Perfect Teriyaki Chicken

So as you know, I'm always deciding what we're having for dinner 2 hours before. I usually have an idea of what I want to make and I go straight to pinterest. Lucky for me I found the most amazing teriyaki sauce recipe. Its sweet, salty, and has the perfect amount of ginger and garlic to make it perfect! I sprinkled some pineapple with brown sugar and grilled it to caramelize, it was the perfect side!

Perfect Teriyaki Recipe
Recipe Adapted From: Bakerette

2 Chicken Breasts, pounded until even
2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil
1/2 cup Soy Sauce
2 cups Water
1 teaspoon Ground Ginger
2 cloves Garlic
3/4 cup Brown Sugar
3 Tablespoons Honey
1/4 cup Cornstarch
1/2 cup Cold Water

1. In a large skillet pour oil and heat over medium-low. Salt and pepper your chicken and place in the hot oil. Cook for about 4 minutes on each side or until cooked through.

2. In a medium sauce pan over medium heat combine the soy sauce, 2 cups water, ginger, garlic, brown sugar, honey and stir to combine. Bring to a gentle boil. Reduce to a simmer.

3. In a small bowl mix together the cornstarch and 1/2 cup cold water until dissolved. Add the mixture to the sauce and stir until it has thickened. Pour it over the chicken and simmer for a few minutes. Serve over rice!

Peanut Butter Cheerio Treats

This is a quick and super easy snack or treat(cause there's a lot of sugar). But since Cheerios is a cereal I think its snack appropriate:) Its sweet, full of peanut butter flavor, and has a great crunch from the cheerios. You'll love these!

Cheerio Treats
Recipe Source: Kathie Cooks

1 cup Granulated Sugar
1 cup Corn Syrup
1 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
5 cups Honey Nut Cheerios

1. Put cheerios in a large bowl. In a medium saucepan over medium heat combine the sugar and corn syrup. Stir and bring to a boil. Let boil for 1 minute and then remove from heat.

2. Add the peanut butter and vanilla. Stir. Pour over cheerios and mix until completely covered. Drop spoonfuls onto parchment or a silpat mat. Let cool before eating!    

Campfire Dip

We love camping! But it can be a bit overwhelming packing all of the food for a family of 6 to go camping so I look for easy, quick, but still delicious meals and snacks to take with us. This is one of my favorite dips for an afternoon snack or while we're waiting for our dinner to cook. Its quick, creamy, and cheesy. Its a good one for your next trip!

Campfire Dip
Recipe Adapted from: Twin Dragonfly Designs

1- 8oz container of Herb and Garlic Cream Cheese
1/2 cup Salsa
1/4 cup Colby Jack Cheese

1. On a large piece of heavy duty tin foil layer the cream cheese, salsa, and cheese. Wrap up the foil into a packet so nothing oozes out. Place near hot coals for 20 minutes or until the cheese melts. Serve hot!

One Hour Dinner Rolls

So as usual its 3 o'clock before I start thinking about what we're going to have for dinner. This particular night I decided on soup. And people, you know that nothing goes better with soup than some fresh, hot out of the oven, dinner rolls. But like I said, its 2 hours before dinner time and so there's no time... Until I decided to search Pinterest and came across this recipe. The answer I was looking for!

You would think that there's no way they would be as good as rolls that take hours and hours to make, but you'd be wrong. Way wrong. These have become one of our favorite recipes. They are pillowy soft, and the perfect texture. I make them all the time now. These are what you need to make when dinner is only an hour away!

1 Hour Dinner Rolls
Recipe Source: Our Best Bites

1 1/2 cups Non-Fat Milk (I make mine from powdered milk)
3 Table spoons Butter, cut into pieces
3 Tablespoons Granulated Sugar
4 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
1 Tablespoon Quick-Rise Yeast
1 1/2 teaspoons Salt
1 Egg, room temp

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a glass bowl combine the butter, milk, and sugar for approx. 2 minutes. You want to heat it until its between 120-130 degrees. 

2. While the milk mixture is heating up, combine the 3 1/2 cups of your flour, yeast, and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer. Whisk together. When your milk is warm enough add to your flour mixture and beat. Add your egg and beat until just combined. Scrape the sides of your bowl and add the remaining flour 1/4 cup at a time until soft and sticky. 

