Saturday, February 5, 2011

Freezer Dough (Joycelyn)
























Place in Large Mixing Bowl in the order listed:
2 c. flour
2 T. dry Yeast
½ c. sugar
2/3 c. dry powdered milk
1½ t. salt

In a 2 cup measuring cup pour in ½ cup oil and 1 ½ cups of hottest tap water. Add all at once to the dry ingredients and beat until well blended and smooth.
Add 2 eggs and 1 more cup of flour – Mix Well.
Add 2 more cups of flour and mix well. You may need to add ½ to 1 cup more of flour at this point – add about ¼ cup at a time. You want a soft smooth dough but not overly sticky.

Cover with saran wrap and let rest for 20-30


Punch down the dough

Now you can:
cover the rolls with that same piece of saran wrap and place them in the refrigerator to bake within the next 24 hours
OR put them in the freezer to use in the next month
OR you can let them rise for a few minutes while the oven preheats and bake them.

Bake at 375 for 15-17 minutes.

If you put them in the refrigerator to bake later; when you take them out of refrigerator, remove the saran wrap, let them sit while the oven preheats, and then bake as directed above.

If they were in the freezer thaw and let rise (3 hours on the counter OR 8 hours in refrigerator) and then bake.

This is a basic freezer dough you can use it to make all sorts of bread dishes—
Cinnamon Rolls, Orange rolls, Cinnamon Pull-aparts—Monkey bread, Pizza, Hamburger buns, Sandwich rollups, Bread etc.

For Crescent rolls:


Punch the dough down and divide the dough into 3 even pieces. On a sprayed OR floured surface, roll each piece of dough into about a 10 inch circle (about ½ inch thick). Cut each circle into 8 pieces like cutting a pie. Then roll each piece starting at the widest edge to form a crescent roll. Place on a greased cookie sheet. Makes 24 rolls. (You can shape the dough in any way that you choose – crescent rolls are just my favorite shape.)

Hot Cocoa Mix (Joycelyn)















Ingredients:
One 25.6oz box of instant nonfat dry milk
One large container of Nestle Quick (chocolate milk flavor)
One pound powdered sugar
8 oz powdered creamer
1 tablespoon salt
2 cups cocoa powder

Directions
1.Simply mix all of the ingredients together in a very large bowl. Divide into more bowls if a large enough bowl isn't available. This recipe makes an extremely large batch, but it's worth the trouble! A large, lidded bowl like the 26 cup capacity Tupperware Fix-n-mix bowl is ideal. Instead of stirring with a spoon, one can simply throw all the ingredients in the bowl, attach the lid tightly, and shake until everything is evenly mixed.
2.Fill one third of a mug with the cocoa mix in its powdered form, then fill the rest of the mug with hot water. Even using water, this cocoa is incredibly rich and delicious, but for a truly decadent experience, mix hot milk into the powder.

Crispy Herbed Pizza Dough -freezable (Joycelyn)


















Dough:
4 1/2 teaspoons yeast
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 1/2 cups hot water
3 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon olive oil
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon basil
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

Mix all ingredients in kitchen aid and let it do the kneading :) Let dough rise 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 500.

Cut dough into 2 pieces. Roll into 2 large pizza circles.

Cook dough on hot pizza stone about 5 minutes or until lightly browned. (one at a time)Some of mine bubbled up and I just kinda pushed the air out.

Let the crust cool for about 10 minutes.

Toppings:
Pizza sauce: of your choice
2 cups mozzarella cheese
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
2 tablespoons cornmeal
Toppings of your choice: I used pepperoni, sausage, bacon, olives, onion, green peppers

Top with pizza sauce and cheese. Ending with the herbs and pepper on the very top.

Bake until cheese if melted and lightly browned or freeze for later.

To freeze: Place on cardboard rounds or cookie sheet and flash freeze. When frozen, wrap tightly with plastic wrap.

To bake after freezing, bake at 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.

Soup Or Sauce Mix --- *SOS (Peggy)

Busy cooks are always looking for shortcuts in meal preparation. Making and using Soup or Sauce(SOS) mix from food kept on hand can provide many opportunities for such shortcuts. By using SOS many basic dishes become quicker and easier to make as well as more flavorful.

Things to know
* SOS mix can be used in a variety of recipes such as soup, gravies, creamed
vegetables, skilet meals, and casseroles.
* SOS mix can be substituted for a can of cream soup in any recipe.
* SOS mix saves time if you plan munus.
* SOS mix is fat free.
* SOS mix save money. Making mix from ingredients kept on hand is less expensive
than buying a commercial mix in the store.

The Mix
Ingredients:
2 c powdered non-fat dry milk
3/4 c cornstarch
1/4 c instant chicken bouillon
2 T dried onion flakes
2 t Italian Seasoning
Direcions:
Combine all ingredients in a re-closeable plastic bag,
mixing well.

Yield: Equal to 9 cans of cream soup

To substitute for 1 can of cream soup:
1. combine 1/3 c of dry mix with 1 1/4 c of cold water.
2. cook and stir on stove top or in microwave until thickened
3. add thickened mixture to casseroles as you would a
can of soup.

Storage
Store in closed plastic bag or air-tight container until
ready to use. It does not have to be refrigerated.


Potato Soup
Ingredients:
1/3 c *SOS
1 1/4 c cold water
1 c cooked potato cubes
Directions:
Combine SOS mix with water. Cook and stir on stove top or in microwave until
thickened. Add potato cubes. Opt. you may add celery and grated carrots while
cooking potatoes.

Broccoli Cheese Soup
Ingredients:
1/3 c *SOS
1 1/4 c cold water
1/3 c fresh or frozen broccoli
1 c cheese, grated
Directions:
Combine SOS mix and broccoli with water. Cook and stir on stove top or in
microwave until thickened. Add grated cheese and mix until well blended.

Chicken Stuffing Casserole

















1 box stove top stuffing
1/3 c SOS
1 1/4 c cold water
1-2 c cooked cubed chicken
Make stuffing as directed on box. Mix and cook SOS and water til thickened.
Layer stuffing and chicken in casserole dish and top with prepared SOS mix.
Bake uncovered 15-20 min