Favorite Copy Cat Recipes

[cat lover]

What are you most treasured copy cat recipes? Do they really taste like the original? Do you change the ingredients around due to a pacticular diet for someone in your family?

[jokir]

Amanda posted one on her recipe site for KFC cole slaw. Husband says it's really, really good and just like KFC.

[Cooked]

One of my favourites is from a place I have never been to! It is Olga bread. I have substituted whole wheat flour, added flax and other seeds with great success. I used to be a member on TSR years ago and this was posted by Fatimah and Steve in 2000.

Olga Pocketless Pita Bread

1 cup milk
1/4 cup marg
1 pkg yeast
1 tsp sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup honey
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup warm water (110 - 115 degrees)
4 cups flour

Scal milk and remove to a large bowl. Add honey, marg and salt to milk. Stir until margarine is melted. Set aside to cool to lukewarm. In another bowl, mixe yeast, warm water and sugar. Stir till sugar is dissolved. Set aside until mixture is cooled. Add 1 1/2 cups flour to milk mixture and beat well. Beat in egg and yeast mix until combined. Add remaining flour a little at a time until a sticky dough is formed. Turn out on a floured surface and knead about 2 minutes. The dough will be sticky, but don't add more flour. Place dough in an oiled bowl, turn to ensure entire surface is oiled, cover and let stand in warm place till double. Punch dough down and divide into 16 pieces. Roll out each piece to a circle about 8-10 inches in diameter and no thicker than 1/8 inch. Heat a large dry skillet over medium heat. DO NOT USE ANY OIL OR GREASE. Fry each circle about 15 seconds on side one and 10 on side 2.

[Gardenlady3]

I get an email from RecipeLion.com. They have a whole section on copycat recipes. We just made the KFC biscuit one & yes it tasted like the ones at KFC!! So do the Red Lobster Cheddar Bay ones. Will be doing more from them.

Gloria

[cat lover]

The pita bread recipe sounds interesting! And I'll have to check out that site with the copy cat recipes; thanks for sharing!

[ajrsmom]

Originally Posted by Cooked

One of my favourites is from a place I have never been to! It is Olga bread. I have substituted whole wheat flour, added flax and other seeds with great success. I used to be a member on TSR years ago and this was posted by Fatimah and Steve in 2000.

Olga Pocketless Pita Bread

1 cup milk
1/4 cup marg
1 pkg yeast
1 tsp sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup honey
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup warm water (110 - 115 degrees)
4 cups flour

Scal milk and remove to a large bowl. Add honey, marg and salt to milk. Stir until margarine is melted. Set aside to cool to lukewarm. In another bowl, mixe yeast, warm water and sugar. Stir till sugar is dissolved. Set aside until mixture is cooled. Add 1 1/2 cups flour to milk mixture and beat well. Beat in egg and yeast mix until combined. Add remaining flour a little at a time until a sticky dough is formed. Turn out on a floured surface and knead about 2 minutes. The dough will be sticky, but don't add more flour. Place dough in an oiled bowl, turn to ensure entire surface is oiled, cover and let stand in warm place till double. Punch dough down and divide into 16 pieces. Roll out each piece to a circle about 8-10 inches in diameter and no thicker than 1/8 inch. Heat a large dry skillet over medium heat. DO NOT USE ANY OIL OR GREASE. Fry each circle about 15 seconds on side one and 10 on side 2.

We've recently discovered how great pita pizzas can be. I plan on making several and freezing them for my kids' lunches and for snacks so I might try this recipe. Thanks for sharing it!

I have pics of the pita pizzas on my blog if anyone wants to see them.


One of my favorite copy cat recipes is Cracker Barrel Hashbrown Casserole. It's a family favorite of ours.

1 can of cream of chicken soup
8 oz. of sour cream
2C. + 1/2 C. Cheddar cheese, grated
1/2C. melted butter
1 small onion, minced
1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. black pepper
2lb. bag frozen shredded hashbrowns--THAWED--Important!!

Spray a 13 x 9 dish with non-stick spray.
In a bowl, combine all ingredients except potatoes + 1/2 C. cheese to sprinkle on top.

Gently fold in potatoes into mixture and pour into prepared pan. Sprinkle with leftover cheese.

Bake at 350* for 5o - 60 minutes. If you want a crispier top, stick it under the broiler at the end of baking.

This will freeze well.

Thaw first to speed baking. If you baked it frozen, increase baking time.

You can see the hashbrown casserole here on my blog, too. Scroll down past the Raisin French Toast (good too!!)

These are so good!


Love seeing all of the copycat recipes. Thanks for sharing, ladies!!

[justEricka]

watching this one..but i have tried the kfc cole slaw and its really good.

[Cooked]

Rjsmom, I make that every year for Christmas breakfast, and it is always gone fast. KFC coleslaw must be really different in the US, ours is not really very good at all.

[ajrsmom]

Must say that KFC coleslaw is one of my favs, too. Up home in Pa., it was easy to find it made like that everywhere but my Mom always made her own. Now that we are living in NC, no one makes it like this so I always have to make my own.

[cat lover]

Red Robin's Onion Straws

2 cups vegetable oil
1/4 cup thinly sliced white onion
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp bakingsoda
1/4 tsp salt
2/3 cup cold water

Heat the oil in a wide saucepan to 350 degrees. Slice the onion into very thin onion rings and then cut the rings in half, making long strips. Try to slice the onion as thinas possible. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Add the cold water and whisk till the batter is smooth. When the oil is hot, drop the onions into the batter. Remove the onions one at atime, let them drip off a bit and then place them into the hot oil. You will want to cook these about 2 minutes apiece or till you see them turn a golden brown. Drain on a paper towel.