Homestead & Bread - Hearth

Flatbread for Lent

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:43:33 -0800

Ingredients:

1 lb bread dough

1 small onion chopped

2 ripe tomatoes sliced

1 clove of garlic chopped

Mozzarella cheese

Fresh or dried herbs (basil, rosemary are our favorites)

Directions:

Roll out dough about ¼ - ½ in thick, lay on cookie sheet

Top with chopped tomatoes, onions, garlic and herbs

Cover with shredded cheese

Bake at 400 degrees until cheese is bubbly and crust is golden brown

Leftover Pockets

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:19:52 -0800

Great recipe for leftover chili, taco meat or spaghetti sauce.

Ingredients:

-1 pound of bread dough
-Leftover chili, taco meat or thick spaghetti sauce
- Shredded cheese
-1 egg beaten

Directions:

- Divide bread dough into eight pieces. Roll each piece into a ball. On a lightly floured surface, roll each ball into a circle about 1/4-1/2 in thick.
- Fill center with leftovers, top with cheese and and fold, make sure to really pinch the edges together.
- Brush pockets with a beaten egg
- Bake at 375 degrees for about 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Pumpkin Pie Cookies

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:39:53 -0800

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 cup fresh or canned pumpkin puree
1 egg
2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Frosting:

2 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons milk
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1.    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, pie spice and salt.

2.    In a large bowl, cream together the 1/2 cup of butter and white sugar. Add pumpkin puree, egg and vanilla and beat until creamy. Mix in dry ingredients. Drop on cookie sheet by tablespoonfuls.

3.     Bake for 12-15 minutes in the preheated oven. Let cool.

Frosting:
Combine confectioners' sugar, milk, 2 tablespoons melted butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add sugar or milk as needed to achieve desired consistency.

Some like to drizzle the cookies, I prefer a frosting consistency.

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:59:43 -0800

1. Cut sugar pumpkin in half. Scoop out flesh, try to separate seeds from the “strings”. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. See my Pumpkin Puree post to process pumpkin

2. Drop seeds into a bowl of water, rub between hands to loosen the stringy flesh.

3. Put clean seeds on a kitchen towel to dry

4. Lightly oil or butter a baking sheet, spread seeds evenly onto baking sheet.

5. Sprinkle with Cajun Seasoning or spice of your choice

6. Bakefor about 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.

Enjoy!

Pumpkin Puree for pies,bread and muffins

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:43:54 -0800

1 sugar pumpkin will yield about 2 cups of puree.

1. Cut pumpkin in half and scoop out the insides, getting the pumpkin as clean as possible. I use a tablespoon to scrape or try an ice cream scoop. Save the seeds to plant or to roast!

2. Put pumpkin halves cut side down in a baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour or until tender.

3. Scoop out pumpkin flesh (think giant avocado), let cool.

4.Puree using a food mill, food processor or handheld blender.

5. Pumpkin puree is now ready to use in your recipes or to freeze!

Potato Pancakes

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:54:52 -0800

3 cups shredded peeled potatoes
2 eggs
1/2 cup grated onion
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper

Rinse potatoes in cold water; drain thoroughly.

In a bowl, mix potatoes, eggs, onion, flour, salt and pepper. Optional: I like to add a dash of Cajun seasoning

Heat oil in pan to fry batter.

Pour batter by 1/3 cupfuls into hot oil

Fry 7-8 minutes on each side or until potatoes are tender and pancakes are golden brown.

Optional: Add parsley or chopped bacon to batter before frying.

Sugar Cookies

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:54:03 -0800

INGREDIENTS

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour.

2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

3. Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.

OPTIONAL:

Decorate with sprinkles before baking or frost after cookies have cooled down.

Cookie Balls

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:30:55 -0800

INGREDIENTS

16oz “oreo” cookies, crushed

1 package cream cheese, softened

1 bag white chocolate chips, melted

DIRECTIONS

In a large mixing bowl, combine crushed cookies and cream cheese to form a stiff dough. Roll into balls and dip in melted chocolate. Let rest on waxed paper until set.

OR

Use vanilla sandwich cookies and dip in melted dark chocolate

Easy Fudge

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:24:03 -0800

Ingredients:

1 12 oz package of chocolate chips
1 can (14oz) sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon of vanilla or almond extract

Optional: for Peanut Butter Fudge use peanut butter chips, for Cookies 'n' Cream Fudge use white baking chips and add crushed oreos (or oreo-like cookie) to the melted chips.

Directions:

Line a 9 inch baking dish with foil

Combine baking chips and sweetened condensed milk in a microwave safe bowl. Heat on high for 1 1/2 minutes.

Stir until mixtures is smooth and shiny, add extract and stir smooth.

Pour into the baking dish, smooth out and let cool for about 2 hours.

Cut, Share and Enjoy!!!

In a Rush Cookie

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:15:39 -0800

From Homestead

In a Rush Cookie
1 box of cake mix (love devil's food cake mix)
1/3 cup oil
2-3 eggs
Optional: chocolate chips, nuts, M&M's

DIRECTIONS
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease cookie sheets.
2.Pour cake mix into a large bowl.
Stir in the oil and eggs until well blended.
Mix in chocolate chips etc.
Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
3.Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven.
Remove from pan to cool on wire racks