Pesto Chicken and Pasta

Okay I got this from a friend and I am in love with it!   Thanks Kim!!  It is just so stinkin easy.  

I grill chicken breasts often.  I slice them up or dice them and use them in different dishes.  So here is one more  :)

1 pkg of bowtie pasta

1/2 a container of Buitoni pesto w/ basil or to your liking

diced chicken

I also sprinkled on some parmesan cheese and served it with salad and garlic bread.  Nice summer meal. :D

Biscuits

My first attempt at biscuits after I was married was hockey pucks.  :)  I was on the phone in no time asking my mom what I had done wrong.  So, here is my mothers recipe for biscuits.

2c. flour

1/4c. shortening

1 tsp. salt

1 tblsp. baking powder

3/4c.-1c.  milk or water

Mix flour, salt, baking powder, and shortening; and mix ingredients till crumbly with pastry blender.  Then add milk.  Will be sticky.  Knead a few times adding flour if needed.  Pat out to the thickness of your cutter.  Fit tightly (without squishing) into pan.

Bake at 450 for 12 to 15 minutes.

I have made up a triple batch and made these into cinnamon rolls for breakfast.  Much quicker and my hubby prefers them to regular bread dough cinnamon rolls.  Yes I know he's weird.  :)  But they are pretty good.

Chocolate Turtle Waffle Cookies

 A friend fixed these and I had to share this recipe.  Thanks Laura!  They turned out great.  I have a Belgian waffle maker and they turned out like brownies.   Would be great for dessert with vanilla ice cream on top.  :)

  

1 ½ cups sugar

1 cup butter, softened

4 eggs

2 tsp Vanilla

2 cups flour

½ cup cocoa powder

¼ tsp salt

  

Turn waffle maker on and allow to “preheat”. Cream sugar and butter together. Beat eggs into creamed mixture, adding vanilla. Sift flour cocoa and salt together and mix into the creamed mixture. Spoon mixture into greased and hot waffle iron and cook 1-2 minutes.

 

Cookies from a Cake Mix

1 cake mix

1/2 c. oil

2 eggs

Optional 1 to 1 1/2 c. chips, nuts & candies

Place cake nix, oil and eggs in a Lg mixing bowl.  Mix until blended.  Add any optional ingredients and mix in.  Drop by rounded teaspoons 2" apart on cookie sheet.  Bake at 350 for 8 to 10 minutes.  Cool on wire rack.  

We just tried a butter pecan cake mix with chopped pecans.  Really good.  :)

Chocolate cake mix w/ peanut butter chips is good too.

I always buy a few cake mixes when they go on sale for quick last minute cookies.  Great for school parties.

KitchenAid Honey Oatmeal Bread Recipe #86974

Posted per request. Comes straight from my KitchenAid Owners Manual.  SL had picture of this bread on her blog.  Looked really good so asked for her recipe.  :)  I will have to get another bread pan.

by Kzim4

2¼ hours | 1½ hours prep | SERVES 32 , 2 loaves

1 1/2 c. water 1/2 c. honey 1/3 c. butter 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 c. flour 1c. quick oats 2tsp. salt 2pkgs. active dry yeast  (or 2 TBsp. from bulk) 2 eggs 1 egg white 1 TBsp. water oatmeal (for the top)

Place water, honey, and margarine in small saucepan.  Heat over low heat until mixture is very warm (120-130 degrees Farenheit).  Place 5 cups flour, oats, salt and yeast in mixer bowl.  Mix with dough hook on speed 2 (low) about 15 seconds.  Continue mixing, gradually adding warm water mixture and mix for 1 minute.  Add eggs and mix 1 minute longer.  Still on speed 2, add remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, and mix about 2 minutes, or until dough clings to hook and cleans side of bowl.  Knead on speed 2 about 2 minutes longer.  Place dough in greased bowl, turning to grease top.  Cover.  Let rise in warm place, free from draft, about 1 hour, or until doubled.  Punch dough down and divide in half.  Shape each half into a loaf.  Place in greased 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch baking pan.  Beat egg white and water together with a fork.  Brush top of loaves with mixture.  Sprinkle with oatmeal.  Bake at 375 degree farenheit for 40 minutes.  Remove from pans immediately and cool on wire racks.

No Crust Quiche

Mix in Blender

6 eggs

2c. milk

1c. Bisquick  (I use Pioneer Brand)

Spray a 13x9 pan with Pam.  Put your ingredients in pan then pour egg mixture over.  Bake at 350 F for 50-55 minutes.  When done baking let stand 5 minutes before serving.  This is a quiche which forms its own crust.  You may add any combination of ingredients you would like.  No measuring needed.

The other day my add ins were sautéed garlic, onion, and ham cubes in butter.  Added grated cheddar cheese to it and baked.  I also might have thrown in diced tomatoes. 

