Vicki Bickies Recipes

VICKI'S FAVORITE CHICKEN WITH GRAPES, COUSCOUS AND ROASTED ASPARAGUS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Trim tough ends of asparagus and save for soup. Place asparagus in a large bowl and toss with about 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 tablespoons of chopped thyme leaves and salt and pepper. Spread the asparagus out on a cookie sheet and roast 10 to 12 minutes until the asparagus is tender and crispy at the tips.
• Heat a large skillet over medium to medium high heat; add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan, and 2 tablespoons butter to the pan. Place flour in a shallow dish. Season chicken with salt and pepper then dredge the tenders in flour and add it to the pan. Cook chicken 7 to 8 minutes until browned. Add wine and scrape up browned bits as wine cooks down and bubbles, 30 seconds. Add 1/2 cup stock to skillet. Combine cream and mustard and add to stock. Add grapes to the pan and turn chicken and grapes to coat and combine with the sauce. Simmer 5 minutes over low heat.
• Bring remaining 2 cups chicken stock and remaining tablespoon of fresh thyme to a boil in a small pot. Add couscous. Put a tight fitting lid on pot and remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork.
• Serve tenders and grapes on couscous alongside asparagus.

VICKI BICKIES

Steps:

• Mix the flour, sugar, oats and coconut in a bowl. Make a hole in the center.
• Melt the margarine with the maple syrup.
• While that's melting, mix the baking soda with the boiling water.
• Add the baking soda/water mixture to the margarin/maple syrup mixture. Mix well.
• Pour this into the hole in the dry ingredient mix. Mix well.
• Add the egg, mix well.
• Form into cookies (1 tablespoon per cookie) and place on a greased baking sheet (I use parchment paper).
• Bake at 180 degrees Celcius until the cookies are golden, around 20 minutes or so.

BIKKIES (COOKIES) FROM HEAVEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• Line 3 baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
• Beat the butter and sugar in a stand mixer till pale and creamy.
• Add the condensed milk and flour to the butter mix, stirring to combine.
• Stir in the the craisins and chocolate.
• Divide the dough into 2 equal portions, wrap and refrigerate second portion while working with first and remove second portion when you put cookies/bikkies into oven.
• Roll tablespoons of 1st portion into balls and divide among the prepared trays, allowing room for spreading.
• Use the palm of your hand to flatten slightly (or you could press with a fork).
• Bake in oven,swapping trays halfway through cooking for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden (swapping shouldn't be necessary in a fan forced oven).
• Set aside on trays for 3 minutes to cool before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Repeat with remaining dough portion.