White Castle Sliders

I had some leftover Hawaiin rolls from my Pot Roast Sliders and needed something to do with them. Dave thought we should have cheeseburgers for dinner so we decided to try our hands at making some sliders. I did a search on line for sliders and found this recipe at Mommy's Kitchen and they are the best tasting sliders that I have ever tasted, plus they couldn't have been easier! We only made a half of a recipe and we used a 8x8 pan and it worked out great!

White Castle Sliders

Ingredients:

1/2 cup dried onion flakes

2 pounds ground chuck- 80/20 ground beef

1/2 t. seasoned salt

6 slices cheddar cheese or American cheese slices

12- small party rolls we used Kings Hawaiian Rolls

dill pickle slices

Directions:

Evenly spread the onions on the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Gently press the ground beef on top of the onion flakes. Press evenly making one giant patty. 

Sprinkle with seasoned salt. At this point you can use a drinking straw and poke holes throughout the meat. That is what they do with the original white castle sliders. 

Bake in a 400 degree oven for 20 minutes. Using a paper towel, pat the excess grease from the top of the patty. 

Top with cheddar cheese, return to oven for 2 more minutes.  Remove from oven, let set 5 minutes then cut into patties. 

Slice open and separate each party roll. Place bottom of rolls on a large platter. Using a spatula lift patties with onion layer onto each bun bottom.

 Top each slider with a pickle slice then the bun lid. Serve immediately. Makes 12- 15 sliders depending on how big you cut them.

Three Packet Pot Roast Sliders

Last weekend I went to an art day with my Wisconsin friends and we always bring and try new recipes. I brought and made the beer bread, from the previous post, and I brought everything to make these sliders. The sliders were FANTASTIC and very easy to make! I will definitely be making these again! I got this recipe off of a blog called Sis Sister's Stuff they have some really good recipes and ideas!

Slow Cooker Three Envelope Pot Roast Sliders

Roast:

1 3-4 lb beef roast
1 cup water
1 cup salsa

1 envelope onion soup mix
1 envelope Italian dressing mix
1 envelope Au Jus mix

Whisk together water, salsa and seasoning packets. Place roast in slow cooker. Pour seasoning mixture over roast. Cook on low for 8-10 hours, or high for 4-5 hours.

If you want to make sliders:

Three Envelope Pot Roast recipe (above), shredded

1 pkg. King's Hawaiian Rolls

Sliced Swiss cheese (1 slice per slider)

Cut each roll in half and place on a baking sheet. Place a slice of Swiss cheese on the bottom half of each roll. Place baking sheet in oven with broiler on low. Broil for 1-2 minutes or until edges of the rolls are golden and cheese has melted (be sure to watch them closely so they don't burn!). Remove baking sheet from oven. I didn't do this part we just ate it directly from the crock pot to the bun and then topped it with cheese. I meat was warm enough to just melt the cheese with out having to broil them.

We didn't broil these we just made sandwiches right from the crock pot and the meat was hot enough to melt the cheese without broiling them!

Homemade Beer Bread

Here's a GREAT way to have Beer Bread without spending a TON of money buying those pre-made mixes from Tastefully Simple. I think that this tastes even better than the mix and just as easy!!

Beer Bread

Yield = 1 standard loaf pan or 3 mini pans

butter for greasing the pan
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
1½ teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 beer, I like Magic Hat #9 or any amber ale or Bass or whatever
4 tablespoons butter

1. Preheat the oven to 425ºF.

2. Grease a 9X5X3-inch loaf pan (a standard loaf pan) with softened butter.

3. Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and sugar. Add beer, stir until combined and place in prepared pan.

4. Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 375ºF and bake for 30 minutes longer (or less) or until golden brown on top. Remove from oven and place pan on a cooling rack. Let bread sit in pan.

5. Meanwhile, melt butter. Pour the butter over bread. Let sit for five minutes then turn bread out onto a cutting board and serve immediately with more softened butter.

I made two of these loaves, one was made with a Summer Shandy beer and the other one we used Coors Light and we liked them both but the one with the regular Coors Light was the best so use whatever beer you like to drink!

Cranberry Feta Pinwheels

My niece, Gina, made these pinwheels for Christmas and they were very good and she said they were very easy to make as well. She used green spinach tortilla to make them look even more festive.

Cranberry Feta Pinwheels  

Ingredients

• 1 carton (8 ounces) whipped cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup (8 ounces) crumbled feta cheese
• 1/4 cup chopped green onions
• 1 package (5 ounces) dried cranberries
• 4 flour tortillas (10 inches)

Directions

• In a small bowl, combine the cream cheese, feta cheese and onions. Stir in cranberries. Spread about 1/2 cup mixture over each tortilla and roll up tightly. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Cut each roll-up into 10 slices. Yield: 40 appetizers.

Sopapilla Cheesecake

I pinned this recipe quite a while ago from Pinterest and since I had all the ingredients on hand I thought that I'd make this and take in a treat to work. Everyone loved this and said it was a real winner! I will definately be making this again since it was so very easy. 

I read the comments on the recipe and many people said that this is awesome when you add fruit to it espically pineapple. I will try it that way next time plus this would be fantastic as a brunch item instead of a dessert.

Sopapilla Cheesecake

Ingredients:
-2 cans Pillsbury butter crescent rolls (buy the seamless version if you can find them!)
-2 (8oz) packages cream cheese (softened)
-1 cup sugar
-1 teaspoon vanilla
-1/4 cup butter (melted)
-Cinnamon and sugar (I used about 1/4 cup sugar and 1 tbs cinnamon)

Instructions:
Unroll and spread 1 can crescent rolls on bottom of un-greased 9x13 inch pan. If you aren't using the seamless crescents, be sure to smooth out the seams before adding the filling. Combine softened cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Spread mixture over crescent rolls. Unroll and spread remaining crescent rolls over mixture. Spread melted butter over the top and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes.

Holiday Sangria

I made this sangria for Christmas and it was fantastic plus the star fruit made this so very festive. 

Holiday Sangria

Ingredients

2 bottles Merlot
1 bottle ginger ale
1 cup sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground nutmeg
½ tsp ground clove
4 to 6 oranges or tangelos
6 to 10 cinnamon sticks
1/2 bag of cranberries

Directions

In a medium pot, combine Merlot, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Let simmer for ten minutes, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved.
Pour immediately into a sealed pitcher or other container. Chop apples and add them along with the cinnamon sticks to the mixture. Cover and refrigerate for at least 24 hours.  Add ice and ginger ale to serve.

Happy New Year!

Wishing you and yours peace, love, happiness, wealth and health in this new year!!!