Camilla Rasmussen Bread

1. Bread

2 tsp. salt

1/4 cup oil

1/3 cup sugar

3 1/2 cup hot water

3 1/2 cup flour

mix these ingredients together then add

2 tbsp. instant yeast

5 cups flour

mix again until everything is incorporated then pour onto greased surface sprayed with PAM. Divide into three loaves and place in loaf pans, let rise for 30-40 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees F for 27-30 minutes or until golden.

Pumpkin waffles with Yummy Syrups

This is from Aunt Denice--sounds great!

Pumpkin Pancakes with Apple Cider Syrup

Ingredients

2 cups flour
4 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 Tb. sugar
1 tsp. salt
2 cups milk
1 cup pumpkin
4 Tb. oil
4 eggs- separated

In a medium bowl whisk- egg yolks, milk, pumpkin, and oil.
In a small bowl whisk together dry ingredients. Add to pumpkin mixture and stir by hand until combined. Set aside.
In another bowl beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold into batter. Don't over mix!
Buttering the grill makes these extra tasty!

Apple Cider Syrup

In a saucepan combine:

1 1/2 cups apple cider
1 cup corn syrup
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 t nutmeg
1 cup brown sugar
4 Tb. butter
1 tsp. cinnamon

Bring to a boil then turn down heat and simmer for 20+ minutes until thickened. Let stand for 30 minutes.
Here's another yummy syrup from Aimee. I use this one if I forget to buy apple cider. It's also really fast!

Cinnamon Syrup

1 cup sugar
2 Tb.flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. salt
2/3 cup water
3 Tbl. butter

In a saucepan mix all the dry ingredients together, then stir in the water. Bring to a boil over meduim heat and boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in butter until melted. Serve warm.

Sausage and Apple Cornbread Stuffing

We had this stuffing for thanksgiving and we all agreed that it was probably the best stuffing we've ever had. Very southern to have cornbread stuffing while we were in North Carolina. Delicious!

2 sticks plus 3 tablespoons butter, divided
2 cups water
2 (14-16 oz.) bags of your favorite dried cornbread stuffing mix
1 pound pork sausage (not links)
1 large onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 stalks celery, diced
1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
1 teaspoon dried sage leaves
1 cup chopped walnuts
3 medium apples, cored, sliced
2-3 cups canned chicken broth (low-sodium); we used 2 cans

In a large pot melt 2 sticks butter in water. When melted add dry cornbread stuffing stirring to incorporate liquid, set aside.
In a large saute pan set over medium-high heat melt 1 tablespoon butter and add sausage. With a wooden sppon break up sausage and saute until lightly browned and cooked through. Transfer sausage to paper towels to drain. IN the same pan melt remaining butter and saute onions with the garlic, celery, thyme, and sage until onions are translucent and celery is crisp tender. Add walnuts and saute for 1 minute. Add apples saute for one minute more. Remove from heat. Combine cornbread stuffing with sauteed ingredients.
Fill a 10x15x2 inch pan with the stuffing, moisten with the stock, and bake in a preheated 350 degree F oven, covered with foil for 1/2 hour. Remove foil and bake until top is lightly browned, about 15 minutes more.

p.s. This made a TON. It would probably serve 15 people--and we had to make it in a really big casserole dish we had. So you could probably 1/2 it and it would be a normal size.

homeade oreos

Cookies:
2 boxes of Devils Food Cake Mix
1-1/2 cups of shortening
4 eggs

Combine. Form cookies and bake at 350 degrees, 12 minutes.

Filling:
One 8 oz. package of Cream Cheese, softened
2 Tbsp. Milk
1 sq. Butter/Margarine
1 lb Powdered Sugar
1 tsp. Vanilla (opt.)

Combine together with a blender. Add more powdered sugar as nescessary. Spread between two cookies.

You can make the filling or just use cream cheese frosting.
Makes about 2 dozen oreos.

baNANA bread

last good recipe. yum yum.

ingredients:

3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed

1/3 cup melted butter

1 cup sugar

1 egg, beaten

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp baking soda

pinch of salt

1 1/2 cups of flour

1/2 cup - 1 cup chocolate chips (if you want to make it more dessert-y)

preheat the oven to 350. with a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. sprinkle baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. add the flour, mix in. add chocolate chips. pour mixture into a greased bread pan and bake for 1 hour.

bruschetta.

this. is. the. best. it makes a ton. but it's THE BOMB.

ingredients:

6 or 7 plum (roma) tomatoes

2 cloves of garlic, minced

1 tbsp EVOO

1 tsp balsamic vinegar

12 basil leaves

salt and pepper (to taste)

2 baguettes

(more) olive oil

1. chop the tomatoes. mix tomatoes, garlic, EVOO, balsamic vinegar. chop the basil, add. add salt and pepper.

2. preheat the oven to 450. slice the baguette about 1/2 inch thick. coat one side of each slice with olive oil. place on a cookie sheet, oil side down. toast them in the oven, on the top rack, for 5-7 minutes or until golden brown.

3. serve. don't scoop the tomato mixture onto the bread until you're about to eat it because it'll get soggy.

dutch oven lovin'

and THIS is the delicious meal we made while we were camping in our dutch oven. it is SO SO GOOD. we can't take the credit though--tommy's good friend landon and his wife natalie made it for us this past summer in provo. we called them up to find out what was in it before we went camping because it was so delicious. there isn't really a name for it... you can make it up. the amounts aren't exactly specific--just however much you want to add.

ingredients:
kielbasa sausage
onion
carrots
potatoes
broccoli
zucchini
16 oz sour cream
cheese

everything needs to be sliced up into reasonable-sized chunks, but not chopped. make sure you slice the potatoes into thin circles. start out with just the sausage and onion in the dutch oven, and let it cook until the onions are translucent. add the carrots and potatoes and cook those until almost done. then add the broccoli and zucchini (and you can add really whatever veggies you want to here) and cook until THOSE are almost done. then you add the sour cream and cheese, until the cheese is melted--and then you spoon it out and ENJOY.

cornmeal muffins

we made this in my cooking class i took at byu and it was fantastically easy and really good. i was skeptical when i saw the onions and creamed corn, but i love the texture. tommy and i had these the other day with the turkey chili and it was excellent. mmm mmm.

p.s. some of the ingredient amounts are a bit weird. i don't really know why... but this is the way we got it.

cornmeal muffins:
makes 12 muffins

1 cup flour
1 cup yellow cornmeal
1/4 c + 1 tbsp + 1 tsp sugar (i don't know how to simplify that, i tried!)
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
3 tsp finely chopped onion
1 cup cream style corn
1/2 cup mayonnaise
3 tbsp vegetable oil
1 egg

In a mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients. Make a well in the center and add all remaining ingredients. Stir until just mixed. Spoon into muffin tins. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.