#Silicone Baking Mat

[deskcablemanagement]

What Makes Online Shopping So Convenient And Easy

Say goodbye to messy baking with silicone baking mats! Discover the convenience and ease of online shopping for these must-have kitchen accessories. Looking for a hassle-free way to upgrade your baking game? Check out our selection of silicone baking mats and experience the convenience of online shopping. Tired of scrubbing burnt-on food off your baking sheets? Switch to silicone baking mats and enjoy the convenience of shopping for them online.

[old-knightsvow]

the chocolate chip recipe world is also so big like i tried to look up a few in YouTube and they were all wildly different and by principle i will never watch a tasty video so it was a whole Journey

[bestsellersfromamazon]

10 Must-Have Kitchen Gadgets to Simplify Your Cooking Routine

Cooking at home can be incredibly rewarding, but let’s be honest, it can also feel like a bit of a chore without the right tools. Whether you’re a seasoned chef or just starting out in the kitchen, having the right gadgets can make all the difference. Here are ten must-have kitchen gadgets that have transformed my cooking routine and can do the same for you. 1. Instant Pot I was skeptical about…

[proprietorofvoid]

Anti-depression biscuits.

[kon-konk]

There are five people living in my house, so there's like a million kitchen knives from where my cousin and her husband used to live on their own, and my aunt and other cousin used to live alone, and I lived with my grandmother (who owned the house before my aunt), yeah?

I use one. A single one for everything. It's a Dollar Tree knife that I bought like 4(? Maybe more?) years ago (y'know, back when things were still a single dollar there), and it's trying to retire.

So I bought a fuckin Chinese cleaver to fill the position that will be empty when that poor knife has had enough of outliving it's probably supposed to be miniscule lifetime. Why a Chinese cleaver? Dunno just looked cool and seemed like a good overall kitchen knife from what research I've done. Will it live in the kitchen? Hell fuckin no. My tamagoyaki pan doesn't live in the kitchen anymore because my cousin tears up any kitchen implement I've seen her touch. Not happening to my shiny new knife when it arrives.

[threadnanny]

2 Pack Large Thick Heavy-Duty Non-Stick Teflon Oven Liners.

Even the maximum skilled expert cooks every now and then forget the fee of specialized eating place resources. If you’ve got ever inherited a container of unidentifiable kitchen units out of your grandmother, you’ve got probable visible a few strange-looking, specialized equipment. Decades have exceeded considering those devices have been not unusual place to the bulk of households, however do now no longer throw out your grandmother’s treasures. A lot of those equipment are simply as beneficial nowadays as they have been then, and different specialized objects had been advanced that you should purchase from a eating place deliver keep. These utensils provide a brilliant addition to each residential or business kitchens. With a bit creativity, you may locate all forms of approaches to apply them.

Baking Mats:

Anyone who does quite a few baking, whether or not at domestic or within side the business kitchen, need to spend money on a baking oven Liners Mats. If your grandmother knew you had one, she might be jealous. Baking Oven Liners Mats are reusable, non-stick pan liners fabricated from laminated silicone. They are oven-, freezer- and microwave-safe. Since they may be used heaps of times, they may be cost-powerful and accurate for the environment, disposing of the want for greasing the pan or lining it with single-use parchment paper. The Oven Liners Mats additionally function the appropriate non-stick floor for kneading and rolling dough. They are an critical addition on your eating place resources, however ensure you keep your baking oven Liners Mats flat or rolled-up, as opposed to folded, considering any creases will break their functionality.

Melon Ballers:

Using a knife to reduce a melon is messy and time-consuming, and the quit end result is missing in presentation. Melon ballers provide the appropriate solution. They resemble a small spoon with a hollow within side the center to permit air and water thru. Simply twist the baller to scoop out the melon flesh. If you consider which you do now no longer put together sufficient melon to benefit the acquisition of a melon baller, assume again. They are ideal for forming a round garnish out of almost anything, inclusive of the following:

o Papaya

o Pear

o Ice cream

o Butter

o cooked potato

 There are loads of different capability uses, inclusive of scooping out the cores and/or seeds of different culmination and vegetables. When making crammed cherry tomatoes or mushrooms, use a melon baller to cast off the undesirable cores. Just be cautious now no longer to move too wild together along with your baller, or you may locate your self-serving little spheres of each meal imaginable.

