Ingredients
3 ½ cups self-rising flour
½ cup sugar
1 egg
1 can beer
Directions
Mix all ingredients together and bake in a loaf pan at 350 degrees for one hour.
Variation: Add 2 ½ cups of shredded cheddar cheese.
Angel Biscuits
From Southern Living
These are called Angel Biscuits because they are light, fluffy, and taste like heaven when they are warm with butter slathered on them. The first time Peter made them, the biscuits came out of the oven looking like giant lips!
Ingredients
1 package active dry yeast
¼ cup warm water (105 to 115 degrees)
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon salt
2 Tbl sugar
½ cup shortening
¾ cup buttermilk
Directions
Combine yeast and water, let stand five minutes. Combine flour and next four ingredients; cut in shortening with a pastry blender until crumbly. Add yeast mixture and buttermilk, stirring with a fork just until dry ingredients are moistened. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead lightly 10 to 15 times. Roll or pat dough to ¾” thickness; cut with a 2 ½” round biscuit cutter. Place biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet. Cover and let rise in a warm place (85 degrees), free from drafts, for 35 minutes or until doubled in bulk. Bake at 400 for 12-14 minutes or until golden.
Jewish Coffee Cake
Ingredients
1 cup sugar
1 cup butter
3 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
3 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
Filling:
½ cup sugar
½ cup nuts
1 tsp cinnamon
2 large apples, cubed
Directions
Cream the butter, sugar and eggs together. Add in the sour cream and vanilla; mix well. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, then mix with the wet mixture. Blend thoroughly.
In a separate bowl, mix the ingredients for the filling. Set aside. Place half on the cake batter into a greased and floured tube pan. Add half of the filling on top, followed by the remaining batter and filling in layers. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes.
Debbie’s Banana Bread
Ingredients
4 medium ripe bananas, mashed
¼ cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups flour
Directions
Mix the first four ingredients together. In a separate bowl, sift the salt, baking soda and flour together. Mix the wet ingredients and the dry ingredients together. Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes.
Stephanie’s Banana Bread
Ingredients
1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
4 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
4 bananas, mashed
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup nuts (optional)
Directions
Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat well. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt and add to creamed mixture. Stir in bananas, vanilla and nuts. Pour into greased loaf pans and bake at 350 degrees for one hour or until tester comes out clean. Cool five minutes and turn onto wire rack to cool completely.
Monkey Bread
Ingredients
4 tubes buttermilk biscuits
1 1/3 cups sugar
2 Tbl. cinnamon
1 stick butter
1 tsp. vanilla
Directions
Cut each biscuit into quarters. Mix 2/3 cup sugar and one tsp. cinnamon. Roll biscuit parts in mixture and put in a greased bread pan. Melt butter and the remaining sugar and cinnamon until bubbly. Add vanilla. Pour over rolls. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
Sun Butter
“Spreads nicely and is so good for you!” said Nana Hazel. From “Let’s Get Well” by Adele Davis.
Ingredients
1 lb unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sunflower oil
Directions
Mix together. Put in container and refrigerate.
Grilled Feta March 28, 2013
This is truly one of the best things you’ll ever eat.
It’s made at a small diner-style restaurant in St Petersburg, Florida, called The Kopper Kitchen. My family has been going there for decades. And we’ve been ordering this pita sandwich that entire time. Some people (yours truly) omit the onions, others remove the tomatoes and grill the onions, everyone makes a mess while eating it. And don’t tell Owner Fred, but I’ve made it in a frying pan, and it worked.
Ingredients
1 pita bread
3 Tbl feta cheese
2 tomato slices
bean sprouts
onion, sliced and grilled
Thousand Island salad dressing
Directions
The grilled feta is prepared on a griddle at low heat. Do not use a frying pan. Cut pita bread in half to form two pockets. Spread dressing inside bread. Place cheese inside bread. Layer tomato, sprouts and onions on cheese. Place sandwich on griddle and heat both sides until cheese is melted and bread is toasted.
For the Thousand Island Dressing:
2 cups mayonnaise
½ medium onion
½ green pepper, pureed
1 ½ tsp. garlic, pureed
¾ cup sweet relish
½ cup catsup
Combine all ingredients. Mix well with a wire whisk. Makes three cups.
Poopoo on Toast
Don’t judge. This is really and truly what we called this broiled ground sirloin sandwich when we were growing up. And we loved it.
Spread some fresh ground sirloin on a slice of wheat bread. Sprinkle garlic salt on top of the meat. Place under the broiler for a few minutes, until meat is brown.
Free Range Quesadillas
Jen says these go great with Mexican Tomato Lime Soup. “It’s a great combination to make for a guest at lunch. I know because Papa John had me make it two days in a row!”
Ingredients
2 avocados, diced
2 tomatoes, diced
1 (14 oz) can artichoke hearts, chopped
1 package 10” flour tortillas
1 cup sharp white cheddar cheese, shredded
¼ cup chopped green chile
Lettuce, diced tomato and sour cream for toppings.
Directions
In a small bowl, mix the tomatoes, artichoke hearts and avocados. Set aside. On a tortilla, create layers of cheese, green chile and approximately ¼ cup of the avocado mixture followed by more cheese. Top with another tortilla. Cook in a frying pan with no-stick spray. Brown the first side, then carefully flip and brown the other side. Cut into wedges and serve.
Variations: Add shredded crabmeat or shredded chicken.
a little of each 