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Home Entertaining Recipepalooza: We asked some of our favorite bloggers to share a recipe and their tips for home entertaining. This recipe comes from Sara Phillips, editor of the blog, Sensibly Sara. Sara Phillips is a San Antonio, TX blogger who enjoys playing in the kitchen by experimenting with new creations. She writes about her life through recipes and reviews at SensiblySara.com.

Tillamook Deep Dish Cheddar Apple Snickerdoodles

Overview
After hearing some friends talk about how much they loved apples and cheddar together, I really wanted to create something using those ingredients. Deep Dish Cheddar Apple Snickerdoodles are a phenomenal fall recipe that combines sweet and savory! They are best served warm, but they are still delicious after they’ve cooled. Also, you can use more cheese if you want, but I wouldn’t use cubes (it gives the cookie a WEIRD texture!).

Prep time: 15 minutes
Total time: 40-45 minutes
Yield (number of servings): 12-18

Ingredients
1 cup Tillamook Salted Butter
2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ cups sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons vanilla
¼ teaspoon salt
2 cups Tillamook Medium Cheddar Cheese (shreds)
1 apple – cut into tiny cubes (I used Gala)
Cinnamon shaker

Preparation
Blend butter, sugar, vanilla, and eggs. Then add in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt. Mix everything together. Combine cheese and apple cubes in the batter. Refrigerate 10-15 minutes.

Spray your cupcake or muffin pan. Add cookie dough (about ⅔ full) and sprinkle a dash of cinnamon on each one. Bake at 350ºF for 18-24 minutes.

About Sara:
Tips for stress-free home entertaining:
“I have cookie scoops (large and small), and I use them to make my cookies uniform in size. Tillamook makes amazing products that are so simple to use. When you use Tillamook, making meals for entertaining takes practically no work!”

Kitchen advice for other moms and dads:
“Get everyone involved – make a list of to-do’s and put names next to each!  Also, don’t be afraid to let your kids help, even if it’s just creating place settings for everyone that will be attending.”

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By Tillamook

A simple recipe meets complex flavors for something extra yummy

Angela Bishop, blogger at Nine More Months, is a stay at home mom of two (soon to be three) crazy boys just trying to keep her sanity.

Recipe Details

• Prep time: 15 minutes
• Total time: 20 minutes
• Yield (number of servings): 4 sandwiches

Recipe Overview

Celebrating National Grilled Cheese Day with a delicious Mexican-inspired sandwich that is perfect for lunch or dinner. It is simple to put together but with complex flavors that are sure to be a crowd-pleaser at your next dinner party.

Ingredients List

• 4oz Tillamook Salted Butter
• 8 slices Tillamook Sharp Cheddar Cheese
• 8 slices of round French bread
• 8oz Tillamook Premium Sour Cream
• 1 package taco seasoning
• 1lb carne asada seasoned beef
• 2 cups of fresh arugula

Preparation/Instructions

Grill carne asada according to your favorite recipe or package directions if using prepackaged. In the meantime, mix your taco seasoning into your sour cream. Depending on the brand, you may not need to use the whole package, so be sure to taste as you mix. Butter one side of each slice of bread, and place a slice of cheese on the un-buttered side. Set aside. Once your carne asada has cooked, slice it very thinly against the grain.

Place two slices of bread in a pan on med-low, butter side down. Cover to let the cheese melt. Once cheese had melted, add about 1oz of your carne asada to one slice. Follow with a dollop of sour cream mixture and handful of arugula. Place the other slice of bread on top and press down with spatula. Continue cooking until both sides of the sandwich are golden brown.

Repeat for each sandwich.

Note: You will most likely have leftovers of the ingredients. Use them to make a yummy salad the next day!

By Tillamook

Salted Butter vs. Unsalted Butter - what's the difference?

As you probably know, butter generally comes in two varieties: salted butter and unsalted butter. But what’s the difference between the two?

Salted butter is generally used as a condiment because of its strong taste and longer shelf life, whereas unsalted butter is usually used for baking and cooking so that the cook can better control the sodium content and flavor in their dish!

The creamy-salty flavor of Tillamook Salted Butter enhances whatever food item it is spread on. Try it on a piece of toast or on a warm muffin for an extra kick, or even put it on a sandwich instead of a different type of spread to bring out all of the flavors!

Tillamook Unsalted Butter is the product of simply churning milk and separating the cream and butterfat. It is one of the simplest dairy products ingredient-wise (besides plain milk). Because it contains no salt or other preservatives, it tends to have a shorter shelf life than other forms of butter or margarine and needs to be kept in the refrigerator at most times. I swear by unsalted butter in most baking recipes because it tends to make the resulting baked good taste sweeter and even have a better consistency.

Speaking of baked goods, people like baking with our butter so much that they even tweet about it! @LunaRaven13 says:

”This butter is fantastic! I have never seen it in the Bay Area before so I bought enough to keep in my freezer for flavor explosion emergencies. Hands down the best cookies I ever made were with this butter. If you can get your hands on some, do it!”

We recommend you take her advice. There’s no doubt about it – whether you like unsalted butter or salted butter, Tillamook Butter is the way to go!

By Loafy