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Mountain Dew Apple Cobbler

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Our family friend, Opal Cannon, gave us this recipe and we love it. When she first told us about it we were not so sure about using mountain dew but we were so glad we did. This dessert is inexpensive, easy and yummy. It is great with peaches or apples. Don’t forget to top it with vanilla ice cream.
Gather-
2 cans of crescent rolls, separated
2 – 3 Apples cut into 8 sections
1 cup of real butter melted
1 ½ cups sugar
1 ½ cups Mt. Dew
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Make it-
Wrap each 1/8 of apple section in crescent roll dough. Place in lightly greased baking dish. Melt butter and mix with sugar, spread over apples. Pour Mountain Dew over apples. DO NOT STIR. Sprinkle with cinnamon and chopped walnuts. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for approximately 45 minutes. Can be served with ice cream or whipped cream

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Shrimp Etoufee

20131124-064957.jpg Son of a gun you are gonna have big fun on the Bayou with this one, Sha’! This would have to be one of the sister’s signature recipes, right here. We love to sling this dish to all of our friends, especially during the SEC football games. Hint, hint The Almighty LSU Tigers that is. This recipe is just what the doc ordered when you are feeling blue or just need to add a little spring to your step. Don’t be dumb go on and get you some. We usually serve on rice but it is also wonderful served on grits or pasta.

Everything you are going to need-
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 8 ounce can shrimp
Shrimp shells
1 onion, quartered
2 stalks celery, cut into big chunks
2 sprigs fresh thyme
1 bay leaf
4-5 cups water
2 chicken bouillon cubes
1 stick butter
½ cup all purpose flour
3 cups onions, chopped
1 cup bell pepper, chopped
2 ½ cups celery, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
2 dashes hot sauce, or to taste
1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes with chilies
3 bay leaves
Salt to taste
Cayenne pepper, to taste (may omit if you don’t like it real spicy)
Cajun Seasoning to taste
3 cups shrimp stock
2 ½ pounds medium shrimp, peeled and deveined (keep shells for stock)
¼ cup chopped parsley leaves

Lots to do, so do it-
First, you need to get your stock on. Heat you 3 tablespoons olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add your shrimp shells, can shrimp with juice, onions, celery, 2 sprigs thyme and bay leaf. Cook, stirring often, until the shells are pink and the vegetables are soft, about 10 minutes. Add your water and the bouillon cubes. Give it a good ole stir, turn your heat down and simmer for 30-45 minutes. Strain and reserve the stock. In a large Dutch oven melt your butter. Slowly add flour and stir continuously to make a roux. Stir the roux over medium heat until the color of peanut butter, about 10-15 minutes. Watch closely and do not burn the roux. Toss your onions, bell peppers, celery, garlic, Worcestershire and hot sauce to the roux, and cook, stirring often, for about 10 – 15 minutes or until the vegetables are tender. Add the tomatoes with chilies to the pot and season with the bay leaves, salt, cayenne and Cajun seasonings. Cook for 3 minutes and then whisk in the shrimp stock. Bring the mixture to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Cook the etouffee, for 40 – 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. Season the shrimp with Cajun Seasoning and then fold shrimp into etoufee and cook until shrimp are done. Add parsley and add seasoning if necessary. Remove bay leaf. Serve on a bed of hot white rice. Make sure you have
some French bread for your dipping pleasures.

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Brussel Sprouts with Bacon and Honey Mustard

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What you will need-
½ pound bacon, diced
16 ounces fresh Brussel sprouts
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon butter, melted
2 Tablespoons whole grain Dijon mustard
2 Tablespoon honey
Salt and pepper to taste

Do it like this-
In a large skillet cook your bacon over medium heat, drain and reserve 1 tablespoon bacon drippings. Trim the ends off the Brussel sprouts. Cut in half, lengthwise. Place the sprouts in a steamer basket. Place in a saucepan over ¾ cups of water; bring to a boil. Cover and cook for 4-6 minutes, drain. Heat skillet over medium heat and add bacon drippings and garlic. Cook garlic over medium heat until fragrant. Add sprouts, cover and cook for 4-5 minutes. In a small bowl, combine the butter, honey and mustard. Drizzle over sprouts and continue to cook for 3-4 minutes. Toss with bacon and season with salt and pepper.

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The Sisters Brined Turkey

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The Sweet and Savory Sisters were introduced to brining meats several years ago. Like many people we have had our share of dried out turkey. If you have had your share, then you need to try brining. This takes 8-16 hours without cooking time so you need to plan ahead. We were skeptical about using so much salt. We spoke to two of our friends that are chefs and they assured us that it would not be too salty and we would be very pleased with the results. We have been brining ever since. It is unbelievable how moist and delicious it makes the turkey. It is well worth the time that you put into it.

