Accordion Treats Recipes

ACCORDION POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Smash a clove of garlic and place it in a small saucepan with the butter. Melt over medium-low heat.
• Using a sharp knife, make crosswise cuts in each potato about 1/8 inch apart, stopping about 1/4 inch from the bottom. Brush each potato generously with the garlic butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Bake the potatoes for 30 minutes, then take them out and re-brush with the remaining butter. Bake for another 15 minutes, then (using tongs because they will be hot) stuff the potatoes with the cheese in between the slices. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top of the potatoes and cook until the cheese has melted. Top with the sour cream, bacon and chives.

ACCORDION TREATS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Fold 1 sheet of foil in half lengthwise. Fold double-thickness foil crosswise into 1-inch pleats to make an "accordion-pleated" pan. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat with second sheet of foil.
• In large bowl, beat margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and eggs; beat well. Add flour and salt; mix well. Stir in walnuts. Drop 1 rounded teaspoon of dough into each fold of foil (dough spreads during baking to form 4 1/2 to 5 inch-long cookies.).
• Bake at 325°F for 18 to 26 minutes or until golden brown. Remove cookies from foil; cool completely. Turn foil over for second baking.
• TIPS: If desired, baked cookies can be sprinkled with powdered sugar or frosted with a powdered sugar glaze.
• VARIATIONS: Substitute one of the following for the walnuts or vanilla. Replace walnuts with 1 teaspoons cardamom, caraway seed, anise seed, or grated orange or lemon peel. Replace vanilla with 1/2 teaspoons rum flavor or almond, orange or lemon extract.

ACCORDION SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• Cut bread into 16 slices, cutting to, but not through the bottom crust.
• In a small bowl stir together mayonnaise, Italian dressing and Parmesan.
• Tuck chicken or turkey, ham and cheese slices between every other bread slice.
• Place a well rounded teaspoon of mayonnaise mixture in the slits with the meat, spreading slightly.
• Place on a baking sheet.
• Bake loaf in the 375°F oven about 15 minutes or until hot.
• For easier preparation, try putting the mayonnaise mixture on before the meat and cheese.

ACCORDION TREATS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Fold 1 sheet of foil in half lengthwise. Fold the double-thickness foil crosswise into 1-inch pleats to make an "accordion-pleated" pan. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat with second sheet of foil.In large bowl, beat margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and eggs beat well. Add flour and salt mix well. Stir in walnuts. Drop 1 rounded teaspoon of dough into each fold of foil. (Dough spreads during baking to form 4 1/2- to 5-inch-Iong cookies.)Bake at 325°F. for 18 to 26 minutes or until golden brown. Remove cookies from foil cool completely. Turn foil over for second baking.TIPS:If desired, baked cookies can be sprinkled with powdered sugar or frosted with a powdered sugar glaze.For flavor variations, substitute one of the following for the walnuts or vanilla. Replace walnuts with 1 teaspoon cardamom, caraway seed, anise seed, or grated orange or lemon peel. Replace vanilla with 1/2 teaspoon rum flavor or almond, orange or lemon extract.HIGH ALTITUDE - Above 3,500 feet: Decrease sugar to 2/3 cup increase flour to 1 1/4 cups. Bake as directed above.Nutrition Per Serving (1 cookie): Calories 60 Protein 19 Carbohydrate 5g Fat 4g Sodium 45mgFrom "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.