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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Making Homemade Bread
September 13, 2008 – 3:45 pm
Whenever I mention to people that I am making bread, they say “oh! you have a bread machine!”
NO I do NOT have a bread machine. You do not need a bread machine to make bread for pete sakes! You just mix the dough and then you knead it for about 10 minutes. [...]
A General Purpose Cleaner
September 13, 2008 – 3:27 pm
4 cups hot water mixed with
2 teaspoons borax
1 teaspoon washing soda
4 tablespoons vinegar
1 teaspoon Murphy’s Oil Soap
The water has to be hot in order to dissolve the borax and washing soda
Wall Cleaner
September 13, 2008 – 3:24 pm
I used this recipe on our walls, with a little Murphy’s Oil Soap added, and it did an excellent job of cleaning off the yellow smoke gunk. Wipe it on and let it set a minute or two, then I used some rinse water (although if you don’t smoke, you don’t really need to [...]
Old Fashioned Cocoa
September 13, 2008 – 3:21 pm
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 cup sugar
4 cups milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Directions:
Blend cocoa powder and sugar in a bowl. In saucepan, bring milk to scalding, stirring frequently. Mix 1/3 cup hot milk into cocoa-sugar mix and pour that into the saucepan. Stir and add vanilla.
Small Amount of Jam
September 13, 2008 – 2:46 pm
If you have a small amount of fruit that you think is going to go bad before it gets eaten, make a jar of jam! It took me awhile to find a recipe for only one jar.
1 cup of prepared fruit (peeled, pitted, cut up)
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
Let mix stand for [...]
Quiche
September 13, 2008 – 2:33 pm
Quiche is very versatile and you can put all sorts of things in it. Here is a basic recipe to start you out.
1 1/2 cups half and half
4 beaten eggs
1/8 teaspoon salt, dash of pepper
2 cups shredded cheese
2 tablespoons flour
8 slices broken up cooked bacon, or some chopped ham
1 cup chopped broccoli (or whatever [...]
Yogurt – this is soo easy!
September 13, 2008 – 2:22 pm
4 cups milk, plus 1/2 cup non-fat powdered milk
2 tablespoons plain store bought yogurt
Directions:
Let the store bought yogurt sit at room temperature while -
warm the milk to 180 degrees and let cool to 110 degrees. Stir frequently while warming so it doesn’t scorch.
Stir a little of the 110 degree milk into the store bought [...]
Buttermilk White Bread
September 13, 2008 – 2:08 pm
5 – 6 cups flour
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 package dry yeast (or 2 1/4 teaspoons)
1 cup water
1 1/3 cup buttermilk
Directions:
1. Add buttermilk and water to a saucepan and heat over medium heat until lukewarm (110 degrees).
2. In a large bowl add 2 cups flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and [...]
Our Daily Bread (Oatmeal)
September 13, 2008 – 1:56 pm
We like this bread for our everyday bread. We add chopped walnuts to it for our own version of OatNut bread that usually cost $3 and more a loaf at the store.
3 cups boiling water
1 1/2 cup rolled oats
3/4 cup honey or molasses (or a combination of)
3 tablespoons butter
3 teaspoons salt
3 1/3 teaspoons yeast (I [...]