Pizza Dough

7 cups white bread flour or  “00″ flour or 5 cups white bread flour or  “00″ flour, plus 2 cups  semolina flour 1 T fine sea salt 2 (1/4-ounce) packets active dried yeast 1 T sugar 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 1/2 cups warm water Mix water, sugar, yeast and oil together and let [...]

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Sour Cream Apple Pie

1 9″ crust 3 c. chopped apples 3/4 c. sugar 3 T. flour 1/8 tsp salt 1 c. sour cream 1 1/2 T. sugar plus 1 tsp cinnamon Combine flour, sugar, salt.  Add sour cream.  Beat until smooth.  Stir in apples, put in pie crust.  Mix sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle on top.  Bake @ [...]

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Snickerdoodles

Mix together thoroughly: 1 c. soft margarine 2 eggs 1 1/2 c. sugar Stir in: 2 3/4 c. flour 1 tsp. baking soda 2 tsp. cream of tartar 1/2 tsp. salt Chill dough overnight.  Roll into balls the size of small walnuts, roll in mixture of 2 T. sugar and 2 tsp. cinnamon.  Bake at [...]

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Wheat Thins

1 1/2 c. flour 1/2 c. sugar 2 T. margarine, softened 1/2 c. whole wheat flour 1/4 tsp. salt 1/2 – 2/3 c. milk Preheat oven to 325.  In large bowl or food processor combine the flours;  sugar and salt.  Cut the margarine into the flour until mixture looks like coarse meal.  Blend in milk [...]

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Grandma’s Cobbler Recipe

1 c. flour 1 tsp baking powder 2 eggs 1 c. sugar 1 tsp salt Mix together and pour on top of 1 quart hot fruit.  Bake at 350 until done.  Makes thin crust. — My Grandma made a mean cobbler.  It is the perfect season for peach cobbler.  mmmm.

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Dutch Apple Bread

Cream together: 1/2 c. margarine/butter 2/3 c. sugar Add and beat well: 2 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla Combine separately: 2 c. flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp salt Add dry ingredients alternating with 1/3 c. orange juice Fold in 1 c. chopped apples 1/3 c. chopped nuts Bake in greased 9 x 5″ pan [...]

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Date Nut Bread

2 1/2 c. flour 1/2 c. brown sugar 3 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp. salt 3 T. vegetable oil 1 1/2 c. boiling water 1 1/2 c. cut up dates 1 egg 1 c. chopped nuts Mix boiling water and dates.  Cool stir into batter. 9″ loaves 55-65 minutes 8″ loaves 55-60 minutes Cool [...]

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Chocolate Pound Cake

8 milk chocolate bars without nuts (1.55 oz each) 2 T. water 1/2 c. butter or margarine 2 cups sugar 4 eggs 2 tsp vanilla extract 2 1/2 c. sifted cake flour 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp baking soda 1 cup buttermilk 1/2 c. chopped pecans, optional Confectioners sugar, optional In a saucepan, melt chocolate [...]

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Peanut Butter Frosting

oh so gooooooood. I put this on plain old chocolate cupcakes.  Then I put it on vanilla cupcakes.  I think tomorrow I am going to put it on anything I eat. 1 8 oz. pkg of cream cheese (room temp) 1 stick of butter (room temp) 4 c. powdered sugar 3/4 c. jif peanut butter [...]

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Pineapple Cookies

1 c. shortening 1 c. brown sugar 1 c. white sugar 1 c. crushed pineapple 1 c. nuts 2 eggs well beaten 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. soda 4 1/2 c. flour 2 tsp. vanilla Mix and drop on greased cookie sheet. Bake in 400 degree oven until brown. – This [...]

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