Baking Banquet: CHEDDAR BACON CHICKEN BAKE

Ingredients:

2 Tablespoons butter

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Bowl Ingredients and Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Bowl 1: 1 cup Milk

Bowl 2: Mix 1 cup flour, ½ tsp. salt, ½ tsp. pepper and 1 tsp. garlic powder together

Bowl 3: ¼ - ½ cup butter, melted

Bowl 4: Add the 1 cup grated cheddar cheese, 10 strips crumbled bacon, ½ cup bread crumbs*, 1/2 cup crushed cereal and a few shakes of pepper. Mix well.

Let the chicken breast soak in Bowl 1 (milk) for about 10 minutes.

Cube 2 tablespoons of the butter. Place 2 tablespoons butter in a 9 X 9 –inch or 8 X 8- inch baking dish. Let butter melt in the oven for about 3 - 5 minutes. Remove from Oven. Slide the baking pan around to coat the pan with the butter.

Add the chicken breast to Bowl 2 and coat chicken breast completely with flour and seasonings. Dip the chicken into Bowl 3 (melted butter) or Brush the chicken with the melted butter. Immediately place the chicken in Bowl 4 (cheese, bread crumbs, bacon and cereal) and coat completely.

Place in the prepared baking dish and cover with foil and bake for 35 - 40 minutes in a 350 degree F. oven. After 15 minutes of baking, remove foil and continue baking. Serve with “Creamy Three Cheese Sauce”

* If you don't have any bread crumbs, but you do have croutons, just put your croutons through the food chopper and make your own. Or, just put your croutons in a ziplock bag and smash them into bread crumbs yourself.

Serve with Creamy Three Cheese Sauce....