Dinner for the Doyles

Dinner for the Doyles consisted of grilled pork tenderloin (which will not be included in this blog), corn casserole with red peppers and Jalapenos, twice baked potatoes, and homemade M&M cookies for dessert. 
If you are asking yourself who are the Doyles?  They are some wonderful friends of ours that moved to Kansas so we invited them over for dinner before they left. 

Let's get started....

Fresh Corn Casserole with Red Bell Peppers and Jalapenos

So here we have; 8 ears of fresh corn, diced red bell pepper, diced jalapeno, heavy cream, milk, butter, and I just noticed I didn't have the salt and pepper in this picture.  Well now you know...salt and pepper. 
Remove the corn from the husks.  Try real hard to get as close as you can to the cob so that you get all that creamy stuff.

Be prepared it will go everywhere; I have a picture to prove it.

Place all your corn in a bowl; add your red peppers, jalapenos, heavy cream, milk, salt and pepper, and butter.  Mix well. 

Once you have it mixed all together pour it into a 9 x 13 baking dish and bake for about 30-45 minutes. 
When you pull it out of the oven you will have this wonderful smellin' dish.

Twice Baked Potatoes

I'll make you really want to make these and show the final outcome before hand!!  I'll enlarge it so you can really see these...

Start out by rubbing canola oil on the outside of your potatoes.  Bake at 400 degrees on a baking sheet for about 45 minutes till the potatoes are cooked inside and the skins are slightly crispy.  During the last 10-15 minutes of baking start on your bacon and get all that fried up and diced up when done into little bits.
Take a big ol' bowl and toss in the butter, sour cream, bacon, milk, seasoned salt, and pepper.
By this time your potatoes should be done; while still hot cut each potato in half lengthwise.

With a good size spoon scrape out the inside of each potatoe and place the insides into the bowl with the other stuff in it.

After you have scraped out all the insides of the potatoe and placed those in the bowl get your potato masher to mix the ingredients together.

Now stir in 1 cup of grated cheese and your sliced green onions.
Make sure to test it to see if you have your seasonings correct.  Fill each potato half with the potato mixture and place back on the baking sheet and place more grated cheese on top.

Bake for about 15 to 20 minutes until your cheese is melted and the potatoes are hot.
Then Dig in :)

Homemade M&M Cookies

These cookies are probably the best M&M cookies I've ever had.  So soft and yummy.

If you make these Trust me...they won't last long in your house; they are that good.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and grease your cookie sheets.  I used foil on mine and then greased them just cause my cookie sheets don't look pretty. :(

In a large bowl mix all ingredients together "except" the M&M's.  Mix together on Medium with the electric mixer, make sure to get the sides scraped and cleaned and mixed.

                                      
Here are the ingredients:
1 1/4 cup of all purpose flour
1/2 cup Packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup softened butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt

Your mixture will look like this when mixed well together.



Now stir in your M&M's.

By spoonfuls drop onto the greased cookie sheet and place each one approx. 2" apart. 

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until lightly brown.  Remove from cookie sheet and place on cooling rack to cool.  Well duh why else would you place them on the cooling rack; to do tricks?


I hope you have enjoyed all my wonderful recipes that I have made.  If you wish to make them here they are except for the cookies I don't have an actual recipe for that one.

Click here for the Fresh Corn Casserole with Red Peppers and Jalapenos

Click here for the Twice Baked Potatoes Recipe