Favorite Bread Recipe

I have been making bread for a very long time.  However I didn't start searching for really great whole wheat recipes until after I got married and have needed to do something with all that wheat we were storing up like the Prophet counseled...I mean no point in having it if you don't even know what to do with right? Right.   Anyway in my searching I have found a very good recipe for whole wheat bread.

Perfect Homemade Bread

www.everydayfoodstorage.net

Ingredients:

1 Tbs. Yeast	1 ¼ C. Warm Water
¼ C. Sugar	1 tsp. Salt
3 Tbs. Wheat Gluten	2 Tbs. Nonfat Non Instant Dry Milk
1 Tbs. Oil	1 Tbs. Vinegar
¼ C. Potato Flakes	2 ¾ C. Wheat Flour

 

Instructions:

If using a mixer: Add all the ingredients in the order listed.  Using a dough hook turn on mixer and let it knead dough for 12 to 15 minutes.

If making bread by hand: Add  everything except only add 1 cup of flour to yeast mixture and whisk together for 1-2 minutes until it looks a little stretchy and stringy.  Switch to a spoon and mix in the remaining flour adding a little at a time until you cannot add any more flour.  Turn out onto floured or oiled counter and knead for 5 to 10 minutes. 

If you are in a hurry shape into loaves, let rise in a warm place until doubled in size. Or if you have time let dough rise until doubled, then shape into loaves, let rise again until doubled.

Bake at 375˚ for 25 to 35 minutes.

Favorite Goodies

Well, if you know me at all you know I love anything full of sugar.  I'll admit that sugar is my weakness.  But really I don't love everything full of sugar I just love homemade goodies full of sugar!  Here are a few of my favorite recipes that happen to be full of sugar.   (I really wish I had this many favorite vegetable recipes!)

Favorite Cookie Recipe- I can't pick which one I like better so you get both!

 Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Brandy Bond

These are my favorite cookies ever!  The recipe is based on Grandma Biggs’ Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe.

Ingredients:

1 C. Butter	1 C. Sugar
½ C. Brown Sugar	2 Eggs
1 tsp. Vanilla	1 tsp. Baking Soda
¼ tsp. Salt	2 C. Oatmeal
3 C. Flour	1 ½ C. Chocolate Chips

Instructions:

Place the oven rack near the top of the oven.  Preheat oven to 375˚ to 400˚.

Cream butter, sugar, brown sugar and eggs. 

Add vanilla mix.  Add baking soda, salt and oatmeal, mix.  Add flour and then chocolate chips. 

Drop cookies on to cookie sheet. 

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until golden on peaks and edges.  Let cool for 30 seconds before transferring them to a cooling rack. 

Cornflake Cookies

Thomas Family: Ketchikan, Alaska

I first fell in love with this cookie when my family stayed at a fishing lodge in Ketchikan, Alaska in 1995.  The family that owned the lodge was kind enough to give us the recipe and I have been making them ever since. 

Ingredients:

1 C. Butter	¼ tsp. Salt
1 C. Sugar	1 C. Coconut-Optional
1 C. Brown Sugar	2 C. Rolled Oats
2 Eggs	2 ½ C. Flour
1 tsp. Vanilla	2 C. Cornflakes
¼ tsp. Baking Soda

 

Instructions:

Place the oven rack near the top of the oven.  Preheat oven to 375˚ to 400˚.

Cream butter, sugar, brown sugar and eggs. 

Add vanilla mix.  Add baking soda, salt, coconut and oatmeal, mix.  Add flour mix; and then add cornflakes. 

Drop cookies on to cookie sheet.

Bake for 10-11 minutes until golden on peaks and edges.  Let cool for 30 seconds before transferring them to a cooling rack. 

Favorite Pie Recipe-

Cream Pie  

Knighten Family

This is a recipe that has been handed down for many generations in the Knighten family. It is not your regular fluffy and light cream pie it is very dense and rich tasting.  Grandpa Knighten has told us the story of when he was a boy he would see his grandmother making this pie in a huge pie pan that one could barely wrap their arms around.  And when she dotted it with butter she used about a pound of butter!

Ingredients:

1 ¼ C. Sugar	1 tsp. Vanilla
1 C. Flour	1 ½ Pints Half and Half
Dash of Salt	1 tsp. Nutmeg
1 unbaked pie crust	Butter

 

Instructions:

Mix all ingredients together except butter and nutmeg.  (No mixer required just a spoon or a whisk.)  Pour into an uncooked pie crust. 

