The beautiful plate.

Thin sliced garlic = guard your knuckles closely

Ah but when I saw a recipe for Garlic Chips, I knew this wasn't a when I get to the store next kinda recipe it was more of a make it right now, even if it requires one more trip to the store.

It did not.

Because all this little beauty requires is milk, garlic & oil.

Staples.

I rec'd a wonderful new cookbook containing the Garlic Chip recipe (it will have its own blog post)

But I'm going to add a photo here too.

The plan was to add Garlic Chips to the top of a baked brie.

That baked brie needed a baguette.

I have a very large bag of fresh ground wheat flour that begged use.

So with reservation I pulled out my bread maker & made wheat bread dough.

Meanwhile I placed the thin slices of garlic in a small pot & covered them with milk, 

bringing the milk to a boil.

The recipe says to strain the garlic & then repeat the milk boil 2 more times.

Once finished the garlic should be pressed dry with paper towel.

(This was my first batch which got a bit dark, but I forgot to take a photo of the second.)

The towel dried garlic slices are added to 300 degree canola oil - be precise on this. My oil was too hot the first time. The second batch tasted better. The garlic should be removed 

when they are golden - about 12-15 minutes.

While the garlic chips cooled I worked on the brie.

I borrowed from a pampered chef recipe & mixed 1/4 cup apricot jam & a pinch of red pepper flakes.

I also toasted 1/4 c. pecans in butter & sprinkled with sea salt.

The brie is cut in half horizontally & layered with the jam mixture & pecans.

Repeat by placing more jam on top of the sandwiched brie.

Sprinkle with pecans.

My bread came out of the oven looking better than I had hoped.

I brushed it with butter & sprinkled it with sea salt.

Our pepper pecan brie went in the oven.

I slid the baked brie of the baking plate onto a serving plate topped it with garlic chips & served 

 it with the sliced baguette.

The roast I was slow cooking was ready at the same time.

The small white dish holds the extra garlic chips. 

They were fantastic & they are gone.

We gathered around the table with a heartfelt prayer of thanks for this abundance.

We are blessed.