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Chicken and Mushroom Puff Pastry Bites

These make a great appetizer or meal full of savory flavors.

Chicken and Mushroom Puff Pastry Bites

Ingredients

  • 3 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts, diced
  • 1/4 c. garlic, minced
  • 1/2 c. shallots, minced
  • 2 c. button mushrooms, minced
  • 2 tsp. kosher salt
  • 1 tsp. black pepper
  • 2 tsp. dried rosemary, crushed
  • 1/2 tsp. mustard powder
  • 1 tsp. hot sauce
  • 1/2 c. salted butter, divided use
  • 2 tbs. all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 c. vegetable stock
  • 2 c. half and half
  • 1/4 c. fresh parsley, minced
  • 1/4 c. grated parmesan cheese
  • Two 17.3 oz. Boxes prepared Puff pastry
  • 1 tbs. dried parsley
  • 1 tsp. garlic powder

Yields Approximately 2 Dozen Bites

Sauteed Vegetables

Melt 2 oz. of butter over medium heat in a large skillet. Season the chicken with the salt, pepper, rosemary, mustard powder, and hot sauce. Saute the chicken until cooked through. Set chicken aside. Melt an additional 1 oz. of butter in the skillet and saute the garlic, shallots, and mushrooms until tender and fragrant. Stir vegetables and chicken together and set aside.

Melt 2 oz. of butter in the skillet. Add the flour and stir to form roux. Cook roux until toasted and smells nutty. Add the vegetable stock and stir the roux into it. Add the half-and-half and cook the sauce until thickened and coats the back of a spoon. Add the fresh parsley and the parmesan cheese. Remove from heat. Mix the sauce with the chicken. Set aside.

Sauce

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease muffin tins. Melt the remaining butter and mix with the dried parsley and garlic powder. Break each box of Puff pastry into 12 rectangles. Place each rectangle of puff pastry into each cavity. Spoon filling into each cavity and pinch the puff pastry to seal the bite. Brush each bite with the melted butter mixture.

Bake for 20-25 minutes until the puff pastry is cooked through and golden brown.

Everything Bagel Snickerdoodles

These savory cookies are rolled in everything bagel seasoning before baking.

Everything Bagel Snickerdoodles

Ingredients

  • 1/4 c. salted butter, melted
  • 1/4 c. granulated sugar
  • 1 extra large egg, room temperature
  • 1 tsp. hot sauce
  • 1/2 tsp. Kosher salt
  • 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
  • 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp. mustard powder
  • 1 tbs. grated parmesan cheese
  • 1 tsp. blue cheese powder (optional)
  • 1 c. bread flour
  • everything bagel seasoning, about 1/2 c.

Yields Approximately 1 1/2 dozen cookies using tablespoon-sized scoops of dough

Everything Bagel Snickerdoodles

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Beat the melted butter and the granulated sugar. Add the hot sauce and egg and beat to combine. In a separate bowl, mix together the kosher salt, baking powder, garlic powder, black pepper, mustard powder, parmesan cheese, blue cheese powder, and bread flour. Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients, a little at a time, scraping the bowl after each addition. The dough will be crumbly.

Roll each scoop of dough I. everything bagel seasoning and then place onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes until the cookies are lightly firm to the touch.