Quick and Easy Breadsticks

 

Quick and Easy Breadsticks

I love this receipe it is so easy and very little clean up since you roll it out and cut them in the pan.
Time: 45 minutes start to finish

Ingredients:
1 1/2 C warm water
2 T. sugar
1 T yeast
1/2 salt
3 1/2- 4 C flour
1/4 C butter
3/4 C Parmesan or Mozzarella cheese
Garlic Salt

1. Mix the water, sugar, and yeast together. Let sit for 5 minutes.
2. Add the salt and the flour, one cup at a time, until it is well incorporated. Mix on high for 5 minutes. Let the dough rest for 5 minutes.
3. Melt the butter and pour half of it into a jelly roll pan.
4. Place the dough in the center of the pan. Let sit for 2-3 minutes. Letting the dough rest makes it easier to work with and shape.
5. Spread the dough out flat onto the pan until it reaches all the edges.
6. Pour the other half of the the butter onto the dough. Spread it around with your hands. Sprinkle on the garlic salt all over the dough, and then the cheese.
7. With a pizza cutter cut the dough into 2-3 rows lengthwise and then into about 12 rows.
8. Put the pan into a 170 degree oven for 7-10 minutes. The breadsticks should rise about 1 inch.
9. Turn the oven up to 350 degrees and bake for about 12 minutes or until golden brown.
10. When they come out of the oven let them sit and rest for about 5 minutes.
Enjoy!

Sharon Ballard's Cinnamon Rolls

Roll Dough Ingredients:

1 T sugar

1-2 pkgs dry yeast or 1 T bulk yeast 

2 T warm water

1/2 C margarine or butter

1/2 C sugar

2 large eggs

1 t salt

1 C very warm water

4 C flour

Directions:

Add sugar and yeast to water.  Stir with plastic or wood spoon to dissolve yeast.  Let stand.

Cream together margarine or butter, sugar, eggs and salt.  Beat well.

Add 1 C very warm water to the yeast mixture.  

Mix in 4 C of flour, beat in mixer and put in bowl.  Cover to rise.

Let rise until doubled in bulk about 1-2 hours (this can be refrigerated, cover with a damp cloth until ready to use).

To make Cinnamon Rolls:

Heat oven to 400 degrees.  

Roll out dough into an oblong shape.

Spread with butter and brown sugar, sprinkle with cinnamon and add raisins if desired.

Roll into a roll and slice about 1-1 1/2 inch slices.

Place in greased pan and allow to rise about 1/2 hour.

Bake 10-12 minutes or until brown.

Frost hot out of the oven.

Cream Cheese Frosting:

6 oz cream cheese, softened

1/3 C butter, softened

1 t vanilla

2-2 1/2 C powdered sugar

Blend all ingredients together with a mixer.

Recipe Courtesy of The Cooking Chicks

100% Whole Grain Wheat Bread

 

Ingredients:

2 3/4 C hot water

1/3 C olive oil, any oil is fine (I like to use canola)

1/3 C honey

2 T molasses

1 T salt

2 T dry active yeast

7 1/2 C 100% whole grain wheat flour

Directions:

1)  Place the first 5 ingredients in the bowl and mix.

2)  Add:  2 Cups 100% whole grain wheat flour (to cool the water and end up with warm           dough).  Mix then add 2 T of dry active yeast.  If you are not sure about your yeast, proof it in a little warm water first.

3)  Add:  4 Cups of 100% whole grain wheat flour.

4)  Mix until the consistency is some what even.  Then continue to slowly add flour 1/2 Cups at a time until the dough quits sticking to the sides of the bowl.  It should be tacky to the touch.  The trick is to have the consistency to stand up with the least amount of flour so the bread will be fluffy.  It will most likely be 6 1/2 Cups but in any case DO NOT exceed 7 1/2 Cups of flour.  Don't over mix or the bread will be tough.

5)  When your dough is finished, leave it in the mixer, cover the bowl and let it rise for about 45 minutes.  The dough will be larger but it doesn't need to be double.

6)  Grease 2 bread pans with Crisco.  You can also flour the pans to reduce sticking.

7)  Mix the dough again just enough to knock it down at least close to the original size.  

8)  Drop the dough on a floured surface so you can work the dough and shape it into two separate loaves, using extra flour as needed.

9)  Drop the loaves in your bread pans and let them rise until almost doubled.  Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees for exactly 36 minutes.