Potato Ricers:

Although rotary fashions exist, an easy potato ricer seems like a large garlic press and capabilities similarly. Its techniques meals with the aid of using forcing it thru tiny holes approximately the dimensions of a grain of rice. Originally, potato ricers have been designed for cooked potatoes, generating creamier, extra velvety mashed potatoes than an insignificant potato masher should ever achieve. However, they may be used to technique a big kind of different foods, inclusive of the following:

o Roasted garlic

o Pumpkin

o Grapes

o Spaetzle

o Liver

 You can use a ricer to puree any cooked vegetable, like cassava and carrots, or to make child meals, chopped liver or pumpkin pie. It is likewise ideal for growing butter dots to reduce into flour, squeezing the water from thawed or cooked spinach, slicing eggs for egg salad, and, of course, making hair out of Play-Doh.

Pie Markers:

Everyone needs a truthful proportion of the pie. Using a pie marker will assure even cutting. The steel tooth at the tool “mark” the pie in order that it is simple to reduce into uniformly sized pieces. While pie markers constitute one of the maximum specialized equipment, they may be now no longer only for dessert pies. You also can use a pie marker to calmly slice the following:

 o Cornbread

o Cakes

o Quiche

o Pizza

o Flat breads

 Pie markers are to be had in eating place deliver shops with as low as 5 cuts or as many as twelve. Any pizza location or bakery need to have loads of pie markers to be had at any given time for cutting pizzas, pies and desserts of all sizes. Pie markers also are beneficial for growing ideal slices withinside the domestic kitchen, and they may be continually an amazing excuse for the houseguest that “simply needs a bit piece” to take a transient spoil from dieting.

China Caps and Chinos:

China caps and chinos, that is French for “Chinese,” resemble their name-sake: a conical Chinese hat. A China cap is fabricated from perforated steel and is appropriate for straining seeds or huge chunks out of sauces, juices and soups, at the same time as a chino is fabricated from mesh this is first-class sufficient to stress custards, beverages or sauces right into a smoother texture.

Use a dowel, an identical cone or a small ladle to use stress at the aggregate and pressure it thru the strainer. For the smoothest viable consistency, you may use a cheesecloth alongside the chinois. This is ideal for making clean beverages, like almond milk. The chinois or China cap also can be used to calmly dirt meals with a layer of powdered sugar. Just ensure any youngsters lurking close by recognize that it isn’t always virtually a “cap,” or they may have a finely powdered mop of hair.

Corers and Slicers:

A present-day meals processor honestly can’t reduce with the accuracy of a conventional hand-held slicer or cutter. When it involves slicing fries or coring an apple, there’s no alternative for a manually powered utensil. The following kitchen devices can store quite a few hard work withinside the kitchen:

o Tomato corers, or “tomato sharks,” and tomato wedgers

o Onion wedgers

o Egg slicers

o French fry cutters

o Apple slicers, corers and peelers

This equipment accelerates the technique of coring and cutting, and they may be additionally more secure than the usage of a knife. Whether you’re getting ready meals in a business kitchen or at domestic, specialized corers and slicers will prevent quite a few times, and perhaps even a finger.

Reasons to Purchase Specialized Supplies:

Specialized eating place resources open up new possibilities. Without an onion slicer, your probable might now no longer recognize how a great deal time you waste slicing onions, and also you sincerely might now no longer recall serving a blooming onion. You by no means concept you wanted one, however if a melon baller isn’t always to be had to your kitchen, you could now no longer even assume to feature round cuts and garnishes on your menu objects. The extra specialized equipment you upload on your residential or eating place deliver, the more your possibilities for culinary creativity.

