Perfect Potatoe Rolls

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Posted by Daryl | Posted in , | Posted on Wednesday, December 16, 2009

(Or, Perfect Potato Rolls... depending on your spelling ;)

Boil 1 cup of mik, for one minutes. Add a stick of butter or margarine and melt into milk.

In a large bowl, add potatoes, milk and butter plus an extra cup and a half of water. The mixture should be warm, but not too hot.

Add 2.5 tsp yeast and mix

Add 2 cups White Flour and mix. It should still be too wet for kneading

Add sugar until slightly sweet. Approx 1/2 cup. More or less to taste

Let sit for 15 min for yeast to 'waken"

Add 2 tsp salt, possibly more to taste and mix. If you do this immediately after you add the yeast it will kill the yeast. I know you're hungry but the 15 min wait is important.

Add flour till ready to knead.

Knead for 10 min til smooth and place in bowl to rise in a warm place, covered for at least 1/2 hour.

Punch down and re-knead. Cut into quarters and start dividing quarters into golf ball sized rolls. Big golf balls, not small ones.

Let rolls rise in pan covered for another 1/2 hour while over preheats to 350.

Bake until tops are just barely golden. Cool for a minute and serve!!!

Hot Cranberry Punch

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Posted by Daryl | Posted in , | Posted on Saturday, December 12, 2009


Ingredients
8 cups hot water
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 cups cranberry juice
3/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
12 whole cloves (optional)
1/2 cup red-hot candies

In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine water, sugar and juices; stir until sugar is dissolved.  If desired, place cloves in a double thickness of cheesecloth.  Bring up corners of cloth and tie with string to form a bag.
Add spice bag and red-hot candies to slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 2-3 hours or until heated through.  Before serving, discard spice bag and stir punch.
(Yields 3 1/2 quarts)

Marie’s Chinese Chicken

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Posted by Daryl | Posted in , | Posted on Friday, December 04, 2009

Ingredients
2 whole chicken breasts (thinly sliced)
4 tbsp. oil
1 bunch green scallions
2 tbsp. soy sauce
1 bunch fresh broccoli (cut in flowerettes)
2 tbsp. cornstarch
Salt and pepper to taste

Mix chicken, soy sauce, cornstarch, salt, pepper and marinate for at least on hour.

Heat 2 tbsp. oil and add chopped green scallions. Cook for 1 minute. Add broccoli and cook for 3 minutes, stirring constantly.

To another pan, add 2 tbsp. oil, heat and add chicken and stir fry until white. Add broccoli and scallions to stir fry and cook together for 2 minutes.

Adjust seasoning if need be.

Serve over hot rice.

Apricot Pork Chops

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Posted by Daryl | Posted in | Posted on Friday, December 04, 2009


Ingredients
1 can (about 8 oz.) unpeeled apricot halves
6 pork chops (about 2 lb.)
1 can Campbell’s Cream of Chicken Soup
1/3 cup sour cream
2 tbsp. chopped green onions

Drain apricots reserving ¼  cup syrup.  Cut in half.  In skillet, brown chops (use shortening if necessary) and pour off fat.  Stir in soup, sour cream, reserved syrup and green onions.  Cover and simmer 25 minutes or until done.  Stir occasionally.  Add apricots and cook 5 more minutes.

Serve with cooked rice.  Makes about 4 servings.

Refreshing Almond Chicken Salad

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Posted by Daryl | Posted in , | Posted on Friday, December 04, 2009

Ingredients

4 cups cubed cooked chicken
1 ½ cups green grapes, halved
1 cup chopped celery
¾ cup sliced green onions
3 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
½ cup mayonnaise
¼ cup sour cream
1 tbsp. prepared mustard
1 tsp. salt
½ tsp. pepper
¼ tsp. onion powder
¼ tsp. celery salt
1/8 tsp. dry mustard
1/8 tsp. paprika
½ cup slivered almonds, toasted
1 kiwi fruit, peeled and sliced (optional)

In a large bowl, combine chicken, grapes, celery, onions and eggs. In another bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients, except the almonds and kiwi. Stir until smooth.

Pour over the chicken mixture and toss gently. Stir in almonds and serve immediately, or refrigerate and add the almonds just before serving.

Garnish with kiwi if desired.

Pineapple Chicken

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Posted by Daryl | Posted in , | Posted on Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Ingredients
8 pieces chicken
½ cup oil
½ cup flour
Salt and pepper to taste
1 cup sugar
2 tbsp corn starch
¾ cup cider vinegar
1 tbsp. soy sauce
¼ tsp. ginger
1 chicken bouillon cube
1 large pepper in strips
1 can pineapple chunks (13 ½ oz)

Salt and flour the chicken. Brown in oil. Arrange chicken in roasting pan. Measure pineapple juice and added water to 1 ¼ cups. Combine sugar, cornstarch, juice, vinegar, soy sauce, ginger, bouillon, and boil, stirring constantly.

Pour over chicken. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes at 350 *F. Add pineapple chunks and pepper. Bake uncovered 30 minutes or until tender.

