Thursday, January 28, 2010

Fast & Easy Rolls

These are ready in just over an hour and are so good. I made a different recipe a few week ago that took twice as long and both Brian and I thought these ones were better.

Fast & Easy Rolls

Ingredients:

5 cups all-purpose flour
2 (.25 ounce) packages dry yeast (4 1/2 tsp)
1 cup milk
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt

Directions:
1. Mix together yeast and 2 1/2 cups of the flour.
2. In a separate bowl heat milk, water, oil, sugar and salt to lukewarm in microwave. I usually put mine in my pyrex two cup glass measurer and heat for 75 seconds. Add all at once to flour and yeast and mix well for about 3 minutes.
3. Mix in enough flour to make a soft dough, 2 to 3 more cups. Mix well. Dust a flat surface with flour, turn dough out and cover with bowl, let sit 10 minutes.
4. Shape dough into 12 - 16 balls, and place on greased baking sheet to rise until doubled in size (about 30 minutes on top of a warm oven).
5. Bake in a preheated 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) oven for 12 to 15 minutes.

These make great homemade hamburger buns, too (see pic below!)
When I make buns I usually make 12 balls, slightly flattened.

* Recipe from allrecipes.com

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Buttermilk Syrup

Buttermilk Syrup

2 cubes butter
1 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 cup sugar

Bring these 3 ingredients to a boil in a large pot. It will bubble up a lot so make sure to use a big enough pot to allow for the bubblage :)

Then add:
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp vanilla

Man, this stuff is gooood. Judging by the ingredients I am going to say probably not good for you, but it sure tastes good on french toast! TOTALLY worth the calories! You gotta give this one a try :)

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Cheesy Zuchinni Soup

Sautee until tender:

-2 medium zucchini chopped (I use 1 green & 1 yellow zucchini)

-1 medium onion

-2 Tbls. Parsley

-1 tsp. dried basil

-1/3 cup butter

Stir in:

-1/3 cup flour

-1 tsp. salt

-¼ tsp. pepper

Stir in:

-3 cups water

-3 chicken bouillon cubes (or 3 cups chicken broth)

-1 tsp. lemon juice

Bring to boil 2 minutes

Add:

-1 can tomatoes

-1 can evaporated milk

-1 pkg. corn or 1 can drained

Reduce heat. Simmer 5 minutes

Add:

-¼ cup parmesan cheese

-2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

This recipe has been posted on my personal blog before but I thought it would be good to post it here as well. It is my very favorite soup recipe!!