Email: info@threadnanny.com

Address: 10255 General Drive Unit#A5 Orlando, FL 32824Phone Number: 971-999-9293

[syoddeye]

ghoap x reader. i'm simple. i see an awful joke, and i am compelled to bake it into something. ~800 words. barely edited.

cw: alcohol, verbal + sexual harassment

working in bars, you've heard it all. break ups. proposals. affair arrangements. funeral arrangements. gossip. secrets. and some awful pickup lines.

you grow a thick skin, working service. long behind you are the days when you smiled through the lewd comments and near-misses from reaching hands. nowadays, you give it to them right back or signal for the bouncer on duty to scruff the dogs who bark up the wrong tree.

your ears filter out most comments. you know you're nice to look at, that your tits are near bursting out the low neckline of your shirt. you can handle the harmless mutterings between horny customers queued up for drinks. it's when they breach that sacred boundary of the rail for anything other than fetching their drink or paying—that's when they earn a ticket to the curb.

tonight's no different. you see three drunks kicked out before midnight. light work.

the hours burn quick like cheap candles. a brief lull comes shortly before midnight, giving you time to clean and reset a bit. it's also when your ears snag on a conversation you quickly realize is spoken just loud enough for you to hear.

"yer right lt, look at that arse."

"tits match."

"big handfuls."

"think you can–"

you swing around abruptly, knowing you'll catch them off guard. you'll watch them stutter and stammer through their order and choke on their filthy little fantasies. tails tucked all the way back to hide in whatever dark corner of the bar they came from.

only. they don't.

"can i help you...gentleman?"

they go right on talking, as if you aren't right in front of them.

"–'andle 'er?"

"aye, she's my type."

they're quite the pair. massive specimens of strength sitting shoulder to shoulder. close enough to be thigh to thigh, too. the bigger freak wears a fucking balaclava, one arm draped over his companion. his big paw toys with a silver ring punched through the ear lobe of the other man. it's a weird, almost tender, and normal thing. if they shut up, they'd appear normal. but between their statures and the way their eyes roam over you—normal's the last thing you'd call them.

"i said can i help you," you snarl, snapping back to reality after the one with the mohawk makes another comment about your ass. "order, or move the fuck on."

judging by the crinkling of his dark eyes, the masked man grins, then turns and ducks his head. "you wanna order?"

"too fuckin' hard to think, sir."

that earns a creepy, breathy chuckle from behind the mask. his fingers abandon his companion's earring to ruffle his hair. he straightens on his seat, and drapes two thick arms on the rail. he levels his gaze at you, and it's worse than his leering. it strips you bare.

"got cider?"

the question does nothing for your unease. "yeah," you start to rattle off what's available before he interrupts.

"got woodnut?"

your nose scrunches. you've never heard of it. "wood nut...?"

"'cause i would nut inside ya."

it's easily one of the most atrocious lines you've ever heard. just bad. coming out of another man's mouth, you'd throw your head back and laugh. and yet.

years of working in restaurants and bars. years of horror stories and bad customers. a hide tough enough to weather the worst of the worst, and the bastard flays you alive. peels off your layers and leaves you exposed, completely clothed, and behind a solid oak bar.

it's not the childish vulgarity or the shock value. it's the naked intent in this man's eyes. that he means it.

his hands flex, and two knuckles rap quietly on the wood. you know it would be nothing for him to grab you by the collar, haul you across the bar, and bend you over the sticky silicone mat. beside him, his friend's eyes are wide, mouth stuck in a tight smirk. it'd be a group effort.

the air thins. a short eternity passes. cold dread meets blstering anger.

you don't recall the specifics of what you yell. only that you shriek like a harpy, indignant and scandalized. cheeks burning and palms sliced where your nails dig into them. you point a finger at the door, and the bouncer looks sheepish for the first time since you started. the men go freely, laughing to themselves. loosely herded by your coworker, who looks like a kid next to them.

your manager gives you a free fifteen for the trouble, but beyond that, he isn't too sympathetic. you dig out a smoke from the bottom of your bag and make for the staff door that leads out to the bins. a bundle of raw nerves. reduced to scraps, dignity shattered. obliterated.

there's a chill in the air. it helps some. you struggle with your lighter, sniffling and muttering. your thumb keeps slipping off the wheel.

somewhere down the alley, glass crunches.

