homemade pizza

Ingredients for pizza crust

• 2 1/2 cups of Flour

• 1 tablespoon of Yeast
• 1 teaspoon of Salt
• 4 tablespoons of Oil
• 1 cup of Warm Water
• 1 tablespoon of Honey

Mix dry ingredients together then add wet ingredients.
Knead for 5 minutes then let rest for 5 minutes.
Roll out dough and put it on a baking sheet (we use a stone).

Next we chop up some fresh herbs like thyme, rosemary, basil and oregano and put them onto the crust.  You can also use dried herbs.  You don't need to use much because they have a lot of flavor.

Next pour some sauce on the crust and use as much as you like.

Then put about 2 cups of cheese on top.  We get pizza cheese from Kroger.

And then you put any toppings you want.  I like sausage the best but we usually do peperoni and my parents like olives, onions and green peppers.

Bake at 425 for about 10-15 minutes or the cheese gets just a little brown.

chocolate chip cake

Ingredients:
1 cup oil
1 small box instant chocolate pudding
4 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla
¼ cup water
1 box butter flavored cake mix
1 8oz carton of sour cream
1 6oz package of chocolate chips (we use a little more)

Preheat oven to 325.
Prepare bunt pan with oil and flour.
Mix all ingredients for 3-5 minutes and pour into pan.
Bake 1 hour (until a toothpick comes out clean).
Cool on rack for 10-15 minutes and then remove from pan.

We like it best when it is warm!






This is very easy to make.  I hope you like it.

granola

HOMEMADE GRANOLA

1 cup of canola oil
1 cup of honey
1 cup of peanut butter
10 cups of regular oats
6 cups of grapenuts
1 cup of raisins
1 cup of crasins
1 cup of sunflower seeds
1 cup of slivered almonds
2 tablespoons of flaxseed

Mix first 3 ingredients in sauce pan and heat until peanut butter is melted. Combine the rest of the ingredients in a large bowl and mix. When peanut butter is melted pour that over the dry ingredients and mix well. Store in an airtight container. You can add whatever you like to this granola! It is yummy!

Hey MaSue...

I even have a bag to bring you when I come see you!

full meal

On Tuesday night my Mom let me make the whole dinner. She was in the kitchen watching and answering my questions. I made hamburger buns, sloppy joes, broccoli and lemon tea. Here are the recipes...

HOMEMADE HAMBURGER BUNS

4-5 cups of flour (i use white and whole wheat)

2T yeast

1 cup milk

3/4 cup water

1 t salt

1/2 cup oil

3 T honey

Mix 2 cups of flour with 2tbsp yeast.

Heat milk, water, salt, oil and honey until very warm but not burning.

Mix warm milk mixture with flour/yeast mixture.

Add remaining flour until you get a nice dough consistency.

Set in bowl and let rise for 10 minutes.

Lay out on well floured surface and roll until about 1/2 inch thick.

Use a quart sized mason jar ring to cut out buns.

Place buns on well greased pan.

Let rise for 30 minutes in a warm area.

Bake in preheat 400 degree oven for 12-15 minutes!

SLOPPY JOES with deer meat

1lb of deer meat or any ground meat of your choice

1/4 onion chopped

1/4 cup green pepper chopped

2/3 cup of ketchup

1 t mustard

3 T brown sugar

1/2 t garlic powder

salt/pepper to taste

Brown meat with onions and pepper until cooked.

Add remaining ingredients and simmer for 20-30 minutes.

Place meat mixture on your choice of bread or bun.

Lemon Tea

1 bunch of lemon balm

4 family sized tea bags

Put 2 cups of water and tea bags in microwave safe bowl.

Microwave for 5 minutes.

Carefully remove from microwave and put lemon balm in.

Let sit for 10 minutes.

Pour tea into gallon sized pitcher.

Fill with water until tea measures 1 gallon.

(If you like sweet tea add 1.5 cups of sugar to hot tea and dissolve before adding remaining water or you can add artifical sweetener any time.)

For the broccoli I put about 1 cup of water in a pot with 4 cups of cut up broccoli and cooked it until it was tender. I added some salt, pepper and butter when it was done.

Peanut Butter Pie

PEANUT BUTTER PIE

For the crust:

1 1/2 graham cracker crums

1/3 cup of sugar

6 T butter melted

Combine all ingredients and press into pie plate. Chill.

For the Filling:

1 envelope unflavored gelatin

1/2 cup boiling water

4oz cream cheese, softened

1 cup powered sugar

1/3 cup smooth peanut butter

8 oz whipped topping

Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Cool until lukewarm. Whip cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in peanut butter and powered sugar. Slowly add in gelatin, blending throughly. Fold in whipped topping. Pour into pie shell and cool for 2 hours.

My Papa and Grammy came over last Thursday night and after dinner I asked my Mom if I could make them this dessert and she said yes! So I just have a picture of the finished pie because the adults were outside while I was making it. No one could take pictures.

banana bread

BANANA BREAD

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs , beaten
2 1/3 cups mashed overripe

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 F . Lightly grease 9x5 inch loaf pan. In a large bowl combine first three ingredients. In a separate bowl cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just until moistened. Pour batter into pan and bake for 60-65 minutes.