Honey Pizza Dough

Ingredients

3 cups flour

1 cup luke warm water ( comfortable to the touch )

2 tablespoons yeast

2 tablespoons honey

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon olive oil

Directions

In a large mixing bowl dump the water in and then dissolve the honey, sprinkle the yeast on top ( do not mix ) let it sit till the yeast is active ( you will see a off white foam on top of the water ) usually about 10 minutes.

Then add your olive oil,salt or any herbs you want in the dough ( try rosemary ) then add in 1 cup flour and mix till it is completely incorporated reserving the other 2 cups. loosely cover and let it double in size.

Once doubled in size  slowly add in 1 more cup till it starts to form a ball, lightly flour a surface you can work the dough on and then continue to kneed the dough till the last cup is completely mixed in. ( don’t be shy, be rough with it the rougher you are the better it turns out )

Lightly oil a mixing bowl, then place the dough in the bowl and flip once to cover both sides lightly in oil. Let it rise one last time doubling in size.

Grab your pizza pan or pizza stone and lightly cover the surface in corn meal ( it keeps the dough from both sticking and helps it cook more evenly. with the palm of your hand evenly press the dough out till it is in the shape of a pizza.

Take a fork and about every inch stab the dough, this will help prevent air pockets forming.  Depending on how many toppings,cheese,sauce you place on the dough will all depend on what temperature and how long to bake it.

Traditionally as long as you do not get crazy with the toppings the cooking time is 475 f for 25- 30 minutes. you can always tell when the pizza is done when you can take a spatula and lift the crust to see the center on the underside.

Graham Cracker Pie Crust

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups fine graham cracker crumbs ( 14 crackers crushed finely )

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup butter melted

2 tablespoons sugar

Directions

Crush your graham crackers to make fine crumbs place them into a bowl, add your sugar,salt and melted butter. Mix them together.

grab your pie plate and with a firm push, press it onto the bottom and sides then place into a refrigerator to chill completely. ( must be chilled before you fill with a pie filling and bake )

Luscious Apricot Bars

 

Ingredients

2/3 cup dried apricots

1/2 cup softened butter

1/4 cup sugar

1 1/3 cup sifted four

1 cup brown sugar

2 eggs, well beaten

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup chopped almonds

Directions

preheat oven at 350 f

Rinse the apricots then place in sauce pan and cover with water simmer them for 10 minutes then drain cool and chop the apricots.

Combine the butter, sugar and flour mix until crumbly. Then add in the apricots and mix lightly until well distributed.

Pack the mixture into a 9″ square pan and bake for 20 minutes.

 

Lemon Jello Cake

Ingredients

1 package Yellow Cake Mix

1 3 oz package lemon jello

3/4 cup water

3/4 cup oil

1 tsp vanilla

4 eggs

Frosting ingredients

1 1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 lemon juiced

Directions

Mix all ingredients together making sure to mix well.. then bake the cake  for 25 – 35 minutes at 350 f

remove the cake from the oven and pierce with a fork every inch till the entire cake is pierced.

Mix frosting ingredients by whisking together till it forms a thin syrup ( must be thin ) and then spread over the cake letting sit for at least 2 hours before serving.

Depression Apple Pie

Created at a time when fresh food was both scarce and expensive. It uses chemical reactions to simulate a fresh apple pie without the use of any apples with both taste and texture.

 

Ingredients

1 – 9 inch double  pie crust

2 cups water

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar

25 table water crackers

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 tablespoons butter

Directions

Preheat oven to 450 f

Place water in a saucepan bring to boil,  in a bowl mix ingredients reserving crackers. add ingredients to the boiling water and dissolve. then add in the crackers 1 at a time, boiling for 2 -3 minutes ( do not stir it )

After 2- 3 minutes remove from heat

Pour the mixture into the un-baked pie crust, sprinkle cinnamon  over the crackers and dot the top with butter. layer the top with pie crust and cut vents into it, seal the edges by pinching.

Bake in the oven for 30 minutes and let cool completely before serving.

 

Sugar Cookie

 

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour

3/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1 egg

2 tbsp. milk

Directions

Preheat your oven at 350 f then Mix together in a bowl and set to the side, vanilla,egg,milk.  Cream together the butter and sugar then mix in the vanilla and egg mixture with the butter. With a whisk slowly beat in all the dry ingredients until completely mixed with the wet until smooth.

Drop by tablespoon 3 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet and bake for 10 – 12 minutes  or until lightly brown.

No Bake Peanut Butter Cookie

Ingredients

1 /2  cup corn syrup

1/2 cup sugar

2 cups crushed corn flakes

1 cup peanut butter

Directions

Combine the sugar and the corn syrup into a saucepan, heat on low till hot but do not boil. Once heated remove from the fire and stir in the peanut butter mixing it well then stir in the corn flakes again mixing well.

Spoon onto wax paper let cool till hardened.

 

Fruit Cobbler

Directions

Melt 1 cube of butter in a 9×13 Baking Pan in a 350 f oven.   While the butter is melting bring to boil 1 quart fruit ( or 4 cups ) with 1 cup Sugar and 1 cup water in saucepan. while the fruit is boiling mix 1 cup flour and 1 cup sugar  with 2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt in a bowl stirring well.

Then add 1 cup milk and mix thoroughly, remove butter from oven and pour into the mixture mixing it then pour back into the pan. Remove fruit from the stove and spoon on top of it.

Bake in the oven at 350 f for 45 minutes. The cake will rise to the top.

 

 

 

Amish Country Bread

Ingredients

1 cup luke warm water

2 tablespoons honey

1  tablespoon Quick Rise Yeast

3 cups flour ( Recommended Unbleached All Purpose Flour )

2 teaspoon olive oil

1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

Place luke warm water into bowl then dissolve the honey completely into the water, sprinkle yeast over the water ( do not stir ) wait about 10 minutes for the yeast to become active ( you will see a off white foam on top of the water.

Once the yeast is active, add in the olive oil and salt and mix in 2 cups flour.

Incorporating 1/4 cup at a time until completely mixed and repeating until 2 cups are completely incorporated into the dough. move the dough into a lightly oiled bowl to sit until it rises doubled in size. ( usually about 1 hour )

Once doubled lightly flour a surface and begin to kneed the dough slowly incorporating the rest of the flour once finished place the dough into a bread pan. It must double in size one last time before you bake at 350 f for 25 – 30 minutes.

Classic Marble Squares

Classic Marble Square Cookies

Ingredients:
1 cups plus 2 tablespoons of flour
1 teaspoon of salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup butter, softened
6 tablespoons of granulated sugar
6 tablespoons of brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 egg
½ tsp. of water
1 cup Chocolate Chips

1⁄2 cup of chopped Walnuts, optional

Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
Whisk flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside
Blend butter, sugars vanilla and water.
Beat in eggs.
Add flour mixture and mix well.
Spread batter in a greased 9 x 13 pan.
Sprinkle with chocolate chips on top.

Bake for 12-14  minutes then slice into squares.