[dduane]

Peter Mum's Soda Bread Recipe

With work around here the way it is at the moment, most likely EuropeanCuisines.com won't be up again until the end of the year. (shrug) Such is life.

With that in mind, here per @the-book-of-night-with-moon 's request is the famous soda bread recipe that brought people to the site again and again for a couple of decades. If the recipe below seems very plain, that's because the way soda bread is done in North America and elsewhere in the world is not how everyday soda bread's made in Ireland. No fruit, no sugar—except for an optional spoonful if the baker likes it: I omit it—no nuts or other similar addenda: nothing but flour, salt, soda and (ideally) buttermilk. (Breads here that do have fruit and whatnot are referred to as "tea breads" or "fruit soda".)

The ingredients:

450 g / 1 lb / approximately 3 1/4 cups flour (either cake flour or all-purpose)

Optional: 1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Between 300-350 ml / approx 10-12 fluid ounces buttermilk, sour / soured milk, or plain ("sweet") milk, to mix

If you're using plain milk, add 1 teaspoon of baking powder to the dry ingredients. This is perfectly legit; lots of professional bakers in Ireland do their soda bread this way, without the buttermilk and with additional raising ingredients besides baking soda.

So: preheat your oven to 200C / 400F. Meanwhile, mix the dry ingredients together well in a good-sized bowl, and then add the liquid and mix everything together. Like this:

That raggedy texture you see in the middle of the video is exactly what you want, and part of the secret of getting soda bread to rise properly. You have to get the loaf done as quickly as you can, so that the rise in the oven is maximized; and with minimum handling. This isn't a bread that needs to be kneaded. Just get it into a soft, mostly-cohesive lump as quickly and gently as you can, and shape it into a round about an inch to an inch and a half thick.

Finally have ready a really sharp knife to do that final cross-cut, which allows the loaf to spread and rise fully. Be careful to slice, not press. You don't have to cut incredibly deep: from a third to halfway down the round is plenty. ...There's endless online lore about how this is supposed to let the fairies out. Fond as I am of fairies, I prefer to think of it as letting the chemistry and physics out. (shrug) To each their own.

As soon as the oven's come up to heat, shove the loaf into the center of the oven on a nonstick baking sheet—I used a silicone mat here, but more for the look of the thing than any real concern about the loaf sticking—and bake it for 40 minutes. When you're done, it should look something like the one in the picture at the top of the post. It'll be easier to eat if you let it cool down most of the way; and a lot easier to slice if you put it in a paper or plastic bag overnight.

Anyway, tomorrow, so @petermorwood won't sulk, I'll make soda bread in the farl style instead of the above style that some of the locals call "cake". Farl's done on a griddle and cut into quarters for baking, and its geometry makes it uniquely suited (as Peter's father used to say) for eating large amounts of butter without a spoon. :)

ETA: attn @middleagedandoutoftouch: Check out the gluten-free soda bread from Ballymaloe. ...And there seem to be quite a few more of them out there: try this Google search.

[nekohooch]

As continual motivation to work on cosplays I have been documenting the process of making this one by @mayakern

I’m editing the original slightly just for my own body limitations but I’m staying pretty close to the source picture!

I got about 3 yards of power mesh which is a fabric that has a four way stretch and I’m using it as the base for my bodice. I sewed it onto a bra because trying to make feathers conform to boob shape without it sounded like hell

Then I attached it to my dress form and got to work. When I was working on my Azem summoning circle dress I bought a silicone mat that’s usually used for baking, because it’s perfect to keep hot glue from sticking to surfaces. I put that under the mesh and started the very long process of applying feathers with hot glue. These are cruelty free feathers primarily (I got some from craft stores and online before I looked into types of feathers and how not to suck while using them) and the hardest part of the process is honestly taking the little fluffy bits off Every. Single. Feather.

And now it’s just repeat ad nauseam

I’m slowly working on the back but I have to figure out how to fasten this top before I add the feathers because if I’m doing a zipper I need to arrange the feathers accordingly. Next reblog will be the necklace I made when I can get pictures of it!

