Monday, April 19, 2010

Paprika Chicken with Mushrooms

Ingredients

4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 teaspoon paprika
salt and pepper to taste
1 pinch garlic powder
1/4 cup butter
1 onion, sliced
1 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced

Directions

Pound chicken breasts to 1/2 inch thickness. Sprinkle both sides of each chicken breast liberally with paprika, salt, pepper, and garlic powder.

In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Arrange chicken breasts in the pan, cover, and cook for 10 minutes. Turn chicken breasts over, and layer the thinly sliced onions and mushrooms on top of the chicken. Cover, and cook for 10 minutes.

Remove lid, and mix onions and mushrooms into the butter sauce. Reduce heat to low, and cook uncovered for 5 minutes.

**Use the Spanish Paprika that Mom gave you from Penzey's. It is really good. We also added a little sour cream to make the sauce thicker and served it with mashed potatoes.

Sopapilla Cheesecake Pie

Ingredients

2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon Mexican vanilla extract
2 (8 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent rolls
3/4 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/4 cup honey

Directions

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.

Beat the cream cheese with 1 cup of sugar and the vanilla extract in a bowl until smooth.

Unroll the cans of crescent roll dough, and use a rolling pin to shape each piece into 9x13 inch rectangles. Press one piece into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish.

Evenly spread the cream cheese mixture into the baking dish, then cover with the remaining piece of crescent dough.

Stir together 3/4 cup of sugar, cinnamon, and butter. Dot the mixture over the top of the cheesecake.

Bake in the preheated oven until the crescent dough has puffed and turned golden brown, about 30 minutes.

Remove from the oven and drizzle with honey. Cool completely in the pan before serving.

**I used regular vanilla, but the Mexican would make it really good.

Caramel French Toast

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons corn syrup
Bread, sliced, to cover butter mixture (about half a loaf)
5 large eggs
1 1/2 cups half-and-half (we used whole milk)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions:

In a saucepan, melt butter, brown sugar and corn syrup. Pour into a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish. Arrange bread pieces on top. Beat together eggs, half-and-half, vanilla and salt. Pour egg mixture over the top of the bread. Cover and chill overnight in the refrigerator. The next morning, bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes.