Braided Bread

1/2 cup warm water
2 pkg yeast
dissolve
1 1/2 cups luke warm milk
scald milk
add:
1/2 c sugar
2 tsp. salt
let cool
add 2 eggs and mix
1/2 cup soft shortening or margarine
1/2 cup of flour
add in yeast mixture
add 2 cups flour in mixer
move to board and knead in rest of flour until feels right
place in greased bowl covered
rise in warm place until double
punch down (may add 2 Tbs orange or lemon zest or mace or nutmeg
Raise again
Braid and raise once more
Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.

Cinnamon Cake

1/2 cup butter softened
1 cup sugar
Cream together
2 eggs
1 t. vanilla
1 t. lemon juice
Mix
2 cups flour
1 t. baking soda
Mix
1 cup sour cream
Mix

  Sprinkle the following mixture on top, then swirl in.
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 t. cinnamon
1/2 cups chopped nuts
Mix into a crumble mixture

Use a bundt or 9x13
Bake 350 degrees fro 30-40 minutes.

Bran Muffins

2 cups All Bran Cereal
1 cup boiling water

Stir and let stand

Cream:
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup Splenda
1/2 cup butter
3 eggs

Add:
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (white flour also works)
2 1/2 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. nutmeg
1 cup All Bran cereal
2 cups buttermilk (or milk with lemon or vinegar)

Add cereal and water mixture

Optional:
raisins
almonds
oatmeal
coconut
chocolate chips

Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes
Batter will last in fridge for 6 weeks.

Christmas Tree Bread

2 c. warm water
1/3 c. sugar
2 pkg. yeast
wait until yeast is dissolved
with mixer beat:
3 eggs
1/3 cup margarine, melted
add 2 cups flour
2 t. salt
yeast mixture
Beat well, then gradually add
4 1/2-5 c. flour.  Should be sticky
Beat with bread hooks.  Let rest 20 minutes
Roll out dough into large rectangle.  Slice very cold butter and place on middle third of rectangle.  Fold one side over and repeat butter slices.  Fold the other third over and seal the edges.  Roll out and fold several times.  Repeat.  Use 2-3 cubes.  Place in covered container in fridge until ready to use, at least one half hour.  Roll dough out and cut into Triangle for base.  Use a doughnut cutter, and place the rounds in rows on the tree, and cut a star for the top, and a base for the tree.  let rise and bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes.  Watch carefully.  When barely warm, fill circles with red jelly and serve.

Strawberry Spinach Salad

1 pkg. fresh spinach
1/4 lb. strawberries sliced
1 small red onion sliced into rings
1/2 cup almond slivers (optional)

Dressing:
1/4 cup oil
3 T red wine vinegar or rice vinegar
2 T sugar or splenda
1 1/2 t. poppy seeds
1/2 t. dry mustard
1/2 t. salt

Tuck Shop Cinnamon Buns

An electric mixer is needed for this recipe as it requires a lot of beating.  If the dough is too soft to handle, add a bit more flour. However, the less flour used, the better the buns will be.

Soften 2 packages instant yeast or 1 oz. fresh yeast in 1/2 cup warm water and 2 T sugar.  Let mixture set until the yeast is dissolved (about 10 minutes).

In a large bowl, put 2 cups boiling water, 3 T. margarine, 2 t. salt and 3 T. sugar.  Let the margarine melt and the mixture  cool a bit.  Then add 2 cups all purpose flour.  Beat this mixture hard until very smooth and creamy (about 5 minutes).  Then add the yeast mixture, 3 eggs, and 3 1/4 cups additional flour.  Continue beating until the dough is doubled in bulk (about 1 hour).

While the dough is rising, in a flat pan melt 1/3 c. margarine and set aside to cool.  In a flat dish mix 1 cup white sugar and 1 1/2 t. cinnamon.  Turn the raised dough onto a lightly floured work surface.  Let the dough set 5-10 minutes to "firm up."

Cut the dough into pieces about the size of an orange.  Dip each piece of dough first in the melted margarine, then coat it well in the cinnamon-sugar mixture.  Stretch the dough piece until it is 4-5 inches long and form it into a simple knot.  Place the knots side by side in a 9" x 12" x 2" pan.  Be sure the pan is 2" deep and allow a 3" square for each bun.)  Let the finished buns rise for ab out 45 minutes.  Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.  Makes 18 buns.

Oven Brown Rice

1 can French Onion Soup
1 can water
1 can rice
1 can beef broth (Campell's size)
1 can water
1 can rice

Cover tightly with foil
bake at 425 degrees fro 90 minutes

Cyndi's Fudge

2 cups chocolate chips
1 can sweetened condensed milk
microwave 2 minutes
stir
3 more minutes
add  1/2 bag mini marshmallows
stir/stir/stir
add rest of marshmallows
stir
add nuts
pour into a buttered 9x13 pan
refrigerate

Sweet Potato Casserole

6 cups cooked sweet potatoes (about 3 large)
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter softened
1 t. vanilla
2 eggs
1/3 cup milk
Mix until creamy put in greased 9 x 13 pan 

Topping:
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
1/3 cup flour
1/4 cup butter
Mix until crumbly and spread on top of casserole

Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes

Recipe from Laurie Walker 

Revised Christmas 2022

Taco Soup

Brown 1 pound ground beef, drain
add
1 small can olives
1 can kidney beans drained
1 can black beans drained
1 can corn with juice
2 cans stewed tomatoes with juice
2 cans tomato sauce
1 pkg taco seasoning (1 pkg)
1 cup water (optional)
simmer 30 minutes
serve with chips cheese and sour cream

Salsa Chicken

2 cups Pace picante sauce
3 T brown sugar
1 T + Dijon mustard
Mix and pour over 3-4 chicken breasts
Cover with foil
Bake at 400 degrees for 30-40 minutes.
Serve with Rice

Fudge

2 cups chocolate chips
2 cups milk chocolate chips
4 cups mini marshmallows
3 cups sugar
1 can evaporated milk
1/2 cup butter
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp vanilla
nuts
Boil 5 minutes

Corn and Bean Salsa

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup vinegar
salt/pepper
2 tsp minced garlic
parsley

Boil and cool

2 jalapeños
1 -2 bell peppers
2 stalks celery
1 purple onion
1 jar pimentos
1 can gold and white corn drained
1 can pinto beans drained and rinsed
1 can black beans drained and rinsed
1 can black eyed peas drained and rinsed

Serve with tostito bowl chips.

Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes

2 bricks cream cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Mix for 5 minutes on medium speed
2 eggs
Beat five more minutes
put one Oreo in the bottom of each cupcake holder
fill with the batter
top with crumbled Oreos (crumble 7-8 Oreos)
bake at 275 degrees for 22 minutes
Makes 20-14 cupcakes

Julie Newell's Salsa

2 cans stewed tomatoes (14 oz.)  one Mexican, one original
1 can green chilies (4 oz.)
1 lime squeezed
1/2 yellow onion chopped 
1 handful of cilantro chopped (3rd of a bunch leaves mostly)
1 jalapeno seeded
<1 T honey
1 t cumin
1 clove garlic minced
1 t salt
add all to food processor blend
add 2 chopped avocados