On Sundays I go to the grocery store and they had some fabulously thick, center cut pork chops on sale so I decided to do a special somethin' to our porky friends.
Whiskey Sauced Pork Chops and Sweet Potatoes (Print recipe)
There is a great recipe in the America's Test Kitchen's The Best Simple Recipes and it was indeed fairly simple. The chops that I got were about 2 inches thick so I did stray from the recipe a bit to make sure that they were cooked enough. All I did was pan roast them to get some color and then finish them in a 400 degree oven. The sauce was incredible with the shallots and the whiskey taste that was kind of sweet but not really. The sweet potatoes were pretty good but I did doctor them a little more than the recipe calls for, I added a tablespoon of brown sugar and a 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon. If you have the opportunity you should definitely try this meal, it was a real winner. I was right too, that my husband forgave the empty whiskey bottle when he had a belly full of the pork and sauce.
I also whipped up a batch of Toffee Chip Cookies. If you have a sweet tooth, do not view the photos below. Really, I mean it! You can't say that I didn't warn you.
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| Did I mention that the recipe makes 5-6 dozen cookies? |
I don't remember where I got this recipe because I have had it for a very long time. They are really good and you can cook them for the full time and they will be crunchy or take 5 minutes or so off of the time and they will be chewy. Perfect!
Toffee Chip Cookies (Print Recipe)
One more thing....
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| Hi Roger. |
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