Day 7 – Biscuits

Bread
07 Dec 2009 2 1/2 cups White Lily Self Rising Flour 1 stick butter approx. 3/4 cups of milk Cut margarine into flour with a pastry blender. Add milk in increments so that it is not too sticky. Put flour onto countertop and gently pat dough flat. Fold in half and pat flat again gently. Do this approx. 7 times folding in a different side each time. Cut with a biscuit cutter and place on baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for approx. 10 minutes. Serve with your favorite jelly, honey or sausage gravy. {More...}

GF Reviews – Kinnikinnick All-Purpose Mix (as blueberry muffins)

Bread, Breakfast, GF Review, Gluten Free
15 Oct 2009 This has probably been our best GF purchase. Kinnikinnick All-Purpose Mix has recipes on the back for muffins, bread, pancakes and waffles. I ended up making blueberry muffins and we couldn't stop eating them. They were so yummy! It does have way too much 'stuff' in it than I would prefer in such a healthy mix, but it will work for now (until I get gutsy enough to make a GF mix of my own). The taste was great (since we don't claim to eat healthy...) it tasted just like "normal" blueberry muffins. I think I'm a tad pickier than my ... {More...}

Pumpkin Coconut Bread

Bread
07 Oct 2009 Two words. Um. Yum. and I haven't even tasted it yet - I mean seriously, just LOOK at the picture of it! (Thanks for the recipe, Erin @ $5 Dinners!) I wanted to make sure I had the recipe until the end of time (or atleast the internet age....) :) And you bet, I'll try a GF version of this :-D 3 eggs 1 1/3 cup brown sugar 1 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil 1/2 cup applesauce 1/2 cup milk (I used rice milk) 1 15 oz. can pure pumpkin 1 cup coconut flakes 2 1/2 cup wheat flour 1 cup white flour 2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp nutmeg 1 ... {More...}

Spelt Bread

Bread, Bread Machine
26 Aug 2009 1 1/4 c water 1 1/2 t yeast 2 T oil 2 T honey 4 C whole spelt flour 1 1/2 t salt Directions Put all ingredients in the bread maker in the order listed. (Yeast goes in the water for spelt bread rather than in the flour like you do for wheat.) Set the bread maker on regular white loaf. Enjoy! {More...}

Strawberry Bread

Bread, Fruit
29 May 2009 A friend posted this on Facebook and I can't wait to try it! 4 cups strawberries 3 1/8 Cup all-purpose flour 2 cups white sugar (plus a little to sprinkle on strawberries) 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 1/4 cup vegetable oil 4 eggs, beaten Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour (or spray) 2 9 x 5 inch loaf pans. Slice strawberries* and place in medium-sized bowl. Sprinkle lightly with sugar, and set aside while preparing bread mixture. Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda in large bowl, mix well. Blend oil and eggs into strawberries. Add strawberry mixture to flour mixture, ... {More...}

Treats To Try: Verdict on Pizza Crust

Bread, Treats To Try - Verdict
28 May 2009 I tried the pizza crust tonight (well, started it yesterday...) Can you tell from my tone? Two thumbs down. I even pushed the plate away and left to clean our old apartment (that we will officially be OUT of tomorrow!) Yeh, it was pretty bad. Not sure what went wrong, but, I don't plan on retrying it to see if I can make it better. Just going to search for a better one! Do you have a favorite homemade pizza crust recipe? {More...}

Treats To Try! – Homemade Pizza Dough

Bread, Treats To Try!
26 May 2009 Sorry for the delay in this returning! Before we get to the treat, some housekeeping things. I mentioned that I would try to get a Mr. Linky up. Unfortunately, that's before I knew you had to PAY for Mr. Linky! Sad times. So, for now, until I see how bug this gets (ie: does it warrent subscribing for Mr. Linky??) Just post here if you're participating in Treats To Try (either by making the treat I'm trying OR posting your own T3 (Treats To Try) on your blog! I'd love it if you'd grab the button Cara made for this ... {More...}

Susan Jones' Pumpkin Bread

Bread
17 Oct 2008 3 cups sugar 1 cup oil 4 eggs 2 cups pumpkin (canned) 3/4 cups water 3.5 cups self rising flour 1 tsp. cinnamon 2 tsp. nutmeg 1 tsp. vanilla (Add some cloves, ginger) Grease a pan & dust with flour Mix together sugar, oil, eggs, pumpkin & water Add flour, spices and vanilla Bake at 350 for 1 hour {More...}

Zucchini Bread

Bread
06 Oct 2008 ½ cup chopped nuts ½ cup brown sugar 1 ½ tsp. cinnamon Combine these ingredients to make the mix filling Set aside 3 eggs 2 cups sugar 1 cup vegetable oil Beat these ingredients together then add following ingredients to make the zucchini mixture: 2 cups grated zucchini 3 tsp. vanilla Mix together: 3 cups flour 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 3 tsp. cinnamon Add this mixture to the zucchini mixture and mix well Grease either 2 bread loaf pans or 1 Bundt cake pan Put ½ batter into pan(s) Add ½ of mix filling Pour remaining batter on top of filling Sprinkle remaining filling on top Bake at 325 degrees 1 hour for bread loaf pans 1 hour ... {More...}

Easy Monkey Bread

Bread
06 Oct 2008 4 tubes refrigerated biscuits ¾ cup sugar 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 ½ sticks butter 1 cup sugar ½ cup cinnamon Pecans (optional) Preheat over to 350 degrees Cut biscuits into fourths Mix ¾ cup sugar and 1 tbs. cinnamon (either roll the biscuits in the mixture OR place in     bag and shake) Pile into a large greased tube pan or Bundt cake pan Combine remaining ingredients: butter, 1 cup sugar, ½ tsp. cinnamon Heat until bubbly; pour over dough pieces Bake for 50 minutes Let cook in pan for 10 minutes before turning onto a large place {More...}