Thursday, September 11, 2014
Cornbread
Cornbread
Ingredients
1/2 stick butter – melted
1 cup sour cream
2 eggs
1 cup fresh cut corn or 1 cup of canned creamed corn
1 cup self rising corn meal
1/4 cup chopped sweet onion
1/4 cup chopped jalapeƱo peppers (optional)
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
2 more Tablespoons melted butter
Directions
Melt butter in a 8″ iron skillet. In a medium bowl add the sour cream and eggs and mix well. Add the corn, meal, and chopped onion, and melted butter. Add peppers and cheese if desired. Stir until blended and pour into iron skillet. Bake 425 degrees for 20-30 minutes or until top is golden brown.
Add a couple of Teaspoons of melted butter to the skillet before pouring the batter in for an extra measure of butter taste and crisp crust.
Monday, March 31, 2014
Crawfish Cornbread
Crawfish Cornbread
Ingredients
2 cups yellow cornmeal
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon Creole or Cajun seasoning
6 eggs
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1 yellow onion, finely diced
8 ounces cheddar cheese, grated
1 (12-ounce) bag frozen corn, thawed
2 pounds crawfish tail meat, finely chopped
1 (4-ounce) can diced jalapenos
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
Stir the cornmeal, baking powder, salt and creole seasoning together in a very large bowl. Stir in the eggs and oil and mix thoroughly. Add the onion, cheese, corn, crawfish and jalapenos and stir until everything is completely mixed together and evenly distributed.
Spread the cornbread into the prepared pan, smoothing out the surface. Bake for 45 – 50 minutes until golden and firm and a tester comes out clean. Let rest for about 10 minutes before slicing and serving warm.
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Butterhorn Rolls
1/2 cup warm water
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Breakfast Cream Cheese Danish
Breakfast Cheese Danish
Ingredients:
2 cans ready to use refrigerated crescent rolls
2 (8-ounce each) packages cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1 egg white
Glaze:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
Preheat oven to 350* degrees and grease a 13X9-inch baking pan. Lay a pack of crescent rolls in the pan and pinch the openings together. Beat the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and egg together until smooth. Spread the mixture over the crescent rolls evenly and then lay the second pack of crescent rolls on top of the cheese mixture and brush with egg white. Bake for 35-45 minutes until the top is golden brown. Top with glaze after cooling for 20 minutes.
Saturday, July 20, 2013
7 up/Sprite/Ginger Ale Biscuits
7 up/Sprite/Ginger Ale Biscuits
Ingredients
4 cups Bisquick
1 cup sour cream
1 cup 7-up/Sprite/Ginger Ale (basically any kind of lemon-lime drink)
1/2 cup melted butter
Directions
Melt your butter in the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking pan. Fold sour cream into Bisquick and then add 7 up. Just mix, but don't over mix. Dump onto a floured surface. Roll out to a 1 inch thickness. Cut out and place in the butter pan. Bake in a 425 degree oven until golden brown.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Apple Fritters
Apple Fritters
Ingredients
2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 1/4-inch pieces
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 cup apple cider
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
3 cups vegetable oil
GLAZE:
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup apple cider
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Spread prepared apples in single layer on paper towel–lined baking sheet and pat thoroughly dry with paper towels. Combine flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in large bowl. Whisk cider, eggs, and melted butter in medium bowl until combined. Stir apples into flour mixture. Stir in cider mixture until incorporated.
Pour oil into a large deep skillet or a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. You should have at least 2 inches of oil in your skillet or Dutch oven. Test the oil to see if it is ready by dropping a pinch of dough into the oil. It is ready when the dough floats to the top.
Using a measuring cup (I use the 1/3-cup) carefully drop heaping portions of batter to the hot oil. Press batter lightly with back of spoon to flatten. Fry, until brown, about 2 minutes, then flip. Cook another 1-2 minutes, until both sides are browned. Transfer briefly to paper towels to absorb excess oil, then transfer to cooling rack.
Transfer fritters to wire rack set inside rimmed baking sheet. Bring oil back to the same temperature and repeat with remaining batter. Let fritters cool 5 minutes
Meanwhile, whisk confectioners’ sugar, apple cider, cinnamon, and nutmeg in medium bowl until smooth. Top each fritter with 1 heaping tablespoon glaze. Wait approximately 5 minutes for glaze to harden, then flip fritters and drizzle glaze over the other side. Best served warm.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Bread Machine Cream Cheese Yeast Bread
Bread Machine Cream Cheese Yeast Bread
Ingredients
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 beaten egg
4 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups bread flour
1 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast
Directions Place the ingredients in the pan in the order as suggested by your bread machine manufacturer. Process on dough cycle. Remove from machine, form into a loaf and place in greased 9x5 loaf pan. Cover and let rise until doubled. Bake in a 350 degrees F oven for approximately 35 minutes.
