Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches

Man, these are good!
I found the recipe for the chicken on pinterest.  If you want to check out the original recipe, click here
I made the chicken just like she did, but I added a little bit to the sandwich to make it that much more special :)
The sandwich is juicy and flavorful, but boy, is it hot!  Make sure to drink you a big glass of milk when you eat it ;)

Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches
1 bag frozen skinless boneless chicken (The original post said a three pound bag, but I only had about two pounds, and it made four sandwiches).
1 bottle hot sauce (I used Frank's Buffalo Wing Sauce)
1 packet Hidden Valley Ranch mix (She said use almost the whole packet, I used all of it).
4 good sub rolls
butter
provolone cheese (Two slices per sandwich)
blue cheese dressing (optional-I liked this, Brian didn't.  But then again, I like blue cheese, and he doesn't).

Put chicken (do not thaw), whole bottle of hot sauce, and ranch mix in the crock pot.  Cook on high for three hours or on low for six.  When chicken is done, shred it and put it back it the crock pot with a couple pats of butter.  Let it cook on low for another hour or until you are ready to eat it.  Melt a pat of butter in a skillet and toast the inside halves of the sub rolls.  Spoon chicken onto bottom half of sub roll.  Cover with provolone cheese and microwave for 30 seconds or until cheese is melted.  Top with blue cheese dressing, if desired.  Pour a big glass of milk and enjoy!

Crock Pot Apple Butter Two Ways

This week, my dad and I both made and canned crock pot apple butter.  We both just read some recipes online and just took bits and pieces and made it our own way.  They were both really good but totally different.  I'm posting the recipes below, but they are totally up to interpretation.  We both "dump cook," so there aren't any amounts, so add a little at the beginning and taste as you go to see if it needs more :)

Here's mine:
Alicia's Crock Pot Apple Butter

• big bag of apples (we used macintosh and gala)
• cinnamon
• nutmeg
• ground cloves
• I think a tad bit of brown sugar would have been good, not much...just maybe 1/8 cup

Peel, core, and cube enough apples to fill your crock pot, or just use as many as you want. (I have a big crock pot, and I only filled it half full.  The apples cook down a lot.  My batch only filled three small jelly jars, so if you want some to put back, use as many apples as you can).  Add cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.  I added more cinnamon than anything.  Cook the apples until it looks like apple butter, stirring and tasting occasionally.  Once the apples start getting soft, take a potato masher or a wooden spoon to mush up the apples.  This makes a chunky apple butter.  Let cool.  Put in refrigerator or can.  If you don't can the apple butter, it should keep about a month in the fridge.

Daddy's Crock Pot Apple Butter

• big bag of apples 
• cinnamon
• pumpkin pie spice
• white grape/cranberry juice

Peel, core, and cube apples and put into crock pot.  Add cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and a small amount of juice.  Cook until mixture resembles apple butter, stirring and tasting occasionally.  When mixture is done, mix with a hand mixer.  This will make a smooth apple butter.

My apple butter was chunky and tasted a little like gingerbread.  It was more spicy than sweet.  Daddy's apple butter was smooth, and I could really taste the cranberry in it.

If you let the apples cook until the are just soft, they would make a great pie, fried pie, or cobbler filling :)

Plus, they make the house smell AWESOME!

While I was getting Connor to go to sleep last night, I found my new favorite Veggie Tales Silly Song.  Here it is...

And if anyone wants to watch the video A Snoodle's Tale I talked about a couple days ago, here it is as well...