Sprinkle 1 tsp. Nutmeg over pie and dot with about 2 Tbs. Butter cut into small pieces.

Bake in a 375˚ oven for 1 hour or until a knife inserted near the middle comes out clean. Serve hot or cold.

Favorite Brownie Recipe-

Frosted Marshmallow Brownies

http://bakingblonde.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/frosted-marshmallow-brownies/

Ingredients:

¾ C. Butter	1 ½ C. Sugar
3 Eggs	1 tsp. Vanilla
1 1/3 C. Flour	½ tsp. Baking Powder
½ tsp. Salt
3 Tbs. Unsweetened Cocoa
3-4 C. Mini Marshmallows

Instructions:

In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla beat until fluffy.In a small bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa. Stir to combine. Add the flour mixture to creamed mixture. spread in greased 9×13 pan.Bake at 350 for 17-20 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle with marshmallows, return to oven 2-3 mintues, or just until marshmallows are soft.
Remove from oven. Using a knife dipped in water spread the metled marshmallows evenly over bars.

Frosting:

6 Tbs. Butter	6 Tbs. Milk
1 ¼ C. Sugar
½ C. Mini Marshmallows or 5 Large
½ C. Chocolate Chips

Combine butter, milk and Sugar in medium saucepan and melt over med-low heat. Stir constantly until combined. Bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute. Add marshmallows and chocolate chips. Stir until marshmallows and chips are melted.  Remove from heat. Allow to cool and thicken slightly. Pour and spread over marshmallows on bars.
Allow to cool before cutting and serving.

My favorite homemade cake recipe

I love, love, love this cake!  The only thing better than eating this cake is eating this cake frozen!  It is dense like a brownie and topped with a fudge like frosting - SOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!  You can bet this is the cake I will be having for my birthday tomorrow!

Click here for the cake recipe and here for the frosting recipe

My favorite vegetable recipe

Green Beans

From--Amy (in my Ward)

 Ingredients:

2 Tbs. Butter	6 Garlic Cloves Minced
2 tsp. Flour	½ tsp. Red Pepper Flakes (or less)
1 tsp. Fresh Thyme Leaves	1 ½ lbs. Fresh Green Beans
1 C. Low Sodium Chicken Broth	1 Tbs. Lemon Juice

 

Instructions:

In a skillet, sauté butter and garlic over medium heat stirring constantly until garlic is golden; 3-5 minutes. 

Stir in flour, red pepper flakes and thyme. 

Toss in green beans.  Add broth and increase heat to medium high.  Cover and cook until beans are partially tender but still crisp at center, about 4-7 minutes. 

Uncover and cook, stirring occasionally until beans are tender and sauce has thickened slightly.  About 4 minutes. 

Remove from heat and add lemon juice and salt and pepper as desired. 

Taco Soup

Anyone have left over turkey or chicken they need to use up?  This is my new favorite recipe because it so fast and tastes so good.  Thanks Lindsay for giving it to me!! 

Taco Soup
1 can chicken or 1lb of cooked ground beef, cooked chicken, or turkey
1 can corn (don't drain)
1 can beans - black or pinto or any other kind you would like
1 can diced tomatoes (don't drain)
1 package of Fiesta Ranch dried dress mix

Mix it all up.  Heat it up on the stove, in a crock pot, the microwave would probably work too.   We top it with sour cream and shredded cheese.

Need something to go with it?  It goes great with Butter Dips or tortilla chips.

I learned something new today!

Did you know that garlic can turn a blueish green color when cooked?  I didn't, until today when I looked in my pot and saw this:
 

(Those are mustard seeds if you were wondering)

"Garlic is known to contain sulfur compounds which can react with minute traces of copper to form copper sulfate, a blue or blue-green compound. The amount of copper needed for this reaction is very small and is frequently found in normal water supplies.  ...The garlic is still safe to eat."
-http://whatscookingamerica.net/Q-A/bluegarlic.htm
  

Kind of interesting right?

Pumpkin Pie Muffins Recipes

We love both versions of this muffin!!

*PUMPKIN PIE MUFFINS (WHEAT & DAIRY FREE)


These muffins are great for breakfast, lunch, dinner or in between. I created this recipe for Deanna…hope you like them as much as we do!

