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the subjects mentioned. A trend watch Cowboy skillets. These hardy,

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rustic recipes pair bold flavors with the heart and soul
of the open range corral. Everything in a cast iron
skillet and saddle up for some stick to your ribs eats.
What's in a cowboy recipe? Maybe it's the wild popularity

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of shows like Yellowstone in nineteen twenty three, or country
music's recent renaissance, but the Internet is currently enamored with
just about anything with an air of Western flair inspired
by home style cast iron ready meals to save the

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most industrious of ranchers. Cowboy recipes are the best id'd
by their vibe, comforting and substantial, Usually with some combo
of meat and cheese and smoky barbecue flavors. Some of
the recipes pictured are a skillet hallopano cheddar cornbread. This

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homemade cornbread layers sweet, spicy, and salty in one skillet.
Swipes of whipped honey, butter and red pepper jelly balance
the heat of pickled chilies and smoked paprika in the
saltiness of shredded cheddar. A Cowboy casserole, the main Midwestern

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tot top hot dish, gets a Cowboy makeover. Thick cut bacon,
ground sausage and some veggies bulk up the creamy one
dish Wonder Cowboy potatoes, give home fries, some spicy saucy

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giddy up with all the makings of a loaded baked potato, bacon, cheddar,
and green onions in one crispy self contained skillet. Drizzle
with barbecue sauce, and serve alongside any roasted or grilled meat,
or top with eggs for a homestyle breakfast. A Cowboy

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skillet cookie hit the trails Somemores. There's a new Camphire
dessert in town. All the classic Cowboy cookie flavors, oat meal,
chocolate chips, pecans and coconut are baked in a skillet
to please a crowd, slice into wedges, or set out

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a pile of spoons and let everybody dig in. Cowboy
Steak and whisky butter. A blend of chili powders, paprika,
and raw sugar helps create the perfect crust when rabbis
hit a hot cast iron skillet while the steak's rest

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finish each with a few slices of stir together compound
butter for over the top richness, and the recipes for
the Cowboy skillets the Cowboy Steak and whisky butter. Change
up the finish your flavor profile by swapping the whisky

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butter for a garlic ranch version, or try our Cowboy
butter start to time finish for the recipe thirty five minutes.
The ingredients are two one inch thick boning rabbi steaks,
about one pound each, one tablespoon New Mexico chili powder

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or chili powder, one tablespoon lay chili powder, one tablespoon
Tubernato raw sugar, one and one half teaspoon smoked paprika,
one and one half teaspoon ground white pepper, and two
slices of whiskey butter or garlic wrench butter. The directions

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are let steaks come to room temperature twenty min Meanwhile,
for rub and a small bowl, stir together. In New Mexico,
chili powder to Pulte chili powder, terbernato, sugar, paprika, white pepper,
and one teaspoon freshly ground black pepper. Store extra rub

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in an airtight container in a cool place up to
three months. Pat steaks with paper towels to remove excess moisture.
Brush steaks lightly with vegetable oil. Sprinkle about one tablespoon spice,
rub and a little kosher salt on steaks. Pat in

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with fingers. Heat a large cast iron skillet over a
medium pie until very hot. Add steaks, reduced heat to medium.
Cook five minutes. Turn steaks over and cook until desired.
The dundness one forty five our medium rare or one

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sixty fer medium five to seven minutes. If meat browns
too quickly, reduce heat to medium low. Transfer steaks to
a cutting board tent with foil let rest five minutes.
Slice steaks and top with whiskey butter. The recipe serves

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four and the directions for whisky butter in a medium bowl.
Soak two finely chopped shallots or shalots and two tablespoons
whiskey such as Jack Daniels for five minutes. Add one
cup softened unsalted butter, one tablespoon chopped fresh parsley, two

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teaspoons additional whiskey, and one half teaspoon Dejon mustard, one
half teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, one half teaspoon salt and ground
white pepper. To taste. Mix well. Transfer a butter mixture
to a plastic to a sheet of plastic wrap. Use

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plastic wrap to form butter into a log chillington firm
at least three hours, refrigerate up to one week, freeze
up to three months. The recipe for the whisky butter
makes one cup. That was the recipe for the Cowboy

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steak and whisky butter. Next skillett, jalapeno, cheddar, corn bread.
Start to finish. Time for the recipe thirty five minutes.
The ingredients are one cup yellow corn meal, one cup
all purpose flour, one fourth cup sugar, two teaspoons baking powder,

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one teaspoon baking soda, one half teaspoonful smoked paprika, one
and one half cups butter, milk, two eggs, eight tablespoons
unsalted butter, melted, one cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese, four houses,
one fourth cup sliced pickled holopen yo peppers, chopped whipped

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honey butter, which is optional, and purchase red pepper jelly
allsho also optional, and the directions are Place a ten
inch cast iron skillet in the center, rack in the oven,
preheat oven to four hundred, and a large bowl with

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together corn meal, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, smoked paprika,
and one teaspoon salt. In a medium bowl, Whist together buttermilk, eggs,
and six tablespoons of the melted butter. Add to flour mixture.

