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Spicy Crockpot Bread Pudding

Craig Sharry | July 23, 2012
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Bread pudding has the reputation of being difficult to make, but nothing could be further from the truth, especially if you use your slow cooker! Not only is Spicy Crockpot Bread Pudding easy to make; it’s also absolutely finger-lickin’ delicious. It will also use up any stale bread you might have, and we all know that bread becomes stale really fast in this hot, humid weather.

Ingredients:

6 cups of peeled, thinly-sliced apples (I use Granny Smith, but for this recipe, any kind of apple will be fine)
1 cup sugar (I use Splenda)
1/2 cup melted butter (real butter!)
1/2 cup Apple Habanero pepper jelly
1 tablespoon white flour
1 cups bread crumbs, any kind. (I like to use both wheat and white) (don’t use rye)
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 cup brown sugar
1 lemon

What to do:

In a large bowl, combine the apples, white sugar, flour, cinnamon, pepper jelly, and lemon juice.

In another large bowl, combine the butter, brown sugar, and bread crumbs.

In the crockpot, layer a third of the bread crumb mixture, then a third of the apple mixture. Repeat, and finish with a final layer of bread crumbs on top. I usually pour a little more Apple Habanero pepper jelly on the top layer.

Put the lid on your crockpot, turn it on “high,” and forget about it for about 4 hours.

My husband likes whipped cream on his; my kids want ice cream with theirs, but I like mine just plain, right out of the slow cooker.

Category: crockpot meals, Slow cooker delights, slow-cooker meals | Tags: apples, crockpot, crockpot delights, slow cooker, slow cooker delights, slow cooker desserts, spicy bread pudding, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Pineapple Habanero pepper jelly

Texas Crockpot Chicken Chili

Craig Sharry | July 19, 2012
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slow cooker, hot summer nights, perfect summer cooker Here’s another slow cooker specialty from Texas Pepper Jelly to help you plan and prepare good, hot, nutritious meals even on these horrifically hot summer nights.

Our Texas Crockpot Chicken Chili is delicious and different, and we think your family will love it!

Ingredients:

3 whole skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 onion, chopped
1 16-oz can of chili beans (drain)
1 15-oz can of black beans (drain)
1 15-oz can of corn, drained
1 cup of Texas Bird Bath
1 cup tomato sauce
2 cups of diced tomatoes
1/2 cup green chilis
1 can of beer
shredded Cheddar cheese
sour cream

What to do:

Put the onions, chili beans, black beans, corn, Texas Bird Bath, tomato sauce, beer, and diced tomatoes in the crockpot, and stir well. Place the chicken breasts on top of the mixture and press down slightly until barely covered by the mixture.

Put the lid on the slow cooker, set the dial on low, and don’t give it another thought for 5 or 6 hours.

After 5 or 6 hours, remove the chicken breasts, let them cool just enough to be handled, and shred the chicken.

Stir the shredded chicken back into the mixture and continue cooking for two more hours.

Serve hot, topped with the cheese and sour cream if desired. My kids prefer crushed crackers, but my husband loves the cheese and sour cream. He also wants more diced onion sprinkled on his.

And there you have it: an easy, nutritious, delicious hot meal that doesn’t compromise your home’s air conditioning even on the hottest summer days!

Category: crockpot meals, Slow cooker delights, Spicy main dishes, Spicy soups, Texas Bird Bath, TPJ Recipes | Tags: beer, hot summer night suppers, slow cooker suppers, spicy chicken, Texas Bird Bath, Texas Crockpot Chicken Chili, Texas Pepper Jelly

Spicy Crockpot Carrot Cake

Craig Sharry | July 17, 2012
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crockpot, hot summer cooking, pepper jelly, This is the hottest summer ever in most people’s memory, and we here at Texas Pepper Jelly understand that most of you are reluctant to fire up the stove or oven and make your air conditioner work even harder.

But your family can still have nutritious hot meals, even in the midst of 100 degree and higher drought. Just use your crockpot.

The next few weeks of recipes you’ll find here are perfect for these hot summer days; they’ll feature your crockpot, or they’ll feature no cooking at all, possibly just an hour’s marinating in the refrigerator. Keep coming back to Texas Pepper Jelly to find all the information you’ll need to keep your family coming to the dinner table eagerly for good, nutritious meals that won’t heat up your house!

