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• Fatburger Banana Shake

  2 cups premium vanilla ice cream 3 tablespoons half and half (you can use milk) 2 teaspoons instant banana pudding powder In a blender combine 2 cups of premium vanilla ice cream, 3 tablespoons of half and half, and 2 teaspoons of banana pudding powder and blend until rich and creamy. Fatburger banana shakes are topped with whipped cream before serving. If you are diabetic, you may want to use sugar free pudding and ice cream. This shake also works well with light ice cream.

• KFC Fried Chicken

  1 Broiler fryer – cut up 3 C. Water 1 Tbsp. Salt 1 tsp. MSG 2 tsp. Onion Powder 2 pkg. DRY Instant Chicken Broth (Do Not Use Canned) 2 tsp. Seasoned Salt 1 tsp. fines herbs 1/2 tsp. Black Pepper 1 C. Flour 1. Cover chicken with mixture of water and salt. Chill in bowl for least 1 hour. 2. Combine herbs, onion powder, seasoned salt, instant chicken broth, and pepper in a blender and mix well. Place this mixture in a bowl. Add the flour to this bowl. Mix flour and seasonings well. 3. Remove chicken from water, and dip it into the flour mixture coat well. Place coated pieces on a plate for 5 minutes. 4. Melt enough shortening or salad oil to make 1 inch depth in a large skillet. Heat to 375 degrees. Fry chicken pieces turning once, every 5 minutes, be sure to cook chicken until done. Lift chicken out and drain on paper towels. You can keep the chicken warm in the oven by placing it in the oven, and serve when all pieces are finished cooking. MSG stands for Monosodium Glutamate. It is a spice, found in your grocery store. It can be sold as MSG or under the brand name “Accent”. Some people are extremely allergic to MSG, over 98% of the population is not. It serves to make flavors stronger, and almost pop right out at you. Fines herbs used to be used more frequently many years ago. Fines herbs was a poultry seasoning. Since so many people have difficultly in obtaining the herb, it has been removed from the recipe. If you can access Fines herbs add 2 teaspoons to the flour mixture.

• Houston’s Walnut Apple Cobbler

  1 20 oz. Can Sliced Apples Divide into: 1 1/2 C. Apple Juice from the can of apples 1 C. Apples Drained 2 C. English Walnuts (coarsely chopped) 1 Tbsp. + 2 tsp. Cinnamon 1/8 tsp. Nutmeg 1/8 tsp. Salt 3 Tbsp. Melted Butter 1/4 C. White Corn Syrup 1 C. Brown Sugar In Mixing bowl add all above ingredients and stir well. If you do not have enough apple juice from can of apples add a little water to make up the difference. Set aside. Cookie Topping for Cobbler 1/2 C. Flour 1/4 tsp. Baking Powder 1 Stick of Butter (chilled) 1/2 C. Brown Sugar 1 Egg Yolk 1/4 tsp. Vanilla 1/4 tsp. Salt This is easy to blend in a food processor. Cut butter into four pieces and place in processor, add sugar, vanilla, and egg. Process until blended. Add flour, baking powder, and salt, blend dry ingredients until all is mixed well. Should form a ball very quickly. Remove from processor and place between waxed paper and chill just long enough so dough may be rolled out with out sticking to wax paper. Spray baking pan with a oil spray and pour walnut mixture in a 8″x11.5″x2″ baking dish and cover with rolled out cookie dough topping. Bake at 375 degrees 20 – 24 minutes, top should be golden brown. Walnut cobbler should be served hot with crust side down with a generous serving of your favorite vanilla ice cream on top. Please note you divide the can of apples into the apples and the juice. You will have some apples left over. You also may need to add some more apple juice to this.