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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.

homemade bread

#1 HOMEMADE BREAD

ingredients:

1/2 cup of oatmeal
1/2 cup of grits
1/2 cup of bulgar wheat
Tbsp of salt
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup brown sugar or honey
1 pkg of yeast (2.5 tsp)
5-6 cups flour (you can use 2-3 cups whole wheat if you prefer)

directions:
Combine first 6 ingredients. Add 2 cups of boiling water and let sit until room temperature. Prepare yeast in 1/2 cup of warm water (between 110-120 degrees) and let sit for 5 minutes. Add yeast to grain mixture and stir in flour. Knead. Oil bowl and let dough rise until doubled. Form into 2 loaves and let rise. Bake at 375 for 40-50 minutes.

egg salad

Egg Salad

INGREDIENTS:
12 eggs
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tsp sweet pickle juice
salt and pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS:
1. Place eggs in a large pot.
2. Cover with cold water.
3. Bring to a boil.
4. Turn down to low for 12 minutes.
5. Cool eggs with cold water.
6. Remove shells.
7. Place eggs in bowl and mash with fork.
8. Add mayo, pickle juice, salt, and pepper.
9. Mix well and enjoy on your favorite bread.
10. It will make 12 sandwiches.

Tip... try it on a toasted sandwich round!!!

homemade brownies

DELICIOUS BROWNIES

Ingredients:
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
2 cups sugar
2 tsp vanilla
4 eggs
3/4 cup Cocoa
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup chopped nuts or mini-chocolate chips (optional)

Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan (I used a stone baking dish).

2. Place butter in large bowl and melt in microwave. Stir in sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well with spoon after each addition. Add cocoa; beat until well blended. Add flour, baking powder and salt; beat well. Stir in nuts or chocolate chips or you can sprinkle them on top (optional). Pour batter into prepared pan.

3. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cut into bars.

Here are some pictures of my experience...These were made for a birthday celebration in my parents small group. There were some leftover so I got to have one and they were chocolaty!