This was Kristin and I's first "Tasty Tuesday" adventure....
the quest... making something edible
I found this website called foodiereflections.com , it's absolutely fabulous, you should check it out... no seriously, i'm not joking, go do it right now, and you'll see that i'm not lying..
Ok, now that you're back lets continue
As the title elicits, BBQ Chicken Pizza was the dinner we chose, and it was definitely a good choice. Everyone loved it, and it's so simple, a 2yr old could make it. Well, hopefully you're all very wise parents and don't let your toddlers near an over, but you get what I mean.
Basically, you spread out some Pizza Crust, which you can buy in those air-tight containers, just like you buy biscuits and crescents, you roll it (or them for multiple) out onto a baking pan...
Now, meanwhile, you are to thaw out chicken, about a half pound per pizza, and once it is "un-frozen" you rub it in BBQ sauce and bake in the oven for 20-25mins at 350 degrees.
After your chicken is finished, you spread a hefty amount of the BBQ sauce onto the pizza crust, just like you would do for pizza sauce, only it tastes much better than pizza sauce.
Now, concerning cheese (which is the single most important element of a pizza), we decided to do two layers. We sprinkled one "layer one" then cut up the chicken and distributed it throughout the pizza, and then coat it with another "layer" of cheese.
Bake for 13-14mins if you're using a square pan, and 8-10mins if using a round pan, both at 425 degrees.
Ok, so I must be honest.... the REAL recipe called for onions but...... um, we don't like those on our pizza, so we just skipped that part.
NEXT.....
Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes
ok, so the pizza we made was delicious, and not to discredit it, but.... the cupcakes (which look more like muffins) kicked the pizza's butt.
Thing's you'll need :
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, @ room temp.
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cut dark brown sugar (most people have light, and we did too, but we spent the $1.75 or w/e it was just in case)
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup apple butter (which is NOT by peanut butter, which would make sense, but it IS by jelly)
1/2 cup sour cream
2 cups peeled, cored and finely chopped apples, preferably Granny Smith (and if you're like me, those make you squeal, but when they're baked, they add just the right flavor and pizzaz)
FYI : this makes supposedly 30 cupcakes, mine made 24 good sized ones
So preheat the oven to 350 degrees
Sift the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and salt in a smaller bown
Then
In a larger bowl, beat the butter, add the sugar, then mix in the bown sugar, then add the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla, then pour 1/3 of the flour mixture in, and 1/2 of the apple butter in, then another 1/3 of the flour mixture and second 1/2 of the apple butter, then the last 1/3 of the flour mixture and all of the sour cream... once finished, fold in the chopped apples.
Bake for 18-20 mins
FrOsTiNg (because that's everyone's favorite part anyway)
1/2 stick unsalted butter @ room temperature
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
16oz cream cheese @ room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup apple butter
combine the butter and brown sugar in large bowl and beat. Then add the cream cheese and beat, then the powdered sugar, then the apple butter..
and Voila.... the most delicious frosting you've ever tasted in your life
by now you're probably thinking to yourself. "wow, this was a bunch of rambling that I probably could've just read on the website that you even gave me."
well... I'm almost finished, so just give me a sec.
As we were cooking and baking, there's ingredients flying all over the place, and it's a good thing we clean up as we go, but, SOMEHOW, our recipe's get food all over them, and it dawned on me. You know, it's only been recently that I've gotten into and really enjoyed working with my favorite thing on earth (food), and having food all over my recipe's somehow goes right past my OCD and need for absolute organization, and makes me feel like somewhat of a cook (or chef, cause apparently "cook" is offensive).
So why don't you go treat your 2yr olds that were aforementioned, to some delicious, and somehow kiddy foods, and accumulate 'another dirty recipe'.
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