Sticky Toffee Pudding in a Jar I’ve jumped on this dessert in a jar bandwagon a little, finding 250 mL glass jars the perfect solution for cakes you’d eat with a spoon anyway – pudding cakes and the like, which you serve up in bowls, fighting your family for the sticky edges and goo or nibbling at it yourself before they even know it’s there. Sticky toffee pudding is the perfect candidate for serving in glass jars – everyone gets the same ratio of cake to sticky toffee, and you can lob on a scoop of ice cream or whipped cream before bringing them to the table. It winds up a warm sticky toffee pudding sundae in a jar, and what in the world is better than that? Like cupcakes, desserts in jars are also ideal to serve at parties – guests can eat them standing up, and you don’t have to worry about cutting a cake and having enough small plates to serve the slices on. Load up a tray with jars, keeping one empty for spoons, and you’re good to go when feeding dessert to a crowd.
"Baked" Oatmeal in a Mug I recently posted about Chocolate Cake in a Mug, where I showed you how to bake a single-serving chocolate cake in only a few minutes. That got me to thinking, would this work for baked oatmeal too? I adore baked oatmeal, but most mornings I don’t have the time to bake it. So I tried applying the principles of chocolate cake in a mug to baked oatmeal, and it actually worked pretty well! Apple Banana “Baked” Oatmeal in a Mug 1/2 cup quick cooking oats 1 tbsp ground flax seed 1 egg 1/2 cup milk 1/3 of a banana, mashed 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1/2 of an apple, chopped 2 tsp honey Add oats, flax, egg and milk in a mug.
The Web's Best Recipes With Bacon Seeing as how just about every recipe you come across these days includes bacon in one way or another, composing this list was a bit of a challenge. An awesomely delicious challenge, but still a challenge. After lots of searching, cooking and sampling, we can proudly say that these are The Web’s Best Recipes With Bacon: The Manwich First off, make sure you buy some solid bread when you’re making The Manwich. Bacon Brittle, Bourbon-Caramel, Chocolate Fudge Brownies What these brownies lack in snappy naming they make up for in sheer deliciousness. Portobello and Bacon Gnocchi Alfredo Despite strong competition from the likes of pappardelle and tortellini, we’d have to say gnocchi is our favorite pasta. Boozy Bacon Jam If you’re looking to bacon-ify your next party – and really, why wouldn’t you be? Bacon and Maple Chicken Nibbles We don’t care if you call them “nibbles” or “wings,” you’re going to want a large portion of these napkin wasters. Bacon Hash Browns Bacon Strip Pancakes
Cajun Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya Recipe : Directions *Cook's Note: This recipe has been scaled down from its original version so that it can more easily made. The most important thing is to use the right equipment and I would suggest the following: a 2-gallon cast iron Dutch oven, a high BTU gas stove, and a large stainless steel chef's spoon. Use high heat to preheat the Dutch oven and add the sausage. Add the thigh meat and brown the chicken on all sides. Lower the heat to medium and add the onions and garlic; saute for about 15 minutes or until the onions are very limp and "clear". Add the tasso, thyme, basil and black and white pepper. At this point the jambalaya concentrate can be transferred to smaller containers, cooled to room temperature, covered and refrigerated for future use. When you are ready to cook the jambalaya, add the stock to the concentrate and bring to a rolling boil. After about 5 minutes, fold in the parsley. Alternate Method: If no stocks are available, then chicken soup base can be used.
2-Minute French Toast in A Cup Who’s got the munchies? Ha! Seeing as our Cup of Coffee Cake (in Under 5 Minutes) was our most popular post of 2011, I thought y’all might enjoy my other favorite last minute snack, which is even quicker and easier and more fattening (and therefore more delicious/more embarrassing to admit I eat on a regular basis). It’s french toast in a cup, made in your microwave and topped off with a generous ssquirt of ssyrup (which is making my ssssss key kind of sssticky right now). So please, grab a slice of bread and allow me to blow your mind… Don’t forget to check out Jaime’s Lazy Late Night Cooking Corner on our YouTube channel for more microwaveable treats like, Single Serve Cinnamon Roll, Rice Krispy Treat, Blueberry Cobbler, and Strawberry Shortcake for Two. 2-Minute French Toast in a Cup Recipe First you need bread. Cube your bread. Get your cup or cups ready. Place the bread in the cup of your choosing. Mix it all together with a fork. Pour the mixture into your cup/cups. Add syrup. Eat.
