Monday, December 16, 2019

Bean Salad

This is Martha's Recipe and I LOVE it. You can add or take away whatever you'd like.

INGREDIENTS:

1 can Pinto beans
1 can Black beans (or any beans you have)
1/4 C onions (plus or minus to your liking)
2-3 tomatoes, chopped
any peppers you'd like (red, green, yellow, orange)
OR 1/2 - 1 C chopped cucumber
Feta Cheese (Optional)
Balsamic Vinaigrette Salad Dressing

INSTRUCTIONS:

Cut up vegetables, drain and rinse beans, add it all to a bowl and add dressing to your liking. This is such a delicious and easy salad for a side for dinner.

Quick Rolls

Dense delicious rolls. Don't even bother looking for another bread recipe. These rolls are perfect if you need rolls fast. They are quick rising so you can either let them rise, or you can start baking and they will rise while they bake. Thanks to our friends the Reidheads here in NM.

INGREDIENTS:

3 C warm water
3 Tbsp. Yeast (I just use my Fleischmanns active dry yeast original)
1/3 C sugar
1 Tbsp. salt
2 eggs
1/3 C melted butter
7 C bread or all purpose flour

INSTRUCTIONS:

Add yeast, warm water and sugar in a bowl. Mix butter and eggs in separate bowl. Add to yeast mixture with salt and add flour 1 C at a time. Sometimes it takes 8 Cups (most times). Knead 5-8 minutes (I do it with my Kitchenaid). They can rise if you have time or just bake and they rise while baking. This makes 32 Rolls. Cut the dough in half, then keep cutting each half in half until you have 32 balls. Flatten the ball then make your hand in a circle (pointer finger and thumb) then press the dough through the hole until you've pressed it all through and a ball forms in your palm.
Bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 mins. You can brush tops with butter after if you'd like as well.

Sweet Potatoes

THE BEST EVER. PERIOD. Don't even bother making any other sweet potatoes or candied yams recipe. This one takes the cake. Thanks to my friend's, Brynne, Grandma.

INGREDIENTS:

3 C Yams (or sweet potatoes) mashed
1/2 C Sugar
1/2 C butter
2 beaten eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/3 C milk or cream

INSTRUCTIONS:

Mix with yams, spread mixture in buttered baking dish.

TOPPING:

1/2 C melted butter
1 1/4 C brown sugar
1/2 C Flour
1 C chopped pecans

Mix together and sprinkle on yams or potatoes. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

Buttermilk Syrup

My friend's mom brought this recipe to her baby shower and it is DELICIOUS! It's also the syrup I brought to the family reunion this year in Aspen, ID that Elliott thought was an interesting thick drink as he poured it into his cup to find out it was syrup. :)

BRING TO A BOIL:

2 Cubes butter (1 C total)
3 C Sugar
1 1/2 C Buttermilk
1/4 C Karo Syrup

TAKE OFF HEAT AND ADD:

1 tsp baking soda   (Add this slowly as it will cause it to grow and bubble and it could overflow)
1/2 tsp. coconut extract
1/2 tsp. almond extract

Scones

My friend sent me this recipe for scones and they make A TON and are so dense and delicious!

INGREDIENTS:

5 1/2 C bread flour (or just flour)
1/2 C Olive oil
1 1/2 tsp. salt
4 1/2 tsp rapid rise yeast (I just use the Fleischmann's Active Dry Yeast Original)
1/4 C sugar or honey
2 C warm water

INSTRUCTIONS:

Mix for 5 minutes. Make scones in hot oil. :) Serve with honey or make like Navajo tacos.

Pancakes

I found this recipe from NYT. Pancakes from scratch.

INGREDIENTS:

2 C flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. Sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 to 2 C milk
2 Tbsp. butter, melted and cooled

INSTRUCTIONS:

Mix dry ingredients. Beat eggs into 1 1/2 C milk then stir in 2 Tbsp. melted cooled butter. Gently stir into dry ingredients. Make pancakes!

Delicious with the buttermilk syrup recipe I posted!

German Pancakes

Kellee Ika (Weir) sent me her version of German Pancakes and they are delicious! Probably because of all the butter.

INGREDIENTS:

6 eggs
6 Tbsp. Butter
1 C milk
1/2 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 C flour
1 tsp. vanilla

INSTRUCTIONS:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Melt butter in oven in a 9x13 pan. I throw this all in the blender and blend it all together. Pull out the melted butter and pour the mixture in the pan. Bake 15-20 minutes until golden brown.

Million Dollar Fudge

The fudge we all grew up with. Given to mom by Helen S Robbins. I'm not sure who she is, but I'm grateful for her for giving mom this recipe. I call this mom's fudge. When I think of it, I think of Christmas. That's when mom would always make it.

