Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls

These rolls have become a family favorite. Richard makes the dough in the bread machine. Recipe from For The Love of Cooking

• 1 cup of water
• 2 tbsp of butter, melted; plus more for brushing on top of rolls
• 1 egg (hold under warm water before breaking it)
• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/4 cup of whole wheat flour
• 1/4 cup of sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 tsp regular active dry yeast

Place all dough ingredients in the bread machine in the order listed. Select the dough cycle and press start.

Once the bread machine stops (it was one and a half
hours on my machine).
Grease a 9x13 glass baking dish.
Divide dough into 15 pieces and shape each piece into a ball. Place 2 inches apart in the baking dish. Brush with melted butter then cover with a clean dish cloth (don't use plastic wrap).

Let rise in a warm place 30 to 40 minutes or until doubled in size. Brush top with butter. Bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes.

Best Chocolate Chip Cookies in Ellet

Chop milk chocolate candy-making discs, Hershey bars
or use Nestle Chocolate Chunks 

Once upon a time I sold Airbake aluminum insulated cookie sheets in Kaufman's (now Macy's). I would bring a batch of this cookie dough, set up a toaster oven and begin baking. Within minutes I would have people standing around waiting to try a cookie. Many times customers would ask me for the recipe, which I had memorized, but started bringing copies to hand out. I sold a lot of Airbake too!

1-1/2 cup brown sugar

3/4  cup sugar

1-1/2 cup shortening

3 eggs
1-1/2 tsp vanilla

3 cups flour

1-1/2 tsp salt

1-1/2 tsp baking soda

12 oz. chocolate chips

1 cup nuts, chopped
1 cup milk chocolate candy, chopped or a bag of Nestle Chocolate Chunks

Cream together brown sugar, sugar and shortening with mixer. This step will coat the sugar granules with shortening so the wet ingredients won't dissolve the sugar. Then add eggs and vanilla, mix until creamy.  In small bowl, mix all dry ingredients together, then add to creamed mixture gradually just until flour disappears.  Don't over mix. Add chocolate chips and nuts, and milk chocolate. Mix gently.

Place heaping spoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheets.  We use aluminum air-bake sheets or use parchment paper. Bake at 350 for 10 - 12 minutes. Let set for 2 minutes on sheet before removing to cool on paper towels or cooling rack. Makes 6-7 dozen.

Warning: These cookies won’t last long so store some in a ziplock bag and hide it in the freezer for yourself when you're really desperate!

You'll never go back to your old recipe. Promise!

In Hot Water

About a year ago I started drinking hot water like Gramsy used to. I don't know what made me try it but I love it! I've found that it takes the place of drinks with calories during the day, it keeps me warm and it tastes better than cold water. I Googled this phenomenon and found that it's actually the temperature of the water that changes my taste buds. Like, when I was pregnant, the only way I could drink milk was on ice. This week a guest on the Ellen DeGeneres show  suggested that we should start our day with a cup of hot water instead of coffee, tea, or juice. In his book, The Guru In You, Yogi Camerson Alborzian said we should be kind to our body and wake up slowly, instead of jolting it with caffeine or sugar. You should try a cup and let me know what you think.

Tri-Soup Supper

We got the family together for a Tri-Soup Supper yesterday. We made Cream of Broccoli, Potato  and Chicken Noodle soup for everyone to try which fit nicely in the Buffet Server I got for my birthday. Carol brought rolls and apple pie. No one wanted to vote on their favorite but I think I could have filled all three crock pots with Cream of Broccoli and most would have been happy. I doubled the Broccoli recipe but only made a single recipe of Potato and Chicken Noodle. The noodles started getting mushie after time in the crock pot but Tommy likes it that way. There was plenty left for everyone to take a bowl home. 

Veggie Bar

1 pkg Crescent rolls

1 – 8 oz cream cheese, at room temp

½ cup miracle whip

½ cup ranch dressing

½ cup each: broccoli, cauliflower, green/red pepper, crated carrot

Pat out rolls on cookie sheet. Do not stretch. Bake for 8 minutes at 400. Cool

Mix cream cheese, miracle whip, ranch dressing with mixer.

Spread over crust. Sprinkle with chopped vegetables. Press lightly.Cut into 2 inch squares.

Pasta Salad

1 lb. Rotini, cooked and cooled

1 red onion, chopped

1 green/red pepper, chopped

1 bunch broccoli, chopped

cubed cheese

salami & pepperoni

jar of salad supreme

Italian Dressing

Ranch Dressing, to taste

Salad Dressing

1 cup oil

1/3 cup vinegar

1 onion, chopped fine

1 tsp salt

1 tsp celery seed

2/3 cup sugar