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This is the time of year when I sometimes crave a good baked potato. When the weather gets cooler, a nice hot baked potato can warm you up and feel like comfort food. Sometimes for dinner I'll put together a baked potato bar with a variety of toppings to satisfy my craving.
Baked Potato Bars can be an inexpensive way to feed a large group, especially if you make it a potato bar potluck affair. The host can provide the potatoes, butter, sour cream and salt and pepper and then ask everyone else to bring a topping. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. It is surprising to me that not everyone loves baked potatoes that well, and especially not with various toppings. Lindsey prefers a sweet potato and has always disapproved of baked potato bars. When I asked her for topping ideas, she suggested butter, salt and pepper. Not really what I was looking for, LOL. Luckily, Maddy and Alicia do enjoy baked potatoes and had plenty of ideas! So, I've compiled a list of ideas that you may not have thought about. Then, if you decide to host a Baked Potato Bar, perhaps you can enclose the list of ideas in your invitation to give your guests some options. I mean, it would be a less exciting event if everyone simply brought cheese.
Did I leave any of your favorite toppings off of the list? Pleas add them in the comments below!
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I'm making cinnamon rolls with this recipe right now! I'm so excited to bite into one when they are finished baking!
I love potato bread and it has always been a favorite with my family as well. It is always so moist and fluffy. I had never attempted to make it before this week. But, when I was looking through some old recipe books, I came across this recipe for Potato Rolls and I decided to make a few adaptations and give it a try. The original recipe called for butter, but I substituted coconut oil. When I mashed the potatoes, I used a little almond milk in them instead of regular milk. I wasn't sure if the mashed potatoes had to have milk or anything in them, but I put some in just to make sure that they were smooth and well mashed.
The result was perfect! The rolls are so tall, light, fluffy and moist! My husband and I ate them warm from the oven with butter and honey.
You may remember that a while ago I was able to get a bunch of potatoes and can them. That made it super easy to make my mashed potatoes for this recipe this time around!
I used the Bosch to mix my dough. It is still super hot here in Phoenix, so I waited until evening to make these so my house wouldn't get to hot during the daytime. The Bosch helps to speed up the process of bread making so that I wasn't up all night finishing these.
I was able to put 24 rolls in my extra long Pyrex baking pan. Then, there was a little dough left over, so I turned that dough into about 8 cinnamon rolls!
This recipe is very simple to make and I am sure this is going to become my new go to roll recipe! I hope you will give them a try and you will see why!
The recipe calls for 8 cups of flour. I have found that flour amounts in bread can vary up to 2 cups! Today I only used 6-1/2 cups and the dough was perfect! So, the lesson is, don't add the flour all at once. Put in about half and start mixing it in and then add more as needed a cup or two at a time.
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The other week, I was able to purchase 50 pounds of potatoes for $10. What an opportunity to add to my food storage! With today's prices, I am taking every opportunity I can to add to my shelf stable supply of food in my pantry. Of course, if you know me at all, canning was my first go to method of storage.
I canned my potatoes 3 ways.
This post contains affiliate links. I will be compensated for purchases made through those links at no additional cost to you. Views expressed are my own. Thank you for your support! On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me 4 calling birds...which inspired me to make this Cajun Shepherd's Pie. When we were thinking of what to do about 4 calling birds we looked up what calling birds were. Turns out that's what black birds used to be called. This reminded me of the nursery rhyme "4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie." So immediately I thought of blackened chicken pot pie. But after doing much research and being inspired by Tiffany-Anne Parkes recipe for Jerk Chicken Shepherd's pie, I decided a Cajun Shepherd's Pie would be the best approach. The recipe I came up with is so delicious. And although it's not true shepherd's pie because it uses chicken instead of lamb, it's still shepherd's pie-esque. The spice level from the Cajun Spice mix had the perfect amount of heat for me. The sweetness of the sweet potato mash pairs so well with the spicy flavor of the chicken. But my favorite part of the dish is the andouille cream sauce. It is amazing and was largely inspired by chef Antony Field, though my recipe does differ a bit. Tips For Making Cajun Shepherd's PieI hope you guys enjoy this! It was so fun to come up with and even a better thing to eat. Here's some tips for making it:
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to eleven! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Then, one more daughter, with her technical and science skills, plus creativity has joined in to round us out! Read more about us here! Archives
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