Let’s start with dessert! Spicy Crockpot Carrot Cake is delicious, easy, and once you mix it all together, there’s nothing left to do!

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar (I use Splenda) (Sometimes I use half white and half brown)
2 eggs
2/3 cups oil
1 1/2 cups white flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt (never leave out the salt in a recipe!)
2 teaspoons cinnamon
3/4 cup grated carrots
1/2 cup chopped nuts (I’ve used both pecans and walnuts)
1 cup shredded pineapple
1/2 cup Pineapple Habanero pepper jelly
1 teaspoon vanilla

What to do:

Once you’ve gathered and prepared all the above ingredients, the rest of the directions are really hard: Dump everything in your crockpot, mix a little, turn the cooker on “high,” cover, and walk away. Come back in 4 hours, turn off the crockpot, give everybody a little plate and a dollop of ice cream, and voila. Dessert.

Or a little midnight snack. Your call.

My sister likes to remove the cake and ice it with a cream cheese frosting. My husband just puts more Pineapple Habanero pepper jelly on his. My mom eats it right out of the crockpot, as is.

And so do I. You and your family eat it however you want. It’s versatile.

Category: crockpot meals, Slow cooker delights, slow-cooker meals, Spicy desserts | Tags: air conditioning, carrot cake, frosting, hot summer desserts, hot summer meals, icing, oven, pepper jelly, Pineapple Habanero, slow cooker, slow cooker carrot cake, Spicy Crockpot Carrot Cake, stove, Texas Pepper Jelly

Texas Pepper Jelly on the Table Every Night

Craig Sharry | July 15, 2012
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In summer, we tend to use more condiments than in winter. Whether it’s because summer makes us long for chips and dips, or various and sundry marinades for meats and anything from the grill, or because many condiments are perceived as “cooling,” I’m not sure. Pick a reason!

On almost every supper table in hot weather, my husband and kids want a variety of what they call “dippings and coatings.” The condiments take up more room than the food! They want ketchup and mustard. They want mayonnaise. They want peanut butter. They want onion dips, and most of all, they want pepper jelly.

“It goes with everything, even the dessert, Mom!” is the usual comment.

Right now, we’re out of pepper jelly, and you should have heard the whining tonight!

Well, actually, no, you shouldn’t have. It wasn’t a pretty sight, nor was it a pleasant sound.

But I’m ordering more Texas Pepper Jelly tomorrow. My husband says there’s no use firing up the grill if there’s no Texas Pepper Jelly.

He’s right, you know.

Category: grilling, Spicy condiments, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly | Tags: grilling, out of pepper jelly, pepper jelly, Spicy condiments, spicy suppers, summer grilling, summer suppers, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Pepper Jelly condiments, Texas Tips

Texas Cinnamon Tortilla Chips

Craig Sharry | July 6, 2012
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pepper jelly, feast, fridays, spicy goodness Okay, fans, here’s what you’ve been waiting for – the perfect dippin’ chip to go with dessert or fruit-type dips! It’s so easy, too, and only takes about ten minutes to fix ’em.

Ingredients:

10 flour tortillas
1/2 cup of melted butter (I use butter-flavored spray)
1 cup white sugar (I use Splenda)
2 tablespoons of cinnamon

What to do:

Preheat your oven to 350.

Spread or spray one side of each tortilla with butter, and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.

Using a pizza cutter or knife (pizza cutter is so much easier!) divide each tortilla into fourths. (cut in half both ways)

Arrange the tortilla wedges on a large buttered baking sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes, and let them cool for at least a half hour before serving.

Your entire house will smell WONDERFUL.

Serve with Wednesday’s Spicy Fruit Salsa, or with any kind of fruit or dessert salsa or dip. They’re also good to each by the handful, like potato chips. These chips are best when eaten the same day they’re made.

Category: Feast of Fridays, Spicy desserts, Super Easy Party Recipes, Superbowl Food, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Tips, TPJ Appetizers, TPJ Recipes | Tags: chips, cinnamon chips, dessert dip chips, fruit dip, fruit dip chips, pepper jelly, salsa, spicy fruit dip, Texas Pepper Jelly

Red, White, & Blue Spicy Fruit Salsa for a Hot Fourth of July

Craig Sharry | July 4, 2012
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What's Cookin' Wednesday, Texas Pepper Jelly, spicy food Happy Independence Day, Texas Pepper Jelly fans! Here’s our famous red, white, and blue Spicy Fruit Salsa, especially for your Fourth of July gathering!