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Stir in cheddar cheese and pickled hollopanios until just combined.
Carefully remove skillet from the oven and add one tablespoon
of the melted butter. Tilting skillet to coat bottom and sides.
Butter will pop. Add batter to skill it. Bake until

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golden brown and a toothpick inserted in center comes out
clean twenty two to twenty six minutes. Brush with remaining
one tablespoon melted butter. If you like, serve with whipped
honey butter and or red pepper jelly. Refrigerate corn bread

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in an airtight container up to three days. Recip serves
ten and next with this is the whipped honey butter recipe.
In a small bowl, combine one third cup softened butter,
one fourth cup honey and a pinch of salt. Beat

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with a mixture on high until light and fluffy two minutes.
Cover and refrigerate up to one week. The recipe makes
about one half cups. And that was the skillet hollopano
cheddar cornbread with the whipped honey butter recipes. Next the

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Cowboy casserole. Hands on time thirty minutes. Total time for
the recipe one hour and ten minutes. The ingredients are
two slices of thick cut bacon, chopped, one cup chopped
yellow onion, one cup chopped red bell pepper, one pound

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lean ground beef, eight ounces of ground pork sausage, two
garlic clothes minced, one and one half cups frozen whole
kernel corn, one on one half cups shredded shaddar cheese
six ounces one ten point five ounce can condensed cream

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of mushroom soup, one half cup milk, one fourth cup
sour cream, one twenty eight to thirty two ounce package
of frozen fried potato nuggets such as tater tots, two
tablespoons chopped fresh flat leaf parsley, and the directions are

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preheat oven to three hundred and seventy five and a
twelve inch cast iron skillet. Cook bacon over medium until
crisp eight minutes. Transfer bacon to a paper towel lined plate,
reserving one tablespoon drippings in the skillet. Add onion and

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bell pepper and drippings in the skillet, cook, stirring occasionally
until softened four minutes. Increase heat to medium high. Add
ground beef and sausage, cook, breaking up meat until brown
six to eight minutes. Add garlic, cook, stirring it constantly

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until fragrant. One minute. Remove from heat and drain fat.
Stir in corn, one half cup of the cheese, the soup, milk,
sour cream, and one half teaspoon freshly ground black pepper.
Sprinkle with remaining one cup cheese. Arrange potato nuggets over

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the cheese layer. Top with reserved bacon, and if you
like additional cheese baked until golden brown and beef mixture
is bubbly thirty five to forty minutes. Let's sit five
minutes before serving, garnish with parsley, and the recipe serves eight.

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That was the recipe for the Cowboy Casselo. Next Cowboy Potatoes.
Hands on time for the recipe fifteen minutes. Total time
one hour and five minutes. The ingredients are three slices
of thick cut bacon chopped, one and one half pounds

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of new potatoes cut into one inch pieces, one half
cup coarsely chopped red onion, one half teaspoon paprika, one
fourth teaspoon garlic powder, three fourth cup shredded cheddar cheese
three ounces, one third cup barbecue sauce, one medium fresh

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holopeno pepper sliced, two green onions chopped, one fourth cup
sour cream, and fresh cilantro, which is optional, and the
directions for that is. Pre heat the oven to four
hundred and twenty five and a twelve inch cast iron skillet.

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Cooked bacon over medium until crisp eight minutes. Transfer bacon
to a paper towel lined plate, reserving two tablespoon drippings
in the skellet. Add potato pieces, chopped red onion, paprika,
garlic powder, one half teaspoon salt, and one fourth teacts

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spoon freshly ground black pepper to drippings in the skillet.
Stir mixture to combine. Roast until tender and brown forty
five minutes, stirring after thirty minutes. Sprinkle with cheese and
drizzle with barbecue sauce. Roast until cheese melts five minutes more.

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Sprinkle with baconholopanio, green onions, and if you like additional cheese,
serve with sour cream. If you like garnish with cilantro.
The recipe serves for the recipe for Cowboy potatoes and

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finally the Cowboy skillet cookie. The cookie die will be
stiff and slightly crumbly thanks to all of the mix ins.
Hands on time for the recipe is twenty minutes. Total
time fifty five minutes. The ingredients are one cup and
salted butter cutup, two and one fourth cups all purpose flour,

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one teaspoon baking soda, one teaspoon ground cinnamon, one and
one half cups packed brown sugar, one half cup granulated sugar,
two eggs one tablespoon vanilla, one twelve ounce package bitter
sweet chocolate chips, about two cups one in three force

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cups regular rolled oats, three force cup sweetened flaked coconut,
and one half cup coarsely chopped pecans, sea salt flakes
and vanilla ice cream, which is optional. Free heat oven
to three hundred and fifty degrees For brown butter in

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a medium skillet, Heat butter over a medium low until
med melted, stirring or swirling the skillet occasionally until butter
turns golden brown and smells nutty. About five minutes. Transfer
butter to a large bowl. Cool slightly in a medium bowl.

