Doughnuts

2 T       yeast

¼ C     warm water

1 ½ C  warm milk

½ C     white sugar

1 t.       salt

2          eggs

1/3 C   shorting

5 C       Flour

Glaze:

1/3 C   Butter

2 C       powdered sugar

1 ½ t    vanilla

4 T       hot water as needed

Let the dough raise and then roll out.  I used a wide mouth mason jar ring and the wrong end of a frosting tip for the center. Fry and glaze the donuts while they are still hot!

Guacamole

3-4 ripe avocados

1/3 medium onion finely chopped

1can diced green chilies finely chopped

1Tbsp. Lemon juice

1tsp. Garlic salt

1/2 tsp. Fruit fresh

Mash the avocados and mix everything together.  I like mine a little (or a lot) saltier and lemonier so add to taste.

Tiffany

March 2014

Almond Poppy Seed Bread

Almond Poppy Seed Bread

(from Our Best Bites)

3 cups flour

2 1/2 cups sugar

1 tsp. salt

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 1/2 cups milk

1 1/3 cup vegetable oil

3 eggs 

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/2 tsp almond extract

1 1/2 T. poppy seeds

Glaze:

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1/4 cup orange juice

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

1/2 tsp. almond extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder.  Add in milk, vegetable oil, eggs, extracts, and poppy seeds and beat for 1 minute.  Pour batter into two 9-inch loaf pans sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.  Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a skewer poked in the center comes out clean.

While the bread is baking, whisk the glaze ingredients together.  When the bread is done, remove from the oven.  Brush the glaze onto the hot bread and allow to cool.

ann white

French Bread Dinner

1 loaf French bread
1 lb hamburger
1/2 c. onions diced
1 can nacho cheese/cheddar cheese soup
bread pieces from hollowed out French bread
1/4 c. cheddar cheese (however much you want)


Cut top off French bread and hollow out. Brown hamburger and onion together, add can of soup.  Mix in bread pieces then put all ingredients in hollowed out loaf.  Put a little cheese on then the top of the loaf.  WRAP and seal ends of loaf in tinfoil.  Put in oven at 350* till heated thru. (about 10 min.)  Geraldine 2014

Brunch Nachos

1 bag tortilla chips
2 c. refried beans (microwave 1 min)
8 eggs scrambled
30 oz jar salsa (warmed 20 sec)
1 1/2 c. pepper jack grated
green onion tops diced


Cover the bottom of a large oven safe platter with chips.  Put warmed beans on chips. Evenly spread scrambled eggs over beans and pour salsa over eggs add cheese and onion on top.  Broil entire platter till cheese is melted.  Serve immediately.  yields 4-6 people.    Geraldine 2014

Baked Broccoli

Preheat oven to 375°
Chop a head of broccoli (do not rinse immediately prior to preparing!)
Mince 2-3 cloves of garlic
Put broccoli, garlic, 2 tbsp. olive oil, and a few shakes of salt and pepper in a ziploc bag.
Shake it up
Spread out on baking sheet, place on top rack, and bake for about 30 minutes.
Broccoli will be crunchy and delicious!

Oven Fried Chicken

1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup butter
   1 cup all-purpose flour
   1 teaspoon salt
   2 teaspoon black pepper
   2 teaspoons paprika
   1 teaspoon garlic salt
   1 teaspoon dried marjoram
  As many chicken tenders as you want

Place the oil and butter in a cookie sheet and put in a preheated 375 F oven to melt. Set aside.

In a large paper sack, combine the flour and seasonings.  Roll the chicken pieces, 3 at a time, in the melted oil-butter mixture, then drop them in the sack and shake to cover. Place back on cookie sheet.

Bake for 45 minutes. With a spatula turn over and bake 5-10 mins longer, or untilt the top crst begins to bubble.  Serve hot or cold, but the crust texture is better if chicken is not refrigerated before eating.


Mock Winger's Amazing Sauce

1/3 cup Frank's Hot Sauce (no other sauce real work)
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 TB water

In a saucepan, heat the hot sauce, brown sugar, and water until all the sugar dissolves.  Remove from heat and cool to room temperature before adding to the wings.  You can also prepare the sauce ahead of time and refrigerate it.  The wings turn out best if you don't pour warm sauce over them, you want the sauce nice and thick.