Strawberry Smores Cobbler

Strawberry Smores Cobbler from Good Housekeeping

Ingredients:

1 sleeve whole graham crackers 

(9 to 10 rectangles)

3 oranges

1/4 cup sugar

2 Tbsp. cornstarch

2 lbs. fresh strawberries, hulled and quartered 

16 to 18 large marshmallows

2 oz chocolate (dark or milk), broken into pieces

(I used semisweet chocolate chips)

Preheat oven to 400

Coarsely crush crackers into a 2 qt round baking dish 

(I finely crushed, but am thinking coarsely as the directions state is the way to go)

Set aside

Finely shred 1 tsp peel from orange

Juice oranges for about 3/4 cup

   
                            In a large saucepan, stir together orange peel, juice, and cornstarch
                                                            Cook and stir until bubbly

Spoon in berry mixture with previously hulled and quartered strawberries

My suggestion is to prepare berries before beginning to warm oranges and cornstarch

Top with marshmallows and chocolate, lightly pressing marshmallows into filing

FYI, you may notice I used more than 2 oz of chocolate! Add to your liking...

Bake for 10 minutes or until marshmallows are golden!

Chicken Crepes

Chicken Crepes, courtesy the Betty Crocker Cookbook:

If possible, try to prepare your chicken, any seasons you choose, the day before. You can then cook the chicken while you are preparing the other ingredients.

                                           Here is the recipe. Please remember to prepare and cook your                                          chicken first. You will next prepare crepes (see the recipe in my 

   previous blog).

                         

                                                       Ingredients for first part of recipe:

                                                                 3 tablespoons butter

                                                                 3 tablespoons flour

                                                                       1/2 tsp salt

                                                                 2 cups chicken broth

                             

                                    Gather ingredients and  heat butter in saucepan over low heat until                                                         melted.

While butter is melting, prepare your remaining ingredients:

1 1/2 cups finely cut up cooked chicken

2/3 cup chopped apple

1 medium stalk celery, chopped (about 1/2 cup)

Once butter has melted, blend in flour and salt. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and bubbly. Please be patient, this is a slow process!

Remove from heat and stir in broth.

Once broth has been stirred in, heat to boiling. Boil and stir for 1 minute.

Set aside a 1/4 cup to pour over crepes before baking.

                           
                                                       
                                                    Mix chicken, apple, and celery into broth and stir.
                                                     Place 1/4 cup mixture in each crepe and roll up.
                                                     Place crepes seam side down in oblong dish.
                                     Pour remaining broth over crepes and bake at 350 for about 20 min
                                           

How to make crepes

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When I have had the blessed opportunity to travel abroad, I have often ordered pancakes. Please my fellow Americans, understand that our definition of pancakes, as delicious and perfect as they are, is NOT what the rest of the world considers a pancake. At least in the international destinations I have traveled, they are more like a crepe. As Wikipedia will tell you, crepes are a very thin pancake and have their origins in France. I have often enjoyed crepes ,even here in the USA. Little did I know just how easy, although a bit time consuming, it is to make these at home. They are delicious and can be served at breakfast, lunch, or dinner, with almost any type of filler or something on top of them. They are even yummy plain! Here is the recipe taken from one of my bibles, my Betty Crocker cookbook. And please look for my next post which is a recipe for Chicken Crepes!


                                                                How to make a crepe:
                                                About 20 minutes total for baking and prep

Ingredients:

1 cup all purpose flour

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 1/4 cups milk

1 egg

1 tablespoon butter

Mix all dry ingredients and then stir in remaining.

Beat until smooth

Lightly butter skillet and heat over medium heat until bubbly

For each crepe, pour scant 1/4 cup batter into skillet and immediately rotate until thin film of batter covers bottom. Cook until light brown.

                                                       Flip and cook other side for a few minutes.
                                                                 

                                       Stack crepes, placing paper towel or wax paper between them
                                       to keep them warm.

Serve as you like!

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