Monday, January 20, 2025

Bread Machine Bread - Jodi Chatham

 2 Tbsp sugar

1 tsp salt

3 cups flour

1 cup milk, plus 2 Tbsp butter (chopped) Microwave 1 minute

2 tsp yeast

1 egg


(Use a little more milk with bread flour)


Put it on the dough setting and let it go


Pull it out and form a rectangle, and use a pizza cutter and cut in 3rds, so you can braid it down. Let rise and then bake at 350 degrees 20 min?

Sourdough Bread - Britta Nordstrom Foster

 She makes sure she is home all day. Starts at 7:30 am


To make 2 loaves:

250g starter

735g water

Add 1000g (1 kg) flour

Let sit 2 hours and ferment

Then add 24 g salt and 45 g water if in Utah, or maybe 20 g water in California)

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Every 45 minutes stretch and fold 3 x)

Form into balls, and leave on counter. Sit 20 min. and do it again. Sit 20 minutes and then bake

Bake 425 convection with lid on for 27 min, lid off for 9 min


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Britta uses Central Milling Company's 50 lb bag bread flour (out of Logan)

and Redmund's Real Salt (sea salt, fine)



Sourdough Bread - Rachel Clayson

To feed starter: 1 part starter to 2 parts flour and 2 parts water

(Example: 50g starter, 100g water, 100g flour)


DOUGH:

150g starter, 10g walt, 300g water, 450g flour (you can use half All Purpose and half Bread Flour if you want)

Bake at 450 degrees 40 minutes with lid, and then 10-15ish minutes with no lid


Friday, January 17, 2025

Mock Champagne (mom had at Dru's and loved for Christmas)

 A good baby-shower punch that looks especially good when served with an ice ring.

Prep time and total time: 1 day 15 min. 

Serves 40 (4 oz) servings


2 (2 liter) bottles ginger ale, chilled

1 (46 fluid ounce) can pineapple juice, chilled

1 (64 fluid ounce) bottle white grape juice, chilled


Step 1

To make Ice ring: Fill a ring shaped cake pan to 1/2 with ginger ale. Freeze until partially frozen. At this stage you can place edible flowers, or pieces of fruit around the ring. Fill pan with ginger ale and freeze until solid. Place in a punch bowl just before serving. 

Step 2

In a large punch bowl, combine 1 bottle ginger ale, pineapple juice and white grape juice. 

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Floofalicious Dessert - Tilese Arrington

 Crust 

1 cup pecans

3 Tbsp sugar

1/2 cup melted butter

1 cup flour


Cream Cheese Layer

8 oz cream cheese, softened

1 cup powdered sugar

1 cup Cool Whip (or whipped cream)


Vanilla Layer

5.1 oz instant vanilla pudding

2 cups milk


Chocolate Layer

5.9 oz instant chocolate pudding

2 cups milk


Top Layer

2 cups Cool Whip (or Whipped Cream)

Shaved Chocolate


Directions: Preheat oven to 350. Spray 9x13 pan with cooking spray. Pulse pecans, sugar, melted butter and flour in food processor and press into the prepared pan. Bake for around 20 minutes. Cool completely. Prepare the vanilla and chocolate pudding in separate bowls. In another bowl, beat mix the cream cheese, powdered sugar and Cool Whip. Layer the cream cheese mixture, then the vanilla pudding, then chocolate pudding. Top with 2 cups Cool Whip and shaved chocolate.

Pumpkin Sheet Cake with Brown Butter Frosting - Paige (from Dear Crissy)

 Cake

1 (15 oz) can pumpkin

2 cups granulated sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs, lightly beaten

2 cups all purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt


Frosting

1/2 cup butter

4 cups powdered sugar

1/4 cup milk

2 teaspoons vanilla extract


  • Cake
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 12 x 17 inch jelly roll pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  • Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and the salt; set aside.
  • In a mixing bowl, beat together the pumpkin, sugar, and the oil. Add the eggs and mix well.
  • Add dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and beat until well blended.
  • Pour into the prepared pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Cool completely
  • Frosting
  • Mix together the milk and the vanilla and set aside.
  • Add the powdered sugar to a mixing bowl and set aside.
  • Over medium heat melt the butter stirring constantly. When the butter becomes very frothy and turns brown remove from the heat.
  • Add the milk and the vanilla mixture to the powdered sugar. Add the browned butter. Mix with an electric mixer until well combined. Immediately spread on the cooled cake.

Thursday, January 2, 2025

White Bean Chicken Chili (Kari Darby) Maybe Mel's Kitchen Cafe

Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 45 minutes Difficulty: Easy Servings: 6 servings


INGREDIENTS

1 medium onion, chopped

2-3 garlic cloves, minced

1 tablespoon canola oil

1 tsp salt

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp dried oregano

1/2 tsp pepper

1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

1 can (14 oz) chicken broth

2 cans (15 oz) great northern beans

2 cans (4oz) green chilis

1 pound roasted chicken

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

tortilla chips optional

cheese optional

DIRECTIONS

In a large sauce pan, saute onion and garlic until softened. Add seasonings and sauté until fragrant for 1-2 minutes.

Add beans, broth, chilis, and chicken into pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer, uncovered for 30 minutes.

Remove from heat; stir in sour cream and heavy whipping cream. If desired, add tortilla chips and cheese