Corn Loaf

You'll Need:

1? cups milk, part cream if desired
1 cup granola
? cup canned corn, or fresh, cooked corn, cut from cob
2 eggs, beaten
1? teaspoons salt

Procedures : To prepare this Corn Loaf Recipe, first soak granola in milk fifteen minutes, add remaining ingredients. Put into oiled bread tin, and bake till set. Serve with cream sauce or egg sauce. Zwieback crumbs or cracker crumbs may be used instead of the granola, but they do not give so good a flavor. One-half cup of chopped pine nuts makes a palatable addition to this loaf, making Corn and Pine Nut Loaf

Corn Cake with Suet

You'll Need:

1 cup corn meal
1 cup Gold Medal flour
? teaspoon salt
? teaspoon soda
? cup chopped suet
2 cups sour milk

Procedures : To prepare this Corn Cake with Suet Recipe, first mix and sift the dry ingredients, add suet and the sour milk. Beat well and bake in a moderate oven one-half hour. May be eaten with syrup but is recommended only for zero weather

Christmas Bread

You'll Need:

Dough enough for one loaf
1 cup sugar
? cup lard
1 cup raisins seeded
? cup currants
1 egg
1 teaspoon mixed spices
? teaspoon soda

Procedures : To prepare this Christmas Bread Recipe, first beat the sugar, spices and soda into the lard. Fold the mixture into the dough, beat again slightly and cut into the dough; fold in the raisins and currants slightly floured. Bake in two loaves in a moderate oven

Easy Cheese and Garlic Scones

You'll Need:

2 cups self-rising flour
2 tablespoons butter
1 pinch salt
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1 clove garlic, minced
1 cup milk

Procedures : Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet.
In a large bowl, sift together flour and salt. Rub in butter lightly with finger tips until mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Stir in cheese and garlic. Make a well in the center of the mixture and pour in the milk, reserving 1 teaspoon for a glazing the scones. Gently mix, just until combined.
Turn out onto a lightly floured board and knead briefly and lightly. Be careful not to overwork the dough. Press out dough to form a 1 inch thick round. Cut into 8 wedges. Place on prepared tray and brush with reserved milk.
Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 20 minutes, or until light brown. Serve hot or let cool on a wire rac

Easy Cheddar Biscuits with Fresh Herbs

You'll Need:

2 1/4 cups all-purpose baking mix
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, chopped
1/4 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1/3 cup milk
1 egg, lightly beaten

Procedures : Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
In a medium bowl, stir together baking mix, cheese, and rosemary.
In a separate bowl, stir together sour cream, mustard, and milk. Stir wet mixture into dry mixture until well combined. Drop dough in 2-inch rounds onto a baking sheet. Brush tops with beaten egg.
Bake in preheated oven 12 to 15 minutes. Serve warm

Easy Biscuits

You'll Need:

2 1/4 cups self-rising flour
3/4 cup shortening
1 cup milk

Procedures : Combine and mix ingredients together. Pour out on floured waxed paper. Pat the dough out with your hands until dough is not sticky (add a little flour if necessary). Fold double. Cut biscuits with a biscuit cutter.
Bake on a cookie sheet at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 20-25 minutes

Easy Biscuit Mixture

You'll Need:

10 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup baking powder
1/4 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons salt
2 cups shortening

Procedures : In a large bowl mix together the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Store in an airtight container for up to 6 weeks

Easy Beer Bread Mix

You'll Need:

2 1/2 cups self-rising flour
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
3/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 (12 fluid ounce) can beer
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted

Procedures : Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch baking pan.
In a bowl, mix the self-rising flour, all-purpose flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, onion powder, and Italian seasoning. Pour in the beer, and mix just until moistened. Transfer to the prepared baking pan. Top with the melted butter.
Bake 45 to 55 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack

Easiest Focaccia Recipe

You'll Need:

1 teaspoon white sugar
1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
1/3 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 teaspoon salt

Procedures : n a small bowl, dissolve sugar and yeast in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
In a large bowl, combine the yeast mixture with flour; stir well to combine. Stir in additional water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until all of the flour is absorbed. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly for about 1 minute.
Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C).
Deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface; knead briefly. Pat or roll the dough into a sheet and place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Brush the dough with oil and sprinkle with salt.
Bake focaccia in preheated oven for 10 to 20 minutes, depending on desired crispness. If you like it moist and fluffy, then you'll have to wait just about 10 minutes. If you like it crunchier and darker in the outside, you may have to wait 20 minutes

Dumplings

You'll Need:

1 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon margarine
1/2 cup milk

Procedures : Stir together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in medium size bowl. Cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in milk to make a soft dough.
Drop by spoonfuls into boiling stew. Cover and simmer 15 minutes without lifting lid. Serve.
To make parsley dumplings, add 1 tablespoon parsley flakes to the dry ingredients

Dried-Cranberry Spice Bread

You'll Need:

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup cornmeal
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup dried cranberries
1 cup low-fat buttermilk
1/3 cup light molasses
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 eggs
cooking spray

