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Soft Sugar Cookies

November 12, 2013 by Margaret 7 Comments

Certain treats are tradition at our house, one being soft sugar cookies. If I don’t make them for Valentines Day, Halloween, and Christmas I am in big trouble. We love soft cookies and these are always soft unless you over cook them.

Soft Sugar Cookies

2 cups sugar

1 cup butter, room temperature

3 eggs

1 cup buttermilk

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

6 cups flour

Cream the butter and sugar together. Add eggs and mix well. Add buttermilk and vanilla. Sift together dry ingredients and add to egg mixture and stir until well blended. Chill for at least 1 hour. Roll 1/4″ thick and cut with cookie cutter. Place on grease cookie sheet. Bake 350 degrees for 8- 10 minutes. Cool and frost with Butter Cream Frosting in your favorite holiday colors. Decorate with sprinkles or pipe on frosting.

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Apple Pie Fun

October 31, 2013 by Margaret 4 Comments

Fall is such a great time of year. There are such great thing to make during harvest time. Along with Pumpkin goodies there are “APPLES”. We love apple pie and everyone has their favorite recipe.

I like to have fun with the pie crust.

Whenever I make a two crust pie I like to play with different ways to top it. I always make a little extra crust for two reasons. The first is so I can make shapes to put on the top. With apple pie of course it is apples. After the pie is ready to go into the oven, I roll out the dough and with a knife that has a very sharp point I cut out my apples and leaves. I brush the back side with water and gently place it on top the pie.

I make the vents through the leave or as the stems.

I brush the decor with milk and sprinkle the whole pie top lightly with granulated sugar and bake as usual.

It’s fun and gives you a chance to get those creative juices flowing.

The second reason for extra crust is “Cinnamon Strips”.

Now there is nothing special about cinnamon strips. You take what ever dough is left and roll it out evenly. Place it on a cookie sheet sprinkle with granulated sugar and then as much cinnamon as you wish. Cut into strips and put it in the oven. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until the edges start to turn golden brown. I don’t what it is, but the kids love them, even my kids that don’t like pie.

Make making pie fun!

Mary Ellen

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Flat Bread

October 28, 2013 by Margaret 11 Comments

We are carb junkies in our family.

The only thing that we like better than hot bread from the oven is Cinnamon rolls.

I promised the bread that went with fresh raspberry jam. So here it is.

5 – 6 cups flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 cups hot water (110-115 degrees)
1/3 cup sugar
2 tbsp canola oil
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp SAF yeast

In your mixer bowl stir together whole wheat flour, 1 cup four, sugar, salt and yeast. Combine hot water and oil, add slowly to flour mixture while mixer is going. Beat until smooth. Add enough of the remaining flour to form soft dough. Knead dough about 5 minutes. Remove dough from mixer. Cover and let raise until double. Punch down and divide into two balls. Place balls on greased cookie sheets and flatten to about 1 inch. Pierce loaves with fork several times forming diagonal lines. Let raise, not quit double. Bake 375 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. YUM!

Enjoy!

Mary Ellen

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Fresh Peach-Raspberry Kuchen

September 13, 2013 by Margaret 6 Comments

I don’t usually like cooked peaches. I am a fresh peach girl, but I love this Kuchen which can be

made with plums instead of raspberries.

Sift together:
1 cup flour
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

Cut 3 tbsp butter into the dry ingredients. In a small bowl combine 1 egg, 1/4 cup milk and 1/2 tsp vanilla. Add to the flour mixture. Stir with a fork until smooth. Spread batter evenly in a well greased 9″ X 9″ baking dish or 9″ pie plate.

Peel and slice 1- 2 ripe peaches and arrange with about 2-3 dozen fresh raspberries on top of batter.

In a small sauce pan melt 3 tbsp butter, stir in 4 tbsp sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon. Spoon evenly over fruit. Bake at 400 degrees for 18-23 minutes. Serve hot with vanilla ice cream or cool with whipped cream.

Enjoy!!

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Muffins in a Pinch

September 7, 2013 by Margaret 12 Comments

After working all day painting house trim I was ready for an easy dinner. I had it all planned. So, I left my husband outside to clean paint brushes and I started browning hamburger for tacos. It was going to be so easy. I had the hamburger browned and the taco shells in the pan when I remembered we used the last of the cheese for lunch. My family was hungry. I needed something quick and I was out of almost everything. I quickly mixed my muffins and got them in the oven. While they were baking I scrambled eggs. We had breakfast for dinner. Everyone loved it! Bonus for me all I had to do was get cheese and I had easy dinner almost done for later in the week. Win! Win!

I love these muffins. They are so easy to mix and they cook in 10 min.
They saved the day.

Muffins

2 cups flour

2 tablespoons sugar

3 teaspoons baking powder

2 tablespoons oil

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup milk

1 egg

Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in mixing bowl. Whisk milk, oil and egg. Pour into dry ingredients. Blend with no more than 25 strokes. Fill greased muffin tin 2/3 full.

Bake at 425 degrees for 10 min.

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