Easy Bread Sticks

1 Tbsp. yeast 1 1/2 cups warm water 2 Tbsp. sugar 1 1/2 tsp. salt 3 cups flour 1/2 cube butter Garlic salt Season salt Parsley

1. Preheat oven to 375 F.


2. In a medium mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water, add sugar, and salt.


3. Add flour and knead or mix for 3 minutes.


4. Let dough sit under bowl and rise for 10 minutes.


5. Melt butter in 8x8 glass dish.


6. Roll out dough about 1 1/2 inches thick.


7. Cut dough into 1 1/2 inch strips.


8. Roll in butter and place in pan. Sprinkle with garlic,or parsley, or season salt.


9. Bake 15-20 minutes.

Alfredo

1 Tbs. margarine
1 clove garlic
1 Tbs. flour
1 cup milk
2 Tbs. cream cheese
1 1/2 cups cooked pasta
(pasta doubles when cooked)

1. Fill a medium sauce pan half full with water. Bring to a boil, add uncooked noodles. Cook about 8-10 minutes, or until al dente. Drain noodles.
2. Melt margarine over low heat.
3. Mince garlic and saute 1 minute in melted margarine
4. Stir in flour. Take off the heat, gradually add milk and stir with a wooden spoon until smooth.
5. Cook stirring constantly until thick about 8 minutes on medium heat. (Don't scorch)
6. Stir in cream cheese. Cook 2 minutes.
7. Add Parmesan cheese and cook until melted.
8. Serve over hot noodles.

Banana Bread - Lion House

This recipe comes from the Lion House Cookbook 1/2 cup margarine/butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 cup bananas, mashed 1/4 cup milk 1 tsp lemon juice 2 cups flour 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/4 tsp. salt 1/2 cup chopped nuts, optional Preheat oven to 350 F. Cream sugar and margarine. Beat in egg. Add bananas, milk and lemon juice. Sift dry ingredients and add to wet mixture. Add nuts. Grease 1 loaf pan. Pour mix into pan and bake at 350 F for 1 hour.

Turnovers (Single Pie Crust)

1 cup flour 1/2 tsp salt 1/3 cup shortening 2/3 Tbsp ice water 2 Tbsp Pie Filling (your choice)

1. Stir together flour and salt


2. Cut in shortening using a pastry blender. cut in so the mixture looks like corn meal.


3. Add water - sprinkling over crumb mixture a little at a time. Stir together with a fork.


4. Form into a ball using your hands.


5. Roll out into circles each 1/8th inch thick.


6. Place 2 Tbsp of pie filling on half of each piece of dough


7. Use a little water on the edge of the dough to help it stick together.


8. Fold each circle in half. Press edges together with a fork and make a couple of slits on top.


9. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake until light golden brown.


10. Drizzle with icing

Bake 425 F for 20-25 minutes Icing - make a simple powdered sugar icing to drizzle over turnovers 1 Tbsp milk 1/2-1 cup powdered sugar

Strawberry Margaritas

• 1 cup strawberries


• 1 can frozen lemonade concentrate (16 oz.)


• 1 lime


• 1/4 cup sugar


• 2 cups water

Extract the juice from one lime and blend ingredients until smooth, along with desired amount of ice.

Chocolate Cream Pie

1 c. sugar 1/3 cup flour or cornstarch 1/4 tsp. salt 2 cups milk 3 slightly beaten egg yolks 1 1oz square unsweetened chocolate 1 Tbsp. vanilla 1 Tbsp. butter 1 9" pastry shell In sauce pan combine sugar, flour or cornstarch and salt. Gradually add milk. Using a wooden spoon or wire whip, cook and stir over medium heat unitl bubbly. Cook and stir 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir a moderate amount of hot mixture into yolks stirring constantly so eggs won't cook. Immediately return to hot mixture, cook 2 minutes stirring constantly. Add chopped chocolate, and stir until melted and smooth. Remove from heat. Add butter and vanilla. Pour into cooled baked pastry shell. Serve with whipped cream. (To prevent skin from forming on surface of filling, put waxed paper directly on top of hot filling while to cools.)

Basic Sweet and Dinner Rolls

1/2 cup warm water 2 Tbsp. yeast 2 cups scalded milk 1/4 - 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 - 1/2 cup shortening 2 tsp. salt 2 beaten eggs 5-6 cups Bread Flour 1. In a small mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water with 1 tsp. sugar. Set aside. Place milk in a small sauce pan to scald (heat milk just below boiling). 2. In large mixing bowl combine the sugar, shortening, salt, and scalded milk. Stir until dissolved and melted. Add 2 1/2 cups flour. Beat until smooth using a hand mixer. Beat in eggss and yeast, using a hand mixer. 3. Using a wooden spoon, add additional flour to make a soft dough. 4. Knead well. Let rise until double. 5. Shape as desired. 6. Bake dinner rolls at 400F for 10 minutes. Bake cinnamon rolls 400F for 15 minutes, or until golden brown. 7. Glaze with powedered sugar glaze if desired.