I received 2 bags filled with pecans last Friday from a patient of mine. So, last weekend, after going out on a date with my hubby, I spent most of the afternoon shelling those pecans. I didn't know what to do with them. Then, another of my patient said that she loves pecan turtles. Early this morning, around 5 am, I decided to make these pecans to turtles. I arranged all of the turtles in a decorated Christmas tin cans to be given to my patients who are not diabetics =)
Chocolate Pecan Turtles
1 lb of pecan halves
1 pack of Hersey's Cinnamon Chips
Homemade Caramel (recipe to follow)
Directions
Arrange pecan halves on pan lined with parchment paper. Pour spoonful of homemade caramel over each pecan halves. Let it cool.
Melt Hershey's cinnamon chips in a double boiler. Add 1/4 cup of heavy cream. Mix well until all chips are melted. Pour melted cinnamon chips over caramel-coated pecans. Let it cool.
Arrange pecan turtles in any preferred container. Then enjoy!
Homemade Caramel
1 2/3 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
1 cup butter
1 cup light syrup
1 cup heavy cream
2/3 cup whole milk
2 tbsp vanilla extract
Directions:
In a medium saucepan, combine all the ingredients above. Put on medium heat, stir constantly until heat temperature reaches to 250-260 degrees ( or until a small amount of syrup is dropped into cold water forms a rigid ball).
A usual Sunday routine after church, a hearty breakfast for us. I fixed some cheese biscuits, sausages, scrambled eggs and gravy. Washed it down with pressed coffee, OJ (for me)and milk (for Monty). It was a heavy breakfast! Now, I'm planning for dinner =)
I went to the grocery today & found a sale of their baby back ribs. Coincidentally, I watched an episode of Guy Fieri's DDD, where he was in a barbecue joint that was famous for their ribs. I did my own dry rub and cooked the slab of ribs in the oven for a total of 3 1/2 hours. It was perfect! My ribs turned out as good as Logan's Roadhouse!(in my opinion, since I always go for Logan's ribs when we go there for dinner every now & then)
Recipe for the Baby Back Ribs:
1-2 slabs of Baby Back Ribs
1/4 cup of dry barbecue rub (it consist of ground cumin,paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, kosher salt, cayenne pepper, black pepper, white pepper and brown sugar)
1/2 cup beef broth
1 cup of any Barbecue sauce
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Liberally spread dry rub on the Baby Back Ribs. Place the ribs directly inside a roasting pan. Pour the beef broth in the roasting pan. Cover tightly with foil then place pan in the oven.
Bake ribs for 2 hrs. After that, remove foil and baste ribs with the barbecue sauce. Place pan back in the oven uncovered for 30 mins. Do basting again after 30 minutes then back to the oven for another 15 minutes.
My husband is a little under the weather and not wanting to eat anything except for my homemade chicken noodle soup. I baked some cheesy dinner rolls to go with it. Simple but delicious and warms the insides during this chilly December evening.
