Spicy Pretzels & Vanilla Creme Brulee

Yummy eats over the weekend and Penn State won!! GO Phillies in the world series!! It was a good week in PA sports.



Spicy Pretzels
24 oz. bag Pretzels-we prefer the small pretzels
1 packet Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing
3/4 cup Olive Oil
1 1/2 tsp. Garlic Powder
1 tsp. Cayenne Pepper or more (depends on what you can handle!)

Preheat oven to 200 degrees

Pour pretzels into an oven proof pan. I use either a roasting pan or a 9x13 cake pan.

Mix Ranch, olive oil, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper together and pour over pretzels and stir.
Place in the oven and bake for 1 hour, stirring very 15 minutes.

These are a nice change from plain pretzels!

Man has been wanting me to make Creme Brulee for awhile, so I did it this weekend. It is really delicious and easy! Great vanilla flavor.

Creme Brulee

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

1 Qt. Heavy Cream
2 Vanilla Beans, split and scraped
1/2 cup Sugar
6 Large Egg Yolks (save the whites for yummy egg white omelets)
1 Tsp. Vanilla
Hot Water

Pour the cream and vanilla beans and scraped pulp into a saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and cover for 15 minutes. Remove the beans.

In a medium bowl, whisk sugar, vanilla, and egg yolks until well blended and light in color. Add the cooled cream in small portions and whisk. Make sure you add it slowly as to not cook the egg yolks!! Once all combined pour the mixture into 6 ramekins (7-8 oz.). Place a paper towel in the bottom of your pan and place the ramekins on top of the paper towel. Pour HOT water carefully into the pan until it is halfway up the sides of the ramekins. The paper towel will keep the ramekins from sliding around. Bake until set, about 45 minutes. Cool out of the water bath for about 20 minutes and then refrigerate for at least 2 hours before enjoying. They will keep for about 3 days in the refrigerator. When you are ready to eat, sprinkle generously with sugar and "torch" the sugar with a small butane cooks torch until golden brown and crispy. Don't skip this part because this is what makes creme brulee so yummy with different textures! Man loved these, but I tried to control his consumption of them since they are not very good for you!!