Breaded Pork Chops

2 tablespoons flour
4 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
1/8 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
3/4 cup dry bread crumbs
3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon paprika
6 boneless pork loin chops (1/2-in. thick & 4 ounces each)
Spray butter

Place flour in a shallow dish. In another shallow dish, beat the egg whites, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, and hot pepper sauce. In a third dish, combine the bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, thyme, salt, and paprika. Coat pork chops with flour. Dip into egg mixture, then coat with crumb mixture. Place on a plate; cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Place chops in a 13-in. x 9-in.x 2-in. baking dish coated with nonstick cooking spray; spritz chops with butter. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25-28 minutes or until juices run clear.

Crumb-topped Loaf

This is sooooo tasty! I loved it and so did Allen!

Loaf:
1 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup canned solid-pack pumpkin
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla

Topping:
1/2 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup packed dark-brown sugar
1 cup flour
2 teaspoons powdered sugar

1)LOAF: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
2) Mix flour, baking powder, pie spice, and salt in small bowl. Beat egg and sugar in large bowl. Beat in pumpkin, oil, and vanilla until smooth. Make a well in center of flour mixture. Add egg mixture. Stir just until moistened and batter comes together. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
3) TOPPING: Mix butter, brown sugar, and flour in small bowl until crumbly. Sprinkle over batter.
4) Bake loaf for 50-55 minutes, until wooden toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack 10 minutes. Turn out onto rack to cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar; slice.

Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls

Last weekend my husband, my dad, and a friend left early Friday morning to go fishing for the weekend. So, to be a good wife/daughter, I got up early (like 5 am!!!) to make homemade pumpkin cinnamon rolls! Delicious! Here it is!

1 envelope (1/4 ounce) active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water
1 teaspoon plus 2 tablespoons sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 can (15 ounces) canned pumpkin
5 1/2 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon salt

Sprinkle yeast over warm water in large bowl. Add 1 teaspoon of the sugar; let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. Beat in remaining sugar, the eggs, butter and pumpkin.

Gradually add 5 cups of flour and the salt, scraping side of the bowl, until soft ball forms. Turn out onto floured surface and knead remaining 1/2 cup flour into dough, adding more if sticky. Knead for 10 minutes, until smooth. Dough will be soft.

Grease a bowl; add dough. Cover with plastic wrap and place in a war, spot until doubled, about 1 1/4 hours.

Coat two 9 x 13 baking pans with nonstick cooking spray. Make filling:

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon

Mix butter, sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon together in a bowl.

Punch down dough. Roll out half onto a lightly floured surface to form a 16 x 10 inch rectangle. Spread with half of the filling. Starting on one long side, roll up jelly-roll fashion. Pinch the seam to close. Repeat with second half of dough and filling.

Cut eat log crosswise into 12 generous 1-inch pieces. Arrange 12 pieces, cut-side down, in each prepared pan. Cover with plastic wrap; let sit in a warm place until buns double in size, about 30 to 45 minutes. (You can refrigerate the pans overnight after they have risen or cover the plastic wrap with foil and freeze. Thaw in fridge overnight, then thaw on the counter while preheating the oven when preparing the frozen rolls.)

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Uncover pans and bake buns until they are golden brown and bubbly, 28 to 33 minutes (if rolls were frozen, cook 36 minutes). Transfer to a wire rack; let cool 10 minutes.

Glaze:
2 cups powered sugar
3 tablespoons milk

Blend powered sugar and milk. Drizzle over buns. Serve warm.

I felt like these turned out really good! But I think the next time I make them, I will make a cream cheese frosting instead of the powered sugar frosting. It was just a little too sweet for the roll I think! I hope you enjoy these with a hot cup of coffee!

Apple Cake

This is Allen's favorite recipe of all time. In fact, he loves it so much that when I told him I was making it tonight, he told me I wasn't allowed to take any to anyone or let anyone else have it! He is such an unselfish person, unless it's apple cake! So, without further ado...

3-4 cups of chopped apples
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Mix these 3 together and set a side.

Mix the following ingredients in a large bowl:
2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
4 eggs
1/4 cup orange juice
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

After these are mixed well, pour them into a 9 x 13 greased pan. Pour apples on top. Bake for 1 hour at 325 degrees. ENJOY!

A picture will be coming if I can sneak them out of the oven and snap it before Allen realizes that they are ready!

Citrus Chicken

I love, love, love cooking and baking! So I decided that I should share this love with the world and start a recipe blog! I hope it is a fun time and that people will enjoy the recipes just like I do!

Here's the first one!

Citrus Chicken

Ingredients
1 large orange
1 large lime
6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
3/4 cup Italian dressing
fresh cilantro

Directions
Place chicken in large ziplock bag. Grate orange and lime peel into the bag. Add the juice of the whole orange and half of the lime. Save the other half of the lime! Coursely chop cilantro and add to bag. Add the Italian dressing and let marinate for at least 30 minutes but up to 12 hours. Remove the chicken and place on a hot grill. Grill until juices run clear and chicken is white all the way through. Squeeze the left over lime juice on top of the chicken right before removing from the grill! You can garnish this with some cilantro if you are obsessed with it like I am!

I hope you enjoy this recipe and return to my blog often to check up on fun and new recipes to come!