Recipes

BluDiamond Family Recipes

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=Recipes from Karen=

Butter Swim Biscuits

 * 1 stick unsalted butter
 * 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
 * 4 teaspoons baking powder
 * 4 teaspoons white sugar
 * 1-3/4 cups buttermilk

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Place butter in an 8x8-inch glass or ceramic baking dish. Microwave for 1 minute. Stir butter and keep microwaving at 20-second intervals until butter is fully melted.

Sift flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt into a bowl. Add buttermilk and stir until combined. Pour over melted butter and spread over the melted butter. Use a bench scraper to cut dough into 9 equal pieces.

Bake in the preheated oven until biscuit tops start to brown, 20 to 25 minutes.

=Recipes from Jersey Girl=

Crack Chicken
Slow Cooker Crack Chicken ★★★★★4.3 from 83 reviews
 * Author: Cookies & Cups
 * Prep Time: 5 minutes
 * Cook Time: 4 hours
 * Total Time: 4 hours 5 minutes
 * Yield: serves 8 1x
 * Category: Chicken
 * Method: Slow Cooker
 * Cuisine: Dinner

Description: This easy slow cooker dinner is an internet smash! I created this recipe with busy families in mind!

Ingredients:
 * 3 lbs boneless chicken breasts
 * 2 (8 oz) blocks cream cheese
 * 2 (1 oz) packets dry Ranch seasoning
 * 8 oz bacon, cooked crisply and crumbled

Instructions:
 * 1) In a slow cooker combine place chicken, cream cheese, and Ranch seasoning.
 * 2) Cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 4 hours, until chicken shreds easily.
 * 3) Once chicken shreds stir with a large fork or spoon, so the chicken shreds and all the ingredients combine.
 * 4) Add in crumbled bacon and stir to incorporate.
 * 5) Serve warm.

=Recipes from MDNM=

Granny’s Cornbread
Granny's Cornbread

1 1/4 cup cornmeal

3/4 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

4 tablespoons baking powder

1 egg

1 1/2 cup milk

1/4 cup liquid crisco / oil

Makes one cake pan. Grease pan. Bake 425 degrees for 20 - 25 minutes

I usually double the recipe lol cause why not?

For cornbread dressing chop an onion and 4 stalks of celery and bake into cornbread. After cooked mix poultry seasoning, sage, salt and chicken broth or soup and melted butter. Mush up  with  hands til well  mixed   Sorry  I  have never measured the seasonings. Neither did Granny. easy on the sage. Put in  oven and back about 15 minutes, til top is golden.

=Recipes from MDNM=

Insert recipe name Sausage Balls
1 lb breakfast sausage

1 lb grated sharp cheese

3 c Bisquick

Mix well. It will be like play dough. Form small balls 1 - 1 1/2 diameter. Bake at 325 for 15-20 min. til oolden brown. Can be frozen after cooked then microwaved for a quick breakfast or snack.

My son likes to spice them up with cayenne pepper. He also has used garlic and onion to make the savory.