Monday, October 1, 2007

Doughnuts!

3 1/3 cups Flour
1 cup sugar
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2 tablespoons shortening
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk

Heat oil in deep fat fryer or frying pan to 375. Measure 1 1/2 cups flour and remaining ingredients into lare mixer bowl. Blend 1/2 minute on low speed, scraping bowl constantly. Beat 2 minutes medium speed, scraping occasionally. Stir in rest of flour.

Roll dough onto well floured surfaace roll around lightly to coat with flour. Roll dough gently 3/8 inches thick. Cut with flour doughnut cutter.

Put doughnuts into grease. Turn as they rise to surface. Fry to 2 to 3 minutes or until golden brown on good sides. Carefully remove, drain role in sugar, frost, sprinkle with sugar, or leave plain.

Sour Cream cut out cookies!

1/2 cup shortning
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1tsp vanilla
2 1/2 flour
1tsp soda
1/2tsp salt
1/4tsp nutmeg
1/2cup sour cream

Preheat oven at 325. Mix shortneing, sugar, egg, and vanilla. In a large bowl blend all dry ingredients together. Add to sugar mixture alternatively with sour cream. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes

My family has made these for years

Fruit Dip! Great with strawberries and apples

1 jar of marshmellow fluff
1 package of cream cheese.

combine the two ingredients and chill!

easy and perfect for fruit!

EASY EASY cocktail meatballs

1 bag of frozen Itilian style meatballs
1 bottle of Baby Ray BBQ sauce

Cook meatballs in oven according to package. Place meatballs in a crockpot and let them simmer with the BBQ sauce.

So easy, but I get so many compliments!

Spicy Logs

1lb spicy hot ground sasuage
1/2 cup minced onions
1 large jar of any spaghetti sauce. I use prego garlic and onion
1 or 2 eggs
2 cups ricotta cheese
1 cup mozzarella cheese
1/2 grated parm cheese
1 package manicotti shells

Cook Manicotti Shells according to package. Cool and set apart on wax paper. Sautee meat, onion, drain. . Combine ricotta and mozzarella cheese with the egg. Combine meat and the cheese mixture. Stuff shells with the meat and cheese. take a baking pan and lay half of tomatoe sauce on bottom of pan. Place the shells in the bar and cover with remaining sauce and meat mixture. Bake in Oven at 350 for 30 to 45 minutes. when the shells are almost done top them with the parm cheese.

My Husbands fav dish

Veggie Pizza

2pkg. Pillsbury crescent rolls
2(8oz) pkg. cream cheese
2/3 cup miracle whip
1tsp. dill weed
1tsp. dried minced onion
tomato wedges
diced onion
sliced olives
chopped peppers

Lightly grease a 12x15 cookie sheet. Press out cresecent rolls for crust. Bake at 400 for 10 minutes, then let cool. Mix cream cheese, Miracle whip, dill weed and diced onion and spread on crust. Top with veggies and serve.

Spicy Chicken "TouchDown" Tacos

1lb ground chicken
1 large bottle of taco sauce. I use ortega medium. use mild or hot to your liking
chilli powder--to taste
1 packet of taco seasoning.

Brown Chicken. Add taco sauce, chilli powder, and taco sauce until hot.

add cheese, onion, tomatoe, lettuce.....whatever toppings you like!

This is really quick and easy to make! Really yummy though! My DH loves these!! We cook these on football Sundays! Husband came up with the name :)