FALL FAVORITES!! Butternut Squash & Potato Soup + Caramel Popcorn RECIPES
We’re back in This Alaska Kitchen for some Fall Favorites! Butternut squash soup, loaded baked potato soup, and cinnamon roll caramel popcorn! Thanks for spending time with us!
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Butternut Squash soup:
2 Medium Butternut Squash
2-3 tbs avocado oil or olive oil
6 strips of bacon
1 yellow onion, diced
5 celery stalks, diced
1 bay leaf
1tsp chopped fresh sage (or dried if you don’t have fresh(
3 russet potatoes, peeled and diced
4 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
3 cups chicken broth (or broth of your choice)
3/4 cup heavy cream
Directions:
1. peel, de-seed, and chop butternut squash. Place on a baking sheet, coat with avocado oil and salt, and bake at 400 F for 20-30 minutes (or until soft)
2. Chop bacon into small pieces and cook in a pot. Remove from pot and use the oil to cook the celery and onion until soft and onions are translucent.
3. Add spices and broth. Allow simmering. Add potatoes.
4. Once squash is soft, add to blender or food processor and blend.
5. Add squash to soup, and allow to boil for about 5 minutes. Add in bacon.
6. Stir in cream and adjust seasonings with salt and pepper. Remove the bay leaf.
7. Serve and enjoy!
Loaded Baked Potato Soup:
Add to Slow cooker:
1 cup milk
1 cup heavy cream
4 cups chicken stock
2 TBS cornstarch
Whisk and add:
1 diced onion
3 peeled and diced russet potatoes
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
Cook on low for 6 hours or on high for 3 hours. Mash some of the potatoes and stir in :
1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup shredded cheese
(optional: 1/2 cup bacon crumbles, chives and sour cream)
Cinnamon Roll Popcorn:
16 cups popped popcorn (1/2 cup kernels or 2 bags microwave popcorn)
1 tbsp cinnamon
Caramel:
1 cup brown sugar
1 stick butter, chopped
1/2 tsp salt (omit if using microwave popcorn)
1/4 cup Karo Syrup
1/2 t baking soda
1 t vanilla
Pop popcorn. REMOVE ALL THE UNPOPPED KERNELS! Sprinkle with cinnamon.
Place brown sugar, butter, salt, and Karo Syrup in a microwave-safe bowl. Put in microwave for 30 seconds to 1 minute, until butter is melted. Mix and put in the microwave for 2 minutes. Mix and microwave for 2 more minutes.
Be careful, the bowl will be hot! Remove from microwave, add baking soda and vanilla, mix and add to popcorn immediately. STIR!
For crunchy caramel corn: spread on a cookie sheet (you might need two) and bake at 200 degrees for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
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