Baked Onion Rings, because fried=better

Today it was a chilly 64 degrees here in San Diego. I couldn't complain, because while I was wandering around the city in a skirt (and sweater) my friends and family back home were dealing with this

(I stole this picture from my cousin Meaghan in Chicago)

In honor of it being cold, windy and juussstttt a little snowy, here is my very favorite recipe for a great cold-weather comfort food, onion rings! (This is also in honor of it almost being the super bowl, when we plan on consuming enough fried food for a small, no, large African village.)

1.5 cups cornflakes

1.5 cups breadcrumbs

1 egg

1/4 cup buttermilk (don't skimp here, use real, thick, unhealthy buttermilk)

1/4 cup flour

teeeeny pinch of cayenne pepper

salt and pepper

1 medium onion (I use vidalia) cut into thin rings

about 2 Tablespoons olive oil

-preheat oven to 450. If you have a food processor (lucky) pulse the cornflakes and breadcrumbs until fine crumbs. If you don't have one, just put the cornflakes in a large ziplock bag and crunch the cornflakes until they are all crunched, then add to breadcrumbs. 

- In another bowl, mix egg, buttermilk, flour, cayenne and add salt and pepper

- Dip onion into egg mixture and then into cornflake and breadcrumb mixture, place on large plate. Repeat until all of the rings are dipped in batter and cornflakes and breadcrumbs. Put about two tablespoons of olive oil onto large baking sheet, put it in the preheated oven for 1 or 2 minutes. Take sheet out and tip it to coat it evenly with oil. Put rings on the sheet and bake 10 minutes. Turn over the onion rings, back about 6-10 more minutes or until brown. 

-Take them out and enjoy!!!!

(The puppers back in Wisconsin braving the snow this morning)