Friday, January 11, 2008

Brown Sugar Pudding

Pudding Batter
1 Tbsp Butter
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Milk
1 cup Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Raisins, softened

Syrup
2 cups Boiling Water
1 cup Brown Sugar
2 Tablespoons Butter

Mix pudding ingredients together and pour into a baking dish. Mix syrup ingredients and pour over the top of the pudding batter. Bake for 45 minutes in a 350-degree oven.

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Homemade Donuts

Refrigerator Biscuits
Cinnamon-Sugar Mixture

Punch out holes in the biscuits. Fry them until golden. Roll in cinnamon-sugar.

Cape Cod Apple Carrot Nut Muffins (WW)

1/2 cup Raisins (6 PointsPlus)
3 Eggs (6 PointsPlus)
1 cup Oil (56 PointsPlus)
2 cups Flour (24 Points Plus)
1 cup Sugar (16 PointsPlus)
2 cups Carrots, shredded
2 teaspoons Cinnamon
2 teaspoons Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 large Apple, shredded
1/2 cup Nuts (optional)
2 teaspoons Vanilla

Mix all the wet ingredients together; then stir in the dry. Spoon into muffin tins. Makes approximately 18 muffins. Bake at 350-degrees for 20-25 minutes.

TOTAL PointsPlus= 108

French Pancakes

1-1/2 cups Flour
3/4 teaspoons Salt
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
4 Tablespoons Powdered Sugar
4 Eggs
1-1/3 cups Milk
2/3 cup Water
1 teaspoon Vanilla

Top With
Fresh Fruit, sliced
Powdered Sugar
Butter
Whipping Cream

Sift flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar together in a large bowl. Beat the eggs in a separate bowl. Add milk, water, and vanilla to the eggs and beat together. Make a "well" in the dry ingredients and pour in the liquids. Mix lightly, ignoring the bumps. Laddle the batter onto a hot griddle, making large, thin pancakes. To serve, butter the pancake and fill with fresh fruit; top with powdered sugar and whipping cream.

Christmas Bread

Whole Wheat Bread Dough
Pecans or Walnuts, chopped
Regular and Golden Raisins, softened
Candied Pineapple, yellow and green, chopped
Candied Cherries, red and green, chopped
Cinnamon

Use the Whole Wheat Bread recipe or another sweet bread dough. While adding the last of the flour to the dough recipe, also add the nuts, raisins, candied fruit, and cinnamon. Bake according to the bread recipe instructions.

Whole Wheat Bread (Baby Bread)

7-10 cups Whole Wheat Flour
3/4 cups Gluten Flour
2 Tablespoons Yeast
4 cups Warm Water
2 Tablespoons Salt
3/4 cups Oil
3/4 cups Honey

Mix 4-5 cups whole wheat flour, gluten flour, yeast, and water for 5 minutes and let sit for 10 minutes. Combine salt, oil, honey, and 3-5 cups whole wheat flour to the mixture; mix for 10 minutes. Let dough rise for 30-45 minutes. Oil a surface and shape dough into loaves. Place in greased bread pans and let rise until doubled. Bake in a 425-degree oven for 7 minutes. Reduce the heat to 375-degrees and bake for an additional 12-15 minutes. Remove from pans and cool.

Grandma Garrison's Rolls

1/4 cup Warm Water
1 package Fast Rising Yeast
1 cup Milk
1/4 cup Shortening
1/4 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
1 Egg, beaten
3-1/2 cups Flour

Mix yeast with warm water and a pinch of sugar; set aside. Scald milk in a saucepan (when film appears on sides of pan, before boiling). Remove from heat and add shorteing and sugar; let cool. Combine yeast and milk mixture. Mix in flour, one cup at a time, to form a soft dough. Place dough in a well-oiled, large bowl; cover and let rise until doubled. Punch down dough and shape into rolls. Place rolls on greased cookie sheet, cover and let rise until doubled. Bake at 400-degrees for 20 minutes or until done.