Don’t assume that “salsa” will always mean “red sauce!” Texas Pepper Jelly’s amazing Spicy Fruit Salsa is one of our many exceptions to THAT rule!

Spicy Fruit Salsa is perfect for these hot summer days; it’s cool and refreshing, and there’s just something about fruit that quenches thirst at a glance.

Ingredients:

2 kiwis, peeled and diced
2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and diced (any kind of apple will do, but Granny Smith apples are our favorites)
1 cup of raspberries or blackberries (I use both when I have them)
1 1/2 cups of strawberries, diced
1 cup of green seedless grapes, halved
1/2 cup of blueberries
2 tablespoons of brown sugar
1/4 cup of Apple Habanero pepper jelly
1/4 cup of Strawberry Habanero pepper jelly

What to do:

Put all of the above ingredients in a large mixing bowl and, stirring gently, mix thoroughly. Refrigerate overnight, or at least a few hours.

Put it on the table and step back.

This salsa is delicious no matter what’s dipped into it; heck, my husband just spoons it as if it were cereal. Stay tuned for our next post, which will give you a fantastic recipe for cinnamon tortillas, which are the PERFECT thing to use with this and any other dessert-type dip.

Category: Spicy desserts, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Appetizers, TPJ Recipes, TPJ Sauces and Salsas, Uncategorized, What's Cookin' Wednesday | Tags: cooling appetizer, Fourth of July, fruit, fruit salsa, Independence Day, patriotic foods, salsa, spicy appetizer, spicy fruit salsa, spicy texas appetizer, summer salsa, Texas Pepper Jelly

Texas Gulf Coast Crab Dip

Craig Sharry | July 2, 2012
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Monday Munchies, spicy recipes, Texas Pepper Jelly There’s nothing like a delicious hot dip to start the week off right, and since this is a holiday week, and since the holiday is Independence Day, and since Independence Day is traditionally filled with hot stuff like fireworks and bottle rockets, it’s even more appropriate to begin said week with a fantastic hot dip! Your family will love our Texas Gulf Coast Crab Dip. Just set it on the table along with crackers, chips, Fritos, raw veggies, breadsticks, or anything else you think your family might like to dip or spread with Texas Gulf Coast Crab Dip.

Ingredients:

1/2 pound lump crabmeat (fake will work, too)
1 8-ounce package of cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup mayonnaise (Miracle Whip just doesn’t work here)
1/4 cup Loco Cheese DipTexas Pepper Jelly, Loco Cheese Dip
3 tablespoons minced onion
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Salt and pepper to taste

What to do:

Preheat your oven to 325.

Combine all of the above ingredients in a large bowl and GENTLY mix. Put mixture in a buttered casserole dish and bake for 35 minutes until lightly golden on top. Serve hot.

You might put the rest of the Loco Cheese Dip on the table with it, in case someone wants a little more kick to his/her portion.

Don’t count on any leftovers; there seldom are leftovers with Texas Pepper Jelly recipes.

P.S. Speaking of hot stuff, please be careful with any fireworks you might want to set off. Most parts of the country are suffering from terrible drought, and you don’t want to start a fire in the dry grass. If your community has cancelled its fireworks display because of the dryness, please don’t put on your own pyrotechnic show and run the risk of irreversible harm to your home and other people’s as well. Stay safe this Fourth of July!

Category: Loco Cheese Dip, Monday Munchies, Spicy side dishes, Super Easy Party Recipes, Superbowl Food, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Appetizers, TPJ Recipes, TPJ Snacks | Tags: banned pyrotechnics, breadsticks, cancelled fireworks, chips, crackers, danger, dip, drought, dry grass, fireworks, Loco Cheese Dip, Monday Munchies, spicy appetizer, Texas Appetizer, Texas Gulf Coast Crab Dip, Texas Pepper Jelly, veggies

Spicy Cherry Salad for These Hot Summer Days

Craig Sharry | June 28, 2012
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pepper jelly, feast, fridays, spicy goodnessIt’s too hot to cook. No homemade cakes, pies, or brownies for a while, but our Spicy Cherry Salad is the perfect dessert for these super hot summer days.

