sweet onion potatoes au gratin

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Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 large or 2 medium sweet onions, such as Vidalia, thinly sliced
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon ground thyme
• 1 bay leaf, fresh or dried
• 2 pounds baby Yukon gold potatoes or fingerling potatoes
• 1/2-2/3 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
• 1/2 pound brick Gruyère or Swiss cheese, shredded

Serves 4

Preparation

Heat a small skillet with the butter over medium heat. Add the onions and season with salt, the ground thyme and bay leaf and cook until very soft and sweet and lightly caramelized, 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and discard the bay leaf.

While the onions cook, put the potatoes in a medium size pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, then salt the water and cook until tender, 12-15 minutes. Drain and return the potatoes to the hot pot. Mash the potatoes with the cream and Parmigiano Reggiano and season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Pre-heat the broiler.

Arrange the mashed potatoes in individual gratin dishes or one shallow casserole dish. Top the potatoes with the onions and Gruyère cheese. Place the dish(es) on a sheet pan and brown under a hot broiler until bubbly, about 2 minutes. Remove from the oven and serve hot.

No Bake Cherry Cheese Pie

(This was what I brought a time or two ago.)

1 room temperature cream cheese
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1/3 cup lemon or lime juice
1 tsp. vanilla

Blend all ingredients together with a whisk attachment on your mixer.  Whip it until still peaks form (5 or more minutes.)  Pour into a graham cracker pie crust.  Refrigerate until set (at least 2 hours).  Serve with cherry pie filling.

Date Changes

Ladies,

Bunko was a blast last night and once again the food was delicious!

 Just a reminder that we will be meeting the 3rd Wednesday of October (10/19) at Tanya's and then will be meeting the first Wednesday of each month starting in November (11/2) at my place. Also, Jen G. and Angie have switched for December and January.

Now get busy posting those recipes. :)

Love you all,

Brooke

Remember Bunko is on the 3rd Wednesday in July and August. It'll be July 20th and August 17th.

Put the drum in Drumsticks...

1/4 cup basting oil

Mix 1/4 cup Canola oil, 1/4 tsp dried thyme, 1/4 tsp dried parsley, 1/4 tsp garlic powder.

Let sit for five minutes.

1/4 cup McCormick BBQ seasoning (I like to use the sweet ones but any will do)

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

Mix all ingredients above. Set aside.

3 lbs Chicken drumsticks. Can also use chicken split breasts and thighs (bone in).

1. Add chicken to BBQ seasoning. Tossing to coat. Marinate covered, 6-8 hours in refrigerator. I like to marinate mine for 24 hours. Tossing half way through time.

2. Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Transfer chicken to baking sheet. Bake 2 hours, or until internal temp reaches 165 degrees. Remove from oven. Preheat grill to 400 degrees. Place chicken on grill and turn down grill to mid-low. Close lid. Grill for 3 minutes turn over and grill for another three minutes. Remove from grill and serve.

You can also broil the chicken. Adjust rack to 6 inches from heat. Broil chicken 5-8 minutes. Watch carefully to prevent burning.

lemon-blueberry crumb bars

what you need


1/2 cup butter
1 pkg. yellow cake mix
2 eggs, divided
2 tsp. lemon zest and 3 tbsp. lemon juice from 1 lemon, divided
2 pkg cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
2 1/2 cups fresh blueberries

make it

heat oven to 350.
line 13 x 9 pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides. microwave butter in a bowl on high for 1 minute, or until melted. add cake mix, 1 egg, and 1 tsp lemon juice. beat with mixer until well blended. press 2/3 of the mixture into the pan.

beat cream cheese and sugar until well blended. add remaining egg, lemon juice and zest. mix well. pour over crust and top with berries. pinch small pieces of the remaining cake mix between your fingers and press lightly into the cream cheese layer.

bake 48 to 50 minutes, or until the center is almost set. cool completely. refrigerate 1 hour. use foil handles to lift dessert from pan before cutting into bars. keep refrigerated.

enjoy!

Brooke's Baked Beans

Baked Beans

Ingredients:
1 large onion, diced
2 (16-ounce) cans pork and beans
1/2 -1 pound bacon strips, cut into 1/2-inch pieces


(I never really measure these.  I've just listed rough measurements for you to go off of.)

3-4 tablespoons yellow mustard
1/4 cup maple syrup
4 tablespoons bbq sauce

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Cook bacon. Reserve bacon fat to cook onion.
Cook onion in bacon fat until tender.
Drain onion and add  to everything else.

Bake, covered, for 45 to 60 minutes.