It's that time of the year again. School has started and the fall smell is back in the air. It's my favorite time of year. It's also Ray's favorite time of the year, as Football is back on.
In celebration of football I put these two recipes together to take with us for the annual opening Sunday football games, at our friend's house. How could you go wrong with Mini Bacon Cheeseburger Egg Rolls and Bacon Caramel Apple Hand Pies? You can't. You can't ever go wrong with Bacon!
Mini Bacon Cheeseburger Egg Rolls
1 lb lean ground beef
8 -10 slices bacon
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp Cajun seasoning
1 & 1/2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
1 (12 ounce) package of won ton wrappers (thawed)
1 egg
Cook Bacon on a broiling pan in the oven, at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 20-25 minutes, or until desired doneness is reached. Drain bacon on a paper towel. Once drained, chop bacon fine and set aside.
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Cook ground beef in a frying pan until browned, drain grease. Add Worcestershire sauce and Cajun seasoning. Add bacon bits to ground beef and mix well.
Beat egg in bowl. add 2 tablespoons of water. Mix well. (Egg is used to seal edges of won ton wrappers; water works too).
Take won ton wrapper and put large spoonful of hamburger and bacon on one corner of wrapper. Add pinch of cheddar cheese on top of meat mixture. Take the wrapper and place it in front of you so it looks like a diamond rather than a square. You want the filling to go straight from corner to corner. Roll by taking the bottom corner and tucking it up and under the filling. Then bring in both sides and continue to roll up, until it looks like a little envelope. Taking the egg wash, run it down the top of the free sides of the wrapper, the point, then roll the egg roll to the top to seal.
Repeat until you have used all the meat or all the wrappers, whichever happens first.
Place Egg Rolls on a cookie sheet and using the remaining egg wash, brush over the top of each roll. Cook egg rolls for 25-30 minutes until a nice golden brown color.
Serve Egg Rolls alone, or with your favorite condiments, ie) ketchup, mustard or BBQ Sauce.
Bacon Caramel Apple Hand Pies
1 can of Apple Pie Filling
1 1/2 tbsp of cinnamon
1 package of refrigerated pie crusts (2 crusts)
1/2 cup of flour
6-8 pieces of bacon
12 Soft Caramel candies, removed from wrappers and chopped into smaller pieces
1 egg + 1 tbsp of water whisked together for an egg wash
Cook Bacon on a broiling pan in the oven, at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 20-25 minutes, or until desired doneness is reached. Drain bacon on a paper towel. Once drained, chop bacon fine and set aside.
Leave oven temp at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
In a bowl, mix apple pie filling (you might want to chop this down into smaller pieces, if the pie filling has larger chunks of apple in it.) Mix cinnamon into apples. Add Bacon, and caramels.
Roll our pie crusts. Using a glass or 2 1/2 - 3 inch circle cutter, cut out 2 circles for each hand pie. Spoon a small tablespoon of apple mixture onto one circle, keeping filling in the center, not letting it go to the edges. Using egg wash, go around the edges of the pie crust with the filling in the center, and place a top circle of pie crust over the top. Sealing edges. Using a fork, crimp the edges of the pie together to form a complete seal. Place finished hand pie on cookie sheet, and repeat until the pie crust has been used up.
Using remaining egg wash, lightly brush over the top of each pie. Sprinkle with a little sugar and bake for 25 minutes, or until golden brown.
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