Brine for Turkey
Get you–
2 gallons water or vegetable stock
2 cups kosher salt
2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon black peppercorns
1 ½ teaspoons allspice berries
2 bay leaves
14-16 lb. turkey
1 gallon ice

Brine baby brine-
Get your stock pot out and add your stock, salt, sugar, peppercorns, allspice berries and bay leaves in a large stockpot. Heat over medium high heat, stirring to dissolve sugar and salt. Allow the broth to cool, add ice. Don’t you dare put that turkey in the hot brine. Once the brine has cooled pour it in a 5 gallon bucket or a stainless steel pot. Place the turkey in the brine breast side down; making sure that the turkey is completely submerged. Cover and refrigerate for 8–16 hours. Go on and make up your compound butter so all of those herbs can get to know one another. Time is up so go on and remove bird and rinse inside and out, discard the brine. Dry your turkey off using some paper towels.

This is what you need for your compound butter-
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1/3 cup finely chopped green onion tops
2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
2 tablespoons fresh rosemary
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
1 ½ teaspoons salt
1¼ teaspoons coarsely ground black pepper

Let’s do this thing-
Whisk all ingredients in medium bowl. Cover and chill. Bring to room temperature before using.

Turkey time-
Using a long, thin flexible rubber spatula or your hand, slowly slide the tool between the skin and the flesh of the breasts on both side of the breastbone. The skin is pretty tough and won’t tear if you do it carefully. Do this on both sides of the breastbone but leave the skin attached along the center of breastbone itself. Stuff the compound butter under the skin on both sides. Massage the turkey with the butter on the skin of the turkey, legs and wings. Place the bird in a roasting pan, breast side up. Roast the turkey on lowest level of the oven at 500 degrees for 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees. A 14 to 16 pound bird should require a total of 2 to 2½ hours of roasting. Let the turkey rest, loosely covered with foil or a large mixing bowl for 15 minutes before carving.

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The Queens Potatoes

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This is a fabulous recipe for the holidays. Everything can be done ahead of time and can be popped in the oven right before your meal is ready. This potato dish is fit for a queen.

The Queens Potatoes

This is what you need-
4 medium tomatoes
2 pounds potatoes, peeled and chopped
8 tablespoons butter
2 cloves garlic, minced
½ cup diced onion
1 egg, tempered (mixed with potatoes after mashed)
½ cup mayonnaise
Salt and Pepper
¼ cup grated parmesan cheese (or your favorite cheese)

Get it done-
Cut tomatoes in half and scoop out seeds and pulp, invert to drain on a lined plate. Place potatoes in salted water and bring to a boil. Cook until tender, approximately 14 – 16 minutes.
Melt 8 tablespoons of butter in a skillet and sauté onions until they are translucent. Add garlic and continue cooking until garlic is fragrant.
When potatoes are ready, drain and return to pan, shake in pan over medium heat until potatoes are dry. Mash potatoes and then add butter, onion mixture, tempered egg, mayonnaise and salt and pepper. Blot the inside of the tomatoes with a paper towel and salt and pepper inside of tomatoes. Pipe potatoes into tomatoes, place in lined broiling pan and bake in a preheated 425 degree oven for about 10 minutes. Add parmesan cheese and return to oven and bake for an additional 5-7 minutes.

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Cornbread Dressing with Sausage

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This recipe is V I C T O R Y. This is what our Mama would say when something was real good and she would do a cheer. We just have to say that we think Thanksgiving should be every week. We can’t understand why cornbread dressing is limited to Thanksgiving. This is got to be one of our all time favorite foods. Being the heathenetts that we were we would eat it before Mama could get it in the oven. We would stand around the pot like vultures waiting to get a taste.

Cornbread Dressing
with Sausage

What you are going to need-
Cornbread, crumbled (recipe follows)
1 lb bulk breakfast sausage
2 sticks butter
3 chicken bouillons
4-5 stalks celery, chopped
1 large onion, chopped
8 green onions, white and green chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped very fine
3 tablespoons parsley, chopped
3-4cups chicken stock
Salt and pepper to taste
4 eggs, beaten

This is what you need to do-
Make up your cornbread. While that’s in the oven brown your sausage. Remove sausage from the pan leaving some of the drippings. There is a lot of flavor left in that skillet and we sure don’t want to waste it. Add your butter to the skillet and let it melt. Next, add your chicken bouillon, celery and onion and cook until translucent, approximately 5 to 10 minutes. Next add green onions, garlic and parsley. Stir around for a few minutes. Pour the vegetable mixture and browned sausage over the crumbled cornbread. Add your stock, stir it up real good and then give it a little ole taste. If it needs some salt and pepper, add it. Lightly beat eggs and add a little of the cornbread mixture. Then add it back to the cornbread mixture and stir it up real good. Pour mixture into a greased 13x9x2 casserole dish and bake until dressing is cooked through, about 45 – 60 minutes.

