Individual Chicken Pot Pie Recipe

I had several requests for this recipe so here you go!

I got this recipe from my friend Barb, not sure where it originated.

Individual Checken Pot Pies

1 cup diced cooked chicken

(I used one large can of chicken)

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 cup or more frozen veggies

(I used one small bag, not thawed)

1 cup cheese of your choice

I added some garlic salt, to taste.  Minced garlic and or onion would be good too.
Mix all together

Spray muffin pan with Pam 
Take 2 cans pillsbury grand biscuits. Flatten out the biscuit place one in a muffin pan. 

(There will 16)

I pushed mine down a little in the center before baking

Then place in the oven for 4 minutes at 400 degrees

Take out of oven spoon in mixture in each muffin 

Bake 400 for 15 minutes 

Please let me know if you make them and if you liked them too!

~XOP~

Gifties and Secrets

That seems to be what my sewing consists of lately!  

Things completed that I can't share until I gift. 

 New projects begun for gifts. 

 So what to do?  

Why begin a few new charity quilts of course!  

When I was out of town recently I saw a simple pattern on a little 3 x5 card and thought, 

this would be a perfect Margaret's Hope Chest donation quilt.  

Also I could count it as one for the 100 quilts for kids, 

although I am not sure it will be finished in time for that one, but I am going to try.  

I donate all year to MHC though.  

Here is the top I was working on all laid out

It was a super easy one to make and went together quickly.  

I am planning on making a Michigan and Michigan State one.  

I figure they get a lot of girlie quilts so thought the sports teams would be a good idea.  

Last year Carin from MHC told me they were the first 2 chosen!

  Makes me feel so good!!

The top is finished but my quilter is out of town for the week. 

 Not sure she can get it done in the time frame to make it for the 100 quilts, but I am going to try.  Maybe I will get the MSU top finished this week?

  I have it all cut out.  

Planning on laying it out tomorrow night at quilting where I have a BIG space. 

 I also cut out a NCSU top with this pattern to use for my daughter who is attending school there. 

 I thought I might be a nice couch quilt.  

I sat down to rest and Fatty McFatty jumped right up and 

put her arms around my arm and would not let me get back up for a time. 

 Silly kitty!  

(Maybe she needs to go and visit her Auntie Dianne???)

 I decided it was time to try a new recipe this last week too.  

It was called Meatball Sandwich Casserole and it was amazing!!!

Even my hubby loved it.  

Super yummy and super easy, my kind of dinner!!

LOTS going on with my dad, long story short we are moving him into a retirement community.

The estimated move will be the first week of October.

WAYYYYY too much work to do to get his house ready to sell too.

Can you say Hoarders???

Have a wonderful week!

~XOP~

The Most Amazing Recipe

I have 2 words for you...
Snickerdoodle Bread. 
Yes it really is as good as the cookies, maybe better!
 I made it last night and thankfully left it at home. 
I would seriously have eaten it ALL if I was anywhere near it.

I found the Recipe at Barbara Bakes here.

 The recipe follows.

Snickerdoodle Bread

2 1/2 c. all purpose flour
2 t. baking powder
1/2 t. salt
2 t. cinnamon
1 cup butter, softened
2 c. sugar
3 eggs
2 t. vanilla
1 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cup cinnamon chips (1 pkg. Hershey’s)
2 T. flour

Topping:
2 T. sugar
2 t. cinnamon

Combined 2 1/2 cups flour and baking powder in a bowl. In a separate bowl, cream butter and 2 c. sugar, salt and cinnamon until fluffy, about two minutes. Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition. Add vanilla and sour cream and mix to combined. Add flour mixture stirring until just combined. Coat the cinnamon chips with 2 T. flour and stir into batter.

Spoon batter into four/five greased mini loaf pans (5 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 2 1/4. Don’t fill more than 2/3 full.) Combined 2 T. sugar and 2 t. cinnamon and sprinkle over the top of batter in the pans. Bake at 350º for 35 to 40 minutes until a toothpick inserted into a crack in the center of the loaf comes clean. Remove from oven and let cool 5 minutes before removing from pan.

Note: You can also make this in two 9×5 loaf pans. Bake at 350º for 60 to 70 minutes until a toothpick inserted into a crack in the center of the loaf comes clean.

Now that you are totally drooling. Get going and bake some up. You won't be sorry (unless you are trying to lose weight, LOL)  You know you want to = )

~XOP~

I Have Apples Coming Out Of My Ears!

I got a couple of boxes of apples for canning.  Seriously, why didn't someone tell me how much work that was gonna be?  I have made 12 jars of caramel apple jam, 6 jars of apple pie filling and 7 jars of apple butter and I am not even all the way through the first box of apples!!  I promised I would share the recipe for the caramel apple jam so here you go.

Caramel Apple Jam

Ingredients

6 cups diced peeled apples (1/8 inch cubes, but I shredded mine)
1/2 cup water
1/2 teaspoon butter
1 (1.75 ounce) package powdered fruit pectin (I used Sure Jel)
2 cups sugar
2 cups packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions

In a large kettle, combine the apples, water and butter. Cook and stir over low heat until apples are soft. Stir in pectin and bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly. Add the sugars, cinnamon and nutmeg and return to a rolling boil. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Remove from the heat and skim off any foam. Ladle hot jam into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Adjust caps. Process for 10 minutes in a boiling-water bath.

Here is what my apples looked like as I shredded them with my salad shooter.

This is what it all looks like when it's cooking, YUM!

 And the finished product!  You can see the one I diced on the left and the one I shredded on the right.  Way less work to shred using the salad shooter, I heart my salad shooter!

I also made 7 jars of apple butter and 6 jars of apple pie filling. Here is what the pie filling looked like when it was done

While I'm at it let me share my Buffalo Chicken Dip recipe here too. I made it for the baby shower and everyone was asking for the recipe (sorry not pictures)

Buffalo Chicken Dip

2 large packages of Cream Cheese, softened
1 large or 2 small cans of chicken, drained (like the tuna cans)
1 cup Ranch or Blue Cheese dressing
1 cup Sour Cream
1 cup Mozzarella cheese, shredded
Franks Red Hot Buffalo Wing sauce to taste (probably ~ 1 T)

Stir cream cheese until blended. Mix in chicken, dressing, sour cream and cheese. Add wing sauce and mix completely. Pour into oven safe dish and bake about 10 minutes at 350 degrees F, or until bubbly.

Serve with tortilla chips and celery.

Now, that's about enough of that. My domesticity ends there! LOL. I do have 4 more pecks of apples to deal with tomorrow. I managed to get the binding sewn on my chenille blanket now for the hand work. DH took me out for dinner since I had been slaving away over a hot stove all day, hahaha. Hope you are having a good weekend so far. Mine is drowning in appley goodness! ~XOP~