Fried chicken for dinner

Well...not "fried," per se, but it's some dang good chicken.  I've entered this cooking phase of my life and I've been doing it for pretty well all of this year so far.  I bought a Crock-pot and I started going to Crockpot365 for recipes.  Not all of them are good for the Crock-pot though.  Anyhow, I just took a look at her recipe and then did my own thing.  Isn't that how it goes?  Here is what I made tonight and how to make it yourself.

Oven-fried Chicken Legs

Preheat oven to 425F

1 pack of skinless chicken legs (I buy them fresh from Smith's and skin them)
3 oz. or so of flour
2 tsp of Creole seasoning
Spray cooking oil

Take the thawed and skinned chicken and dredge it in the flour and seasoning.  To do this, put the flour and the seasoning in a gallon-size bag (or shallow dish, but I think the bag is better).  Give it a shake to mix, and then drop in a drumstick at a time.  Shake the bag a few times to get the chicken coated and then place on a greased cookie sheet.  After you have placed all of the coated chicken on the cookie sheet, take your cooking oil and spray it liberally over the chicken.  Make sure you get the chicken coated in the oil, but also don't spray off the flour.

Bake for about 40 minutes or so and then serve after it has cooled a bit.

It's a simple recipe, but it sure made for a delicious dinner!  I wish I had the recipe for Smith's fried chicken because I think theirs is the best.  It's too expensive to buy on a regular basis though!  Eight bucks for eight pieces?  No thanks!  This recipe can make 18 pieces for less than $6 if you get the chicken on sale.

For those who are reading this (both of you) and are wondering why I didn't include a picture, it's because I had to run before I took the chicken out of the oven.  I sing to the elderly after church and it interfered with dinner tonight.  It interferes with dinner every Sunday, actually, but whatever.  Some of the people we sang to tonight had tears in their eyes because they could really feel the Spirit, which made it quite the rewarding experience!  Fortunately for me, my neighbors were gracious enough to take the chicken out of the oven for me.  So even though it had been sitting out for a little and it had dried some, it was still some great chicken.