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Free Entergy Cookbook
BUTTERMILK ROLLS
Ingredients
1 cup lukewarm buttermilk
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 package yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
3 tablespoons shortening
2 1/2 cups sifted flour
Directions
Combine buttermilk, soda, sugar and salt. Stir in yeast until dissolved. Add shortening and stir until melted.
Blend in flour; add additional 1/4 cup flour if necessary to make dough easy to handle. Knead on lightly floured board until smooth and elastic. Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place 3 balls in each greased muffin pan. Cover and let rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour. Bake in 400° F. oven 20 minutes. Yield: 18 rolls.
OVEN BEEF STEW
Ingredients
1 pound beef stew meat
3/4 cup sliced onion
2 tablespoons shortening
1 clove garlic, minced
3 1/2 cups tomatoes
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 cups diced celery
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup diced green pepper
1/2 cup rice
Directions
Brown meat in shortening; add remaining ingredients,
except rice. Bring to a boil and pour into a 2-quart
covered casserole. Stir in rice; cover and bake in 350°F.
oven for 50 minutes, or until rice is tender. Yield:
6 servings.
Download the free Entergy cookbook!
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Freezer Cinnamon Rolls
We LOVE it. If we have friends visiting I don't want to have to spend too much time in the kitchen. Having these cinnamon rolls in the freezer makes breakfast easy and delicious.
Freezer Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
1/2 c. very warm water
1 T. sugar2 T. yeast
1/2 c. melted butter
2 eggs
2 t. salt
1/2 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. warm milk
5 1/2 c. flour
butter
brown sugar
sugar
cinnamon
butter
vanilla
milk
powdered sugar
Directions
Combine water, 1 T. sugar and yeast. Set aside for 5 minutes to activate. Mix 1/2 c. sugar, melted butter, eggs, and salt. Add yeast mixture. Stir in warm milk. Add 5 cups flour, 1-2 cups at a time. Knead dough on a well-floured surface, adding flour as necessary, until dough isn’t sticky. Let rise until double in a clean, oiled bowl. Punch down risen dough. Separate into two pieces. Roll out dough in a large rectangle. Spread with softened butter. Sprinkle liberally with brown sugar, white sugar, and cinnamon. Roll dough. Cut your dough into about 12 (1-inch) rolls. (Tip: the best way I have found to cut is with dental floss).
Lay them in a pan and let them freeze.
When ready to bake. Place in a greased pan. Set out on the counter overnight to let rise. Bake at 350° for 20-22 minutes. Spread icing while hot.
For icing, melt butter (about 2 T.). Add 1 tsp. vanilla and 2 T. milk. Sift powdered sugar into mixture and stir well until icing consistency.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Apple Fritters
Apple Fritters
Ingredients
oil for deep frying1 egg, beaten
1/2 c. milk
1 T. shortening, melted
1 c. apples, peeled, cored and diced
1 c. all-purpose flour
1 T. sugar
1 t. baking powder
1/4 t. salt
1 c. powdered sugar
1 t. cinnamon
Directions
| Add enough oil to a deep fryer or Dutch oven to equal a depth of 3 inches. In a large mixing bowl, combine egg and milk; stir in shortening and apples. In a separate bowl sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; add to egg mixture. Mix well and drop by tablespoonfuls into 365-degree hot oil. Fry about 4 minutes or until golden, turning to brown all sides evenly. Remove from oil with a slotted spoon; drain on several layers of paper towels. Toss powdered sugar and cinnamon together; roll fritters in the sugar mixture. Serve warm. Makes 6 to 8. |
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Funnel Cakes
Funnel Cakes
Ingredients
1-1/3 c. all-purpose flour
2 T. sugar
1 t. baking soda
1 t. baking powder
1/4 t. salt
1 egg
3/4 c. milk
oil for deep-frying
Garnish: powdered sugar
Directions
| Sift flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt together; set aside. Mix egg and milk together; add to flour mixture. Stir until batter is smooth. Pour oil into a deep skillet to a depth of one inch; heat oil over medium heat to 375 degrees on a candy thermometer. Holding a finger over the spout of a funnel, pour 1/4 cup batter into the funnel. Release your finger and allow batter to flow into the hot oil, spiraling batter to form cake. Fry for 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown; drain and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Makes 6 funnel cakes. |
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Upside Down Pecan Cake
Upside Down Pecan Cake.
