Special Tee Cookies & Catering

02/18/2025

SLOW COOKER CRACK CHICKEN SOUP
A creamy soup filled with shredded chicken, cheddar cheese, bacon crumbles, baby spinach, and homemade ranch seasoning.
Prep Time
20 minutes mins
Cook Time
4 hours hrs
Total Time
5 hours
Servings: 8
Ingredients
2 pounds chicken breasts
1 tablespoon onion powder
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon dried dill w**d
1 teaspoon dried chives
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
6 to 8 cups low sodium chicken broth
4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled, plus more for garnish
Bacon grease
8 ounces cream cheese, cut in cubes
1 to 2 cups Shredded cheddar cheese
3 cups chopped baby spinach optional (you can also use baby kale)

Instructions
Place chicken breasts inside the slow cooker.
Season chicken breasts with onion powder, garlic powder, dried dill w**d, dried chives, salt, and pepper. Rub seasoning all around the chicken breasts.
Pour chicken broth around the chicken breasts and not over them.
In the meantime cook 4 slices of bacon to a crisp. Crumble the bacon and add to the slow cooker. Add in the bacon grease, too.
Add cubed cream cheese.
Cover and cook on LOW for 5 to 6 hours OR Cook on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours.
Remove lid and transfer chicken breasts to a cutting board; using two forks or shredder claws, shred the chicken.
Return shredded chicken to the slow cooker and stir in the shredded cheddar cheese.
Stir in the chopped spinach
Cover and cook for 5 to 8 more minutes, or until cheese is melted, spinach is wilted, and everything is heated through.
Taste for salt and pepper; adjust accordingly.
Ladle into soup bowls.
Garnish with more bacon crumbles
Serve

01/22/2025

Slow cooker potato soup. Recipe in comments.

11/28/2024

09/06/2024

Delivery day! Nick & J's Cafe Oreo cake, pies, all the regular flavors of cookies plus seasonal flavors, pumpkin spice and caramel apple!

07/04/2024

Homemade desserts delivered to Nick & J's Cafe they are open til noon today for breakfast only. And you can pick up some yummy dessert for later. Italian cream cake. Jumbo cookies, including a red, white and blue velvet. Peanut butter pie, coconut cream pie and chess pie.

04/25/2024

Just a few quick camera snaps of some of the yummy desserts heading out to Nick & J’s Cafe and Aladdin’s Cafe. Including my favorite Hummingbird Cake!

04/19/2024

This weeks delivery to Nick &J’s Cafe

12/16/2023

Ham and cheese sliders
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins

Ingredients
Brown Sugar Sauce
1 Stick Butter melted
4 tbsp light Brown Sugar
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
Sandwiches
1 pack Hawaiian rolls (16 rolls)
16 slices black Forrest Ham
4 slices Swiss Cheese cut in fours
6 Tbs spicy brown or Dijon mustard
Instructions
Brown Sugar Sauce
In a small pan, whisk together butter, brown sugar and worcestershire sauce over medium heat cook til combined and just starts to bubble. Remove from heat. Set aside.
Sandwiches
Grease a baking pan
Split the rolls down the middle and pull them apart. Line the pan with the bottom portion of the buns.
Evenly spread the mustard on the bottom buns.
Top each with a folded slice of ham and quarter slice of cheese then Put the upper half of the buns on top and pour the brown sugar sauce on top - making sure to coat and soak each bun.

Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 24 hours.
When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350F degrees and bake covered with foil for 15 minutes, remove foil bake five more minutesor until the top is golden brown and the cheese has melted.

12/02/2023

Jezebel Sauce

1 (13-ounce) jar pineapple passion preserves. (I used Bonne Maman from kroger)
1 (13-ounce) jar apricot preserves.(I used bonne maman from Kroger)
2-3 Tablespoons fresh prepared horseradish. (Refrigerator section)
1 Tablespoon dijon mustard.

Put everything in food processor or blender and pulse to combine.

Refrigerate til ready to serve
Pour over softened cream cheese (makes enough for 2-8oz blocks)
Serve with bagel crisps or crackers

This is an easy appetizer to have the ingredients on hand and throw together.

11/23/2023

Happy Thanksgiving, be safe!

11/16/2023

Cranberry apple stuffing

Ingredients

1 cup chopped celery
½ cup chopped onion (1 medium)
½ cup butter
½ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon black pepper
8 cups dry bread cubes
2 cups chopped peeled apples
½ cup chopped cranberries or craisins
1-1½ cup chicken broth

Directions
Step 1
In a large skillet cook celery, and onion in melted butter until tender, about 5-8 minutes. Stir in salt, nutmeg, and pepper.

Step 2
In a very large bowl combine bread cubes, apple and cranberries add celery mixture. Drizzle with enough broth to moisten, tossing lightly to combine.

Step 3
Place stuffing in a 3-quart casserole. Bake, covered, in a 325 degree F oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until heated through. Makes 12 to 14 servings (about 11 cups)
Will also stuff 20 chicken breasts (slice chicken to make a pocket or pound thin to roll- put ½ cup stuffing in chicken. Put in a greased. baking pan. Bake 20-25 min at 350°)

Tips
Place stuffing in a 3-quart casserole. Cover and chill up to 24 hours. Bake, covered, in a 325° degree F oven for 50 to 55 minutes or until heated through.

07/21/2023

Love repeat referrals. Thank you Cody Barnes
Thank you and Congratulations to Jenn& Forrest