[cravefoodie]

🍪 Monster Cookies: Soft, Chewy, and Packed with Flavor 🍪

𝓘𝓷𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓼:

1/2 cup (8 Tbsp; 113g) salted butter, softened to room temperature

1/2 cup (100g) packed light brown sugar

1/4 cup (50g) granulated sugar

3/4 cup (185g) creamy peanut butter

1 large egg, at room temperature

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 and 1/4 cups (156g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled)

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup (43g) quick oats

3/4 cup (150g) M&Ms (any size or variety)

1/2 cup (90g) semi-sweet chocolate chips

𝓓𝓲𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼:

1️⃣ Preheat oven to 350F (177C). Line baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.

2️⃣ In a large bowl, using a hand-held mixer or stand mixer with paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugars together on medium speed, about 3 minutes. Mix in the peanut butter, egg, and vanilla (in that order). Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Slowly mix in the baking soda, flour, and salt. Do not over-mix. On low speed, beat in the quick oats, M&Ms, and chocolate chips just until incorporated. If the dough is very soft and unmanageable by hand, chill the dough for 30 minutes before rolling.

3️⃣ Rolls balls of dough, about 2 Tablespoons of dough per ball, onto prepared baking sheet. Press a few extra M&Ms on top for looks, if preferred. Bake for 11-13 minutes‚-- the cookies will still look a little soft, which is recommended. Slightly press down the baked cookies with the back of a spoon, since the cookies only slightly spread in the oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack. Cookies will firm up as they cool.

[lowcarbloves]

Keto Chicken Bacon Ranch Taquitos 😋⤵️

.

.

🙏 Follow for more delicious recipes 🔃 Share this recipe with friends and family members 😋

.

.

These quick and easy Keto Chicken Bacon Ranch Taquitos are the perfect low carb appetizer or snack!

.

Prep Timem1minute min

Cook Time 5minutes mins

Total Time 6minutes mins

Servings- 2 servings (3 taquitos each)

.

Ingredients

6 slices mozzarella cheese

1 ½ cups cooked shredded or grilled chicken

¼ cup cooked bacon 2-3 slices cooked

1 tablespoon low carb ranch dressing

1 teaspoon green onion chopped

.

Instructions

Combine the chicken, bacon, ranch and green onions, set aside.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with a silicone baking mat.

Place the mozzarella slices on the silicone baking sheet, leaving room between each so that they don't touch. Bake 5-7 minutes.

When the edges have browned and the cheese is bubbly (watch the video if you need some guidance) remove from the oven. Allow them to cool about 1 minute, just so they cool enough you can handle, but still very pliable.

Place the chicken bacon ranch mixture on the edge of one slice and tightly roll them up, seam side down.

This recipe makes 2 servings, and each serving (3 taquitos) has 3.5 net carbs.

Nutrition

Serving: 3 taquitos

Calories: 329kcal

Carbohydrates: 3.5g

Protein: 19.7g

Fat: 19g

Cholesterol: 96mg

Sodium: 549mg

Sugar: 0.4g

[deskcablemanagement]

What Makes Online Shopping So Convenient And Easy

People enjoy shopping, and it’s much simpler now that everything is accessible with a few taps. Since more and more businesses are operating online, it has never been easier to buy furniture or something as simple as a silicone baking mat for cookie sheets.

[the-s1lly-corner]

Gooooood day to you wonderful author! I hope you’re having a swell time and that those pesky wasps called negativity are swatted and shooed away. I’ve scrolled your work and have thoroughly enjoyed your stories and thoughts, so maybe if you would be so kind as to hear me out, I’d gladly pay you a penny for my thoughts!

The TADC work is brilliant, and thus I had an idea! What if this rambunctious crew, met a their S/O who is rather cartoony in nature and take to the world of the circus rather well, being bouncy, stretchy and all around a ball of joy as they embrace this toon power they’ve been given.

The idea came to me when I was fiddling with a sticky hand, whilst rewatching the pilot, and thought how amusing it would be to see someone embrace these looney toon abilities.