INGREDIENTS:
1/3 C. Rice Flour
½ tsp. Salt
2/3 C. Oatmeal Flour
1 C. Pumpkin, Sweet Potato or Yam Puree
3 tsp. Corn Starch
1 tsp. Cinnamon 1 Egg
¼ tsp. Ginger or ½ tsp. additional Cinnamon
2 Tbs. Oil
1/3 C. Honey or ½ C. Sugar & 3 Tbs. Apple Juice
¼ tsp. Nutmeg
2 ½ tsp. Baking Powder
¼ tsp. Baking Soda
1/3 C. Apple Juice

INSTRUCTIONS:
Mix wet ingredients together. Sift dry ingredients together. Fold dry ingredients into wet mixture. Mix just until it comes together and you can’t see any more flour. Spoon the batter into a grease muffin tin.

For the topping, mix together:
2 Tbs. Sugar 1 tsp. Cinnamon
¼ tsp. Nutmeg

Sprinkle on top of muffins and bake in a 375˚ oven for 25 minutes or until the top springs back when gently pressed. Makes 12 regular sized muffins.

*1 Cup whole wheat flour or your favorite gluten free flour can be used in place of the flours in this recipe. If you would like to use white flour decrease Baking Powder to 2 tsp.

Here is another one...
*PUMPKIN PIE MUFFINS (This one has dairy and wheat in it)

These are similar to the Dairy and Wheat free ones but they are lighter and fluffier due to the soured milk and butter.

INGREDIENTS:
1 C. Flour
¼ C. Cold Butter
½ tsp Salt
1 C. Pumpkin, Sweet Potato or Yam Puree
1 tsp. Cinnamon
¼ tsp. Ginger or ½ tsp. additional Cinnamon
1 Egg
¼ tsp. Nutmeg
½ C. Sugar
2 ½ tsp. Baking Powder
1 Tbs. Vinegar added to 2/3 C. Milk
¼ tsp. Baking Soda

INSTRUCTIONS:
Mix wet ingredients together. Sift dry ingredients together. Cut in cold butter. Fold dry ingredients into wet mixture. Mix just until it comes together and you can’t see any more flour. Spoon the batter into a grease muffin tin.

For the topping, mix together:
2 Tbs. Sugar
1 tsp. Cinnamon
¼ tsp. Nutmeg

Sprinkle on top of muffins and bake in a 375˚ oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until the top springs back when gently pressed. Makes 12 regular sized muffins.

Zucchini Anyone?

I know some people have a lot of zucchini to spare right now. Unfortunately we aren't one of those people, however, we did buy some because it's pretty cheap at the Ranch Market right now. So, I thought I would share my favorite zucchini recipe with everyone.

Dilly Zucchini Casserole
1 C. Biscuit/Baking Mix (Such as Bisquick)
1/2 C. Grated Parmesan Cheese
1 Tbs Dill Weed
1 tsp Salt
1/8 tsp Pepper
4 Eggs
1/4 C. Oil
3 C. Chopped or Shredded Zucchini
1 Large Onion chopped finely

Mix everything together and pour into a greased 1 1/2 quart baking dish. Bake at 375 for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until knife inserted comes out clean.

We like cold or hot. It freezes well too; I cut it into pieces and wrap each piece individually and freeze them together in one big Ziploc bag.
Let us know what you think of it!

Good (junk) Food!

Mmmmm...Brownies covered in melted marshmallows then topped with a fudge like chocolate frosting! They are so good, you should try them! If you like to freeze stuff to enjoy later like I do these freeze really well.

Brownies:
3/4 C. Butter
1 1/2 C. Sugar
3 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla
1 1/3 C. Flour (whole wheat works great!)
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
3 Tbs Unsweetened Baking Cocoa
3-4 C. Mini Marshmallows

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease 9x13 pan. In a mixing bowl cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla beat until fluffy. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture. Spread in pan. Cook for about 18 minutes. (It never really seems to be done according to the "toothpick test" until they are way too done.) Sprinkle with marshmallows and return to oven for 2-3 minutes. Spread melted marshmallows around with a knife.

Frosting:
1/4 C. Butter
6 Tbs Milk
1 1/4 C. Sugar
1/2 C. Mini marshmallows
1/2 C. Chocolate Chips

Combine butter, milk and sugar in a pan over medium heat. Stir until it boils, boil for one minute. Remove from heat add marshmallows and chocolate. Quickly stir and spread onto brownies. (Allow brownies and marshmallows to cool before topping with frosting or you'll have a marbled topping instead of layered one.)

Enjoy!