Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Apple Berry Salsa with Homemade Cinnamon Chips



Homemade Cinnamon Chips
  • 1 package flour tortillas (we use the whole package or as many as we can get our hands on)
  • cinnamon
  • sugar
  • water

Lightly brush each tortilla with just a little water. Then shake cinnamon/sugar mixture all over the tortilla, covering it completely. Next, cut tortilla into strips, triangles, squares, whatever works for you! And we feel sorry if you don't have a fancy pizza cutter like ours to make your job easier and more fun!

Once you've cut them up, place them on a baking sheet and put in a 350 degree oven. Cook them for about 6-8 minutes. You'll have crispy sweet chips good for a snack anytime that look just like this: (We put ours in big ziploc baggies to keep them fresh.)




Apple Berry Salsa
  • 1 carton strawberries, chopped but not too mushy
  • 1 red apple
  • 1 green apple
  • 1 kiwi
  • 1 orange
  • 2 Tbsp. brown sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. apple jelly

Chop the strawberries, apples and kiwi and place all in a large bowl. Cut orange in half and squeeze the juice of both sections over the bowl. Add in brown sugar and apple jelly. Mix thoroughly. Allow this mixture time to chill in the refrigerator for at least an hour. Don't ask a bunch of questions, it's just better that way!

You may omit the kiwi if you don't enjoy that fine furry fruit. You can also substitute pears instead of apple or in addition. Enjoy!!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Funky Monkey Bread


  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 4 cans of biscuits (1o each)
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 2/3 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup butterscotch chips (optional)
Cut all biscuits into quarters. Put brown sugar, cinnamon and 1/4 cup white sugar in a large plastic bag. Mix well. Drop a few pieces of biscuit into the bag and shake to coat well. Or you can mix it up in a large bowl and roll the biscuit pieces in it. Once they are coated well, place the biscuit pieces in a bundt pan. Continue layering them until all pieces are used.

Melt butter in saucepan and add in 2/3 cup white sugar. Cook this mixture until it begins to bubble. Remove from heat and pour over buiscuit pieces into bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes until done. After cool, flip out onto a plate.

In this particular recipe pictured above, we had added butterscotch chips when we were layering the biscuit pieces in the pan. You can add more, less, whatever flavor you want. Also, you can even add in chopped nuts or raisins!! YUM!