Kickin Chicken

Prep time: 20 minutes Bake: 45 minutes Oven: 375 degrees Makes: 8 servings

8 chicken drumsticks
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 cloves garlic, minced, or 1 teaspoon bottled minced garlic
2 teaspoons cooking oil
3/4 cup bottled barbecue sauce
1/4 teaspoon catsup
1/4 cup orange juice or water
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons light molasses or maple-flavored syrup
several dashes bottled hot pepper suace (optional)

1. Lightly coat a 15x10x1 inch baking pan with cooking spray. Skin chicken. Arrange chicken in prepared baking pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake in a 375 oven for 25 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, for sauce, in a medium saucepan cook garlic in hot oil over medium heat for 30 seconds. Stir in barbecue sauce, catsup, juice, brown sugar, molasses and if desired, hot pepper sauce. Heat through.

3. Carefully brush chicken with sauce. Turn chicken and brush with additional sauce. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes more or until chicken is no longer pink (180 F). Reheat any remaining sauce; drizzle some of the sauce over chicken; pass remaining sauce.

Nutrition Facts per serving: 188 cal., 5 g total fat (1 g sat. fat), 78 mg chol., 355 mg sodium, 13 g carbo, 0 g fiber, 22 g pro.

I make these all the time, they are really good. I have never used the hot pepper sauce but if you wanted to add a little spice to it that would be good.