Sports Cynts Show for April 23, 2010

The “Mixing It Up!” Show on April 23 was eye opening!

We explored about how teams mesh together with players, coaches, owners, office personnel and even fans! We talked about the first round of the NFL Draft where Tim Tebow was taken in the first round and we’re waiting to see where Myron Rolle will go! I’ve been saying that any team that selected Tebow or Rolle would be getting great teammates who will work hard and do what it takes to be successful. Plus they’re 2 of the highest character guys with strong work ethics in this year’s draft.

Another offshoot topic was how AFC and NFC teams looked to me when I was young, based on how gritty the picture was on AFC games channel and how clear and bright it was on the NFC games channel.

Here is the recipe for the dessert we prepared - Mini Swirl Cheesecakes:

Mini Swirl Cheesecakes

6 Oreo cookies
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
2 eggs
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2/3 cup sugar
4 squares semisweet baking chocolate
Muffin Tin
Foil or Paper baking cups

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Line muffin tins with 12 foil or paper baking cups.

3. Divide Oreos in half making sure each half has cream on it. Place cream-topped cookies in the baking cups, cream side up.

4. In a medium mixing bowl beat cream cheese until fluffy. Add eggs, lemon juice, and sugar and beat until smooth and thoroughly combined.

5. Place chocolate in a microwavable bowl. Microwave on high 1 to 1 ½ minutes or until chocolate is melted. After 1 minute, the squares will retain their shape until you stir them. If they’re not completely melted, continue microwaving in 15 second increments until melted (up to 1 ½ minutes).

6. Place about 1 heaping tablespoon of mixture into each muffin cup.

7. Add 6 tablespoons of the cream cheese batter to the melted chocolate. Beat until well blended. Spoon chocolate mixture over plain mixture in muffin cups and top with the remaining cream cheese batter. Swirl the chocolate and cream cheese batters together with a knife before baking..

8. Bake in preheated oven for 17 to 22 minutes. Cool on a rack. Pipe whipped cream or sweetened cream cheese on top of each cheesecake just prior to serving, if desired.

Don’t forget that I’m still looking for sponsorship to go to the 2010 Pro Football Hall of Fame Experience in Canton, Ohio August 6 – 9. I’ll blog, tweet and hopefully do my show on location if I get there!

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