Baptist Three Bean Salad

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Posted by Daryl | Posted in , | Posted on Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Ingredients
1 can yellow wax beans
1 can kidney beans
1 can green beans
½ cup chopped onions
1 tbsp oregano
½ cup oil
½ cup vinegar
1 cup sugar
Salt and pepper to taste

Drain beans; add other ingredients and marinate at least overnight.

Pinckney Family Russian Tea

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Posted by Daryl | Posted in | Posted on Tuesday, December 01, 2009


Ingredients
2 cups tang
Lemonade mix to make 2 quarts
1 ¾ cups sugar
½ cup instant tea
½ tsp. cloves
1 tsp. cinnamon

Mix well and place enough in cup of hot water to taste.

This dry tea mix makes a great gift!

Grammie’s Delicious Pumpkin Bread

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Posted by Daryl | Posted in , | Posted on Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Ingredients
3 cups of sugar
1 cup of oil
4 beaten eggs
1 16 oz. can pumpkin
3 ½ cups of flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. allspice
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp. cloves
2/3 cup of water

Cream together sugar and oil. Add eggs and pumpkin and mix well. Sift together dry ingredients and add alternately with water to the liquid mixture. Pour into two well-greased and wax paperlined 9x5 loaf pans. Bake at 350 *F for 1 hr and 15 min, or until tests done with a toothpick.

When it comes out of the oven, let it cool in the pans for 5 minutes. Immediately remove and wrap in tin foil. This will lock in moisture and make for an incredibly moist dessert bread.

Ma-ma's Green Bean Casserole

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Posted by Daryl | Posted in , | Posted on Tuesday, December 01, 2009


Ingredients

1 can French cut green beans
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 Tbsp. worcestershire sauce
1 can french fried onions

Mix drained green beans, soup, worcestershire sauce, and about 1/3 of the onions in a 1 qt baking dish.  Sprinkle the rest of the onions on top and bake in oven at 350 *F for about 20 minutes.

Aunt Vera’s Granola

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Posted by Daryl | Posted in | Posted on Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Ingredients
3 cups of old fashioned oats
½ cup of bran
½ cup of wheat germ
½ cup of whole wheat flour
¼ tsp. salt
1 cup nuts
¼ cup of water
½ cup of oil
½ cup of honey
¼ cup brown sugar (optional)
1 tsp. vanilla

Combine oats, bran, wheat germ, flour, salt and nuts in a mixing bowl.  In another bowl, mix the water, oil, honey, brown sugar and vanilla.  Pour the liquid mixture over the oat mixture and mix thoroughly. 

Spread in 13x9 pan and bake at 250 *F for 1 hour, stirring every 20 minutes.  

(Other Options)

Substitute ground flax for whole wheat flour and maple syrup for part of honey.

Grammie’s Famous Banana Bread

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Posted by Daryl | Posted in , | Posted on Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Ingredients
1 ½ cups of sugar
½ cup salad oil
2 eggs
2 cups of flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
3 ripe bananas
nuts (optional) 


Mix sugar, salad and eggs together in a mixing bowl.  Sift together flour, salt, and baking soda and add to wet ingredients.  Add the mashed 3 ripe bananas.  Fold in nuts.


Bake in a greased, waxed-paperlined loaf pan uncovered for 1 hour at 350 *F. 


When it comes out of the oven, let it cool in the pans for 5 minutes.  Immediately remove and wrap in tin foil.  This will lock in moisture and make for an incredibly moist dessert bread.

Cinnamon Apple Sauce Cupcakes

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Posted by Daryl | Posted in , , | Posted on Monday, November 30, 2009

For the Cupcakes
1/2 cup butter [room temperature]                              
1/2 cup plus 1 tbsp superfine sugar
1 cup self-rising flour
2 eggs
3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1/2 cup golden raisins

Topping
1 small red apple, sliced thinly
2 tbsp granulated sugar

Preheat oven to 350*F. Grease a 12-cup muffin pan. Place the butter, sugar, flour, and eggs in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until smooth and pale, about 2-3 minutes. Stir in the apple sauce, cinnamon, nuts, and raisins.

Spoon the batter into the greased muffin pan. Lay the apple slices on top and sprinkle with a little sugar.

Bake for 25 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and cool for 5 minutes. Then remove the cupcakes and cool on a rack. Serve warm!

Upside Down Pineapple Cupcakes

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Posted by Daryl | Posted in , | Posted on Monday, November 30, 2009

For the cupcakes
1 cup butter [room temperature]
1 cup superfine sugar
2 cups self-rising flour
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract


Topping
20 oz. can of crushed pineapple
1/5 cup butter, melted
3/4 cup packed brown sugar

Preheat the oven to 350*F. Grease two 12-cup muffin pans with butter, and dust with a little flour. Tap out the excess flour. In the bottom of each cup drizzle 1 tablespoon melted butter, 1 tablespoon pineapple, and 1 tablespoon brown sugar.

Place all the cupcake ingredients in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer until smooth and pale, about 2-3 minutes. Spoon the batter over the pineapple mixture into each cup. Bake for 25 minutes. Remove pans from the oven and cool for 10 minutes.

Turn out the cupcakes onto dessert plates, serve with heavy whipped cream if desired.