Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Anderson Homemade Bread




This is for all the fans of mom's homemade bread --

1/2 cup warm water
2T yeast

set aside

meanwhile in bread mixer:

5 cups hot water
7 cups flour (white or wheat)
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup oil
2 T salt

mix together and add yeast mixture

Add approximately 5 cups more flour (or however much you need to get the dough to not stick to side of bowl). Mix ten minutes. Knead and put in pans and let rise for 30-45 minutes.

This recipe works great for whole wheat bread too and I never have to add anything special like some recipes call for when making wheat bread. Usually I make it using all wheat with a couple cups of white flour. For a real treat - all white flour is delicious! (pictured is half white half wheat bread)

Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Yumm yummm




Sunday, October 4, 2009

German Pancakes

Ingredients
6 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 Tbsp butter

Preparation
Place the eggs, milk, flour, and salt in a blender; cover and process until smooth. Pour the butter into an increased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. Baking dish; add the batter. Bake, uncovered, at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.

Buttermilk Syrup

Ingredients
1 1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup butter
2 Tbsp corn syrup
1 tsp baking soda

Preparation
In a saucepan, combine the first five ingredients; bring to a boil. Boil for 7 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Serve immediately.
Syrup also excellent as a dip on slice apples.

Corn Flake Cookies

Ingredients:

2 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp almond extract
1 cup butter or shortening
2 cup flour
1/2 tsp soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 cup coconut
3 cup cornflakes

Preparation: Cream together eggs, sugars, butter and vanilla. Add flour, soda and salt. Mix well. Stir in the coconut and cornflakes.Drop onto greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Friday, October 2, 2009

EASY Pumpkin Cookies

Okay, so these pumpkin cookies are not only so so delicious but they are a piece of cake to make!! They have a total of 3, yes 3, ingredients....

1 box spice cake mix
1 15oz. can of pumpkin
1/2 bag of chocolate chips, or the whole bag for you chocolate lovers

*Mix the cake mix and the pumpkin together and then add the chocolate chips. Drop the cookies by spoonfuls on a greased cookie sheet. Bake them at 350 degrees for 12-15 min.(I did my cookies pretty big and cooked them for 15 min. and probably could have cooked them a little longer) That's it folks, they are so delicious and the perfect harvest treat!!

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Bread Maker Rolls, Bread, Pizza Crust, Cinnamon rolls, Orange rolls,breadsticks, etc.

This is my mother-in-laws famous bread maker recipe that makes just about anything you need that has dough. It is really cheap, it makes a lot, and they are so so yummy so, if you have a bread maker this is a must keep recipe!

*Put all ingredients in the bread maker IN THIS ORDER:
1 1/4 C. warm water
1 egg
3C. bread flour (My mother-in-law swears by the bread flour you get at Sam's Club in the huge bag, it will last you a long time, but well worth it and cheap)
3T. sugar
2T. powdered milk
1/3 C. potato flakes
1 1/2 tsp. yeast (she also gets her yeast at Sam's Club, called Saf Instant yeast, store it in the fridge in an air tight container)
1 tsp. salt
6 T. soft butter (make sure not to get the butter too hot or it will kill the yeast, in other words make sure its soft not melted.)
*add orange rind for orange rolls

**Put bread maker on dough setting...put all ingredients in maker in order and push start.. my bread maker is 1 hour 20min. for dough some are 1 hour 40 min. it doesn't really matter. When it is finished...
For Rolls- piece off dough into little balls and place them in a greased, glass 9x13 pan let them rise for about an hour and bake them at 350 for 20 min. or until golden brown
For Bread- divide dough into 2 shape into loafs, put them into two greased bread pans, let rise for about an hour, bake at 350 for 20 min. or until golden brown.
For Pizza Crust- divide dough into 2, roll out each section onto a greased cookie sheet, let rise for about an hour bake each of them for 10 min. at 350, put your toppings on the pizza then return it to the oven for another 10 min.
For Cinnamon Rolls- roll entire dough mixture onto a floured surface, soften a stick of butter and spread over entire surface, mix 1/2 C. brown sugar, 1/2 C. white sugar, and 1/3 C. cinnamon sprinkle over butter. Roll cinnamon rolls and cut each off with a string, let rise for about an hour bake at 350 for 20 min. Spread with cream cheese frosting.
For Orange Rolls- These are my husbands favorite treat...piece dough off into balls into a greased 9x13 pan let them rise for about an hour then cover with this sauce...
1/2 C. sugar
1/2 C. melted butter
orange rind
bake at 350 for 20 min.
For Bread sticks- piece dough into long strips lay them in a bed of melted butter on a cookie sheet, let them rise about 30 min. sprinkle with garlic salt and bake at 350 for 20 min.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

FHE Pretzels! (Men with mustache not included)


1/8 cup hot water
1 TBS dry yeast
1 1/3 cup warm water
1/3 cup brown sugar
5 cups flour
extra flour (as needed)
4-5 TBS baking soda
coarse kosher salt (table salt works, too)
Mix hot water and yeast. Stir in warm water and brown sugar. Slowly add 5 cups of flour, stirring constantly. Knead dough (with extra flour as needed) for 8-10 minutes. Set aside.
Grease cookie sheets (use old cookie sheets, because they will get marked up some!). Fill a pot with water (about 4-5 cups). Add 1 TBS of baking soda for every cup of water. Bring water to a gentle boil.
Pinch off golf-ball size pieces of dough and shape as desired. Lower pretzels into water for 30 seconds. Place on cookie sheets. Sprinkle with salt.
Bake at 475 degrees for 8 minutes.