Saturday, January 14, 2012

Chicken Rollatini


Ingredients:
chicken breasts (pounded)
stuffing: feta & cooked spinach (really can stuff with whatever you feel like)
topping: balsamic vinegar, olive oil, garlic powder, chili powder, breadcrumbs 


Pound the chicken. The thinner the better, and keep it even throughout.


Place the stuffing in the middle of the chicken. Fill as much as possible (you can fit more than you think). 


Roll up the chicken and pin it with toothpicks. We found that one or two through the center and another one or two on each end to close up the roll held them together perfectly.



Brush the rolls with the sauce. Mix about an 1/8 cup balsamic vinegar with a tbsp of olive oil. Add the garlic powder and chili powder to taste. A sprinkle of breadcrumbs are a nice touch also, if you are in the mood.


Bake for 20-40 minutes (time varies depending on how much chicken you are cooking). 




Snickerdoodles

If you haven't tried speculoos, you're really missing out. It's bound to be the next nutella. While it's been difficult to get anywhere besides the internet or New York City, Trader Joe's has begun to carry their version and have called it cookie spread. A few weeks ago I saw a snickerdoodle recipe accompanied by an idea to make a snickerdoodle/speculoos sandwich. Since Michael is obsessed with snickerdoodles and speculoos I knew I had to try to make this. I found a recipe on allrecipes.com and gave it a try. The cookies themselves were delicious  but if you add speculoos it's an amazing combination. I recommend giving them a try.


Ingredients
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons white sugar
about 1 tablespoon of ground cinnamon


Combine the 1 1/2 cups of white sugar, the butter, the vanilla, and the eggs. Slowly stir in the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt and blend well.


Using your hands roll the dough into balls (about 1 inch in diameter.) 


Roll them in a mixture of the additional 3 tablespoons of white sugar and 1 tablespoon of cinnamon and place them on a foiled cookie sheet. I wet my hands in between every couple of balls to make a lot of cinnamon/sugar stick to the dough balls.


Before placing the cookies in the oven, I used the back of the spoon to push the cookies down a little bit, but not much. Then, I placed them in the oven at 400 degrees for about 9 minutes.


Feel free to eat them as they are, or if you have access to some speculoos try a speculoos sandwich!