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Smoking, Grilling, and Frying Recipes! {Cookbooks Giveaway}

May 25, 2013 By Sara @MomEndeavors

This giveaway post is brought to you by Masterbuilt. Yum! Nothing says Memorial Day weekend and the kickoff to summer cooking like smoking, grilling, and frying recipes! Last year around this time, I shared a post full of awesome grilling recipes & ideas! And, now this Memorial Day weekend, I’m bringing to you the opportunity to add a whole bunch of not just grilling recipes, but as also smoking and frying, to your “recipe box” in the form of a cookbook giveaway! These cookbooks will be great for summer cookouts this summer and maybe even the perfect Father’s Day gift as well! Here are the “Dadgum That’s Good” cookbooks from John McLemore:

John McLemore, is a father, husband, President/CEO of Masterbuilt Inc., and author of “Dadgum! That’s Good!” and “Dadgum! That’s Good, Too!”. Between the two cookbooks, there are almost300 delicious recipes for smoking, frying, and grilling with family and friends! And, can we just say, “YUM”!! Seriously y’all (somehow that phrase just seems appropriate in this post ), there are SO many delish recipes in these two cookbooks! There are even some great recipes for boiling and steaming too! To get a little sneak peek at what you’ll find in the cookbooks, check out some great recipes on the Dadgum That’s Good Blog!

Masterbuilt sent me the cookbooks to check out and put to use with the Masterbuilt Digital Electric Smokehouse smoker. We’ve got brats and corn on the cob in the smoker right now, using John’s recipes in “Dadgum That’s Good!“for smoked “haute” dogs and smoked corn on the cob! This is our first time trying our hand at smoking anything and we’re super excited to try it out. The smell in our backyard is incredible!! I’ll be sharing a full report on the Masterbuilt electrical smoke house and our yummy food soon. But, first, I wanted to give you the opportunity to win these great cookbooks!

Giveaway

One lucky winner will win a copy of the cookbooks, “Dadgum! That’s Good!” and “Dadgum! That’s Good, Too!”.

Enter:

Use the Rafflecopter form below to submit entries (give the form a minute to load if you don’t see it right away). Complete as many (or as few) tasks as you like. Good luck!
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Disclosure: I was sent copies of the cookbooks shown above for the purpose of review. Masterbuilt is providing copies to the giveaway winners. As always, all opinions and experiences are entirely my own!

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Bruleed Orange French Toast Recipe

May 24, 2013 By Sara @MomEndeavors

Yum! This delicious orange french toast recipe from Kari (our newest contributor from Sunshine in my Pocket) sounds absolutely delicious!! Definitely check it out for something delicious to add to your breakfast recipes list!

We’ve been making good use of our Arizona oranges from our very own orange trees, and since the season is almost over, I’m making the last of them really count! This is one of my favorite breakfast/brunch recipes. Actually, I made it for DINNER one night because when isn’t it a good time for these little slices of goodness?

I shouldn’t say little…I used TEXAS sized slices of bread that were already swirled with cinnamon. Wow. (I found this bread at Fry’s/Krogers).

FOR THE ORANGE SAUCE:
Before you get started on the French Toast, put together the Orange Sauce: Take 2 cups of Orange Juice (freshly squeezed is best), 1 c. sugar, and 2 t. cornstarch and combine together in a sauce pan. Cook over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Add 1/4 c. butter and stir until melted. This sauce will not get very thick, but it is oh so delicious when used on this french toast! Allow that to simmer on low heat while you are assembling the french toast.

FOR THE FRENCH TOAST:
The ingredients are very simple.

Texas Toast (I like the kind with cinnamon swirl), Milk OR cream, eggs, Orange Juice, Orange Zest, and a little sugar (not pictured).

First, mix about 4 T. sugar with the zest of 1 orange. Stir it all together. Set that aside for later. Preheat your griddle to about 350 degrees.

Next, mix up the eggs with 4 T. milk and 4 T. orange juice. I also added a little bit of cream (about a Tablespoon) and 1 t. vanilla. Then dip the bread into the egg mixture. Let it sit for a few seconds per side. You really want to get that bread nice and covered. Place them on your pre-heated griddle.

Let the first side cook for a couple minutes. When it is almost ready to flip over (it should be a golden brown), sprinkle about 1–2 teaspoons of the sugar/orange zest mixture on top. That orange zest is going to give it a citrus kick!

Then flip it over to cook the other side and caramelize that sugar! This will take longer than the first side.

OPTIONAL: Here’s where the true brulee comes into play. If you have a kitchen torch, add a little sugar mixture to the cooked side of the french toast and heat it with the kitchen torch. (Just like creme brulee!) This only takes a few SECONDS…so be careful not to burn it. It will caramelize and get a little crunchy, but the inside will still be nice and soft. Perfect!

That extra crunch makes for an AMAZING french toast treat. Now, add some Orange Sauce and toppings (I like blackberries and powdered sugar, but blueberries or strawberries would be delicious, too).