Barefoot Contessa's Oven Fried Chicken

This chicken is the first fried chicken that my mom has not ruined! And she has tried other recipes many times but they never turn out. But this was good and it worked!!! It was amazing!!!!!!! It makes 6 fried chicken wings or legs. But even if you aren't good at fring you can still do this!

2 chickens (3 pounds each), cut in 8 serving pieces
1 quart buttermilk
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
Vegetable oil or vegetable shortening



Place the chicken pieces in a large bowl and pour the buttermilk over them. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine the flour, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Take the chicken out of the buttermilk and coat each piece thoroughly with the flour mixture. Pour the oil into a large heavy-bottomed stockpot to a depth of 1-inch and heat to 360 degrees F on a thermometer.

Working in batches, carefully place several pieces of chicken in the oil and fry for about 3 minutes on each side until the coating is a light golden brown (it will continue to brown in the oven). Don't crowd the pieces. Remove the chicken from the oil and place each piece on a metal baking rack set on a sheet pan. Allow the oil to return to 360 degrees F before frying the next batch. When all the chicken is fried, bake for 30 to 40 minutes, until the chicken is no longer pink inside. Serve hot.And eat well!!!:)

8 Mintue Ice Cream

This is really good Ice Cream! Every one in my family liked it. And you don't even have to have an ice cream maker is the good part! And who said that if you don't have an ice cream maker you cant have home made ice cream?!?! So here is the recipe............................

1 cup milk

3 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

6 tablespoons salt

3-4 cups of ice

1 pint plastic bag that zips shut

1 gallon plastic bag that zips shut

Mix the milk, sugar, and vanilla in a small bowl. Pour the mixture carefully into the small bag and seal tightly. Place The salt and ice in the pint bag. Push out some of the air then seal tightly. Place the pint bag in the gallon bag, again push out some of the air, and seal tightly. Shake the bag for five minutes. If your hands get cold put a pair of gloves or a towel on your hands. Take out the ice cream and put it in your bowl and eat immediately! for more flavor you can add 2 small dashes of Cinnamon.

Pistachio Trifle

This is a Delicious dessert that my family has a lot, because it is soooooooooo good! so u will see us post lots of different flavors of it!!!!! It is a perfect dessert to have when ever you want................................


1 yellow cake mix, prepared according to package directions

1/2 cup cream

2 small packages instant Pistachio pudding, prepared

1 container cool whip

1 pkg. toffee bits

Cut the cake into bite sized squares. Put some of the yellow cake in and then some pisachio pudding next some cool whip after the cool whip goes the toffee bits. Repeat those instructions until your bowl is filled. How easy is that?!?! oh and one more thing enjoy!

Monkey Bread

I wanted to make monkey bread but i didn't have a recipe and I could not find one that i wanted. So i put to different recipes together and one up. The whole Family really liked it. My mom ate most of it, and Amy and I had the rest. I emailed Sister Athay for hers so i want to make that next. Ill have to post that recipe too.

2 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp. sugar

1 cup warm water

1tsp. salt 1 tbsp. quick rise yeast

1 tbsp. vegetable oil

1 1/2 tbsp. cinnamon

1/2 cup butter

1 cup white sugar

1 cup brown sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl , combine flour, salt, sugar, and yeast. Combine water and oil and add to flour. Add additional flour to form soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface. knead for 1-2 minutes. please in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 20 minutes. Then punch the dough down. Next roll the dough into balls. After that pour white sugar and cinnamon into a plastic bag and mix. Put four dough balls in at a time, and coat well. Then put the balls in to a bunt pan. In a sauce pan bring brown sugar and butter to a boil. Let cool for 10 minutes, and then pour on the dough balls. Cook for 45 minutes or until golden brown. Let it cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan. Then my favorite part enjoy!

Kart -Wheels

I made these a while ago when i still lived in Idaho, but they were really good. Everyone in my family loved them. I got it out of an old cook book of mine called Alpha-Bakery. So here is the recipe.....................

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cups butter or magarine spftened

1/4 cup powdered sugar

1/2 tsp baking powder

2 tbsp milk

1 cup pie filling or jam (any favor)

Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Mix flour, margarine, powdered suger, baking powder, and just enough milk untill dough forms(if dough seems dry mix in more milk, 1 tsp at a time) Divide dough into 6 eaqual parts. Shape each part into a ball. Placed on an ungreased cookie sheet;flatten slightly. Make an indentation, 1 3/4 inches in diameter and about 3/4 inches deep, in center of each flated ball. Fill each indention with about 2 tbsp of pie filling or jam. Bake untill the edges begin to brown, 20 to 25 minutes. It make 6 kart-wheels.