Procedures : Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine first 9 ingredients in a large bowl. Stir in dried cranberries, and make a well in center of mixture. Combine buttermilk, molasses, oil, and eggs in a bowl, and stir well with a whisk. Add the buttermilk mixture to the flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Spoon batter into a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack, and remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack

Dr. Michael's Yeasted Cornbread

You'll Need:

3 1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup cornmeal
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons white sugar
3 tablespoons shortening
1 cup milk
1/8 cup water
1 egg
2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Procedures : Place the ingredients in the bread machine pan in the order suggested by the manufacturer.
Select the Basic or White Bread setting, and start the machine. Transfer the bread from the pan to a rack to cool. Wrap in foil to store

Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread

You'll Need:

1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
3 cups white sugar
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

Procedures : Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.
In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans.
Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean

Doughnut Muffins

You'll Need:

1/3 cup shortening
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Procedures : Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
In a large bowl, cream together shortening and 1 cup sugar; beat in egg. Stir together flour, baking powder, salt and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Stir flour into egg mixture alternately with milk. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean. While muffins bake, combine 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Remove muffins from pan and let cool for 5 minutes. While muffins are still warm, roll tops of muffins in cinnamon sugar mixture

Dough Art Basket

You'll Need:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup salt
1 cup water
1 egg white, beaten

Procedures : Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. Mix in water, stirring constantly, until the dough pulls together. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and firm, about 7 to 10 minutes.
Invert a medium sized mixing bowl and cover tightly with aluminum foil. Turn up the edge of the foil to make a shelf around the outer rim of the bowl. Roll a piece of dough out to 1/2 inch thickness and cut out a 3 inch circle. Place this circle on top of the inverted bowl to form the base of the basket.
Roll dough out into long ropes. Braid the ropes together and coil them around the mixing bowl starting at the circle. Wet the dough slightly where you want it to stick together. To make a smooth transition from one braid to the next, snip the ends off square and press together with a bit of water. Stick each new row to the one before it. Continue until the bowl is completely wrapped in dough. When you reach the top of the bowl, finish it off by wrapping a single rope of dough around the rim. Brush the basket with egg white.
Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until basket is firm. Remove from oven, slip basket off of the bowl and bake until hard and golden, this takes about 30 to 40 minutes depending on the thickness of the basket

Double Quick Dinner Rolls

You'll Need:

2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
1/4 cup dry potato flakes
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
3/4 teaspoon onion powder
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

Procedures : In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add potato flakes, sugar, salt, egg, vegetable oil, onion powder, and 1cup of the flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in remaining flour. Continue stirring until smooth, scraping batter from sides of bowl.
Cover and let dough rise in warm place until doubled, about 20 to 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease 12 muffin cups.
Punch down dough. Spoon dough into 12 greased muffin cups, filling each half full. Let rise until batter reaches tops of cups, or about 20 minutes.
Bake in a preheated 400 degree F(200 degrees C) for 15 minutes. Serve immediately

Donna's Chocolate Zucchini Bread

You'll Need:

3 eggs
2 cups white sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup chopped almonds
2 cups grated zucchini

Procedures : Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9 x 5 inch loaf pans well.
Sift together flour, salt, cinnamon, baking powder, and soda.
In a large bowl, beat eggs until lemon colored; beat in sugar and oil. Stir in vanilla, zucchini, and cooled chocolate. Mix dry ingredients into zucchini mixture. Stir in the chopped almonds. Pour batter into prepared pans.
Bake for 60 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pans 15 to 20 minutes, then flip onto racks to finish cooling

Dizzy Pineapple Bread

You'll Need:

1 (8 ounce) can pineapple chunks
2 3/4 cups self-rising flour
1/3 cup white sugar
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer

Procedures : Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9x5 inch baking pan.
Combine the pineapple flour, sugar and beer. Do not overmix! Pour batter into the prepared pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 1 hour or until bread tests done

Dilly Cheese Wheat Bread`

You'll Need:

2/3 cup milk
1/2 cup hot water
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon dried dill weed
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 cups bread flour
2 teaspoons bread machine yeast
1/2 cup grated Cheddar cheese
1/2 cup grated Asiago or Parmesan cheese

Procedures : Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select the white bread light crust setting; press Start. If your machine has a Fruit setting, add the Cheddar and Asiago cheeses at the signal, or about 5 minutes before the kneading cycle has finished

Dilly Bread

You'll Need:

1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water
1 pinch white sugar
1 cup cottage cheese
1 tablespoon margarine
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons dill seed
1 teaspoon dried minced onion
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon margarine, melted
1 teaspoon kosher salt

Procedures : Stir the yeast into the warm water, and add a pinch of sugar. Set aside to proof.
In a large saucepan, warm the cottage cheese and margarine until the fat is melted. Remove from heat, and add sugar, onion flakes, dill seed, salt, and soda. Mix in egg and dissolved yeast. Stir in flour for a stiff dough. Place dough in a greased bowl, and turn several times to thoroughly coat. Let rise until double in size in a warm place, usually 50 to 60 minutes.
Stir the dough until it is deflated. Place into an 8 inch round, buttered 2 quart casserole. Let rise 30 to 40 minutes in a warm place.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 40 to 50 minutes until golden brown. Brush top with melted margarine. Sprinkle lightly with salt