INGREDIENTS:

Have ready in a large bowl or pan:
10 oz. Miniature marshmallows
1 pkg (16 oz.) chocolate chips
2 Large hershey bars (16 oz. total)
2 C nuts (optional)

4 1/2 C white sugar
1 12 oz. can evaporated milk
1/2 C butter
1 tsp vanilla

INSTRUCTIONS:

Bring sugar and evaporated milk to a boil. Add in the butter and vanilla and boil for exactly 5 minutes. Pour over the first mixture you have ready in a large bowl and beat until smooth. Pour into a large buttered pan.
Let set until firm - about 24 hours. But let's be honest... no one ever waits that long. More like 24 half a seconds.

Chili

Thank you Aunt Tawnya for this recipe. I LOVE her Chili.

INGREDIENTS:

2 lbs. hamburger
1 Tbsp. butter
1 clove garlic
1 chopped onion
2 - 1 lb. 14 oz. can dark red kidney beans (drained)
2 - 1 lb. 14 oz. cans diced tomatoes
2 cans tomato sauce
3-4 Tbsp. chili powder
1/2 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. butter
2 bay leaves

INSTRUCTIONS:

Brown and drain hamburger. Saute garlic and onion in butter, add to hamburger and place in a large pot. Add all other ingredients to pot and stir. Bring to a boil and stir well for 1 minute.
Reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 6-8 hours stirring occasionally. (This is what makes it.)

*Optional - add crushed tortilla chips, sour cream and cheese.

**Leftovers - chili dogs, navajo tacos, cornbread

Chicken Cordon Bleu

INGREDIENTS:

4 Chicken breasts
5 Slices ham
4 Slices swiss cheese
salt
pepper
thyme or rosemary
1/4 C melted butter
1/2 C Cornflake crumbs

CORDON BLEU SAUCE:

1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 C sour cream
Juice of 1 lemon (about 1/3 C)

INSTRUCTIONS:

Place chicken between 2 pieces of wax paper or parchment paper and pound until kind of flat (or slice the chicken in half horizontally). Place a slice of ham, then a slice of cheese on each chicken. Sprinkle with seasonings. Roll ham and cheese, fasten with toothpick. Dip in butter, then Cornflake crumbs. Place rolls in 9x13 greased pan. Bake uncovered at 400 degrees for 40 minutes. Serve with sauce!

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Special thanks to my friend Brynne Louder for this recipe. This is our CURRENT as of 2019 favorite chocolate chip recipe. Just make sure not to over cook them.

INGREDIENTS:

2 eggs
1 C butter ***Room temperature, this we think is a deciding factor to how the cookies come out.
1 tsp. Vanilla

Package of Vanilla pudding (3.4 oz)
1 C Sugar
1 C Brown sugar

2 1/4 C Flour
1 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. baking soda

Mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

INSTRUCTIONS:

Mix the first 3 ingredients. Add and mix the next three. Add and mix the last three. Add in the mini chocolate chips to your liking. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Take out when barely tanning. SOOO delicious!

Clam Chowder

Mom's infamous Clam Chowder :)

INGREDIENTS:

2 Cans minced clams (Bo likes it extra, so we usually put in 3)
1 C finely chopped onions
1 C chopped celery
2 C diced potatoes
3/4 C butter
3/4 C flour
1 qt. Half and Half
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. sugar
1 grated carrot
dash of pepper

INSTRUCTIONS:

Drain juice off clams onto vegetables and add enough water to just cover the vegetables. Cook until potatoes soften. Meanwhile, add butter and flour to a pan and cook for a minute. Slowly add in half and half, salt and sugar. Cook until thick and smooth. Combine this white sauce to the vegetables, add in the clams and heat until heated throughout.

No Bake Cookies

A staple when you're in a rush, but need to bring something to share.

INGREDIENTS:

2 C Sugar
3 Tbsp. Cocoa
3-3 1/2 C Oatmeal
1/2 C Milk
1/2 tsp. Salt
1/2 C Butter, softened
1 tsp. Vanilla
3/4 C Peanut Butter

INSTRUCTIONS:

Combine all ingredients except oats in a saucepan. Cook over low heat until bubbly. Boil 1-2 minutes until sugar is well dissolved. Remove from heat and add oats. Stir well and spoon onto waxed paper in cookie size mounds.

Banana Cake

Since I'm sometimes shopping around and don't have my recipe box on hand when I decide to make something, I decided to start posting some of the recipes I love from my recipe box. Starting with mom's banana cake recipe. :)

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 C Butter, Softened
1 1/2 C Sugar
2 Eggs
1 C Sour Cream
3 Ripe Bananas
1 tsp. Vanilla
2 C Flour
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1/4 tsp. Salt

INSTRUCTIONS:

Mix and spread in greased cookie sheet.
Bake @ 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

FROSTING:

1 8oz. pkg Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 C Butter, Softened
2 tsp. Vanilla
3 3/4 - 4 C Powdered Sugar

Mix and Frost cake when cool.