3. Spray a 9x13 baking dish with non-stick spray. Sprinkle another 1/4 cup of flour on your counter and scrape the dough on to it. Sprinkle more flour on the top of your dough. Gently press your dough into a rectangle. score your dough with a knife into 24 sections and gently form each section into a ball. Place your dough balls in your prepared pan. 

4. Let the dough rest for about 25 minutes or almost double in size. Bake rolls for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove pan from the oven and brush the tops with your melted butter.

Buttermilk Pie

Have you ever had a buttermilk pie? I hadn't ever tried one and I must say it was pretty amazing. Totally different than what I thought it would be. But delicious. Soft, creamy, sweet, with a little crisp on the top. And so simple to make!

I served it with a sweetened raspberry puree and whipped cream but it was amazing on it own. This is a pie you should at least try once, cause you'll want to make it again.

Buttermilk Pie
Recipe Source: Add a Pinch

1- 9" Pie Crust
3 Eggs
1 1/4 cups Granulated Sugar
2 Tablespoons All-Purpose Flour
1/2 cup Butter, melted
1 cup Buttermilk
1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
1 teaspoon Lemon Zest
Pinch of Salt

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Put your unbaked pie crust in your pie plate. 

2. In a large bowl combine all of the ingredients and mix until well combined. Pour into your pie crust and bake for about 45 minutes or until the top is golden.

3. Allow to cool completely. Keep refrigerated.

S'more Cheesecake

There once was a dessert that I couldn't get enough of. That dessert just happens to be a s'more. I have made several different s'more desserts and this is one more that I will be adding and putting at the top of my list!

Its sweet, creamy, rich, and it has all of the components of a classic s'more. A crispy graham cracker crust. Soft, pillowy marshmallows. Sweet, rich chocolate. All mixed up and baked in a creamy cheesecake. Its the perfect time to make it. So go, do it, its amazing.

S'more Cheesecake
Recipe Source: Bakerita

Crust
2 1/2 cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
3/4 cup Butter, melted
2 cups Mini Marshmallows
1/2 cup Hot Fudge Sauce, warmed

Cheesecake
2- 8oz pkgs Cream Cheese
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk
2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
3 Eggs, room temp
1 cup Mini Chocolate Chips
2 1/2 cups Mini Marshmallows, divided

Topping
1/4 cup Graham Cracker Crumbs
1/4 Hot Fudge Sauce, warmed

Crust

1. Preheat your oven to 325 degrees. Lightly grease a 10" springform pan. In a large bowl mix together the graham cracker crumbs, granulated sugar, and butter. Press into your prepared pan.

2. Spread 2 cups of mini marshmallows over your crust and then pour the hot fudge cause over the marshmallows. Set aside.

Cheesecake

1. In the bowl of a stand mixer on low speed combine the cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk and mix until smooth. Add your eggs in one at a time, mixing until just combined. Add in the vanilla and mix until just combined. Don't overmix.

2. Add in the chocolate chips and mini marshmallows. Gently fold them in. Pour over your prepared crust. Bake for 45 minutes in a water bath, until the center is almost set. Take out of oven and pour 1 1/2 cups of mini marshmallows over the top and put back in the oven for 5 minutes or until golden.

3. Cool for 30 minutes on a wire rack. Gently loosen the pan, cover and refrigerated overnight. Garnish with extra graham cracker crumbs and hot fudge.

7Up Pound Cake

I'm usually the girl that chooses chocolate. But every once in a while I need a little lemon. This 7Up pound cake hits that spot. Its soft and sweet, light and moist. It pairs so well with fruit and cream. Make this amazing dessert to share with people that aren't as obsessed with chocolate as you are:) It's almost better than chocolate cake.

7Up Pound Cake
Recipe Source: My Baking Addiction

1 1/2 cups Butter, room temp
3 cups Granulated Sugar
1 teaspoon Lemon Zest
5 large Eggs
2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
2 teaspoons Lemon Extract
3 cups All-Purpose Flour
1 cup 7Up or Sprite

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray your bundt pan with baking Pam.

2. In the bowl of a stand mixer beat the butter on medium for 5 minutes. Put in the sugar and lemon zest and beat in medium for an additional 5 minutes. Scrape the bowl.

3. Add in the eggs one at a time, mixing until just combined after each addition. Scrape the sides of the bowl and add in the vanilla and lemon extracts and beat until combined.

4. Add in the flour in thirds alternating with the 7Up ending with the flour. Spread the batter into your prepared pan. Bake for about 75 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

5. Let cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes and then turn the cake onto the cooling rack. Let cool completely before serving.