WHY PUT SUGAR IN CHILI RECIPES

These taste just like Loft House sugar cookies and are just as soft.

Provided by Ashley Bluth

Categories     Sugar Cookies

Total Time 1 hours 0 minutes

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Yield 3 dozen cookies

Number Of Ingredients 12

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 166.1 calories, CarbohydrateContent 23.6 g, CholesterolContent 13.9 mg, FatContent 7.4 g, FiberContent 0.3 g, ProteinContent 1.5 g, SaturatedFatContent 2.4 g, SodiumContent 113.9 mg, SugarContent 15.5 g

The little red packets of viscous hot sauce at the fast food giant have a cult following of rabid fans who will do whatever it takes to get their hands on large quantities. One such fan of the sauce commented online, "Are there any Wendy's employees or managers out there who will mail me an entire case of Hot Chili Seasoning? I swear this is not a joke. I love the stuff. I tip extra cash to Wendy's workers to get big handfuls of the stuff." Well, there's really no need to tip any Wendy's employees, because now you can clone as much of the spicy sauce as you want in your own kitchen with this Top Secret Recipe. The ingredients listed on the real Hot Chili Seasoning are water, corn syrup, salt, distilled vinegar, natural flavors, xanthan gum, and extractives of paprika. We'll use many of those same ingredients for our clone, but we'll substitute gelatin for the xanthan gum (a thickener) to get the slightly gooey consistency right. For the natural flavor and color we'll use cayenne pepper, cumin, paprika, and garlic powder, then filter the particles out with a fine wire-mesh strainer after they've contributed what the sauce needs. This recipe makes 5 ounces of sauce— just the right amount to fit nicely into a used hot sauce bottle—and costs just pennies to make. 

Provided by Todd Wilbur

Total Time 40 minutes0S

Prep Time 20 minutes0S

Cook Time 20 minutes0S

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 359 calories