Ingredients
3/4 c. butter, melted
1 c. brown sugar, packed
2 c. pecan pieces
1/4 c. corn syrup
18-1/4 oz. pkg. yellow cake mix
Directions
| Combine first 4 ingredients; divide and spread equally into 2 greased and floured 9"x5" loaf pans. Set aside. Prepare cake mix according to package directions using 2 tablespoons less water; divide and pour equally into loaf pans. Bake at 275 degrees for 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center tests clean. Carefully invert pans immediately onto rimmed serving plates. Let stand for 2 minutes; remove pans. Slice and serve warm. Makes 16 servings. |
Friday, September 9, 2011
Honey Bread
Honey Bread
Ingredients
2-1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1 t. baking powder
1/4 t. cinnamon
1/2 c. oil
1-1/2 c. buttermilk
1/2 c. honey
Directions
| Mix all ingredients together; spoon into a greased and floured 9"x5" loaf pan. Let stand for 20 minutes; bake at 375 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes. Makes one loaf. |
Monday, May 23, 2011
Strawberry Bread
Strawberry Bread
Ingredients
1 cups fresh strawberries, washed and sliced
1-1/2 cups self rising flour
1 cups white sugar, plus two tablespoons
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cups vegetable oil
2 eggs, beaten
Directions
Place strawberries in a small bowl and pour two tablespoons of sugar over them. Stir and set aside. In mixing bowl, place flour, remaining sugar, oil, eggs, and cinnamon. Mix until well combined. Add strawberries and mix again until well combined and a pretty shade of pink. Pour into greased and floured loaf pan.
Bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes,or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan ten minutes before turning out of pan to cool completely.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Hot Cross Buns
Hot Cross Buns
Ingredients
3/4 cup evaporated milk, warmed
3 Tbsp butter, softened
1 egg
1 egg white
3 Tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbsp yeast
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
3/4 cup raisins
3 cups flour
1 egg yolk
2 Tbsp water
2 Tbsp butter, softened
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 Tbsp water
Directions
Put the evaporated milk in the microwave for 30 seconds to warm. Combine the milk, butter, sugar, salt, yeast in a mixing bowl and let work. Add the egg and egg white and mix. Add 1 cup of flour, currants and cinnamon. Mix in the rest of the flour. Knead, cover and let rise until doubled. Form into 12 buns and place in a greased baking pan. Keep them far enough away from each other that they won't stick together as they rise. Cover and let rise 1/2 an hour. Combine the egg yolk and water. Brush the buns with the egg mixture and bake 20 minutes at 375 degrees. Remove from oven and let cool.
While they are cooling, make the glaze in a bowl. Combine the butter and powdered sugar with the back of a soup spoon. Combine the water and vanilla and add slowly to the powdered sugar mixture, stirring until smooth. It should be thick, but spreadable. Put it into a sandwich size plastic bag. Seal and snip one corner. Be sure and wait until the buns are cooled or your icing will slide off. Um, no, I don't speak from experience. ha! ha!
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Easy Resurrection Rolls
Easy Resurrection Rolls
Ingredients
1 (10 ounce) can refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
8 large marshmallows
1/4 cup melted butter
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons white sugar
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F on lightly grease a baking sheet. Separate crescent rolls into individual triangles. Mix together cinnamon and sugar. Dip a marshmallow into melted butter, then roll in sugar mixture. Place marshmallow in center of crescent roll and wrap the dough around. Seal marshmallow tightly inside! Place on a baking sheet. Bake in a preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Have you discovered OROWEAT Sandwich Thins?
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Cookbook: "My Bread" by Jim Lahey
"My Bread" by Jim Lahey
W.W. Norton, $29.95
From the man who popularized the no-knead bread-making method made popular by Mark Bittman in an article in The New York Times, comes this very accessible book for the home cook. As advertised, there is no kneading involved. You just mix the ingredients and then let the bread rise slowly. There are many delicious variations to choose from. "My Bread" will get nonbakers baking. After all, what is better than home-baked bread?
