Super Bowl Philly Cheesesteak Sliders

Like a broken record, I will say over and over again that the Super Bowl is only good for two things- the food and the commercials. This year is a bit different because one of the teams I actually like. I think you can guess who.

Every time I make something now, my little girl asks if I invented it. The Philly Cheese Steak? No. Pinching poor innocent bread rolls? Yes.

Give this one a go for Game Day. Your friends may forgive you for being a NY fan.


Get 2 packs of these take and bake rolls.


Pinch out the centers between the two cuts on each roll. I could have used a knife, but I am stronger than bread.


Slice up a red onion and cook it on a hot, slightly oiled griddle. Keep it moving.


Move the onions over to make room for the shaved beef. Toss a few pinches of Kosher salt on that beef, and keep it moving.


After a few quick minutes, the meat is done. Now mix it all up with the onions.


Spread the meat and onions out over griddle, turn off the heat, and cover the steak with slices of provolone. Let cheese melt for five minutes.


Fold all that meat and cheese together. Resist the urge to plunge your face in it.


Stuff all those little rolls, and bake them.


Place each slider in a paper cupcake liner and place them all on a pretty serving tray. Top each with a hot & sweet pepper ring. Serve immediately.


Philly Cheesesteak Sliders
Ingredients:

2 packages take and bake rolls, 24 total
1 small red onion, sliced thinly
1 pound shaved beef
Kosher salt and Pepper to taste
6 slices provolone cheese
small jar hot & sweet pepper rings

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. On each roll are two parallel line indentations. Pinch out bread between those two indentations. Only pinch out half way down in the roll so the slider does not break. Save excess bread for another recipe- I freeze my scraps for breadcrumbs for meatballs. On a hot lightly greased griddle, over medium high heat, cook onions until they begin to turn golden. Move them to the side and spread beef out over the griddle. Sprinkle it with a few pinches of salt and pepper. Continue to flip the beef until it is browned through, about 4-5 minutes. Toss with onions and spread over griddle. Turn off heat and top meat with provolone cheese. Let melt about 5 minutes and fold meat and cheese together. Sprinkle with a pinch more of salt and pepper if needed. Using 2 spoons, gently scoop about 2 tablespoon sized portions of meat into each roll. Place the rolls on a cookie sheet or a baking stone and bake for 15 minutes, or until buns are golden brown on the bottoms, and the meat and cheese is nicely caramelized. Remove to a serving platter and serve immediately. I like to place my sliders in paper cupcake liners for easier handling. Makes 24 sliders.


Not into Football? Stack sliders in jars for lunch at the office. Suddenly everyone is your new best friend. And that cute gal down in marketing? She may finally see you. Like, really see you.








Other Game Day Foods
White Castle-like Sliders
A trio of BRKs Favorite Dips
Jalapeno Popper Dip
Buffalo Chicken Wing Dip

What is your favorite Game Day Food?

Robin Sue

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Chocolate Chip Cookies

"I want chocolate chip cookies. Well, I want chocolate chip cookie dough." This was the conversation I was having with my teenager when a lightbulb went off telling me to combine both. OK, I can do that, and when I did, the teenager stated I was his new best friend.

Golly gee wilikers.


Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients for Cookie Dough:

4 T. butter
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup flour
1/2 of a 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips

Instructions for Cookie Dough:
In a small bowl, cream butter and brown sugar, add vanilla, flour, and milk, and blend until smooth. Stir in chocolate chips. Using a small melon baller, spoon out 32 balls. These are level scoop fulls, making about 1 inch balls. To make this easier, dip the baller in a small bowl of flour, shaking off excess flour between scooping each ball. Roll each scoop of dough to make smooth. Place on a cookie sheet lined with waxed paper and freeze for at least one hour.

Ingredients for the Chocolate Chip Cookies- from Toll House:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

Instructions for Cookies:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until smooth. Add vanilla, eggs, soda, and salt and blend until smooth. Mix in flour 1/2 cup at a time until mixture is fully blended, fold in chips. Using a non-stick mini muffin pan, fill each muffin well with cookie dough- a rounded tablespoon full for each. The wells should not be filled more than 3/4 of the way. Bake for 13-14 minutes or until golden brown and well set- too dark, the cookie will break when placing the dough ball in it, too light, the cookie will break coming out of the pan. Allow cookies to sit in pan 1-2 minutes to set up, then remove by running a butter knife between the pan and each cookie, then gently pry out. Place cookies on a wire rack and press a dough ball gently down in the center of each cookie. Bake the remaining cookie dough batter, following the same steps. You should have about 32 cookies all together. Decorate with the Ganache Drizzle if desired.

Ganache Drizzle Ingredients:
2 T. heavy cream
1/3 cup mini chocolate chips

Instructions for Ganache:
In a small microwave safe bowl, microwave cream for 15 seconds. Add chips and let sit 2 minutes, then stir until smooth. If not smooth and chocolate not completely melted, microwave and stir in 5 second increments until chocolate is fully melted and ganache is smooth. Spoon into a small baggie, snip off the corner- just a small snip- and drizzle over each cookie. Store cookies in an air-tight container in the refrigerator or freezer, removing about 30 minutes before serving. These look really cute placed in paper cupcake liners for serving. Makes 32 cookies.

Oh, and these did make it into jars for the kiddies lunch treat. Lucky kids.


Robin Sue

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Peaches and Cream Coffee Cake

Do you have recipes that you have forgotten about? I do. So many recipes, so little time! It wasn't until last week, when my friend Sheila posted her Peaches and Cream French Toast, that I remembered this delicious Peaches and Cream Coffee Cake that I had made a long time ago and first posted here on attifood.com. Since it is breakFAST month here in BRK, I thought I would share the recipe over here, and show you how to bake it up in a jar. So you can thank Sheila for jogging my memory, and be sure to check out her Peaches and Cream French Toast as it is on my list of things to bake now.

This Peaches and Cream Coffee Cake is a three layer puddingy, creamy, fruity cake perfect for your next coffee break. In the summertime please use fresh peaches- so very good!

Peaches and Cream Coffee Cake
Ingredients:

3/4 cup flour
1 t. baking powder
1/2 t. Kosher salt
3 1/4 oz box instant vanilla pudding
3 T. butter
1 egg
1/2 cup half & half
2 drops anise oil, optional- the Italian in me loves this

15.25 ounce can peach halves

8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
3 T. reserved juice

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl combine the first 8 ingredients, and beat for two minutes at medium speed. Divided between 9 greased (8 ounce) wide mouth mason jars- about a scant 1/4 cup per jar- batter will be thick. Using a spoon spread batter out on the bottom of each jar. Drain a can of peach halves (reserve the juice), you will need 5 halves sliced very thinly and placed evenly over the batter in each jar. In the same mixing bowl (no need to mess another), mix cream cheese, reserved juice, and sugar until smooth and fluffy. Divide evenly over the peaches. Sprinkle the tops of the cream cheese mixture with cinnamon and a little sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until the bottom cake is golden and filling is still soft but a little bubbly. Eat warm and store in fridge and reheat as needed. Makes 9 jars.

Note- This can be made in a greased 9x9 inch baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes.

Keepin' it Glassy

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