Cutting in Butter or Shortening for BiscuitsIt took me about 50 years to discover the "secret" to nice flaky biscuits. When the recipe tells you to cut the butter into the flour, I have "my way" which makes the recipe almost a never fail.
Apple BreadGreat for older babies and everyone else! Combine oil, sugar, and vanilla. Cream until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Sift together flour, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder.
Grands Biscuit Cinnamon RollsI was hungry for cinnamon rolls the other morning and I had a can of Grands Biscuits in the refrigerator. I took each biscuit and rolled it into a circle, spread it with butter, topped it with cinnamon and brown sugar and raisins. I cut them in half and put them in a greased muffin tin. Baked at 350 degrees F for about 15 minutes.
Easy Dinner MuffinsMy aunt used to make these dinner muffins. A cup of self rising flour, one Tbsp. of mayonnaise, and a half cup of milk. Just mix and bake at 350 degrees F until light brown on top. Makes six muffins, just enough for dinner. You can't taste the mayo at all.
Add Dried Fruits to Your Bread MachineWe just got another bread machine and have been waking up to the utterly heavenly aroma of fresh bread and coffee, set to finish just as our first alarm rings.
Putting Oatmeal in Corn BreadThis is a product of 'Old People Ingenuity' and necessity. DH and I each have different sensitivities to the prescription cholesterol lowering drugs so we are trying to take a natural approach.
Double Quick Dinner RollsRecipe for Double Quick Dinner Rolls. Dissolve 1 package dry yeast in 3/4 cup of warm water. Add 1/4 cup sugar and 1 tsp. salt. Sift 2 1/4 cups flour and add half of it to the yeast mixture.
Quick BreadsticksFor quick breadsticks take store bought refrigerator biscuits and roll them into little "snakes" and dip each one into some melted butter that has about a tsp. of garlic powder in it.
