Scrumptious Recipes Using Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola will always be known as a cool, refreshing, soda-of-choice for many, and Pepsi rival for others. Back here in Pittsburgh from where we are writing this blog, it is currently 80 degrees outside and rising! Barbeque, swimming, and a nice refreshing drink are all I can focus on in this blistering heat! Speaking of bbq and Coca-Cola, I have always heard people talk about the mysterious, exotic taste that Coke can bring to your typical bbq dish, so I decided to explore. Lucky for you, I am going to share all of these yummy recipes...any HEY, even if your freezing your patootie off in sub-artic weather, these recipes will be sure to warm you up!



Your Typical Bbq, With Coca-Cola Flare

Prep Action:

Coca Cola Barbeque Sauce


Cook 1 chopped onion and 2 chopped cloves garlic in 2 tablespoons butter until soft.
Add: 2 c. catsup
6 oz. Coke
1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. Mustard
2 tbsp. Vinegar

Simmer 1 hour or until thick.

Appetizers

Baked Beans

3 cans pork & beans, drained
1 c. Coke
1 c. catsup
1/2 onion, chopped
2 slices bacon, cut up
1/4 c. sugar

Stir all together and bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.

Pineapple Empanadas

6 c. flour
2 c. butter flavored Crisco
8 to 10 oz. Coke, at room temperature

FILLING
1 (16 oz.) jar pineapple preserves
4 to 5 tbsp. Cornstarch
1/2 c. sugar

Bring filling ingredients to boil. Mix flour and shortening together. Make sure shortening is well mixed. Add Coke, gradually mix well. Make dough into balls, according to the size of empanadas you want and press ball using a tortillera (tortilla press). Press around edges after filling has been added. Bake in ungreased cookie sheet at 350 degrees. Sugar the empanadas as soon as they are done. Yield: 4 dozen.

Main Courses

Brisket

1 package Lipton onion soup mix
1 jar chili sauce
1 can regular Coke
1 lg. untrimmed brisket
Put brisket in roasting pan, fatty side up. In bowl, mix soup mix, chili sauce and Coke. Pour over brisket. Cover roaster and bake in 300 degree oven for at least 5 hours. Remove brisket from gravy and slice diagonally. Skim fat off gravy and serve as sauce for the meat.

Crock Pot Spare Ribs

2 to 3 lbs. country style spareribs (pork), fresh or frozen
1 c. ketchup
1 c. coke

Combine ketchup and cola. Place ribs in crock pot. Pour mixture over ribs. Cook 2 hours on high and at least 2 hours on low. May cook for several hours on low. Baste occasionally if desired. Serve with a side dish of cauliflower in cheese sauce.


Barbeque Wieners

10 oz. Coke
2 tbsp. Horseradish
1 c. ketchup
2 tbsp. brown sugar
2 pkg. Wieners

Mix. Cut wieners in bite size pieces. Bring to boil, then simmer, cover until sauce thickens, about 25-30 minutes.


Dessert

Cola Frizz

1 can Eagle brand milk
1 (12 oz.) Coke

Mix both ingredients together. Put in an ice tray and freeze overnight. Cut in squares and eat with a spoon.

Applesauce Brownies

2 sticks margarine
3 squares chocolate
2 c. sugar
3 eggs
1 c. applesauce
2 c. flour

Melt margarine and chocolate; add remaining ingredients. Bake in greased and floured oblong pan at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

FROSTING
1 stick margarine
3 tbsp. Cocoa
6 tbsp. Coke

Melt margarine; add cocoa and coke. Bring to boil; remove from heat. Add 1 box powdered sugar. Stir until smooth, then pour while hot over cake.