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Dinner Rolls

Kristin W. — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:47:17 +0000

Since everything has high fructose corn syrup in it we have been making more from scratch, including dinner rolls. I would be lying if I said I didn’t have help; thank you Mr. Bread Machine.

These are pretty quick rolls to make, the most time spent is waiting for it to rise fully. So it’s best to start them about 2.5 to 3 hours ahead of dinner time. Once these are ready to sit to rise, you can make your main course, you have about 40 minutes. Easy, tasty, and high fructose corn syrup-free!

Ingredients

Directions

Add wet ingredients first then dry adding the yeast on top last.
Put on dough cycle. Once done, lay on a floured area and cut into 12 equal pieces.
Place the rounds into a round, lightly greased baking pan.
Cover the rolls with a damp cloth, and let rise until doubled in volume, about 40 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a small bowl, mix together the egg white and 2 tablespoons water; brush lightly onto the rolls.
Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, or until the rolls are golden brown.
Remove from pan and let cool on rack for a few minutes.

Enjoy!

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Easy Yellow Cake

Kristin W. — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:41:18 +0000

My mom always made white cakes growing up and I never really liked them as much as yellow, no offense Liz. There is something about yellow cake with chocolate frosting that I just love. This is a good, basic yellow cake recipe great for layer cakes, sheet cakes and cupcakes.

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
Beat butter and sugar in mixer on medium-high until pale and fluffy (2-3 minutes).
Beat in one egg at a time then add vanilla and blend until thoroughly mixed, about 3 minutes.
Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture and milk alternatively ending with the flour mixture.
Mix until the batter is smooth but be careful to not over mix.
Spread batter evenly into pans or cupcake holders and bake for 20-25 minutes.
Put a toothpick in the middle to test, if it comes out clean - the cakes are done.

Set the pans on a cooling rack for a few minutes then completely transfers the cakes over to the cooling racks and let stand until cool.

Spread one of the many frostings on it and you are good to go!

Reubens

Kristin W. — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:08:53 +0000

Mmmmm…. sauerkraut.

Directions

Heat up griddle, put temperature around 300 degrees.
Butter one side of bread and lay butter side down on the griddle, then place Swiss cheese.
Next spread desired amount of Thousand Island dressing and add meat then sauerkraut.
Add the other slice of bread closing the sandwich and butter the outer side.
Then just let grill on each side until bread is toasted and cheese is melted.

Cut in half and serve with a pickle and chips, yummy!

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Rice Crispy Treats

Kristin W. — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:39:02 +0000

It’s simple and delicious. Your kids love them and you know you do too!

Ingredients

3 tbsp. butter
10 oz. package (or 4 cups) of marshmallows
6 cups Crisped Rice (yes, use the generic!)

Directions

Melt butter and marshmallows in large pot, once it begins to bubble stir in crisped rice.
Poor into 9x13" greased pan.
You may want to grease your hands up a little bit to pat down and even out the treats in the pan.
Let harden a little bit and cover.
To ensure freshness, you may want to cut them up and place them in a sealed Tupperware container.

These are great for lunches. A pan this size will make around 9-12 good sized squares.