White Bread

I got this recipe online somewhere and it was soooo good!  As you can see by the time I found time to take a picture the  last loaf of bread had been attacked by my hubby! LOL

I used my bread machine and set it to the dough setting.

Ingredients:

1 cup warm water (110 degrees F)

3 tablespoons sugar

1 1/2 tsp salt

3 tbsp vegetable oil

3 cups all purpose flour or bread flour

2 1/4 tsp yeast ( 1 package)

Directions:

Place ingredients in the bread machine as listed and set for dough setting.

When finished remove from machine and using a floured surface punch down and knead for a few minutes then divide in half.  Shape into loaves and place in two well greased loaf pans.

allow to rise for 30 minutes or until dough has risen one inch above pans.

Bake in a preheated oven at 350 F for 30 minutes or until golden brown. 

Belle Oaks Inn Pecan Orange Bread

Another goodie  from a foodie site I belong to and I must say this

recipe is a winner.  I have made it numerous times and everyone loves it!

Ingredients

1 can(s)	pillsbury grands 8 ct. buttermilk biscuits
1 can(s)	pillsbury grands 5 ct. buttermilk biscuits
1 c	sugar
1 stk	unsalted butter, melted
2 sm	oranges
1/2 c	confectioner's sugar
1/2 c	pecans, chopped
1 pkg	cream cheese
	orange extract (dash) Directions 1 Spray a large bundt pan liberally with non-stick spray. Set aside. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 2 Pour sugar into small bowl. Zest both oranges and add to sugar. Mix to combine. Reserve oranges to juice for glaze. 3 Melt butter. Pour a small amount of butter into the bundt pan and spread 1/2 the pecans in the bottom. 4 Open the cans of biscuits. Taking one biscuit at a time, open each biscuit and insert 1 tsp. of cream cheese into the center. Press to seal. Dip the biscuit in butter and then dip in sugar-orange zest mixture, coating entire biscuit. Stand biscuit in bundt pan on its side. Repeat with remaining biscuits, creating a circle around the bundt pan. 5 Pour remaining butter over the biscuits and sprinkle remaining pecans on top. 6 Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes, or until biscuits are puffed and golden. 7 Remove from oven and turn bread out from bundt pan onto desired serving platter. 8 Mix confectioner's sugar with the juice from the oranges to create a glaze. You may add a dash of orange extract if desired to intensify the orange flavor. Use as much juice as needed to create a glaze consistency you like. Drizzle glaze over bread while still warm. 9 Best when served warm, but can also be served at room temperature. Reheat in microwave for 30 seconds if desired.

Easy Peanut Butter Cookies

I call these cookies my 1, 2, 3 cookies as that is all the ingredients needed ! and they are delicious as well!

Ingredients:

1 cup smooth peanut butter

1 egg

1 cup sugar or splenda

Hershey kiss candies (optional)

Directions:

Place all three in gredients in a bowl and mix well.

place 1 tsp of dough onto a parchment paper covered cookie sheet

and bake in a preheated oven ( 350 degree F)  for 8-10 minutes

When you take them out you can place a hersheys kiss candy on each one and let cool before removing from cookie sheet.

Blond Brownies

I got this recipe from a foodie group I am on and have made these several times and they are really good.  

Ingredients

2 1/2 c	light brown sugar
2/3 c	vegetable oil
2	eggs, lightly beaten
2 tsp	real vanilla
2 c	all purpose flour
1 tsp	baking powder
1 tsp	salt
1/4 tsp	baking soda
	12-ounce package chocolate chips (optional) Directions 1 Spray 13"x9" pan with non-fat cooking spray. 2 Mix sugar and oil. Add eggs and vanilla. Sift all dry ingredients together and add to mixture and mix well. 3 Pour into pan. Spread and smooth batter. If desired, sprinkle chocolate chips on top or use other flavored chips. 4 Bake at 350. Do not overbake. Check at 20 min. Toothpick should come out clean.

Faux Mashed Potato Patties

I'm sorry that I don't have a better picture of these yummy patties but at least its a picture! Right!! LOL

I am trying to do away from eating white potatoes so I decided to try this recipe using  califlower instead of potatoes to make mashed poatoes.  And the leftovers turned into patties.

Ingredients:

califlower

butter

evaporated milk

salt/pepper

chopped onions

egg

a little flour

Directions:

I made the mashed califlower using the first 4 ingredients.. making sure the califlower was smashed good  and the next day I added the egg and flour.  Made them into patties and fried them till golden brown.  They were delicious both as mashed and as patties!



Dried Cranberry and Pistachio Biscotti

I wanted to make some biscotti for Christmas gifts this year so I decided to make this one.

Ingredients:

2/3 cup sugar Or splenda

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

then1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup flour

1/2 cup shelled pistachio's

1/2 cup dried cranberries

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350*

1.  In a bowl beat sugar, eggs on high speed untill fluffy ( 3-5 minutes) then add

     vanilla.

2. In a seperate bowl mix the flour, baking powder and salt and then add to the

    egg mixture and beat until combined. Fold in cranberries and nuts.

3. Transfer dough onto a well floured counter and roll into a log shape about 12

     inches long and 3 1/2 inches wide. You may have to flour your hands to form

    the log as log is sticky.





4.  Place log on baking sheet and bake about 25 minutes or until firm to touch.

      Remove from oven and let it cool on a wire rack 10 minutes.

5.  Reduce oven heat to 325* 



6.  transfer log to a cutting board and cut about 1/2 inch slices on the diagonal

      Place biscotti cut side down on baking sheet and bake 8-10 minutes .  Turn

     over the biscotti and bake another 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.

    Remove from oven and let cool.  Store in an air tight container.



     

    

  



chocolate covered cherries and buckeyes

I wanted to make some chocolate covered cherries and buckeyes for Christmas gifts this year and so I used a filling for making potato candy,which I got from a foodie group I am on and the one that submitted the recipe is Leila Rockwell.

Ingredients

1 sm	mashed potato
1-6 c	powdered sugar
1-2 tsp	vanilla extract or your choice
1/2 tsp	salt
	chocolate, peanut butter, coconut, etc
1 lb	semisweet chocolate, chopped or chocolate chips. more if needed
1 + Tbsp	shortening to thin. when chocolate begins to thicken add a little more shortening. be careful and not add to much.

Directions

1

The main ingredients for this old fashioned candy are mashed potato and confectioners sugar. You can use any flavor you want and even add peanuts, coconut, chocolate, maraschino cherries and wrap dough around them.

2

In a mixing bowl combine the potato, salt and vanilla. Sift the confectioners sugar over potato, stirring and adding about 1 cup at a time. Mixture will liquefy when first sugar is added then gradually begin to thicken.

 

 

3

When it becomes the consistency of stiff dough, knead it even though not all the sugar has been added. After kneading, cover with a damp cloth and chill until a small spoonful can be rolled into a ball. Shape in the size of balls you want.

 

3, For the cherry filling I flattened each ball of filling and placed a cherry in the middle and brought up the filling to cover the cherry. 

4.  To make the buckeyes I mixed peanut butter into the filling and rolled into balls.

5. I used melting chocolate and about 1 Tbsp shortening and placed in a micro safe bowl and microwaved until chocolate had melted and gave it a good stir.

6. Take the bowl of melted chocolate over to a table to work on and dip the cherry balls and peanut butter balls in the chocolate and place on a parchment covered cookie sheet and place in the freezer till chocolate has hardened..3-5 minutes.

Place in air tight container.  You can add all kinds of stuff in this filling, coconut, chopped nuts etc.