Homemade Doughnuts

I have never actually made these, but my boys have perfected them! They got the recipe from a church cookbook.

Doughnuts:

2 T. Yeast
1/4 Warm Water
1 1/2 Cup Warm Milk
1/2 Cup Sugar
1 tsp Salt
2 Eggs
1/3 Cup Shortening
5 Cups Flour
Oil to fry Doughnuts

Glaze:
1/3 Cup Butter
2 Cups Powdered Sugar
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla
6 T Hot Water

Doughnut Directions:
1. Dissolve yeast in warm water. 
2. Add milk, sugar, salt, eggs, shortening, and 2 Cups flour.
3. Beat for 2 1/2 minutes on med/low.
4. Stir in rest of flour until smooth.
5. Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled.
6. Put on floured surface.
7. With a floured rolling pin, roll dough to 1/2 inch thick.
8. Cut with floured doughnut cutter and place on baking sheet, leaving room for doughnuts to rise.
9. Cover and let rise until doubled.
10. Sides must not touch.
11. Using a spatula, slide doughnuts into hot oil, turn as they rise to surface.
12. Fry until just golden.
13. Carefully remove and drain.
14. Dip in creamy glaze, cool on rack, and glaze again.

Glaze Directions:
1. Heat butter until melted.
2. Remove from heat.
3. Stir in powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth.
4. Stir in water 1 T. at a time, until desired consistency is reached.

Honey Crisps

I wanted to experiment with another kind of home made cereal again. I Made this up and it was great! We have made it time and time again and we love it!

1 Bag Puffed Brown Rice
1 Bag Chopped Pecans

3/4 Cup Butter
3/4 Cup Brown Sugar
3/4 Cup Honey

Spray Roaster Pan w/Greased spray.  Pour rice & Pecans in roaster pan.  In saucepan melt butter, brown sugar & honey. Pour over dry ingredients & stir.  Cook at 275* for 45 minutes. Stirring twice.  Let cool & put in canister.

Tami's Granola

Preheat oven to 325.
7 cups oatmeal
2 cups flour (I use wheat, you could use white or half and half)
1/2 cup milled flax seed
1 cup nonfat dry milk
1 cup coconut
1 cup craisins or other dried fruit (Blueberries are yummy)
1 cups almonds

Mix together and set aside.

In blender mix together....
1 cup oil
3/4 cup honey
3-4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup water
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 tsp maple flavoring

Blend together and pour into dry ingredients. Mix all together put on cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes. Stir/turn over granola. Bake for 15 minutes more. If you like it more crispy you can stir/turn over and bake for another 5-10 minutes. Let cool. Store in covered container.

Janae's Granola

1 cup Sunflower Seeds

2 Cups Flour

10 1/3 Cup Oats

6 T Brown Sugar

1 1/2 Cup Nuts

3/4 Cup Sesame Seeds

1 Cup Powdered Milk

3/4 Cup Oil

1 Cup Coconut

1 3/4 Cup Honey

2 tsp Cinnamon

1/2 tsp Vanilla

1 tsp Orange Peel

1/2 Cup Molasses

3/4 Cup Water

3/4 tsp Salt

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Bake in greased roaster pan at 350* for one hour, stirring every 20 minutes. Let cool and put in granola canister. :)

Orange Cranberry Bread

The other night mom gave me some orange pulp left over from juicing some yummy orange juice. I came up with this recipe, it is really yummy. I will give regular ingredients and healthier substitutions.

3 Eggs (3 tbsp. Milled Flax mixed with 3 tbsp. water)
1 cup oil (1 cup natural no sugar added applesauce)
2 cups Sugar (I think that it would be good with less sugar, or to use a sweetener such as splenda. Note that when using a sweetener the bread will not brown the same)
3 cups Orange pulp (the pulp from moms juicer was fairly dry so I did 2 cups pulp mixed with 1 cup water)
1 tsp. vanilla
3 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. Baking soda
1/4 tsp. Baking powder
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup cranberries ( used dried, but fresh would be much better)

Beat eggs, oil and sugar until light and fluffy. Add orange pulp and vanilla. Stir in remaining ingredients except cranberries. When mixed well fold in cranberries. Pour into 2 greased and floured loaf pans. Bake @ 350* for 1 hour.

