Sweet Corn Casserole

Sweet Corn Casserole

Ingredients:

1 Box Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix

3 Eggs

1 can creamed corn

1 can whole corn

1 cup sour cream

1 stick of butter (1/2 C)

1/2 C sugar (optional..if you like a sweeter version)

1/2 tsp salt 

Mix all wet ingredients together.

 Add in dry ingredients

Mix together until well blended. 

Place in 2 quart baking dish.

Bake at 375 for 35-40 mins

You may want to add 1/2 C sugar to mixture to add a little more "sweet" to the corn.

Cake Box Cookies

I can't believe that I haven't posted on this yet! I've been using this recipe for many years. I had a Pampered Chef Director that used this recipe at all her shows and I liked it so much, that I started using it too! I've passed it on to everyone I know to help make their time in the Kitchen well spent and enjoyable.
All you need is any flavor Cake Mix, 1 Egg, 1/3 C oil, and 2 Tbs of liquid. Best recipe ever!

CAKE BOX COOKIES

Basic Recipe

1 box any flavor cake mix

1/3 c oil

2 tbs. water

1 egg

Mix all ingredients well in large bowl  Drop by spoonfuls onto baking sheet.  Bake for 13 minutes at 375^oF or until done.

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VARIATIONS

1. Add chopped/finely ground nuts.  Knead into dough.

2. Mix 1 part cinnamon and 4 parts sugar.  Drop balls of dough in mixture and shake.  (These should taste like snicker doodles)

3. Wrap 1 scoop of dough around candy bar pieces, such as Andes Mints, Snickers, Milky Way, etc.

4. Mix in chocolate, peanut butter, crunch, heath, etc. chips into dough. 

5. Chop and mix candy bars, such as Reese’s peanut butter cups or Butterfingers into dough.

6. Roll dough with hands into “snake” ropes.  Drop into red sugar crystals. Braid w/white dough “snake” to make a candy cane.

7. As above, but drop “rope” into green sugar crystals. Shape into a wreath.

8. Zest lemon or orange into dough.

9. Bake plain cookie (WHITE cake mix makes great sugar cookie dough)

10. Frost a plain cookie.

11. Spread icing between two cookies.

12. Use devils food cake mix; add peanut butter chips, chocolate chips, etc.

ENJOY!!!

Hawaiian Bread~Rolls

Ingredients

6-7 cups all-purpose flour 

3 eggs 

1 1/2 cups pineapple juice or mango or coconut 

3/4 cup sugar

2 teaspoons salt 

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 

1 teaspoon vanilla 

2 (1/4 ounce) envelopes yeast 

1/2 cup butter (one stick) melted 

Directions: 

Beat the eggs. Add the pineapple juice, sugar, salt, ginger, vanilla, and butter. 

 Yeast proofing: use 1/4 c water that is 110 degrees F

 Too hot or too cold will "kill" the yeast...it pays to be precise!

 Add 1 tsp sugar and the yeast, stir well.

 Watch is "proof" up over about 5 minutes

 If it doesn't "proof", your yeast is old or you "killed" it. Time to try again.

Add proofed yeast to mixture and beat well.

Place 3 cups of flour in a large bowl. Stir in the egg mixture until well-combined.

 Add dough hook to mixer or knead/mix by hand. 

 This is a great stress reliever and muscle builder...LOL

  Add the remaining 3 cups of flour and mix in. If dough is sticky and difficult to handle, add more flour. Dough should be slightly tacky, but not wet. Knead the dough for 5 minutes until it forms a smooth ball.  

 Place dough in a greased bowl and set aside to rise until doubled in size (about 1 1/2 hours). 

Dough should double in size 

 Punch dough down and either divide into three equal parts for loaves or 24 balls for dinner rolls. Place in greased loaf pans or shape into rolls. (I use coconut oil to grease the pans)

 Cover and place in a warm place to rise until doubled in size. Time and temperature will help your dough rise, double in size. (appx 1 hr)

I place them near the fireplace or warm up my Convection oven to 185 degrees, turn it off and place rolls in there for 1 hr.

