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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Fried Ravioli

2 TBS milk
1 egg
3/4 c Italian seasoned bread crumbs
½ 25 oz pkg frozen cheese ravioli, thawed
vegetable oil for frying
grated Parmesan cheese
16 oz Tomato and Basil spaghetti sauce

Combine milk and egg in a small bowl. Place breadcrumbs in another shallow bowl. Dip ravioli in milk mixture, and coat with breadcrumbs.

In a large saucepan, heat pasta sauce over medium heat until bubbling. Reduce the heat to simmer.

In a large heavy pan, pour oil to depth of ½ in. Heat oil over medium heat until a small amount of breading sizzles and turns brown. Fry ravioli, a few at a time, 1 min on each side or until golden. Drain on paper towels. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve immediately with hot pasta sauce.

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Simple Stuffed Crust Pizza

1 10 oz can refrigerated pizza crust dough
10 pieces string cheese
1 c pizza sauce
Sliced pepperoni
1 c shredded mozzarella cheese
(seasonings you prefer on pizza)

Preheat oven to 425°F. Grease 13x9-inch baking pan. Unroll dough; press into bottom and 1 inch up sides of baking pan. Place pieces of string cheese along inside edges of dough. Fold 1 inch dough over and around cheese. Press dough edges to seal. Top crust with pizza sauce, pepperoni and shredded cheese and whatever seasonings you prefer on your pizza. Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Peppermint Pattie Brownies

24 small (1 ½ in) YORK Peppermint Patties
3 sticks butter or margarine, melted
3 c sugar
1 TBS vanilla extract
5 eggs
2 c all-purpose flour
1 c HERSHEY'S cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350F. Remove wrappers from peppermint patties. Grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Stir together butter, sugar and vanilla in large bowl. Add eggs; beat until well blended. Stir in flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; blend well. Reserve 2 c batter. Spread remaining batter in prepared pan. Arrange peppermint patties about ½ in apart in single layer over batter. Spread reserved 2 c batter over patties. Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely in pan on wire rack; cut into squares. About 36 brownies.