Game Day Eats

 Date night included BYU football and these yummy treats last Friday. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip, and Honey Glazed Hot Wings. What girl wouldn't want to cuddle with their hubby and watch sweaty guys pummel each other while these treats were nearby??? There was pizza too, but you've already got my pizza dough recipe... The dip would also make a perfect girls night snack, don't you think? The wings were still spicy, but there was just enough sweetness to keep me going back for more. Enjoy!

 Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip

Recipe from here

1/2 c butter

1/3 c brown sugar

1-8oz block of cream cheese, softened

1/2 c powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

3/4 c semi-sweet chocolate chips, roughly chopped

Melt butter in a medium saucepan, add brown sugar and whisk until smooth. Bring to a boil and let bubble for a minute or two. Let mixture cool, or it will melt your chocolate chips.

Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar with a mixer for 1 minute until smooth. If your cream cheese is too warm, you will have lumps. Add in vanilla. Then, on low speed, add in the butter and brown sugar mixture until combined. Add in most of chocolate and let the mixer break them up. Pour into a bowl and top with more chocolate. Dip with pretzels, green apples, animal crackers, bananas, sugar cookies, a spoon, your finger...

Now for the wings. Jacob usually handles the wings, but this was my first time and I must say, not bad for a girl...

Honey Glazed Hot Wings
Recipe inspired by allrecipes

2lbs chicken wings
salt and pepper to taste
1 c honey
1/2 c butter, melted
1/2 c hot sauce

Preheat outdoor grill to medium heat, lightly brush oil on grates with a paper towel and tongs.

Rinse the wings and dry with a paper towel. Season with salt and pepper. Spread out on grill and cook for about 20 minutes, until juices run clear. Periodically brush 1/2 cup of honey on wings while they cook.

Meanwhile melt butter in a large bowl and mix with hot sauce and remaining 1/2 cup of honey.

When wings are done dump in the sauce and serve with delicious blue cheese. I don't ususally like store bought blue cheese dressing since I always grew up with home made but, I was super impressed with Marzetti's Simply Dressed All Natural Blue Cheese dressing. You can find it with the refrigerated dressings by the produce. Delicious. Go on make your hubby's night.

Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Anyone else have lots of Zucchini?? Well here's a twist on the Chocolate Blueberry Muffins...

Double Chocolate Blueberry Zucchini Bread

Ingredients

3 whole Eggs

1 cup Vegetable Oil (or 1 Cup Applesauce)

1 cup Granulated Sugar

1 Tablespoon Vanilla

2 cups Shredded Zucchini (I used one large Zucc)

2-½ cups White Wheat Flour

½ cups Baking Cocoa

1 teaspoon Salt

1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon

¼ teaspoons Baking Powder

1 teaspoon Baking Soda

Handful Chocolate Chips

1 Cup Blueberries

Coarse Turbinado Sugar for sprinkling (optional)

In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla. Stir in zucchini. Combine all the dry ingredients and add it to the zucchini mixture. Mix until combined. Stir in blueberries and chocolate chips. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans, or make muffins by filling the pans 2/3 full with batter. Sprinkle with coarse sugar for yummy crunchy crust.

Bake loaf pans at 350F for 1 hour or until bread tests done. Bake muffins at 350F for 15 minutes or until they test done.

Got to love my helpers :)

Grilled Southwest Pizza

OK I hate to ramble about how great I think something is like a movie or restaurant or food, etc. because then when someone else tries it, he/she may be disappointed only because his/her expectations were so high. Well, this pizza is the best. Anything mexican must be smothered in sour cream for me otherwise I will barely touch it. I didn't even want to put sour cream on this because it was soooo good without it. It has in only one bite become my new favorite food of all time. Jared loved it too. The kids, of course, wouldn't touch it because it had vegetables on it and as a rule they gag when they even hear the word vegetable. Good news about pizza is that for a family our size we have to make at least 2 pizzas anyway so one is cheese for them and one is extra yummy good with steak and veggies for us!! Enjoy!

One pre-made pizza crust (Boboli is good)

Beef strips (I used whole slices and then cut into strips after grilling it)

1 red, green, & yellow bell pepper cut in strips

1/2 lime

1 garlic clove

1/2 C. salsa

4 cheese Mexican shredded cheese

Taco seasoning

Sprinkle beef and peppers with taco seasoning and olive oil. Grill beef and cut in strips. Cook peppers with crushed garlic and the juice of 1/2 lime on grill or in pan with olive oil. Put 1/2 c. salsa on pre-made pizza crust and squeeze just a touch of lime juice mixed in with the salsa. Place beef strips and peppers on pizza crust and sprinkle with cheese. Place crust on grill and heat until the cheese is melted. It makes for a heavy pizza so assembling it on the grill is recommended and then placing it on a cookie or pizza sheet once it's done. You can serve with sour cream if you like.

