• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegtable oil
• 4 eggs
•  3 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp cloves
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp allspice
• 2 cups pumpkin
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup nuts
• 3/4 cup water
• Combine sugar and oil and mix together. Beat in your 4 eggs. Next add all your dry ingredeints until combined. Add pumpkin, raisins, nuts, and water and mix well. Grease and flour 3 loaf pans and bake at 325 for 1 hour.

Everyone loves Red Lobsters cheddar bay biscuits. Now this is not their recipe its mine and I think it is better and easier to make!

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup milk soured with 1 TBSP vinegar or buttermilk
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 TBSP sugar
• 6 TBSP butter
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1 cup cheddar

Combine flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, sugar, and garlic powder. Mix together well. Next add butter and cut into the flour mixture until it resembles course corn meal. Mix in shredded cheddar. Next add your milk and mix until all dry ingredients are incorporated.

I find it easiest to spoon into a round or square cake pan for baking, but you could certainly use a cookie sheet or roll and cut the biscuits if you prefer.

Brush or drizzle the biscuits with:

• 2 TBSP melted butter
• 1/4 tsp dry parsley
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder

Pre-heat your oven to 450 degrees as soon as you put your biscuits in the oven turn done to 400 degrees. Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.

Enjoy! This recipe certainly would be awesome with the addition of diced ham or some rosemary. Play around with variations and see what you think?

Enjoy this recipe for Sweet and Savory Popcorn it’s so easy and delicous it’s like snack crack…especially with Beer!

What you will need:

• One bowl of popcorn
• melted butter
• salt
• sugar
• granulated garlic

Drizzle popped popcorn with melted butter and toss thourghly sprinkling with salt, sugar and garlic until it meets your taste……Yum sweet, salty, and garlicky….you could even add some cayenne for spice!

I decided to do a food and beer pairing with Stone Brewing Company Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale.

For this pairing I am making some rosemary chili pork with an orange and grapefruit glaze.  The hoppy character of this beer lends its self well to citrus and also some heat.  So feel free to kick up the heat factor with some hot sauce!

Some other good pairing ideas are BBQ especially with some citrus in the sauce, pizza with pineapple and spicy peppers or spicy sauce.

I really wanted to pair it with a duck a’la orange which would be great with it especially if you add a spicy component to the dish!

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I really like how the sun dried plums complement this beer.  The BonBon’s I made are alright for a small beer sample in a tasting situation.  I think a rich buttery almond cake pound cake type thing with a plum filling would be better with a larger pour of this beer.  With the high abv of this beer you need to be putting something more substantial in your belly!

I really like dark fruits for this one and wouldn’t go over the top with chocolates or coffee.  A little in a subtle fashion would be alright.  May allow you to pick up more of the nuances of this beer which tend to come out as it gets warmer.  Fatty foods are perfect with this high alcohol beer.

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Sweet and Spicy Chicken

1/3 cup cornstarch

CHICKEN SCALLOPINE