Saturday, May 22, 2010

Spaghetti Sauce

3 large cans tomato juice
3 cans tomato paste
All the spices below are to be used to taste. 
parsley
garlic salt
salt
pepper
bay leaf
touch of cinnamon and nutmeg

Serve with Homemade Meatballs over Vermicelli

Cook together over medium heat in large pan
Expect to cook at least 3 hours
Place homemade meatballs in sauce and let simmer another two hours

Pancakes

2 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups milk
1/4 cup margarine or butter, melted

Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt
Add eggs, milk and butter
Mix well
Cook in skillet on one side until bubbles form in pancakes
Turn once and cook until light brown

Breakfast Potatoes

8 medium sized potatoes, cooked and cooled
1/4 pound cheddar cheese, grated
1/2 pint whipping cream
1 small onion
1/2 stick butter
1 tsp salt

Grease a 9x13 cake pan
Peel and grate potatoes
Mix in grated cheese
Mince onion and salt in cream and pour over potatoes
Dot with butter
Bake at 400 degrees for 1 hour
Can be made early and refrigerated until it's time to bake

Caramel Corn

2 cups brown sugar
1 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup dark Karo syrup
1 tsp butter flavor
1 tsp baking soda
9 qts air popped popcorn
peanuts (optional)

Boil brown sugar, butter and Karo for 5 minutes
Add butter flavor and soda
Pour over popcorn and stir in big roaster pan
Add peanuts
Bake at 200 degrees for one hour
Stir constantly until cool
Put into bags

Granola

6 cups rolled oats
1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup shelled sunflower seeds
3/4 cup cashews or almonds, chopped
1/2 cup sesame seeds
1/2 cup cooking oil
1/3 cup water
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 cup raisins

In large bowl, combine oats, coconut, wheat germ, sunflower seeds, nuts and sesame seeds.
Mix together oil, honey, water, salt and vanilla
Pour liquid over oatmeal mixture
Stir well to coat
Spread onto two greased baking sheets
Bake in 350 oven for 30 minutes, stirring frequently
Cool thoroughly
Add raisins
Store in airtight container

Dill Dip

1 cup sour cream
1 cup mayonnaise
1 Tbsp dill weed
1 Tbsp dried onion
1 Tbsp parsley
1 tsp Lowry's seasoned salt

Mix all ingredients together
Refrigerate for 24 hours

Apple Butter

2 1/2 qts of apples
5 cups white sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp allspice
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 qt apple cider

Cook apples until soft
Strain apples.

Add all ingredients to apples.
Cook in oven at 350 degrees for 3 to 4 hours or until thick
Stir frequently.
Put in 7 pint jars and can.