Pizza Pizza

I couldn't decide what to make for the potluck at church on Sunday so I decided to have fun with my sugar cookie dough. This pizza was so much fun to make...I will definately be making this with kids someday! I used reeces pieces, nerds, m&ms, peanuts, gummy bears, and some pieces had a mix of each! On the way to church I started to wonder how the demographic would like it...but it was a hit! I didn't even get to try a piece!

The gummy bear pieces were my favorite!!!

Recipe for Sugar Cookie dough:

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsps baking powder

2 cups flour

1/2 tsp vanilla

Cream together butter and sugar; blend in egg. Mix in the rest of the dry ingredients and vanilla. The recipe says to chill for 30mins-1 hour but I use it right from the bowl. (When I chilled it before it got to crumbly.)

Sorry no recipe for frosting...I bought it from the store!

Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Casserole

Letha says that this is a yummy recipe...from The Taste of Home Cookbook:

4 pounds sweet potatoes/about 5 large peeled and cubed
1 cup milk
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
6 tablespoons butter, softened
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 tsp ground allspice
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
18 large marshmallows

1) place sweet pototoes in a large saucepan; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 15-20 minutes or until tender; drain.....(seems like you could used canned instead)
2) Transfer into a large mixing bowl and mash. Add the next nine ingredients, beat until smooth. transfer to a greased shallow 2 1/2 quart baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350 for 40-45 minutes or until heated through.
3) top with marshmallows, bake 5-10 minutes longer or just until marshmallows begin to puff and brown.
yield...10 servings

Pizza pizza...

It's been a while since I have made homemade pizza...I don't know why because it is SO much better than anything we can buy! Pizza Crust: (for 2 crusts)
1 1/8 c warm water
1 Tbls dry yeast
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp sugar
3 Tbls oil
4 c flour

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add oil, salt and sugar. Mix in flour last to make a medium soft dough. Knead about five minutes. Allow to rise 15 minutes or more in greased bowl. Grease pans and press dough over pans. Put sauce, toppings and cheese over crust and bake for 10-15 minutes at 350.

Sauce:
Can of tomatoe paste
(water down to desired consistancy)
garlic salt
oregano
parsley
a little sugar
taste test until good...

Pizza topping ideas!!!
Ham and Pineapple...(a fav)
Ground beef, ham and pepperoni
Pepperoni and black olives
Whatever you like!!!

Grandma's Apple Turnovers...

Yummy...I just ate a yummy apple turnover that Grandma G made...here is the recipe...or the best I could get out of her.

Well, here you see, you take a can o' those there biscuits you can buy at the store. That's the nice thing about it see, their real easy to make and all. So, I took some dried apples (the sliced up ones) and cooked up to soften them. Just put some water and 'em dried apples in a pot on the stove and cook 'em 'till their soft. Then just take the biscuits out o' the can and roll 'em out...not too thin though. Then I put some splenda in the apples to sweeten' them a bit. Spoon the apples onto the biscuits and fold it over (put the apples on one side and fold it over like a hoggie sandwich sort of). Then just put some oil on a cookie sheet and put 'em on there, oil the top of 'em and stick 'em in the oven for a while at 425. (they are golden brown)

Yep...there you have it. They are really good!

Dinner Rolls

1/4 c warm water
1 T active dry yeast
pinch of sugar
1 c milk
1/4 c shortening
1/4 c sugar
3/4 tsp. salt
1 egg
4 to 4 1/2 c flour

Dissolve yeast and sugar in water. Scald milk, shortening, sugar and milk; then cool to luke warm (works well in microwave). Add yeast mixture and mix. Add the egg and mix well; then add flour. This will be a very soft dough, may be too soft to knead on a wooden board. Beat the dough with a wooden spoon unitl smooth and elastic.

Place in a greased bowl and turn once to coat top. Rise till double. Punch down and shape.

Place on greased pan or baking sheet. Cover and allow to rise until light and almost double. Back at 375 until golden brown.

Raw Apple Cake

1 c raisins
1/4 c water
2 T vinegar
1/2 c shortening
2 eggs
2 c sugar
4 c diced apples, sprinkled with salt
2 c flour
2 tsp soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1 c chopped nuts

Boil raisins in water and vinegar. Stir until they take up all the water. Let cool before using.

Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and beat. Add apples and raisins. Mix dry ingredients and add to batter. Beat well. Needs no liquid. Bake in loaf pan at 350 for 45 minutes.