It's Derby Time!!!

Derby Pie

You can only buy this pie in Louisville, KY around Derby time--(unless you have your own recipe, of course!) This is one of the only foods ALL my kids love and fight over for seconds.

1 unbaked pie shell

½ cup chocolate chips up to half the bag

½ cup melted butter

½ cup flour

1 cup sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

2 slightly beaten eggs

1 cup crushed pecans (or walnuts)

Cover pie crust with layer of chocolate chips. Mix remaining ingredients and pour over chocolate chips. Bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean or it’s good to leave the center a little gooey too!

Whole Wheat Chocolate Blueberry Muffins

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These are seriously fabulous. And I felt totally awesome eating them and feeding them to my babies for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I think they might have to be a new freezer staple. Next time I am going to try them with 1/2 applesauce 1/2 butter. I'm sure they would be just as fabulous.

Dark Chocolate Blueberry Muffins

makes 12-15 muffins

2 cups whole wheat pastry flour (I used whole white wheat, do not use regular wheat)

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons cocoa powder

2/3 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 cup butter, melted

1 cup milk

1 cup blueberries

1/4 cup chopped dark chocolate (I used semi-sweet choc. chips)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a muffin tin with muffin liners.

In a bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, cocoa powder, brown sugar, cinnamon and mix until combined. Using a whisk, stir in the egg, vanilla, melted butter and milk. If the dough still appears too dry, add another tablespoon or 2 of milk. Fold in blueberries and chocolate.

Using an ice cream scoop, spoon muffins into liners. Bake for 13-16 minutes, or until muffins are cooked through.

Recipe Source: howsweeteats.com

Banapple Cake and Cream Cheese Frosting

This is the cake I have made for all my kids birthday's so far. I like it because it so moist, and not too sweet. It's also somewhat healthy before you add the frosting.

Banapple Cake

2 eggs
2 1/2 cups flour (I use white whole wheat)
3/4- 1 cup sugar (for mamma Dean I did 1/2 c and it was yummy!)
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup mashed ripe bananas, about 3
3/4 c buttermilk (I use half milk, half plain yogurt)
1/2 c applesauce
1 tsp vanilla

Grease and lightly flour two 8 1/2 inch pans, or one 9X13 pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, soda, and salt. Add bananas, buttermilk, applesauce, and vanilla. Beat with electric mixer on low speed until combined. Add eggs; beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour batter into the pans.

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes for round pans, and 30 min for 9x13. Bake until centers of cake are firm and toothpick comes out clean. Let cakes cool in pans for 10 minutes. Then put on wire racks if using round pans and let cool completely before frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting
(half this recipe if using 9x13 pan)

1 8oz. package of cream cheese
1/2 c butter, softened
2 tsp vanilla
5 3/4 to 6 1/4 cups powdered sugar
1 tbsp milk

Mix cream cheese and butter on high in mixer until smooth. Add vanilla and gradually add powdered sugar 2 cups at a time. Start slowly!. Add milk, and beat until desired consistency.

Quick 30 Minute Chewy Bread

This is my quick go-to bread when I need something tasty but I don't have much time for things to rise.The original recipe advertises it as 30 minute Pizza Bread. I can't quite have it ready that fast, but I bet some of you could pull it off...(Wendy). We love this bread. Everyone loves it. We bake a whole sheet of it and then freeze the rest in small portions so we can heat it up in the oven and have it with any meal.

30 Minute Breadsticks OR No-Fail Deep Dish Pizza Crust

(If it is too thick for your family, you can either half the recipe or put one full recipe onto two cookie sheets)

2 1/2 C. Medium Hot Water
5 tsp. SAF Instant Yeast*
2 Tbsp. Sugar
3 Tbsp. Oil
1 tsp. Salt
6 C. Flour (you can do half all-purpose and half white wheat or 100% whole wheat)
1 to 2 Cubes of Butter (I use one)

***Sprinkle coarse salt, garlic powder, and parmesan cheese before baking***

Directions:
1. Pour medium hot water in mixing bowl. Sprinkle yeast on top and allow to dissolve.
2. Add sugar, salt, and oil. Gradually add approximately 6 cups of flour.
3. Melt 1-2 cubes butter on cookie sheet in oven as it is heating to 400 degrees and melt in oven. 4. Place dough on cookie sheet and press to fill pan, make sure butter gets on top of the dough.
5. Allow to double in size (About 10-15 minutes)
6. Cook for 10 to 12 minutes or until desired browning is accomplished.
7. Cut into strips or top with favorite pizza toppings.

* When using regular yeast change amount to 2 Tbsp.

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