10)  When done, turn loaves out of the pan to a rack to cool.  After they are done cooling, I usually wrap one of loaves up in saran wrap and foil and place it in the freezer which keeps it fresh and moist for later use. 

Recipe Courtesy of The Cooking Chicks

Mama Taylor's Homemade Rolls

Ingredients:

1 1/4 C warm water

2 1/4 t active dry yeast

1 t brown sugar

1/2 t salt

1/4 C oil

1/4 C sugar

1 egg

4 C flour

Directions:

Dissolve yeast and brown sugar in the warm water.

Mix in salt, oil and sugar.

Add 2 cups of flour, mix.

Mix in the egg.

Add the rest of the flour and mix well.

Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise 2 hours.

Spray 2 jelly roll pans (or 9x13 dish- whatever you have).

Punch down and remove the dough from bowl onto a floured surface.

Add a little flour if needed then divide dough into fourths.

Roll 1/4 of dough out at a time into a circle and cut dough into 6 slices.

Roll each slice up into a crescent shape and place on pan.

Cover with a towel and allow to rise 1 1/2 - 2 hours.

Bake in preheated 400 degree over for 7 - 9 minutes, until lightly golden.

Honey Butter:

1/2 C butter, softened

1/4 C honey

Directions:

Mix well.  If you like your butter a little sweeter, then add more honey to your liking!

Recipe courtesy of The Cooking Chicks

Banana Bread with Streusel Topping

 

Ingredients:

2 C flour

1 1/2 t baking powder

1/2 t baking soda

1/4 t salt

1/2 t cinnamon

1/4 t nutmeg

2 eggs, beaten

1 C sugar

2 bananas, mashed

1/2 C oil

Streusel Topping

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease bottom and sides of one 9X5 inch loaf pan.

In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.  

Mix well and set aside.

In another bowl, combine sugar, eggs, bananas and oil.  

Add banana mixture to the flour mixture and mix until lumpy.

Pour batter into pan and sprinkle with Streusel Topping.

Bake for about 60 minutes or until toothpick, inserted in center of loaf, comes out clean.

Streusel Topping

Ingredients:

3 T flour

1/4 C brown sugar

1/4 t cinnamon

2 T butter

Directions:

Combine first 3 ingredients in a medium size bowl.

Cut butter into mixture using a fork.

Mix until crumbly.

Recipe Courtesy of The Cooking Chicks

Homemade Flour Tortillas

Ingredients:

11 C regular flour

1 C shortening

2 T salt

2 T baking powder

5 C boiling water

1 C extra flour

Directions:

Mix first 4 ingredients.  When all is mixed, add water gradually and knead until smooth.

Line cookie sheets with wax paper.  Make small balls (all the same size); flatten with fist so they will take on a round shape.

Place on cookie sheet and cover with another piece of wax paper; then cover with cotton towel.

Let cool 2-3 hours, dough has to be cold (do not refrigerate though).

Pat well into extra flour and start rolling from center of dough.

Roll up and down evenly; do not over press.

The first few times all you are trying to do is shape the tortilla, when tortilla is the size start applying pressure.  This dough is very pliable and easy to handle.

In hot skillet (medium-high), cook tortillas only for a few seconds on each side.  (Do not use an electric skillet as it does not get hot enough.)

Place cooked tortillas on a cotton towel to cool, not touching each other.After they are completely cool, you can stack and freeze them.

Recipe courtesy of The Cooking Chicks

Amish White Bread

This recipe makes super DELICIOUS white bread.  I found this recipe on the allrecipes website.

This makes a sweeter dough and would be great to use as rolls or cinnamon rolls if you choose not to make loaves.     

Ingredients:

2 C warm water

2/3 C white sugar

1 1/2 T active dry yeast

1 1/2 t salt

1/4 C vegetable oil

6 C flour

Directions:

In a large bowl, dissolve sugar in the warm water, then add the yeast.  Allow yeast to activate and foam.

Add salt and oil into the yeast mixture.  Add flour, one cup at a time, to the mixture.  

Knead dough until smooth.  

Spray another large bowl with cooking spray.

Place the dough in the oiled bowl and cover with cloth or plastic wrap.

Allow to rise until dough doubles.

Punch down dough and knead for a few minutes; divide in half.

Shape into loaves and place in two greased 9x5 loaf pans.

Cover with cloth and allow to rise until double.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. 

Recipe courtesy of The Cooking Chicks