Chocolate Gravy

3 T Cocoa

1 Cup Sugar

2 T Flour

1 Cup Almond Milk

1 Cup Milk

2 T Butter

2 tsp Vanilla

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Mix cocoa, sugar, and flour together.

Add milks, and heat and stir constantly for 8 minutes.

Remove from heat and add butter.

Stir until melted, then add vanilla.

Serve warm over biscuits.

The Best Scrambled Eggs Ever

16 Eggs

2 Cups Almond Milk

1/4 cup Butter

Put all ingredients in Medium hot skillet and stir with a WIRE WHISK until all eggs are cooked.

Mini Crescent Sausage Links

2 pkgs crescent Rolls

1 pkg precooked Turkey Sausage

Roll up sausage inside of crescent rolls and bake at 375* for 20 minutes :)

Bacon Egg Casserole

15 Frozen Southern Biscuits
14 Eggs
Bacon
Milk
Salt Pepper
Mozzarella Cheese
Spray 9x13 Casserole dish with cooking spray and put in the biscuits, then the cheese, fried up bacon like this

In a seperate bowl, combine the eggs, milk, salt and pepper and then pour over the rest like this

Bake at 375* for 35 minutes until it looks like this

Will serve up into individual portions nicely :)

Baked Eggs

8 pieces of sourdough Bread
Almond Milk
8 Eggs


Spray Jelly Roll pan with Non Stick Cooking Spray and lay out the pieces of bread on them like below

Then put an indentation in each piece and pour a little bit of milk in each "dent" :)

Add egg to each "dent"

Bake at 300* for 30 minutes until they look like the picture below.

Makes a great breakfast with Bacon and fruit! And since I LOVE lemonade LOL.. And we eat this for dinner alot, you can have lemonade too! ;)

And I have given up on the pretty scenery for pictures and decided to just post recipes and cook!! The fact is... We eat on plastic so deal with it already everyone!! LOL

Scones

1 pkg Frozen Rhodes Rolls
Powdered Sugar
Canola Oil

Set the number of rolls out on a greased cookie sheet that you would like to use as scones. They need to be able to sit out for 2 hours until they look like the picture below and are nice and soft.
Heat oil in frying skillet to 375* and when ready (when it sizzles with water drop) stretch out each roll and set carefully in the oil and fry until they start to bubble like the photo below.

Turn over and cook until they are golden brown like this photo below :)

When you take them out, dip in a bowl of powdered sugar ( like my smiley face scone)

Then flip over :)

Pile nice and high on a plate

Goes great with fruit!!

Enjoy everyone!! LOL..

Raspberry Bread

1/2 cup Butter
2 1/2 cups Raspberries
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 tsp Vanilla
1 3/4 cup Whole Wheat Graham Flour
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
3 T. Whipping Cream

Preheat oven to 350* and grease 2 loaf pans. Mix ingredients with a wooden spoon one ingredient at a time. Make sure it is mixed very well before you add the next ingredient into the mix. Scrape into greased loaf pans and bake for one hour. Cool, then remove from pan.

I like to make these the night before and let the cool overnight on the stove top with a towel over it.

P.S. When you add the whipping cream at the end. A Note of caution, It will make you feel like you are at Grandma Egglestons, sitting across from Grandpa Eating Raspberries and Whipping Cream, I would suggest that you do not give in to the urge to taste the batter at this point to see if it tastes as good as you think it smells. :).. Just keep the memory in your head at this point.. :)

Crepes

In a bowl Combine-

1 cup flour

1 1/2 cups milk

2 eggs

1 t oil

1/4 t salt

Beat with a rotary beater till bleanded

Heat a lightly greased 6 inch skillet. Remove from heat. Spoon in about 2 T batter; lift adn tilt skillet to spread batter. Return to heat; brown on one side only. Repeat to make 18 crepes. greasing skillet occasionally.