Cornbread
What you will need-
2 cup self-rising cornmeal
1 cup self rising flour
1½ cups buttermilk
4 eggs
¼ cup vegetable oil
1 stick butter

How to make-
Get your oven heated 350 degrees F. Combine all your dry ingredients in a bowl and wet ingredients in another bowl. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix well. Pour batter into a greased 13x9x2 baking dish and bake for approximately 25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool.

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Little Sissy’s French Toast Casserole

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We always have a house full of friends and family for the long holiday weekend. I always make this casserole up ahead of time so I can just pop it in the oven and enjoy our guests.

Stuff you need-

1 loaf, French bread, cubed or sliced
8 eggs, lightly beaten
3 cups half and half
¼ cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
TOPPING:
1 stick butter
3 tablespoons sugar
¾ cup brown sugar
1 cup pecans, chopped
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 cup of maple syrup
3 tablespoons butter

What to do with the stuff-
Go on and grease you up a 13 x 9 baking dish. Next, line your dish with the French bread. Get you a big ole bowl out and whisk the eggs, half and half, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and salt. Pour that yummy egg mixture over the French bread. Now wasn’t that easy? Cover and pop it in the fridge and let it soak up all that goodness for about 8 hours. Now the 8 hours are up and you are ready to feed that demanding family of yours. Before you pop this in the oven your gonna want to take it out the fridge and let it sit for about 45 minutes to 1 hour. While you are taking the chill off of the casserole you can make the topping. The sisters love them some toppings. Get you 1 stick of butter and add sugar, brown sugar, nuts and cinnamon. Use a fork and work these ingredients together, let them get to know one another. Sprinkle the topping over the bread. Go on and preheat your oven to 350 degrees. You gonna want to bake the casserole for 45 minutes to an hour or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Take it out of the oven and smell it. Don’t that smell good? This is going to kill you but you need to let it sit for about 5 minutes or so. You don’t want to burn your mouth up. While that’s cooling make that extra goodness. Now when we listed the ingredients for the extra goodness, we said it was optional. It is optional bet we do highly recommend it. So just go on and do it- In a small pot warm syrup and butter. That’s it! Let your guest pour this over the top of the casserole.

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Green Bean Casserole (Crock Pot)

20131204-052653.jpgThis is for all you crock pot lovers out there. This is easy, easy,easy and gives you that extra space you know you are going to need for your ham and other dishes.
Crock on with your bad selves.

Green Bean Casserole (crock pot)
Get you-

2 (14 1/2 ounce) can French Style Green Beans, drained

1 (14 1/2 ounce) can cut green beans, drained

2 (10 3/4 ounce) cans cream of mushroom soup

3 (4 ounce) cans of mushrooms, drained

1 small onion, cut in half and sliced

½ cup of half and half

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

½ teaspoon black pepper

1 can (6oz) French fried onions, divided

¾ cup of chopped pecans

Let’s get to crockin-
Combine canned green beans with 2 cans of mushrooms and onion slices. Place in crock pot sprayed with cooking spray. Mix cream of mushroom soup, other can of mushrooms, half and half, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, half of the French fried onion rings in separate bowl. Cover green beans with sauce, do not stir. Cook on low for 4 hours. Heat pecans and the remaining French fried onions in a non stick skillet over medium low heat, stirring often, until toasted and fragrant. Sprinkle over casserole just before serving.

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Sticky Chicken

Love this recipe because it is so yummy and so easy!

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Sticky Chicken

This is what you are going to need-
1 whole chicken, quartered
Salt and pepper to taste
¾ cup ketchup
¾ cup brown sugar
½ cup soy sauce, reduced sodium
½ cup honey
3 teaspoons horseradish
3 cloves garlic, pressed

This is what you need to do-
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Wash and pat dry chicken pieces. Season the chicken with salt and pepper or a little Cajun seasoning. Combine remaining ingredients in a small boiler and cook over medium heat, stirring often, until sugar dissolves. Place chicken skin side down in a baking dish and pour sauce over chicken. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove chicken from oven and turn chicken over. Spoon the sauce over the chicken. Return to oven and continue cooking for an additional 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked throughout.

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