I Love Tea Cups

I Love Tea Cups

Saturday, March 24, 2012

*Spring Picnic in the House*


~A Spring Picnic in the House~

The weather outside is crisp and 
'Spring is in the Air'
I would love to go outside and set the patio table with a Spring Picnic~But it's just not warm enough. So I decided to have a 
'Spring Picnic in the House' 
and
A Great Party is going on at 
Designs by Gollum for Egg-xellant Spring Party!
and 
StoneGable for On The Menu Monday 

My Menu
for 
'Spring Picnic in the House'

Is Easy and Delicious. 

Easy Oven-Fried Chicken
Easy Baked Beans
My Cozy Corner Macaroni Salad
and
Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Frosting

Easy Oven-Fried Chicken


Easy Oven-Fried Chicken  Print Recipe
1 fryer chicken
1 cup Bisquick 
2 tsp. salt 
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 tsp. paprika 
1/4 cup each of shortening and butter
Heat oven to 425* (hot).  Mix Bisquick, salt, pepper and paprika in a paper sack.  Melt shortening in a shallow baking pan (13x91/2x2") in oven.  Shake 3 or 4 pieces of chicken in the sack at a time to coat thoroughly.  Remove baking pan from oven and place chicken, skin side down, in a single layer.  Bake 45 min., turn. Bake another 15 min. 
Just like deep fried chicken!!!








Baked Beans-Print Recipe



My Cozy Corner Macaroni Salad-Print Recipe


The picnic is serve yourself. 
Today my granddaughters and I went
 English County Dancing all afternoon. I made the mac salad last night and soaked the chicken in buttermilk overnight. I baked the cupcakes this morning before we went dancing. When we came home at four I prepared the chicken, mixed the baked beans and put the frosting on the cupcakes. Dinner was ready at six.
We were so hungry from dancing.
We learned how to dance the same way 
'Jane Austen' danced in the 1700's.
What a hoot!!!

Lemon Cupcakes and Lemon Frosting


Lemon Cupcakes from a mix


White Fluffy prepared frosting
Lemon extract and yellow food color
White baking papers and decorative papers





Thank you for visiting my Cozy Corner 
I hope you enjoyed 
Spring Picnic in the house.
I did...

Please  join me and visit
Designs by Gollum for Foodie Friday
TheTablescaper for Seasonal Sunday
and 
StoneGable for On The Menu Monday
Let's not forget 
Little Red House for Mosaic Monday
xo
Betty 




7 comments:

  1. It sounds like you girls had a fun time and came home to a lovely picnic!!

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  2. Everything looks delicious...I will be trying the chicken, for sure!

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  3. Betty! What a wonder welcome to your home! Yummo! Those cupcakes! I'm surely a cupcake kind of gal!

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  4. Miss Betty -- your meal looks WONDERDUL and you are the Cupcake Queen -- those cupcakes are gorgeous. I love all-things-lemon! Love picnics :)

    Blessings!
    Gail

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  5. I wish I had a plate of this right now! Looks yummo! Hugs and blessings, Cindy

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  6. I'm wishing to fill my picnic plate up with your wonderful meal. I'll take 2 cupcakes please! What a wonderful post!
    Thanks for bringing this picnic to ON THE MENU MONDAY!
    YVONNE

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  7. So many yummies! So great to have you be a part of Seasonal Sundays. Hope you'll join me this week too.

    - The Tablescaper

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I'm so delighted that you have visited my blog...
Thanks for your comments as I enjoy reading them.
Betty

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