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Cooking With Courtney

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Pacific Rim Rolls

 


Ingredients
1 boneless pork loin
1 bottle teriyaki sauce  
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1 fresh pineapple 
1 package of 12 Kings Hawaiian Sweet Rolls
1 package havarti sliced cheese
1/2 stick butter
1/2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tbsp yellow mustard
1/2 tbsp poppy seeds
1/4 tsp onion powder

Directions 
1. In a crock pot; slow cook pork loin in teriyaki sauce and pineapple just until tender, shred meat
2. Peel and thinly slice fresh pineapple, grill slices on both sides
3. Cut Hawaiian Sweet Rolls in half, horizontally, remove top half
4. Place bottom half on a foil lined baking sheet
5. Layer shredded pork,  pineapple slices and havarti cheese
6. In a mixing bowl, melt butter and mix in Worcestershire sauce, mustard, poppy seeds and onion powder until well combined.  
7. Spread some of the mixture on the underside of the top half of the rolls, and place on the pork layered sandwiches.  Spread the remaining sauce on the top side of each sandwich
8. Cover with foil and bake for 15 mins at 350 degrees
9. Remove foil and bake another 10 min.  
Enjoy! 

** Optional: add some BBQ sauce to the pork before placing on the sandwiches.  

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Sourdough Discard Iced Animal Cookies


 Cookie Ingredients 

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup powdered sugar

1 egg

1/2 cup sourdough discard

2 cups white flour

1/2 cup wheat flour

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp almond extract


Icing Ingredients 

1 cup powdered sugar

1/2 Tbsp meringue powder

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 tsp butter extract 

1-2 Tbsp water


Directions

1. Mix all ingredients together to form dough

2. Chill dough for about an hour

3. Roll out on floured surface to about 1/8 in thickness 

4. Cut shapes and bake for 10 min at 350 degrees

5. Let cool completely

6. Mix icing ingredients until smooth and thin (adding more or less water until you get the right consistency) 

7. Dip each cookie in the icing and scrap off excess on the side of a bowl

8. Top each cookie with sprinkles and allow to dry

9. Store in a container

Sourdough Discard Cheese Crackers


Ingredients

1 stick butter

1 1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup sourdough discard

2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese

2 tsp salt


Directions

1. In a food processor combine all ingredients until it forms a dough

2. divide dough into 8 parts

3. roll each section out to a thin as possible (I use my pasta roller on setting 7 then setting 5) 

4. place each rolled out section on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.  

5. Cut each section into small square or use a fish cutter (as shown in picture) 

6. Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 min until baked but not too browned

7.  Allow to cool and store in an air tight container.