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Whist together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and three fourth teaspoon salt,
whisked brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs, and vanilla into brown butter.
Stir in flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips, oats, coconut,

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and pecans that will combined. Press dough evenly into a
twelve inch cast iron skillet. Sprinkle top with sea salt flakes.
Bake until cookie is firm to the touch and edges
begin to pull away from the skillet. Thirty five to
four forty minutes. Run a thin metal spatula around the

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edge of the cookie to loosen it, cut into wedges,
and serve slightly warm. Or itge room temperature with ice
cream and additional coconut flakes. If you like, cover cookie
and storage room temperature up to three days. The recipe

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serves sixteen. The recipe for Cowboy skillet cookie. Next sibling
Revelry Vixis Emily Henderson gives a big assist to her brother.
The designer collaborates to build his family Portland, Oregon home.

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Growing up in the country outside of Cousbey, Oregon, Emily
Henderson and her brother Ken Stark tend to do their
own things. Emily enjoy hunting for cast off furniture to refurbish. Ken,
five years her junior, preferred tossing footballs around. Fittingly. Emily

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is now a designer and social media influencer. Ken spent
twelve years as a high school football coach until recently
becoming a general contractor. Despite their different childhood interest the
middle siblings and a family of six kids, developed some

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shared traits. Our parents raised us to be extremely resourceful
and to work hard. Emily says, there's a level of
industriousness we both share. Their industrious spirit was put to
the test when Emily collaborated with Ken and his wife

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Katie on a four year design project as the couple
built and furnished their Portland area home. Architect Anne Usher
and Portland interior designer Max Humphrey were also part of
the team during the initial phases. Although Emily knew that

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working with family can be tricky, she was confident they
would succeed. We promised to always to be upfront with
each other and give each other the freedom to do
our role, she says. We have really good chemistry and
we like to have fun with The property. Set along

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the William Nutt River, nature placed prominently in the architecture
and interior design. The house, a spin on a Pacific
Northwest contemporary cabin with a minimalist Scandinavian field, incorporates expansive

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windows and white oak and touches of green. The open
concept layout keeps the family, which includes kids Kennedy and
Frank connected. It's a pretty stream blind house, so it's
easy to maintain, Emily says. When you have small kids

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and big jobs, life always feels chaotic. They wanted something
simple but warm, surfaces and materials such as the kitchen's
classic oak cabinetry and white tie wall are a part
of the ground rules. We agreed that we wouldn't take

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a lot of huge design swings that would regret in
ten years, Emily said. One of the biggest debates was
with the living room fireplace, which Usher designed to be
the focal point of the open layout. Black tiles and
black grout one out as a way to downplay the

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TV while still being neutral. Splashes of color and pattern
tend to appear in less permanent ways, such as the
cushioned fabric on built in benches and the navy and
green sofas that are part of Emily's new furniture collection. Still,

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a designer has to design Sinsing the kitchen could use
some impact. Emily knew exactly how to sway the couple
to choose dark green countertops. I did this whole song
and dance green as Oregon and the River and go Ducks,

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she says, referencing one of the University of Oregon's colors
and its mascot. She Can and Katie are all lums.
I beg them to trust me on this one, so
they didn't end up with a boring space. During the project,

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Emily and her family relocated from California to Portland, where
she began renovating an eighteen hundreds farmhouse she and her
husband purchased. The family joke became who would move into
their home first, team River or team farm. Emily's family

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ultimately won, But every time Emily visits Ken and Katie's
sleek new house, the first new build she has been
involved in, she admits a feeling a tinge of envy
in a happy way. There are times we imagine flopping houses,

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or at least swapping for a weekend. Emily says, I
have a lot of ownership and pride in that house.
There are captions with the pictures of interior design. Curtains
frame the river view and visually warm the open living room.

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It needed coziness, Emily says. The built in bench, like
others in the house, is thirty inches deep to allow lounging.
The multicolored cushion fabric pulls everything together. Emily says. A
light color palette mainly greens and blues, ensures the open

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spaces that feel cohesive. Sunny yellow in the artwork and
pillows on the built in bench dapples the dining area.
A wall of textural white tiles cast pretty reflections across
the kitchen and contrasts the smooth while oak cabinetry. Upper

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cabinets with glass doors a compromise to the couple not
wanting open shelves, are backless to show off the whole
impact of the tiled wall. The couple next a formal
office for a multitasking game room, library and piano room

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with seating options for working on laptops. A built in
cabinet segues into shelves to create a statement while visible
upon entering the house, Emily has been hoarding the quirky drawings,
waiting for a good space for them. Glass pocket doors

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close off the room. A slim profile digital piano blends
into the walls, which are clad in oak planks that
are slightly different color than in the floor. White oak
flooring installed on the ceiling accentuates the primary bedroom's architecture.

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The headboard anchors the room and nature inspired color, while
the painting by Portland artist Charles Seylus Lamara makes the
room sing colour wise. Emily says in the primary bath,
a trendy tub shower wet room stylishly contains splashes and

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equipped with brass controls that allow the water temperature to
be pre set. It's extremely dreamy to be in there,
Emily says. The tile is gorgeous and it adds so
much texture and makes the space feel so big. Kennedy's

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bedroom is a pretween dream, cool now, but with a
neutral foundation and timeless white oak furniture that will allow
for easy cosmetic changes in the future. This concludes Women's
World for today. Your reader has been Rosemary. If you

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