Fill crepes with whipping cream and fruit

Steamed Oatmeal

8 Cups Warm Water

1 Cup Brown Sugar

Pinch of Salt

2 Chopped Apples

4 Cups Oats

Add all ingredients into a Rice Cooker/Steamer. Cook as you would steamed Rice until done. It is very moist and does not need anything added when done.

Hootenanny Pancakes

6 Eggs

1 cup Whole Wheat Graham Flour

1 cup Milk

Large Pinch Salt

9 T. Butter

Turn oven on to 425*. Put all Butter in 9x13 Baking Pan and place in oven while it is warming up. While butter is melting, blend rest of ingredients in the blender. When butter is melted, pour ingredients into the pan. Bake for 25 minutes. Cut into squares and serve with Syrup.

Biscuits & Gravy

Southern Biscuits

2 1/2 c. flour

1/4 c. sugar

1 1/2 TBSP baking powder

3/4 cup cold butter

1 cup cold milk

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In large bowl, combine flour, sugar & baking powder.

Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Stir in milk just until flour mixture is moistened.

Spoon onto cookie sheet.

Bake 20 min. or until golden brown.

Makes 12 biscuits

Gravy

Use drippings from frying bacon.

Add flour and stir continue adding flour until forming a paste.

Add Milk and stir on Medium heat until thickened.

If it's too thick, add more milk

Season to taste with S & P

If you don't have grease from bacon or sausage, use 1/4 cup of butter.

Add 1/4 cup of flour and follow the rest of directions.

Pancakes

1 1/3 cup Whole Wheat Graham Flour

1 3/4 cup Milk

3 tsp. Baking Powder

1 Egg

2 T Sugar

3 T Grape seed oil

1/2 tsp Salt

Preheat oven to 300*. Sift some flour, then measure exactly 1 1/3 cups measure the baking powder, sugar and salt and put w/ flour. Beat the egg until thick and fluffy. Measure the milk. Combine egg, milk & Oil, then add to the dry ingredients. Stir quickly and just enough to combine. Heat griddle or fry pan, test w/ a drop of water, if it dances around, then the pan is ready. Use about 1/4 cup of batter for each cake and pour into fry pan. Cook cakes until bubbles begin to burst on top. Then use pancake turner and turn cake over carefully and cook for another 30 seconds. Stack cakes on baking dish in an oven at 300* until ready to serve.

Scones

36 Rhodes Dinner Rolls
Grape seed Oil
Powdered Sugar

Place rolls on a greased cookie sheet 1 1/2 inches apart. Cover with plastic wrap sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Let rise 2 hours. Stretch each roll to 5". Fry in hot oil until light brown. Sprinkle with Powdered Sugar.

French Toast

This is one of those ... What not to do posts.... My kids convinced me to just put it up here so well. Here it is... When you are in a huge Hurry..Do NOT... Cook Bacon on High and then Cook the French Toast in the Grease on High Heat as well. Then when you are pouring the juice, try not to also rush and spill.. Yes this was the way it turned out for us tonight.. Yes I do know better, but sometimes when mommies are in a hurry, well we just don't think clearly do we....

Bread

Eggs

Vanilla

Milk

Cinnamon

In a Buttered pan, cook coated bread on both sides until done.. :)

Cinnamon Toast

LOL!!! I know, you are seriously laughing right now but there are actual people out there who do not now how to make cinnamon toast. So I am recording it her for those few people.. And, they will thank me..

8 Slices Bread

2 T Cinnamon

3 T Sugar

Butter

Toast each slice, Butter, and put mixture of cinnamon sugar on top.