Rain rain go away and sweet crunchy chicken cordon bleu

Reporting from Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Aka Disney! And it's raining, Again. Normally I wouldn't mind but its down pouring. Not the best conditions to be walking around in Disney. Today was Epcot day but its been postponed to later. Which isn't terrible because the nightlife has been better around here. Disney isn't just for kids. There's a lot of stuff for the 21+ crowd. Last night we went to downtown Disney and had a blast! By the end of the night we had jumped into a fountain, danced in front of a huge crowd and one of us ended up in a bush. Sounds crazy? Yea, it was but it was also awesome and that's all that matters. Great friends and smiles on our faces.

While here I've been making dinner and trying to come up with delicious food with the ingredients we have. So last night for dinner was chicken cordon bleu. Sounds a little intimidating but it's so easy. This wasnt a normal way to make cordon bleu though. I had to use what I have available. At the supermarket I picked up the key ingredients, chicken breast, sliced cold cut style ham and shredded mozzarella cheese. At the hotel we also had pretzels and syrup. How would those two things come into this dish? Crush the pretzels and you have a crunchy top coating. Spread some syrup inside and you get a sweet companion for the ham. So here's how it all comes together.

Sweet and crunchy chicken cordon bleu

~Chicken breast (medium size)
~Sliced ham (cold cut style)
~Shredded cheese (your choice)
~Maple syrup
~Pretzels
~Egg

Preheat oven 375*
>Take chicken and cut horizontally through the middle (butterfly style)
>For each slice of ham put some cheese on top and roll
>Spread a small amount of syrup in the middle of the chicken
>Place two ham/cheese rolls in the middle of each chicken breast
>In a small bowl whisk together 1 egg and a small amount of syrup
>In another small bowl take pretzels and crush until desired course.
>while holding close the filled chicken, dip and coat into the egg mixture
>Then dip and coat in pretzel
>Place on baking sheet
>Bake for approx. 35-40 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink inside

Enjoy!