Once it's doubled in size, heat oven to 350 degrees and  

Bake for 25-30 minutes or golden brown.

Loaded Baked Potato Casserole

Potatoes are excellent sources of COMFORT food, readily available, and oh so versatile! A Travel Softball Mom brought a similar recipe to a team building event and my husband fell in love with the dish. I decided to make it a little more simple and quick by using Frozen Cubed/Diced Hash brown potatoes. 

Ingredients:

2 Cups Shredded Cheddar/Colby Jack Cheese

2 lb bag of Diced Hash Browns

16 oz Sour Cream

1 pk dry Ranch dressing mix

6-8 slices of Bacon (cooked and crumbled)

 Mix Sour cream and Ranch dressing package

 Save some Cheese and Bacon for the top 

 Mix everything else together in a large bowl

 Place in a 9x13 baker

 Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes

White Chicken Chili

With a little nip in the air, comes the desire to create "Comfort food" for your family. A little break from the traditional red meat chili, White Chicken Chili gives the warmth and spice that the Autumnal season is so remembered.

Ingredients:

• 3-4 chicken breasts
• 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• dash of cayenne pepper
• 14.5 ounce can chicken broth
• 4.5 ounce can chopped green chiles
• 15 ounce can white corn, drained
• 2 15.5 ounce cans white beans, drained (Cannellini or Great Northern are good)

1 hour before serving:

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon of powdered Chicken Bullion base
• 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
• 1/2 cup sour cream

• Directions
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• Place chicken breasts on the bottom of a crockpot, and add chili powder, cumin, onion powder, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, chicken broth, green chiles, corn and beans. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
• 1. About an hour before serving: In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium high heat. Whisk in flour, and allow to bubble and brown a bit. After a few minutes, gradually whisk in the milk and chicken base.
  2. Allow the sauce to simmer for 4-5 minutes, whisking frequently until it is slightly thickened. Add salt and pepper.
  3. Pour sauce into crockpot and mix to combine.
  4. Add sour cream and mix.
  5. If chicken has not already shredded with stirring, take out large pieces, shred them with two forks, and return to the crockpot.
  6. Let the chicken chili cook on low 1 more hour if you can.
  7. http://lovelylittlekitchen.com/creamy-crockpot-white-chicken-chili/

Choco Chip Quinoa Muffins

My daughter has Terra Nova testing this week at school, standardized testing taxes the brain to it's max. The brain needs glucose to fuel it, good glucose, not candy and soda.   Bananas are of great benefit to the brain as well as blueberry/pomegranate juice.  I wanted to add to a little more to the Brain~concentration arsenal. Maddy had a Health class project a few months ago and had to select a "healthy" alternative to fast/packaged food. We searched the internet looking for something that didn't have peanut butter or coconut (classmates with food allergies). We stumbled upon this recipe from another blogger at http://www.yummyhealthyeasy.com/2013/12/quinoa-muffins.html.  Maddy made them by herself, under my ever watchful eye...LOL and amazingly, she liked what she created. So, I thought I'd share this recipe and how very simple it is to make.  The quinoa cooks up just like rice except that it's 1 cup of dried quinoa to 1 1/4 cup water. I use a microwave rice cooker and it comes out perfect each time.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups cooled, cooked quinoa
• 1 cup white whole wheat flour
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ¾ cup packed dark-brown sugar
• 1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• ½ cup mini chocolate chips
• ¼ cup canola oil or coconut oil
• ½ cup buttermilk
• 1 large egg
• ¼ cup plain Greek yogurt
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Preheat oven to 350º. Line a muffin tin with paper liners or spray with cooking spray.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, mini chocolate chips and quinoa.
  3. In a small bowl, whisk together oil, buttermilk, egg, yogurt, and vanilla. Add milk mixture to flour mixture and stir just until combined. Divide among muffin cups.
  4. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 20 to 25 minutes. Cool muffins in pan for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool. Enjoy!