Lemonade

This is the best fresh lemonade I've had.  A girlfriend from high school gave me this recipe.

Blend in blender then strain.

2 c. water

1 c. sugar

2 cut up lemons seeded

Blend in blender then add to lemon juice mixture.

2 c. water

2 c. ice

Yam Bread

Tabor City Yam Bread  is from the kitchen of Four Rooster Inn Tabor City, North Carolina.  A gal brought it for our last Cooking club.  It was Great!

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Butter 8x8 loaf pan or 12 muffin cups

Blend together until creamy

6 Tbsp. butter

1 c. sugar

Beat in thoroughly:

2 eggs  

Add to this:

1 c. cooked and mashed sweet potatoes  

Sift together:

1/4 tsp. cloves

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. soda

1/2 tsp. nutmeg

2 c. flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. cinnamon 

To wet mixture, add dry ingredients alternately with:

1/3 - 1/2 c. milk

1/2 c. nuts

Pour into loaf pan and bake for 50-55 minutes.  Top with caramel icing if desired.  Freezes well.  Microwave to reheat.  May also be baked in lined muffin tins at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes or, in madeline pan at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.

I just made this today.  It turned out great.  :)

Peanutbutter Popcorn

2qt. popped popcorn

1/2 c. sugar

1/2 c.  light corn syrup

1/2 c. peanut butter

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Bring sugar and corn syrup to rolling boil, stirring constantly.  Remove from heat.  Stir in peanut butter and vanilla extract.  Pour over popcorn and stir quickly to coat.

Douglas found this recipe on line some where.  We sure enjoy it.  :)

Cool Rise One Bowl Dinner Rolls

I like that I can make these up a day ahead.  Recipe is from Katie Hale Barnes posted in the Blue River's Best Cookin' book.

Can make 24 hours ahead of time.

2 3/4 to 3 1/4 cup unsifted flour

1/4 c. sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

1 pkg. active dry yeast

5 T. softened margarine

2/3 c. very hot tap water

Melted margarine

In a large bowl thoroughly mix 3/4 cup flour, sugar, salt and undissolved active dry yeast.  Add softened margarine.  Gradually add very hot tap water to dry ingredients and beat 2 minutes at medium speed with electric mixer, scraping bowl occasionally.  Stir in enough flour to make a soft dough.  Turn out onto a lightly floured board.  Knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 to 10 minutes.  Cover with plastic wrap, then a towel.  Let rest 20 minutes.  Punch dough down.  Turn out onto a lightly floured board.  Proceed with forming desired shapes.  Cover loosely with plastic.  Refrigerate 2 to 24 hours.  When ready to bake, remove from refrigerator.  Uncover dough carefully.  Let stand, uncovered, 10 minutes at room temperature.  Puncture any gas bubbles with a greased toothpick.  Carefully brush rolls with butter.  Bake in hot oven at 400 degrees about 10 to 15 minutes

Grandma's Rolls (not mine)

Made these for my wards Enrichment night dinner Nov. 08.  All but about 7 disappeared.    

This is from a cookbook (Blue River's Best Cookin') I got as a wedding gift.  Almost 16yrs ago. :)  Recipe was submitted by Margie Joy.  I make these when I have alot of time.  For a quick batch of rolls I use Cool Rise One Bowl Dinner Rolls.

4c. milk

1c. sugar

4c. flour

1/2 tsp. baking soda

5c. flour

1/2 c. butter

1pkg yeast

1 T. salt

1tsp. baking powder

Place in a heavy kettle and bring just to boil: milk, butter, and sugar.  Cool to lukewarm, then add 4 cups flour and yeast; mix, cover and set aside for 1 hour.  Stir down and add salt, soda, baking powder and remaining flour.  Mix well, cover and let rise.  Make into loaves or rolls and place in greased pans; let rise to almost double.  Bake in 375 degree oven for 30 minutes.  Grease tops with butter after removing from oven.  

You want to set these side by side in pan to rise.  I use a cookie sheet or jelly roll pan.  To get the rounded tops; say like at Texas Road House push dough through rounded thumb and forefinger and twist off.  Clear as mud?   I'll post photo later.  :)  

This dough also makes great cinnamon rolls.  To do this: Roll dough out to approximately 1/2 inch thick.  Top with lots of melted butter, about as much as you can get to stay on the dough.  Add a bunch of brown sugar, to suit your own desire for rich/sweetness; sprinkle with lots of cinnamon and some nutmeg; add raisins and/or chopped nuts, ( I like pecans), all to your own preferences.  Roll in to a fairly tight roll, jellyroll-style.  Grease bottom and sides of large baking dishes.  Slice with a serrated knife or with string into 1 inch thick slices and place together in prepared pans.  Let rise to almost double.  Bake at 375 degrees for 25-30 minutes.  Remove and while still hot frost.