I'm slowing down here, peeps! Baby girl is coming in 5 weeks!
Recipe # 22 ~ Crash Hot Potatoes
I've been seeing this recipe all over Pinterest... My mom made it a few weeks ago for company and recommended we try it, so we did!!
Ingredients:
Small, round potatoes
Salt
Olive oil
Pepper
Spice (fresh or dried) of your choice: rosemary, thyme, chives...
1. Bring salted water to a boil & boil potatoes until fork tender (mine took about 18 min).
2. Preheat your oven to 450 degrees. Generously spread olive oil on a cookie sheet....don't be shy as this will make the difference between the potatoes sticking or not sticking to the cookie sheet. Add your potatoes to the cookie sheet. (Please ignore my incredibly worn & old cookie sheet!!).
3. Now smash your potatoes with either a potato masher, or if you are like me & don't have one, I used the bottom of a cup to smash my potatoes. You want them to kind of resemble a cookie.
4. Now spread olive oil over each potato with a pastry brush. After that you'll add some salt, pepper, and spice of your choice. We opted for dried thyme.
5. Now plop these guys in the oven for 20-25 min and your done!
For dinner we had grilled BBQ chicken, crash hot potatoes, peas, & a side salad!
The verdict: This recipe was soooo yummy! The potato skins got super crispy and tasty. We will make these probably weekly now. The best part about them is minimal clean up and ingredients!
Link to Crash Hot Potatoes recipe
A sweet treat: Oatmeal Creme Pies
Ingredients:
1 1/4 c butter softened
1 c packed brown sugar
1/2 c sugar
1 1/2 c flour (I used wheat flour)
3 c oats
1 egg
2 t vanilla
1 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
1/4 t cinnamon
1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Begin by beating butter. Add white sugar then brown sugar. Mix well. Add the egg and vanilla and continue mixing ingredients.
2. In a separate bowl, mix the dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking soda, & cinnamon). Add the oats in with the dry ingredients.
3. Gradually add your dry mixture to your wet mixtures, until combined.
4. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper & scoop cooking dough in small balls 2 inches apart onto the cookie sheet.
5. Bake cookies for 10 min. Leave on the pan for an additional 2 minutes to continue baking. Then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Creme Filling
Ingredients:
1/2 c soft butter
2 c powdered sugar
1-2 T whipping cream
1 t. vanilla
1. Begin by beating butter. Sift the powdered sugar and add it to the butter and mix. Add the vanilla and whipping cream and mix on med speed until combined. Turn the mixer on high and whip for about 2 min until fluffy.
I am horrible at making icing! I fail every. single. time. For me, this turned out super runny. If your icing turns out runny, just keep adding powdered sugar until it gets to the right consistency. I swear I double or tripled the amount of powdered sugar in this recipe until it thickened up (woah..sugar high!!). I also added some blue food coloring...just for fun!
Ryan let Connor lick the spoons...knowing how much sugar was in this recipe....this killed me a little bit inside! ha ha. Oh well, the kid doesn't get much sugar.
Once your cookies are cooled and your icing is ready...assemble the cookies! This is pretty self explanatory, right??
The verdict: Absolutely delicious!!!!! Minus the loads of butter and sugar in this recipe, it does have some good stuff in it (oatmeal & wheat flour!!).
Link to Oatmeal Creme Pie recipe