High Altitude German Chocolate Cake

4 oz German chocolate or Bournville chocolate bars
1/2 c boiling water
3/4 c butter
1 3/4 c sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 3/4 c flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1 c buttermilk

Melt chocolate in boiling water and cool. Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs one at a time and beat well after each. Add melted chocolate and vanilla and blend well. Sift flour, salt and soda together. Add flour mixture to batter alternately with buttermilk, beating after each addition.

Pour batter into 3 cake pans lined on bottom with wax paper. Bake 30 to 35 minutes at 375.

Layered Brownie Bites:

Cook a 9X13 pan of brownies and cool completely.
Spread on 1 can of frosting - I didn't quite use the whole can.

3/4 c salted peanuts, chopped
3 c rice krisipie cereal
1 c creamy peanut butter
1 bag semisweet chocolate chips

Sprinke frosting with peanuts. Measure cereal into a bowl. In a saucepan, melt peanut butter and chocolate chips over low heat, stirring constantly. Pour over cereal in bowl, stirring til coated evenly. Spread over frosted brownies.

Refrig about 30 min or until set before cutting. Store in frig.

Pie crust

Double 9 inch pie crust:

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
3/4 salt
2/3 c solid shortening
1/3 ice-cold water, (approx)

Mix together flour and salt, cut in shortening. Use a fork to mix in water 1 T at a time. Roll out and transfer to pie pan.

Single 9 inch pie crust:

1 1/4 c all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 c solid shortening
1/4 ice-cold water, (approx)

Lumuru Pear Pie

6 large pears (softish)
3/4 c sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
2 T flour
2 T butter
Pastry for 2 crust pie

Prepare pastry. Peel, core and slice pears. Mix sugar, cinnamon and flour then mix with pears. Pour into pie shell. Dot with butter. Cover with top crust. Cut slits all over top crust to allow steam to escape. Bake at 425 for 35 minutes or until golden brown.

Comforting Cookies

2 c veg. oil
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 c brown sugar, packed
2 c sugar
4 c all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
4 c cornflakes, coursely crushed
1 1/2 c quick oats
12 oz chocolate chips

I just throw it all in a bowl and combine it but the real directions go like this...Combine oil, eggs, vanilla. Add sugars; mix well. In seperate bowl combine flour, soda, salt. Add to sugar mixture, beating until blended. Stir in cornflakes, oats, chocolate chips. Drop by tablespoonfulls, 3 inches apart. Back at 350 for 9-10 minutes. Yield: 9 dozen

Peanut Butter Squares

1 c flour
1/2 c sugar
1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 c margarine (or butter, or oil)
1/3 c peanut butter
1 egg
1 c quick cooking oats
1 c chocolate chips

Mix well all ingredients except chocolate chips and press into a 13x9 greased pan. Mixture will be dry but will press in easily. If too dry, it will crumble and not stay together in squares. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

Sprinkel chocolate chips on top to allow to melt. Then spread with icing.

Icing:
1/2 c icing sugar
1/4 c peanut butter
3-5 T milk
Beat all ingredients together until spreading consistency is obtained.

Brownies

1/2 c margarine
2 eggs
1 c sugar
pinch of salt
3/4 c sifted flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
5 T cocoa
1 c nuts (optional but yummy)
1 tsp vanilla

Melt margarine; add sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add salt, flour, baking powder and cocoa and stir together. Then and nuts and vanilla.

Bake on greased 8 inch round or square baking pan at 325 for 25 minutes or until brownies are firm but still moist.

Snickerdoodles

1 c shortening
1 1/2 c sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 flour
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt

2 T sugar
2 T cinnamon

Mix shortening, sugar and eggs. Sift flour (or not, I never sift it), cream of tartar, soda and salt; add to first mixture. Mix well. Form into 1 inch balls and roll in mixture of sugar and cinnamon.
Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Back at 400 for 8 to 10 minutes.

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

1 c shortening
1/4 c peanut butter
1/2 c sugar
1/2 c brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 c flour
1 tsp soda
2 c rolled oats
1 to 2 c chocolate chips (or 3 large Bournville, chopped)
1 c chopped nuts (optional)

Cream together shortening, peanut butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla. Mix flour, soda and salt and add together with rolled oats and chocolate chips. Mix well. Drop by teaspoonfuls on greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 for about 10 minutes.