Instant Pot Cheesecake

 Cheesecake in the instant pot is divine! It is so creamy!

Recipe from: http://instantpot.com/fabulous-cheese-cake/


Crust:


In a food processor process 1 cup or more butter cookie crumbs.  (Oreos, graham crackers…)
3 Tablespoons melted butter or until crumbs look like wet sand and will hold together when pressed.

Press mixture evenly onto bottom of pan and slightly up sides of pan. 

Filling:
• 2 8oz softened cream cheese
• scant 1/4 tsp salt or pinch
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• ½  cup sugar
• 2 eggs,  1 egg yolk
• 1 tsp vanilla



Using mixer, cream together all ingredients until smooth. 

Pour into prepared pan lined with crust.

Cover pan with folded paper towel first, and then secure the paper towel with foil. (The paper towel layers help keep water off the cake)

Add two cups water to Instant Pot.

Place trivet in pot, put cheesecake on trivet making sure there is ample room around the sides of the pan for steam to rise.

Cook 40 minutes on high pressure,  natural pressure release.  



The cake will still jiggle perfectly in the middle,  as it should.  There will be no cracks.  It is the perfect cheesecake with a velvet texture


After cake has cooled,  cover to chill leaving the foil cocked for any residual heat to escape to prevent condensation. 
When it’s cold,  secure the foil completely. 

 * Best made a day before serving to make sure it’s super chilled.

Instant Pot Potato Soup

This soup was fantastic.  And the hardest, most time consuming part was peeling potatoes.  

Recipe adapted from: Pressure Cooking Today

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 6 cups peeled and cubed potatoes
• 2 cups water
• 1 heaping Tbsp. chicken bullion 
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/8 tsp red pepper flakes(this did not make it spicy)
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons water
• 4 oz. cream cheese, cut into cubes
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 2 cups half and half (I used one cup whipping cream, 1 cup milk)
• 6 slices crisp-cooked bacon, crumbled
• 
  
• Select Saute and add butter to the pressure cooker pot. When butter is melted, add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally until the onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Add 1 can chicken broth, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes to the onions.
• Put the steamer basket in the pressure cooker pot. Add the diced potatoes. Lock lid in place, select High Pressure and 5 minutes cook time and start. When timer beeps, turn off pressure cooker, wait 10 minutes, then do a quick pressure release. Carefully remove potatoes and steamer basket from the pressure cooking pot.
• In a small bowl, dissolve cornstarch in 2 tablespoons water. Select Simmer and add cornstarch mixture to the pot stirring constantly. Add cubed cream cheese and shredded cheese. Stir until cheese is melted. Add half and half and cooked potatoes and heat through but do not bring to a boil.
• Serve with crumbled bacon.  

Instant Pot 'Omlettes'

John loves the texture of these eggs, I like that I can put them in to cook and walk away....

3 eggs
Onion, chopped
Peppers, chopped
Ham, chopped
Cheese

Blend eggs, pour into two dishes of your choice.  Stir in veggies, meat and choice of your choice.  Place on trivet with 1 cup of water in Instant Pot.  I cook two at a time by stacking them in small cake pans.  Cook on high pressure for 6 minutes. Natural release 10 minutes (or longer if your don't get back to them).  Release pressure and serve.

Crockpot Beans

This is my mom's recipe.   

2  28oz can pork & beans

1 15 oz white beans

1 15 oz  small red beans
1 15 oz black eye beans
1 cup ketchup
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 lb ground beef
1 chopped onion
1 lb bacon cut in pieces
 
 
 
Directions
 
Brown beef  with onion. 
 
Add bacon that is cut in pieces, to the beef mixture and cook slightly. 
 
Mix all ingredients together in a crock pot and cook on low 6-8 hours. 

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Waffles

My kids LOVED these waffles. And they have whole wheat and pumpkin goodness. Win. 😀

Recipe from:  Real Life Dinner

• 2 cups whole wheat flour (you can use white, but wheat taste better in this recipe)
• 1 tbsp brown sugar, packed
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice (Homade version)
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1¾ milk
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup canned pumpkin
• ⅓ cup oil
• ½ tsp vanilla
• ½ cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

1. plug in waffle iron to preheat
2. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice and salt in a mixing bowl
3. Add milk, eggs, pumpkin, oil, and vanilla
4. Mix well with a whisk until completely combined
5. Gently stir in chocolate cips
6. Lightly spray waffle iron with cooking spray
7. Pour batter onto hot iron and cook according to waffle iron instructions.

Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

These made for an impressive looking cookie this Christmas. I thought they tasted better the next day, so it's great for making ahead of a party.

 

Recipe from: Pinch of Yum

I got 33 cookies from this using my regular silver cookie scoop. 

INGREDIENTS

• 2 sticks + 2 tablespoons of butter, softened
• ¾ cup sugar
• ⅓ cup cocoa powder
• 2 cups flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 heaping cup powdered sugar
• 2-3 tablespoons hot water (I used 3)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• holiday sprinkles

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 350. Cream the butter and the sugar until smooth. Add the ⅓ cup cocoa powder and mix until incorporated.
2. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Add to the butter mixture and mix until just combined. Roll into small balls and make an indent with your thumb in the center of the ball. Bake for 7-9 minutes or until dry looking and lightly cracked on the surface. Don't overcook. You want them slightly underdone so they are softer and fudgier, almost like a brownie.
3. When they come out of the oven, press the centers down again to make a more defined well for the frosting. (I used the cap on my vanilla paste, worked great!) Allow to cool.
4. Whisk the cocoa powder, powdered sugar, hot water, and vanilla. Spoon the frosting into the centers of the cookies and add sprinkles. Allow frosting to set before storing in tins.