TADC cast x cartoony!reader !

yahoo i now have some down time to take a crack at requests today! im making gingerbread cookies, peppermint macarons w/ white chocolate ganache, and double chocolate macarons! all for a friend as a christmas gift! yahoo!! waiting for the first bath of macarons to dry out before baking; cant do both since i only have one decent sized pan that can pit my silicone mat without it bending... bent macarons..... thinks also dullahan by worthikids has me in a death grip rn so im playing that on loop while i tackle these requests i am going to go insane!

CAINE:

oh this man fully embraces it... in fact he even encourages it, i think! i mean caine himself is pretty whacky and cartoony, it only makes sense thats hes going to really enjoy you. i think his approval may lead to you being a little more rowdy than you normally would be with anyone else... likes to use IHAs to see how far your funny physics can go... bonus if you get those little... emote things when you're feeling an emotion particularly strongly (ex. hearts for adoration, the red vein for anger or annoyance, the blue line things to express sadness or disgust and the like. stuff like that idk i just think that would be neat). you guys get outright silly with it, totally funky, completely strange you know? whimsical, even! plus i like to think that caine has a touch more "cartoon physics" than the others but thats just admin being silly

POMNI:

obligatory "pomni is put off by it at first thanks to her being new and having to adjust to the physics of this new digital world.... well adjust to the digital world as a whole" so without a doubt, shes going to look mildly uncomfortable or confused when you just fully embrace to funky cartoon physics of the world. in fact it even looks like your physics are even more cartoony than everyone else's... odd.... i think it would take her some time to get used to it, but she wouldnt try to be rude about it or make you feel bad for her surprise discomfort, you know? doesnt like when your rambunctiousness makes you a little reckless, though, but thats just her care for you showing! you can be a little overwhelming for her, sometimes, by being all... bouncing off the walls... literally and physically... communication is key here if you guys want a decent relationship; be it romantic or platonic

RAGATHA:

for the most part she loves you for who you are, and your randomness and shenanigans do put a smile on her face more often than not. she just finds you so endearing, and finds your funky physics to be just as cute! buuuuut.... sometimes you can get overwhelming... ragatha already has so much on her plate, with being this beacon of optimism for herself and others, the IHAs, having to make sure no one is at each others throats.. i mean i know we only have the pilot to work off thus far but ragatha gives me mediator vibes. so getting back on topic, i do think that sometimes she needs to be firm and let you know to tone it down, or to let her have a moment to herself because the last thing she wants to do is make you feel bad if she gets too irritated... holds

JAX:

another obligatory thing but you can stretch and squash hes going to try to find a way to tie that in with a prank or one of his jokes. now if youre teaming up with him or the one being pranked really depends on how jax feels; because i think even his "partner in crime" wouldnt be immune to his bullshit. but consider, given the readers personality, what if theyre a little bit of a prankster themselves and they utilize their extra bounciness for pranks; effectively starting a prank war with jax. like imagine the chaos that would spew from something like that. i could go on a tangent for that, but the admin has a pea brain rn TToTT

has probably crushed you down into a ball shape and used you as a bowling ball. throws you. au where reader is in the circus but theyre the bowling ball jax throws at kinger

KINGER:

honestly he might mistake you for an npc at first and be wary of getting close to you because... well you arent real... except you are..! it takes him a while to realize that, he didnt know someone as whacky as you could exist, and hes been here for a long while! that said when you guys do befriend each other. please try to tone down any recklessness that may come with your rambunctiousness, this poor old man is already stressing out enough about things...! dont give him a heart attack,..! though i guess the bonus of having funky whacky body physics is that you give good hugs and/or cuddles since you can easily and comfortably wrap yourself around the other person.... ponders... so you know what, at least hes comforted via that

ZOOBLE:

easily irritated so you guys are going to have to work together to make things word; so zooble doesnt too overstimulated and so you dont have to change or greatly suppress yourself. say it with me: communication is key, baby!!! definitely takes a lot of time to make something work.... stealing this idea from jax's part, but if youre in the middle of a prank war with jax, where its just you and him going at each other zooble is going to be sliding you ideas and perhaps might come up with ideas to utilize your weird anatomy... very evil, they just want to see jax get karma, i think...

