Cinnamon Rolls

Ingredients:

1 cup milk
1/2 cup and 1T sugar
2T (or 2 packages) yeast
1 cup lukewarm water
6 cups shifted flour
6T shortening
3 eggs
2t salt


Directions:

Scald and cool to lukewarm 1 cup milk. Meanwhile dissolve 1 Tbsp sugar and 2 pkg yeast in 1 cup lukewarm water. Add milk. Sift before measuring. 3 cups flour, add to above mixture and best until smooth and fine grained. Cream 1/2 cup sugar with 6 Tbsp shortening and add to first mixture. Add 3 beaten eggs. Add 2 tsp salt and enough flour (about 3 cups) to make dough to handle. Knead lightly and place in bowl greased with butter. Let raise until double in bulk, about 1 hour. Roll about 1/2 inch thick, spread with melted butter, sugar, cinnamon, raisin, and nuts. Roll up and cut in slices. Place cut side up on greased tin and let rise 1 hour. Bake 400 degrees until nice and brown. About 15 minutes. Ice while hot. Makes about 24

Tip: use a length of thread to cut the rolls so they don't get smashed. Just wrap the thread around the roll and pull.
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Frosting ingredients:

4 cups powder sugar
4T butter
4T milk
1t vanilla


Frosting directions:

Blend all ingredients together until smooth and fluffy. Makes about 2 cups.

Grandma's Upside Down Spaghetti

 

My Mother in Law made this and it tasted good enough that me a professed spaghetti hater asked for the recipe.  I love cream cheese and the addition of cream cheese to the spaghetti is a great combination.  I made this last night and my niece who was here with her husband asked for the recipe because they liked it too.  Enjoy!

Ingredients

1 (24 oz) package spaghetti noodles

1 1/2 lbs ground beef

1/2 onion

1 (8oz) package cream cheese

1 small carton real sour cream

1 small can tomato paste

1 large jar spaghetti sauce

2 cloves garlic

salt and pepper to taste

2 cups shredded mild cheddar cheese

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  

Cook spaghetti noodles according to directions on package.  While noodles are boiling brown hamburger with onion on stove.  Then in a bowl mix together sour cream and cream cheese and set aside.  Finally mix in blender jar of spaghetti sauce, tomato paste, cloves of garlic and salt and pepper.  When noodles are done drain in a colander.  

Now it is time to layer.  First spread a thin layer of cream cheese mixture in a 9x13 pan. Then layer spaghetti sauce, sprinkle hamburger, cream cheese mixture, cheddar cheese and then spaghetti noodles.  Continue layering in this order for three layers finishing with sauce and topping with cheddar cheese.  Cover with foil and cook for 1 hour.

Roasted Potatoes

ingrediants

2lbs red potatoes washed and cut into quarters

2T vetetable oil

1t salt

1/2t black pepper

1/2t dried rosemary crushed

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (250 degrees C).
2. Place potatoes in a large roasting pan and toss with oil, salt, pepper, and rosemary until evenly coated. Spread out potatoes in a single layer.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve immediately.

Grilled Honey-Lemon Chicken

Ingredients: 

• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1 lemon, zested and juiced
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 cloves garlic, pressed

• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoons dried Italian herb seasoning
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves

Directions

1. Mix canola oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, honey, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, Italian herb seasoning, salt, and black pepper in a bowl; pour into a resealable plastic bag. Place chicken breasts into the bag, seal, and squeeze bag with your fingers several times to coat chicken with marinade. Place a second resealable bag over the first and seal to prevent leaks. Refrigerate chicken for 2 to 4 hours.
2. Preheat grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate.
3. Remove chicken breasts from bag; discard used marinade. Cook chicken on the preheated grill until the center is no longer pink and the juices run clear, 7 to 8 minutes per side.

Microwave Au Gratin Potatoes

Want to avoid turning on the oven with the summer heat coming? This is the solution for Au Gratin potatoes. The best part is they taste like they came out of the oven.

Ingredients:
5-6 peel, washed, sliced potatoes
1/2 c milk
1/3 c butter
1/2 c grated cheese
salt to taste
Pepper to taste


Directions:
In a microwave safe baking dish arrange the potato slices along the bottom. Add in your salt and pepper, pour in your milk and add in your butter. The butter is blobbed in, in tablespoon blobs arranged around the potatoes. Cover and microwave for 5 minutes. When the 5 minutes is up take the mixture out and stir the ingredients together making sure to coat both sides of the potato slices. Cover and microwave an additional 10 minutes. When the timer goes off again once again stir the mixture to make sure the potatoes are and will remain cooking evenly. Add the cheese to the top, cover, and return to the microwave for an additional 10 minutes.


Microwave times do vary so check tenderness of the potatoes with a fork. 

Crackle Barrel Grilled Chicken

This is a super easy way to prepare chicken that is amazing in taste (seriously my kiddos ask for more). I got the recipe from my sister and haven't had to change a thing, it's awesome.

Ingredients:
4-5 Chicken breasts (you can leave them whole or cut them into pieces to infuse the flavor more)
1 8oz bottle of Italian dressing
2t lime juice
4t honey

Directions:
Add all the ingredients into a skillet and fry until the chicken is done. The mixture becomes pretty soupy as it cooks but the liquid cooks down to a really nice sauce. That's it 1 step, 20 minutes and chicken is done.

We've had it over rice, over pasta, and with potatoes it's good with all of it. The flavors in the Italian dressing compliment a variety of sides.

Chicken, Spinach, Ranch Stromboli

I don't have a picture of this because it was devoured so quickly.  I thought I should record the recipe though so I could make it again.

Ingredients:

1 chicken breast, cooked and cubed

2 cups fresh spinach washed

1/8 onion chopped

3/4 cup mozzarella cheese

1 lb scone dough

hidden valley ranch 

italian seasoning, garlic salt, parmesan cheese

Directions:

I cut and cubed the chicken breast seasoned lightly with Italian seasoning and garlic salt while cooking it.  Roll out the scone dough in a long rectangle.  Spread half cheese on bread first.  Then spread spinach, next onion and drizzle lightly across spinach ranch dressing.  Top with cooked chicken and remaining cheese.  Close bread around filling turn seam side down, and place on greased cookie sheet.  Poke holes to release steam.  Spray with cooking spray lightly sprinkle Parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning and Garlic salt.  Cooked in preheated oven @ 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until outside of bread is golden brown.  Enjoy!