Nutella Mug Cake There are several food bloggers that I follow religiously. In fact I have a hard time concentrating at work until I read their posts each morning (ssshh!). And a lot of them just crack me up. They’re clever and well-written. I get so upset when I can’t think of witty things to say in my posts! It doesn’t mean that I don’t love my recipe, believe me I do. The secret is this: Nutella Mug Cake. Here’s what you’ll need You’ll need 4 tablespoons sugar, 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, 4 tablespoons self-rising flour, 3 tablespoons milk, 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, And the Nutella! Oh yeah…and an egg. Whisk with a fork until smooth It has magically risen and baked completely in 1.5 minutes. I quickly made some whipped cream, then dug in! Nutella Mug Cake Yields 1 Ingredients 4 tablespoons self-rising flour 4 tablespoons sugar 1 egg 3 tablespoons cocoa powder 3 tablespoons Nutella 3 tablespoons milk 3 tablespoons vegetable oil Whipped Cream Topping (if desired) ½ cup heavy cream 1 tablespoon sugar Instructions
Cinnamon Roll Mug Cake (made in 3 minutes!) Thanks so much BuzzFeed for featuring this mug cake!! You can see 17 more awesome mug cake recipes on their site HERE. Wow! Why did I not get into the mug cake phenomenon until now? When I would see the pictures of mug cakes floating around on Foodgawker.com I thought, seriously, how could a cake be made in the microwave and actually be good? Well, I am here to tell you mug cake works! I think I may gain 10 pounds this month from adapting this method for making cake. Cinnamon Roll Mug Cake (made in 3 minutes!) Ingredients 2 Tbsp applesauce 1 Tbsp vegetable oil 1 Tbsp buttermilk 1/4 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 cup + 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour 2 1/2 Tbsp packed light-brown sugar 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon 1 dash ground nutmeg (optional) 1/4 tsp baking powder 1/8 tsp (scant) salt 1 Recipe Cream Cheese Icing, recipe follows Cream Cheese Icing 1 Tbsp Cream Cheese or Neufchatel Cheese, softened 2 Tbsp powdered sugar 1 tsp milk Directions Prepare Cream Cheese Icing according to directions listed, set aside.
Restaurant Style Orange Chicken Alright you guys, seriously, this orange chicken tastes exactly like the best orange chicken you’ve ever had at any restaurant. I was very, very, very skeptical at first because I’ve never fried meat before and I was afraid it would turn out terribly. Kramer was adamant about having me make orange chicken that would remind me him Chinese take-out, though, and I couldn’t let him down! It was perfectly crispy and crunchy and the sauce was right on point; sweet and tangy and with a little bit of heat. I honestly can’t emphasize how good this orange chicken is. Your ingredients. Mix together the chicken, egg, salt, pepper, and 1 tablespoon of canola or vegetable oil, then add in 1/2 cup of cornstarch and 1/4 cup all-purpose flour. Heat enough vegetable or canola oil in a pot or a wok (about an inch deep in the pot) for about 5 minutes over high heat. Turn the heat to medium-high and fry the chicken in small batches so it cooks evenly. In one more bowl, zest your orange. Cook time: Total time:
Red Beans and Rice Recipe : Emeril Lagasse Directions Place the beans in a large bowl or pot and cover with water by 2 inches. Let soak for 8 hours or overnight. Drain and set aside. In a large pot, heat the bacon grease over medium-high heat. Remove from the heat and with the back of a heavy spoon, mash about 1/4 of the beans against the side of the pot. Serve over rice and garnish with green onions. A Cup of Coffee Cake (in Under Five Minutes) I don’t love chocolate. BLASPHEMY I KNOW! It just doesn’t do it for me, what can I say? I do, however, love me some cinammon. And some crumbles. But okay, I don’t always feel like making a giant coffee cake and eating it for three days straight until it’s gone. So I messed around with ingredients, a measuring spoon, and a microwave, to see if I could create a crumbly, cinnamony coffee cake in a cup that could be made in a microwave in about five minutes at 11 p.m. while i watched The Notebook for the 5,000th time (hey girl, don’t even try to pretend you don’t love Ryan Gosling, I won’t hear it). Get my five minute cup-of-coffee-cake recipe after the jump… While you’re at your microwave, head on over to Jaime’s Lazy Late Night Cooking Corner on our YouTube channel for more microwave treats like, Single Serve Cinnamon Roll, Rice Krispy Treat, Blueberry Cobbler, and Strawberry Shortcake for Two. How to Make Five Minute Microwave Coffee Cake in a Coffee Cup Well, first you’ll need a cup.
Chocolate Chip Cookie in a Cup Chocolate chip cookies are my favorite, and my kids’ favorite too. So, after seeing a few recipes for individual cakes and brownies made in the microwave, I was inspired to develop a recipe to make our favorite treat in just a few minutes. My kiddos are going crazy over this chocolate chip cookie in a cup, and the best part is how easy and quick it is to make. Edited to add: This is the original chocolate chip cookie in a cup recipe. Make sure you follow the steps and don’t substitute spreads for butter:0) For more fun ideas, follow me on Pinterest. Chocolate Chip Cookie in a Cup Author: Melissa @ No. 2 Pencil Recipe type: Microwave Dessert Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: 1 Chocolate Chip Cookie in a Cup – the original microwave cookie recipe Ingredients Instructions Start by melting your butter in the microwave. There you have it, a homemade chocolate chip cookie in just a few minutes…and no mess to clean up. Make this for your family, or yourself right now!
Coffee Cup Coffeecake Find more great coffee cup recipes: Caramel Fleur De Sel Cake, Nutella Espresso Cake, White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Mug Cake and more here: Yield: 1 serving 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar, divided 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons butter, softened, divided 1 pinch plus 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, divided 1 pinch salt, optional 1/2 egg (from 1 egg lightly beaten and divided) 2 tablespoons sour cream 1 teaspoon maple syrup Vanilla extract (a few drops) 1/4 cup self-rising flour 1 teaspoon apricot or other preserves 1. 2. 3.
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