Ingredients:

1 24-ounce can of cherry pie filling
2/3 can of sweetened condensed milk (not condensed milk; SWEETENED condensed milk!)
1 8-ounce can of crushed pineapple
1/4 cup Pineapple Habanero pepper jelly
1/4 cup Cherry Jalapeno pepper jelly (or Cherry Habanero if you’re feeling brave!)
1 bag of miniature marshmallows
1 cup chopped pecans
1 24-ounce Cool Whip

What to do:

In a large mixing bowl, mix all the above ingredients together, cover, and put in the refrigerator for at least an hour – we like it best if it’s refrigerated overnight.

Put the bowl on the table and stand back. This salad is one of the most refreshing desserts you’ll ever try.

Just thinking about it makes me feel cooler, and it’s 105 degrees outside.

Category: Feast of Fridays, Spicy desserts, Super Easy Party Recipes, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, TPJ Recipes | Tags: 104 degrees, cherry, Cool Whip, hot summer days, pineapple, Spicy Cherry Salad, Spicy desserts, sweetened condensed milk, Texas Pepper Jelly, TPJ, TPJ desserts

Texas Pepper Jelly T-Shirts! Get ’em here!

Craig Sharry | June 20, 2012
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shirts from Texas Pepper Jelly Hey, we’ve been paying attention to your requests, and we’ve granted one of your wishes!

Check out Texas Pepper Jelly’s awesome new T-shirts! We’ve got all the colors your requested, and the shirts are made of 100% Preshrunk Ultra Cotton. They’re machine washable and dryable, and they come out of the laundry still looking like new! The bright colors won’t fade, and the quality material won’t shrink!

Summer time is cookout time, so order some Texas Pepper Jelly T’s right now and wear them while you grill out!

Texas Pepper Jelly T-shirts are only $15.00, so why not order several? Our t-shirt is the perfect gift for someone you know who loves to grill!

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Spicy Texas Pinwheel Meal

Craig Sharry | June 5, 2012
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What's Cookin' Wednesday, Texas Pepper Jelly, spicy food You might as well print out this recipe and add it to your “family favorites” file, because once your family dives into this delicious Spicy Texas Pinwheel Meal, they’re going to ask for it weekly until they all grow up and move out. This is also an excellent party food, or snack food for football parties.

Ingredients:

1 cup shredded chicken
8 ounces of shredded mozzarella cheese
4 ounces of shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup of Texas Pepper Jelly’s Apple Habanero Rib Candy
1/3 cup of ranch dressing
1/4 cup of shredded, peeled apple
1/4 cup of water chestnuts, sliced thin
1/3 cup of mushrooms, cut into small pieces
1/4 cup of pimentos, drained thoroughly
1 rectangle-shaped pizza dough, home-made or store-bought (also works with pie crust or biscuit dough)

What to do:

Preheat your oven to 425.

On a well-floured surface (I use my table top) roll the pizza dough into a long rectangular shape. Round won’t work.

Mix together the Ranch dressing and Rib Candy, and brush across the dough. Add all of the other ingredients, except the cheese, and spread these over entire surface of dough. Cover with both cheeses.

Begin rolling the dough; go slowly, or you’ll push the chicken mixture to one end. Roll this dough as if it were cinnamon bread! Once rolled, tuck in the ends so the middle doesn’t leak out in your oven.

Spray a rectangular baking sheet with Canola spray, and place the bread on the pan. Lift it with both hands!

Bake for 20 minutes; check to make sure it’s done. If it seems “raw,” return to oven and bake another 10 minutes.

Let it set up for 15 minutes, slice, and enjoy. It’s really pretty when it’s cut into individual slices! Don’t make the slices too thin or you’ll lose the contents. Don’t count on any leftovers, although if by some remote chance you have some, wrap them in foil and freeze. This Pinwheel Meal is even better with a little time on it. The problem is slapping everybody’s hands away from that last piece so YOU can eat it later!

Category: Spicy leftovers, Spicy main dishes, Super Easy Party Recipes, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, Texas Tips, TPJ Appetizers, TPJ Recipes, What's Cookin' Wednesday | Tags: family favorites, football parties, pinwheel meal, pinwheel snack, rolled chicken snack, Spicy Texas Pinwheel Meal, Texas party food, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, Texas snack food
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