Jolene's Recipe Journal

I've been seeing so many people sharing their most viewed recipes of the year, and it got me curious as to what mine were.  Not what I was expecting at all!  5 of the top 10 were recipes I shared during #AppleWeek, one of my favorite events each year.  Also included are two awesome bar cookie recipes, a traditional Easter favorite, one of my favorite restaurant desserts, and a simple little 2 ingredient recipe.  Thank you so much to everyone who's clicked a link, left a comment, or pinned a post!  1. Grilled Apple Tossed Salad   2. Can’t Leave Alone Bars 3. Loaded M&M Oreo Cookie Bars  4. Oatmeal Crusted Apple Stuffed French Toast   5. Apple Yeast Coffee Cake   6. Caramelized Apple Hand Pies   7. Garlic Crescent Rolls   8. Old Fashioned Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting   9. Graham Cracker Fried Ice Cream       10. Apple Bacon Cheddar Grilled Cheese  

I have a huge upright freezer that I vowed to use better in 2017. I prepped a lot of recipes back in August, and I have been working through them over the last few months. I first made this back when I could get to my grill outside, and the guys devoured it before I could even reach for the camera.  Now, the grill is buried under a few inches of snow and ice, so I prepared this batch on an indoor grill.  Not as pretty to photograph, but still tastes amazing! I didn't make any changes to the recipe except to use dried parsley instead of fresh.  One of my resolutions for 2018 is to get an herb garden in!   Thank you so much to Ruth at Living Well Spending Less for this fantastic recipe :) Print With Image Without Image Coconut Lime Grilled Chicken Author: Jolene's Recipe Journal ingredients: 3 to 4 limes 1/4 cup olive oil 1 can coconut milk 3 to 4 garlic cloves, minced 1/4 cup onion, diced 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger 2 teaspoons seasoned salt 1/

It's #NationalCupcakeDay! We are big fans of cupcakes here, especially around the holidays.  There are so many flavors to choose from! I saw these Yuletide Eggnog Cupcakes on the Taste of Home website, and I couldn't wait to try them. I made the cupcakes as written, but my guys don't like cream cheese frosting. So back I went to Taste of Home and found the Easy Vanilla Buttercream Frosting.  I subbed in eggnog in place of the milk, and it turned out perfectly. If you don't want a heavy frosting, you can thin it down with more eggnog and make it more of a glaze. How do you eat a cupcake? Just dive right in? Use a fork? I like to cut the bottom off, put it on top, sandwiching the frosting inside.  :)  Thanks so much to the Redhead Baker for hosting! Be sure to check out the other great cupcakes being shared today through the links at the bottom of the post. Yuletide Eggnog Cupcakes Print With Image Without Image Author: Jolene's Recipe J

I hope you are enjoying #ChristmasCookies Week, I know I am! I've already changed my holiday baking list three times, and I'm sure I'll be adding to it again.  These Chocolate Marshmallow Meltaways from Taste of Home have definitely been added to the list! The only changes I made to the recipe was to use whole milk instead of 2%, it's what I have on hand, and garnished them with some holiday sprinkles.  The base cookie isn't overly sweet, so it makes it perfect when you add the marshmallow and the frosting to it.  Thank you so much to Joanna S. for sharing her recipe, these were like hot cocoa that you could eat! Thank you again to Ellen from Family Around the Table and Christie from A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures for all the hard work you've put into this!  And don't forget, tomorrow's the last day to enter for your chance to win that amazing prize pack from Nielsen Massey! Print With Image Without Image Chocolate Marshmallow Mel

My guys could eat chocolate chip cookies every day, and I'm always looking for fun spins on them.  I found my second recipe for #ChristmasCookies week on the Taste of Home website. The cinnamon sugar on these really makes them different and fun. They have an amazing crisp/chewy texture that we loved. Thank you so much to Bonnie B. for sharing her recipe :) Her tip to use a pizza cutter to slice the cookies was brilliant! So many awesome recipes being shared this week, I don't even know which one to try first. I'm having a great time deciding though! Scroll down to check them all out, and don't forget to enter for your chance to win a prize package from Nielsen Massey! Norwegian Chocolate Chip Cookies Print With Image Without Image Yield: 5 dozen Author: Jolene's Recipe Journal ingredients: 2 sticks butter, softened 1 1/3 cups sugar, plus 3T 2 eggs, large 1 teaspoon vanilla 3 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup miniature semis