salt.  Let them warm up a bit and let the salt extract some of the moisture out.
Turn the oil up to 225 degrees and place your wings in.  Let cook for about 20 minutes.
Take out and drain, then refrigerate for 24 hours.
Take them out and again let warm up.
Fry at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.

Here they are!

They came out really crispy!  We will advise they weren't as juicy as other wings we made but the crispy factor was off the chart.  We also wanted to point out they were not breaded.  We did enjoy making these however.  The lower temp frying then letting them sit was something we never did.  It was really interesting.  Please check out however the video below to see how we put these together!

  

We do hope you enjoyed this blog and thank you Andrew for this great crispy take on wings!  Over all it wasn't hard to make just different.  We did give his information below so be sure to check that out!  We always love making chicken wings, they are fun to make and new ideas always get our interest so this was an awesome video.  Thank you all again check out Andrews information below!

Binging With Babish:

https://www.youtube.com/user/bgfilms

Binging with Babish- On hot ones:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ80ui7zur4&t=59s

Remember,

Cooking should be FUN, have FUN doing it!

The Cooking Corner

~Blog Team

Bacon Pinwheels

Hello all,
Fall is here and we have such an amazing dish for you all!  This fun appetizer is so simple to make and taste great!  The fun thing about this is you can really make whatever kinds you want substituting whatever ingredients you want!  We just made this to what we wanted.  Feel free to add or remove what ever you like!  Check out how to make this great appetizer below.



Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes
Total Time: 30 Minutes

Ingredients: 3 Ounces Cream Cheese (Room Temp) 2 Tablespoons of chopped Onions 1 Teaspoon Milk 5 Strips of bacon, cooked crispy then chopped up 1 Tube Crescent Rolls

Directions:
Cook your bacon till its crispy then let cook. After break up into small pieces and set aside.
While the bacon is cooking let your cream cheese sit out and warm up a bit to make it easier to mix.
In a large bowl mix the warmed cream cheese, milk and chopped onions.
Spread out the tube of crescent rolls on a cutting board
Press the perforated sections together making it all one piece.
Spread the cream cheese mixture out till its close to the edge.
Sprinkle the bacon over top.
Roll the crescent roll up tight and then cut it about 1/4 ince pieces.
Place the pieces so they are laying down. Put them spaced out evenly on a sprayed cooking sheet.
Have your oven set to 475 degrees.
Let them cook for about 10 Minutes.
Remove and plate up!

Here they are!

They really came out wonderful and one of the best parts is cream cheese has a high heat tolerance so it doesn't melt fast or ruin the appetizer.  Again you can however add or put your own ingredients in this appetizer and make it creative to your liking.  Below is our video and how we made it.  Check it out, it is so simple!

We hope you enjoyed this post!  Try it out, it is so simple too.  This makes for such a fun fall appetizer or something to have at a game if you are watching it with friends!  Thank you all again for all the support and be sure to stay tuned for more great ideas to come!

Remember,

Cooking should be FUN, have FUN doing it!

The Cooking Corner

~Blog Team

 

How To Make Ice Cream

Hello all!
So Chef's wife told him if he doesn't use the Ice Cream Maker in the basement by this year she is gonna toss it!  So guess what we did.  We made Ice Cream!  We were very surprised how easy and fun it was!  Chef said he never made it because he was afraid it was be header than it was.  Besides chilling the one unit part it really was just some mixing and then turn it on!  This was again top easier dishes we made.  Now granted Vanilla is one of the easier flavors.  However we really enjoyed it.  The vanilla we made was also Gluten Free!  However other flavors may not be so be advised.

Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 45
Total Time: 1 Hr 

Serves: 6-8 Medium bowls

Ingredients: 1 Cup Whole Milk 3/4 Cup Sugar 2 Cups Heavy Cream 1 -2 Tablespoons Vanilla Extract Pinch of Salt-Optional

Directions:
In a medium bowl add all the ingredients:
Milk, sugar, heavy cream, Vanilla and salt.
Mix well and cover then put in the fridge.
Make sure your cooling unit that goes inside is frozen also. 
Take your ingredients and pour them into the machine.
Turn it on and check it every so often.
Remove the ice cream and put it in a container and freeze again. 
You can serve up right away however!

Here it is!

We really enjoyed this dish and made it over the summer.  Again Chef was so suprised how simple it was and how much fun he had.  He wants to note you can add ingredients like chocolate chips or peanut butter cups as it is almost done churning.  However the entire process was simple and we made many more batches since this video.  Check out the video below to see how we made it step by step.

 Thank you again everyone and we do hope if you see an ice cream maker on sale to get one!  They aren't expensive and Chef got this one years ago.  It was just collecting dust!  So if you see one on sale pick one up.  We think you will really enjoy making it.  Thank you all again and hope everyone had a great summer!

Remember,

Cooking should be FUN, have FUN doing it!

The Cooking Corner

~Blog Team