Monday, January 5, 2009

Kolaches




Dough
3 Tbsp yeast (3 pkg yeast) combine and set aside to proof
1/2 cup warm water
1 tsp sugar


3/4 cup granulated sugar, divided cream together
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temp


3 egg yolks add to creamed butter/sugar
3 tsp salt

add dissolved yeast, 1 cup of the flour and mix on slow speed in mixer then add milk
and remaining flour 1 cup at a time (says mixing as much as you can with a wooden spoon, however I did this in my bosche and it worked just fine with the bread hook)

2 3/4 cup scalded milk cooled to lukewarm
7 1/4 cups flour aprox.

Knead until smooth and elastic in consistency about 5 minutes. Place in covered greased bowl to rise for 1 to 1 1/2 hours til doubled in size. Punch down and turn onto floured surface. Pinch off egg-size portions and roll into a ball. Place about 1 inch apart on greased pans, brush kolaches with melted butter, cover with a cloth and let rise about 1 hour. Use fingers to make an indentation in each ball enouh to place a tablespoonful of filling in each one. Sprinkle with polypka toppin and let rise aain for 20 minutes.

Bake in preheated 425 degree oven for 10 to 15 minutes (lightly browned). Brush kolaches with melted butter as they come out of the oven.

Fillings:

Fruit
Canned Blackberry or other preference.

Cream Cheese:
2 Tbsp butter
8 oz. cream cheese
2 eggs
1/2 cup suar
1 zest lemon

mix til smooth/creamy


Posypka Topping:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 Tbsp melted butter

mix til crumbly coarse meal texture

Alfredo Sauce


1/2 Cup Butter
1 Cup Whipping Cream
1 1/2 Cup grated Parmesean Cheese
1/2 tsp Salt
Freshly ground Pepper to taste

In microwave dish combine all and cook 2 minutes. Stir and heat additional 30 second intervals until all smooth and creamy.

Pour over warm pasta and season with pepper top with fresh grated parmesean cheese.

8 servings

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Cranberry Salsa

1 cup fresh cranberries chopped
1 can cranberries whole berries
1 can canned tomatos with lime
1/2 purple onion chopped
1 stalk celery chopped
1/2 sereno pepper chopped
1/2 orange chopped
cilantro to taste
3 Tbsp brown sugar
1/4 Cup white vinegar
salt and pepper to taste

German Pancakes

In a glass 9 x 13 dish place 1 stick of butter sliced into even portions to melt as the oven is heating to 425 degrees. While butter is melting combine the remaining ingredients in a bowl 1 Cup milk 6 eggs 1 Cup flour dash salt mix all well and beat with mixer until smooth. When butter is evenly melted pour batter into hot pan and place in oven 14 to 16 minutes.

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Pizza from nummy kitchen


Bread Machine Pizza Crust

3/4 cup warm water
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 tsp lemon juice
2 1/4 cup bread flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbsp dry milk powder
1 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp bread machine yeast

Pizza Sauce
6 oz tomato paste
1 Tbsp sugar or honey
1 garlic clove minced
1/4 tsp oregano
1/4 tsp basil
2 Tbsp white wine
2/3 up water
makes enough for 2 pizzas

Dough
Put all above ingredients into your machine in order with wet ingredients first then dry topped with the yeast. Set it on dough cycle and press into your pizza pan, this makes two smaller round pizzas or one lare rectangle pizza size of cookie sheet or pampered chef rectangle baking stone.

Sauce
Wisk all together and spoon on pizza crust, use the back of spoon to get even layer. If you like less sauce this will coat 2 cookie sheet sized pizzas.

Toppings
1 to 2 cups shredded mozarella cheese (or your choice)
sliced olives, ham, pineapple, sausage, pepperoni

Friday, January 2, 2009

Potato Cheese Soup






Boil vegetables in water until softened
1 Cup chopped carrots
1 Cup chopped potatos
1/2 Cup chopped onion
1 Boullion cube chicken flavor
1/2 Cup chopped celery


Soup Base mix in microwave bowl start out 2 minutes then every 1 min between stirring
3 cups canned milk
1/2 cup flour
1/2 stick butter
1 Boullion cube chicken flavor
keep cooking until thickened (save some veg water you can dilute with that to achieve desired thickness)

Add 2 cups grated cheddar cheese

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Chocolate lava Brownies



Brownie
2 brownie mixes for a 9 x 13 size pan make according to box instructions

1 cup chocolate chips cover brownie layer evenly (use
if no chocolate chunks in brownie


chocolate topping  (stir in saucepan and melt on medium heat till all smooth)
1 can sweetened condensed milk           -]             
1 cup chocolate chips                              ]
1 tsp vanilla                                             ]       OR    1 Jar hot fudge ice cream topping
2 Tbsp butter                                           ]
1 Tbsp water                                         _]

1 1/2 cups water add to chocolate topping blend

Instructions for combining in Dutch Oven - Foil Line and Grease Dutch oven
Spread brownie mix into bottom of oven skillet or cast iron skillet (12" dutch oven)
pour chocolate topping with water over brownie mixture, bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 55 min until desired consistency has been achieved. Start checking consistency at 45 minutes check frequent after that so you can stop baking when at desired gooeyness.

How to Line with foil. Rip 2 sheets of foil and place on top of each other fold one edge a few tight folds creating a tight seam. This prevents the brownies from seeping through the crack and burning on bottom of Dutch oven making it hard to clean.