POTLUCK POT PIE and SIMPLE BREAD PUDDING..THE ULTIMATE COMFORT FOOD

What comes to mind when you hear the words,"COMFORT FOOD?"
How about a chicken pot pie and bread pudding for a few....

Here is how Paris Ritchie described the Potluck Pot Pie..
"This is the only pot pie I have ever eaten, and it is the only
pot pie I will ever eat!
This is how I grew up eating pot pie and so to me, it's the best!
I do not like pot pie with a piecrust and after trying this
recipe, you probably won't either.
This pot pie has a creamy filling and a buttery-biscuit like
topping that is amazing!"

POTLUCK POT PIE
3 cups shredded chicken, cooked
3 cups mixed vegetables, frozen or canned
1 can Cream of Celery Soup
1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
1 cup chicken stock
Black pepper
1 1/2 cup Pioneer Baking Mix, or Bisquick
1 1/2 cups milk
1 stick of butter

I made my own batch of homemade Cream of Celery Soup
as I did not have the canned variety in the pantry...
delicious....

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
In a large bowl, mix chicken, vegetables, both soups
and the chicken stock. Sprinkle with black pepper.
Pour this mixture into the baking dish.
In a separate bowl, mix baking mix and milk until smooth.
Pour over the chicken mixture,
Slice the butter into pats and place all over the top of the pot pie.
Bake for 1 hour uncovered until hot and bubbly
and the top is a golden brown.

Oh it's sooo good y'all.....

Classic recipes will bring people together....
now for dessert...

I can always tell a good bread pudding....
and this recipe is perfection!

Today's featured recipe is a classic!
It comes from one of my all time favorite cookbooks,
THE VINTAGE CHURCH COOKBOOK!
AND THE DESCRIPTION IS AS FOLLOWS....
"This is my grandma's bread pudding recipe and it is my favorite!
It's a simple pudding just the way I like it...
no raisins or brioche, just white sandwich bread.....
There is a hint of cinnamon and a whisper of lemon....."



6 eggs
4 T. melted butter
3 cups milk
3/4 cup sugar
2 t. vanilla
1 t. lemon juice
1 t. cinnamon
1/2 tt. salt
12 sliced white sandwich bread, cut into cubes

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9 x 13 with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, butter, milk, sugar,
vanilla, lemon, cinnamon and salt.
Add the bread cubes to the egg mixture and use a spoon
to squish all the bread into the egg mixture.
Let this sit for 6 minutes.
Pour into the baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes!

This is a recipe to savor and share!

'If baking is any labor at all, it’s a labor of love.

A love that gets passed from generation to generation.

 ~ Regina Brett