Dill Sauce

From Taste of Home, probably the best Dill Sauce I have eaten:

1/3 cup sour cream
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
3/4 teaspoon dill weed
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
Pepper to taste

Mix it up. Refrigerate for some time before serving to meld flavors.

Sloppy Joes

1 pound ground beef
1/2 large onion, diced
1/2 bell pepper, diced (optional)
2 Tablespoons ketchup
1 Tablespoon mustard
1 can chicken gumbo soup

 Begin browning ground beef. When it begins to brown, add onion (and pepper, if using) and cook together with ground beef until both are cooked through. Add additional ingredients and cook until heated through. Serve on hamburger or slider buns.

Snickerdoodles

1 c. Butter
2 c. Sugar
2 eggs
1/4 c. Milk
1 tsp vanilla
3 3/4 c. Flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp salt

Cinnamon sugar mixture:
3 Tbls sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon

Mix in separate bowl and use to coat dough

Mix butter, sugar, and eggs. Add milk and vanilla and mix. Add dry ingredients. Roll dough into walnut sized balls and roll in cinnamon and sugar mixture. Bake @ 350 degrees for 7-8 minutes.

Pumpkin Cookies

1/2 c. Shortening
3/4 c. Brown sugar
3/4 c. White sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. nutmeg
2 1/2 c. flour
1 c. Pumpkin
1 c. Raisins or choc. Chips (I use nestles mini choc chips)

Cream shortening and sugars, beat in egg. Add spices, soda, powder, salt and vanilla, mix well. Add pumpkin and flour alternately, mixing well after each addition. Add chocolate chips. Bake @ 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes. DO NOT OVER BAKE!

German Chocolate Cake Frosting

2/3 c. sugar
2/3 c. evaporated milk
2 egg yolks
1/3 c. shortening
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
1 c. chopped pecans (can use walnuts)

In saucepan combine sugar, evaporated milk, egg yolks, and shortening.  Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil.  Remove from heat.  Add vanilla, coconut, and pecans.  Beat until thick.  Cool 15 minutes.  Spread only between layers and on top if using round pans.

Caramel Frosting

1/2 c. butter
1 c. packed brown sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
6 T. milk
3 c. powdered sugar

Melt butter.  Stir in brown sugar and salt.  Bring to a boil and boil 2 minutes, stirring constantly.  Remove from heat and add milk while stirring.  Return to heat and bring to a boil.  Remove and allow to cool 20 minutes.  Stir in powdered sugar.

Whole Wheat Bread

This is my favorite whole wheat bread recipe that I make every week. I like to use whole white wheat that I grind myself but you can find it in the stores too. I usually half the recipe because I need a bigger mixer!

Whole Wheat Bread

(Makes 4 large loaves)

5 cups of warm-hot water

2/3 cup oil

2/3 cup honey

3 T. yeast

3 T. vinegar

Gently mix this and let sit till yeast bubbles

Add 3-4 cups of flour (I usually make my first three white instead of using gluten)

1/4 cup gluten (optional)

Add 2 T. salt

Add remaining wheat flour (about 10 cups)

Knead or mix for less than 10 minutes

Let raise above warm oven for 30-35 minutes

Form into loaves in oiled bread pans

Let raise above warm oven for 30-35 minutes

Bake in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes

Remove from loaf pans and put on cooling rack.  I butter tops of loaves.