Peanut Butter and Jelly Bread
INGREDIENTS
- egg, beaten/1 large
- bread flour/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons
- whole wheat flour/2 tablespoons
- table salt/¾ teaspoon
- instant or other active dry yeast/¼ teaspoon
- cool (55 to 65 degrees F) water/1 cup plus 2 tablespoons
- unsalted smooth peanut butter/3 tablespoons
- unsalted dry-roasted peanuts, whole/¼ cup
- unsalted dry-roasted peanuts, roughly chopped/¼ cup
- seedless fruit jam of choice/1/3 cup
- nonstick cooking spray
- additional flour for dusting
Directions
1. Reserve 1 tablespoon of the beaten egg for glazing the bread. In a medium bowl, stir together the flours, salt, yeast, and the remaining egg. Blend the water and peanut butter in a blender until smooth (some settling will occur if this is left to stand, so blend just before using). Add mixture to the flour mixture and, using a wooden spoon or your hand, mix until you have a wet, sticky dough without any lumps, about 30 seconds. Stir in the whole peanuts until evenly distributed. Cover the bowl and let sit at room temperature until the surface is dotted with bubbles and the dough is more than doubled in size, about 12 hours.
2. When the first rise is complete, sprinkle the surface of the dough with flour. Use a bowl scraper or rubber spatula to scrape the dough out of the bowl in one piece. Lightly flour your hands and gently pat and pull the dough into a rough rectangle about 8 by 12 inches.
3. Now you’re going to make a sort of jelly roll: Position the dough so a long side is in front of you. Spread the jam evenly over the surface of the dough, leaving a 1-inch border on all sides. Lift up the far side of the rectangle and fold one third of it over toward the center, then continue rolling up the remainder into a cylinder. With the seam on the bottom, tuck the ends of the roll under to seal them, so the jam doesn’t ooze out during baking.
4. Lightly coat the loaf pan with cooking spray. Sprinkle half of the chopped peanuts into the bottom of the pan. Gently transfer the dough, seam side down, to the loaf pan. Sprinkle the remaining chopped peanuts onto the dough. Cover the dough with a towel and place it in a warm, draft-free spot to rise for 1 hour. The dough is ready when it has doubled. If you gently poke it with your finger, it should hold the impression. If it springs back, let it rise for another 15 minutes.
5. About 15 minutes before the end of the second rise, preheat the oven to 450 degrees F, with a rack in the center.
6. Brush the top of the dough with the reserved beaten egg. Bake until golden, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. If the peanuts start to darken, loosely cover the loaf with foil. Use pot holders to invert the pan onto a rack, remove the pan, and turn the bread right side up to cool thoroughly. (Don’t dawdle—the bread will get soggy if it cools in the pan.)
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Monkey Muffins

Note: I have been making bread with my bread machine. Today as I was making some bread dough I ran across this recipe at Pioneer Woman's blog. Come to Mama! My boys were just drooling as I was rolling the dough into little balls of potential monkey muffin deliciousness. Thank you, Pioneer Woman.
Monkey Muffins
Ingredients
bread dough
butter
sugar
ground cinnamon
sweetened condensed milk
vanilla
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Add 1/2 teaspoon butter to muffin tins. Sprinkle in sugar and cinnamon. Roll dough into walnut sized balls. Place three into each muffin tin.
Top with 1/2 teaspoon butter. Sprinkle on more sugar and cinnamon.
If needed, allow dough to rise. Otherwise just go ahead and bake until golden and bubbly.
While the muffins were baking, I opened my sweetened condensed milk and poured into a microwave safe bowl and added one tsp. vanilla. Warm slightly in the microwave.
When muffins are done, remove from oven and immediately drizzle plenty of sweetened condensed milk over the top of each one. Allow rolls to sit for a little while to absorb sweet, sticky milk.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Jalapeno Cornbread
Jalapeno Cornbread
Ingredients
3/4 cup cornmeal
1/4 cup unbleached all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp sugar
3/4 cup low fat milk
1 large egg
2 oz butter, melted and cooled
1 heaped cup frozen sweet yellow corn
2 large jalapeno peppers, seeded and diced (adjust to your desired amount of "heat")
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, mix together the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. In another bowl, beat the egg and stir in the milk and butter, whisk well to combine.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir well to combine. Finally stir in the jalapeno and sweet corn. Butter an loaf pan or a cast iron skillet and pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for about 30 minutes till a skewer inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.
Serve warm.