GANGLE:

also can get easily overwhelmed with your wild personality, but not so much in an "overstimulated" way and more so a... wait no i guess thats the best wording for it? plus gangle seems to be the type of person to enjoy her calm and quiet peaceful time, when shes not thrust into the chaos of an IHA... so similar to zooble, you guys are going to have to do a lot of communication and teamwork if you want a good relationship. gangle DOES feel bad, though, like she is inconveniencing you... please reassure her... not many ideas for the whacky physics thing here, simply because i dont think she would have any special thoughts about anyone's looks or bodies if that makes sense

[anonpolls]

Thanks for the question, Anon! 😄

-submit your poll!-

[messier51]

In reference to your tags on the food that makes life worth living post - what are chicken squares???

They're kind of like chicken salad sandwiches but wrapped up and baked in crescent roll dough.

They are very delicious.

[image description: four baked chicken squares still on the pan. they aren't very square but the crescent roll dough is nicely browned and they're covered in browned stuffing bits]

At the risk of sounding like a food blogger, these are the food that I'd ask for when given a choice for my birthday. These are kind of an ultimate comfort food nostalgia thing for me. I use an altered version of my grandma's recipe (I measure with my heart, I am so sorry gramma but it turns out just fine this way, and no extra mushrooms) which is below vvvv. There IS a recipe online, on the Official Pillsbury Website (https://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/savory-crescent-chicken-squares/) from one of their contests. The name on the recipe is not my grandma, but the location is not far from where she lived. My grandma's recipe is better (obviously) but they're very similar and the version at the link is half the size if you want to try it but don't want to do math or something.

Part of the reason for making the full 8-sandwich version from my grandma's recipe is that it uses a full modern 8oz package of cream cheese (instead of the 3oz version that used to be common I guess?), and then you do not put the other half back in your fridge and forget about it until it gets moldy. If that's too much food, the chicken squares freeze really well! Just bake them for slightly shorter (I do it about 20 minutes) and then stick them in a freezer bag in the freezer until you want to eat them. They just need to be re-baked!

Chicken Squares Recipe (from aj's grandma)

Filling:

1 8oz package of softened cream cheese

1/2 stick butter (that's 1/4 cup) (recipe says "or margarine" lol) melted (you use the other half of it below)

4 cups cooked cubed chicken (this can be approximate. One rotisserie chicken or so. Leftover turkey works great! Canned chicken would probably be good too. My sister does hers with mushrooms for vegetarian reasons but I have no clue how to do that. You can adjust this though! It's super forgiving.)

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

4 Tbsp milk (that's 1/4 cup)

4 Tbsp lemon juice

3 Tbsp chopped chives or onion. (Or like, as much as you want. If you like onion, more onion is really good in this. I have used half a large onion, a whole bundle of green onions, whatever looks good. 3 Tbsp is not enough imo, but if you're not into onions, then maybe ignore me)

2 8oz cans of refrigerated crescent rolls.

Sauce:

1 can chicken broth

2 cans cream of mushroom and/or cream of chicken soup

1 pint cream, half and half, or milk

sauteed fresh or canned mushrooms

Topping:

Pepperidge Farm Herb Seasoned Dressing (not the cubed kind) (you can use whatever breadcrumbs you have but the seasonings are really good! Sage, thyme, rosemary, poultry seasonings, whatever.)

The other half of your stick of butter

Instructions:

Cream the cream cheese (a stand mixer is helpful for this) and beat in 1/2 stick of melted butter. Beat until smooth.

Add chicken, onion, salt, pepper, milk, lemon juice. (Order doesn't really matter.) Mix well.

Separate 1 package of crescent dough into 4 rectangles. Firmly press perforations to seal 2 triangles together. Pat out dough to make thinner and larger (make it sorta square if you cant). (See alternate options below*)

Place about 1/2 cup filling into the center of each dough rectangle. Pull the 4 corners to the center. Twist slightly and pinch together, and pinch the sides that came together to seal. (It's totally ok if they're not perfect. They filling isn't gonna go anywhere.)

