Friday, August 30, 2013

Zucchini Bread

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Prepare pans (makes 3 medium loaves or two large loaves).  Spray pans.  Cut out a piece of wax paper to fit the bottom of the pan.  Insert in pan and spray again lightly. 

3 eggs
1 cup oil
2 cups sugar
2 cups zucchini - squeeze out excess moisture
3 t. vanilla

Beat egg until light and fluffy.  Add oil, sugar, zucchini and vanilla.  Mix lightly but well.

3 cups flour
1 t. salt
1 t. soda
3 t cinnamon
1/4 t baking powder

Mix dry ingredients in a separate bowl and add to wet.  Mix until combined
Add

2+ cups chocolate chips

Bake at 325 degrees for one hour until toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Easy No-bake Peach Pie

5-6 fresh peaches sliced
1/2 cup peach juice with water to make up the difference
2/3 cup sugar
2-3 T cornstarch
pinch of salt
1 T butter
1/2 t cinnamon
1-9 inch graham cracker pie crust

Slice peaches and also cut slices in half cross wise.  Use a little lemon juice to keep peaches from going brown while you are cutting.  Put peaches in a colander over a liquid measuring cup.  Add any water you need to make up a half cup of liquid.  in a jar shake peach juice, sugar and cornstarch.  Pour into sauce pan.  Add the peaches, cinnamon, butter and salt.   Heat to boiling and simmer 5 minutes more until nice and thick.  Take off burner and let cool.  Pour into crust and put in fridge for at least three hours to set up.  Enjoy

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Betsy's Rolls by Laurie

2 cups water 112-120 degrees F
Add 2 T yeast  (three packages)
Add 3/4 c. sugar

let sit till activates

1 c. softened butter - almost melted (30-60 seconds in the micro=almost melted but not hot)
add to butter
1 t. salt
1 t. baking powder
2 eggs
whisk together

add the yeast mixture (scrape well)

add 5-6 cups flour 
mix with dough hook, scraping frequently until the dough pulls from the sides and begins to form a ball

spray plastic bowl with oil
dump dough in and set on heating pad that is heated to Medium

cover with tea towel and raise to double (about an hour).  Dough should be rounding over the bowl.

Dump onto floured board and knead a little.  Form dough into rolls - crescents, rounds, etc.  Place on parchment lined jelly roll pan. Let raise 20-30 min.

Bake at 400 degrees for 9-15 minutes (depending on roll size) until Golden Brown

Ham and Cheese Rolls

2 cups water 112-120 degrees F
Add 2 T yeast  (three packages)
Add 3/4 c. sugar

let sit till activates

1 c. softened butter - almost melted (30-60 seconds in the micro=almost melted but not hot)
add to butter
1 t. salt
1 t. baking powder
2 eggs
whisk together

add the yeast mixture (scrape well)

add 5-6 cups flour 
mix with dough hook, scraping frequently until the dough pulls from the sides and begins to form a ball

spray plastic bowl with oil
dump dough in and set on heating pad that is heated to Medium

cover with tea towel and raise to double (about an hour).  Dough should be rounding over the bowl.

Dump onto floured board and knead a little.  Cut in half.  Roll half into large rectangle.  Layer ham to edges.  cover with cheese.  Roll into a tight log and then cut in half, then in thirds so you end up with six rolls.  Set onto jelly roll pan lined with parchment paper (place smallest ones in the center).  Repeat with second half.  Let raise 20-30 min.

Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes until Golden Brown