[4 unbaked chicken squares on a cookie sheet with a silicone baking mat. Three of them are sealed and kind of lumpy, the fourth is still laying out as a square-ish shape of dough with a scoop of filling in the middle. It's got a lot of green onions in it.]

Repeat with your second roll of rolls.

Melt other 1/2 stick of butter in a shallow bowl or pie plate and fill a 2nd shallow bowl with the stuffing/dressing/herbed seasoned bread crumbs.

Set out a cookie pan (I like to line them with parchment paper but it's fine if you don't, they won't stick).

Carefully lift one sandwich packet. Dip both sides(!) in butter and then in the stuffing. Place on the cookie sheet. (Sometimes I wear gloves for this step, your fingers WILL get gooey. You want the bread crumbs sticking out all over, it'll be delicious.)

Repeat for the rest of them.

[four unbaked chicken squares coated in butter and stuffing bread crumbs on a cookie sheet, ready to go into the oven]

Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes (or at 375 for about half an hour if you live on top of a mountain like me). They should be golden brown when they're done (see photos at top and bottom of the post).

You can partially bake and freeze or refrigerate for later!

Prepare sauce:

(I'm going to be honest I don't bother. Sometimes I make a can of cream of mushroom soup in the microwave and pour it on top. It's good! But it's way too much for just a me, and it doesn't freeze as well.)

Sauté mushrooms in about 1/4 cup of butter (sorry that's another half stick of butter, that wasn't in the list above)

Heat chicken broth and cans of soup.

Mix in mushrooms

Simmer until thick and bubbly. Reduce heat and add cream right before use. DO NOT boil after adding cream.

To serve, ladle mushroom sauce over each chicken square on plate.

[a baked chicken square in a shallow bowl swimming in cream of mushroom soup]

*Alternatives to trying to make squares out of crescent dough:

Supposedly it works with dinner roll dough too but I don't remember ever doing that.

Buy the sheets of crescent dough, which makes it a little less likely to split along the diagonal where you tried to smoosh them together.

Make little roll ups! Spoon filling onto large side of the crescent roll triangle and roll up just like you would if you were making it without filling (this is also really good with jam or nutella js). You can still dip them in the butter and dressing, they turn out great! You get a bigger bread to filling ratio, so you might need more rolls for the same amount of filling. Bake time is a little shorter though, keep an eye on them. They're cute though!

[three chicken roll ups(?) on a plate]

[baked chicken squares and roll ups on parchment paper-covered cookie sheets sitting on the stove]

So, go forth and eat chicken squares. I've got some in my freezer that I made after thanksgiving with my leftover turkey, I'm going to eat some on Monday for my birthday meal, as is traditional.

[libraford]

I know it does nothing to dwell on stuff that's already happened, but every time I look at the spice rack in the kitchen I remember a few Christmases ago-

Pock was at the computer in our room.

I was on the couch in the livingroom.

Roommate A was in their bedroom.

All the doors were open, we could all hear each other.

Pock tells me:

"Mom is trying to pick a Christmas present for you. Would you like a fancy set of spices or a silicone pastry mat?" (Pocks mom likes to show her love in the form of gift giving, but the only thing she's comfortable getting me is kitchen stuff because she knows I cook/bake.)

Before I can respond, A yells (from the other side of the house) "Get the spices!"

I wasnt sure how to respond to that because it took a moment to register.

But Pock got pretty angry about it.

"No, my MOTHER is asking LEE what THEY would like for THEIR Christmas present."

The nuance of which flew right past her.

"I dont care, get the spices!"

So even though I would have probably used the spices more, we asked for the pastry mat because if we got the spices I think she would have argued that they were hers when they split.

So when Christmas comes by and I come home with a pastry mat, A said 'I thought you were getting spices.' And was disappointed that we didnt get them.

Which like... I dont think of it as abuse, but I feel like it was such a self-centered way of navigating the holiday. How are you going to complain that my mother in law didnt ge tg me what you wanted? Absolute nonsense.