Tip from: Laura at Heavenly Homemakers
Here is a great way to bake potatoes. Scrub and stab each potato. Place in a oven proof dish with a lid (stone pan with lid, dutch oven, roasting pan, etc.). Bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours. That's it! So easy!
This works very well and is much faster and easier than wrapping each potato in foil. I haven't done the research yet, but I have heard that foil is not very healthy to use in cooking. Here's a great way to avoid it!
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To peel potatoes quickly, wash and score them. Put them in a pan with enough water to cover them. Bring them to a boil and boil them for 20-30 minutes. Put them in a bowl of ice water and gently twist each ending opposite directions to slip the skins off. This is so much faster than peeling them with a peeler before boiling them.
I just baked 10 lbs. of pototoes in my roasting pan and we had them for dinner and the left overs we shredded up for hashbrowns. Yum! We also cube leftover baked potatoes and freeze them for soup. It works great in soup like Cheesy Vegetable Chowder.
Love Always,
Mommy
Friday, May 14, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Joshua's Jella
From the back of the Knox Gelatine box
4 envelopes KNOX unflavored Gelatine
1 C. cold fruit juice
3 C. fruit juice, heated to boiling
2 TB sugar or honey, optional (we skip this!)
Sprinkle gelatin overcold juice in large bowl; let sit 1 minute. Add hot juice and stir until gelatin completely dissolves, about 5 minutes.
Refrigerate until firm, about 3 hours. To serve, cut into 1" squares.
Joshua calls this his "jella"! I love that!!! I use orgranic pear or organic grape juice and skip the sweetner. That way you children can have several pieces and I don't worry about it! :) I was looking for a dessert that Joshua would like and I came across this. Everyone thinks this is super yummy! I am so happy we can have a special treat that Joshua can enjoy with us. I am making him a big pan of this for his birthday today! :)
Love Always,
Mommy
4 envelopes KNOX unflavored Gelatine
1 C. cold fruit juice
3 C. fruit juice, heated to boiling
2 TB sugar or honey, optional (we skip this!)
Sprinkle gelatin overcold juice in large bowl; let sit 1 minute. Add hot juice and stir until gelatin completely dissolves, about 5 minutes.
Refrigerate until firm, about 3 hours. To serve, cut into 1" squares.
Joshua calls this his "jella"! I love that!!! I use orgranic pear or organic grape juice and skip the sweetner. That way you children can have several pieces and I don't worry about it! :) I was looking for a dessert that Joshua would like and I came across this. Everyone thinks this is super yummy! I am so happy we can have a special treat that Joshua can enjoy with us. I am making him a big pan of this for his birthday today! :)
Love Always,
Mommy
Happy Birthday Buck a Roo!
My little Buck a Roo is 4 today! Happy, happy birthday to my precious Joshua! I love you so much my son. I am blessed to be your Mommy!
Love Always,
Mommy
Love Always,
Mommy
Biscuits Supreme
Better Homes and Garden New Cookbook
1996 edition
2 C flour
1 TB baking powder
2 tsp sugar
½ tsp cream of tartar
¼ tsp salt
½ C butter, softened to room temperature
¾ C milk
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Combine all dry ingredients. Cut in butter with a pastry blender. Make a well in the center. Add milk all at once and stir until moistened.
Quickly knead dough by gentling folding and pressing dough 10-12 strokes or until nearly smooth. Pat or lightly roll out to ½” thickness. Cut dough with a 2 ½” biscuit cutter.
Place biscuits 1” apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 450 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until golden. Remove biscuits from baking sheet and serve hot. Makes app. 10 biscuits.
Mommy received this cookbook as a wedding present and I used it exclusively when Daddy and I were first married. Daddy really likes these biscuits and for the last two mornings I have made them for him for breakfast. I remember when I thought it took so much time and it was such a great effort to make these biscuits. Now I can mix them up and throw them in the oven in less than 10 minutes! I knew very little about cooking and baking when we were first married. I think you children probably already know more than I did. What a disadvantage! May the Lord grant Daddy and Mommy the grace and perseverance to teach you the skills that you will need for the rest of your lives. We love you! Enjoy the yummy biscuits! :)
Love Always,
Mommy
1996 edition
2 C flour
1 TB baking powder
2 tsp sugar
½ tsp cream of tartar
¼ tsp salt
½ C butter, softened to room temperature
¾ C milk
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Combine all dry ingredients. Cut in butter with a pastry blender. Make a well in the center. Add milk all at once and stir until moistened.
Quickly knead dough by gentling folding and pressing dough 10-12 strokes or until nearly smooth. Pat or lightly roll out to ½” thickness. Cut dough with a 2 ½” biscuit cutter.
Place biscuits 1” apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 450 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until golden. Remove biscuits from baking sheet and serve hot. Makes app. 10 biscuits.
Mommy received this cookbook as a wedding present and I used it exclusively when Daddy and I were first married. Daddy really likes these biscuits and for the last two mornings I have made them for him for breakfast. I remember when I thought it took so much time and it was such a great effort to make these biscuits. Now I can mix them up and throw them in the oven in less than 10 minutes! I knew very little about cooking and baking when we were first married. I think you children probably already know more than I did. What a disadvantage! May the Lord grant Daddy and Mommy the grace and perseverance to teach you the skills that you will need for the rest of your lives. We love you! Enjoy the yummy biscuits! :)
Love Always,
Mommy
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Happy Birthday Bubba-Q
Happy, happy birthday Ezra! You are two today! I can't believe how big you are getting. I love you my little Bubba-Q.
Love Always,
Mommy
Love Always,
Mommy
Friday, April 30, 2010
Chocolate Cake with White Icing
Chocolate Cake
This recipe is from Mother Smith who was Paw Paw’s mother. Paw Paw was GrandMommie’s (Diane Southerland) Daddy. So this cake recipe is from Daddy’s great grandmother!
2 C of sugar
2 tsp baking soda
2 C of flour
2 (heaping) TB cocoa
½ C of butter milk (or reg. milk & 1 tsp vinegar)
2 eggs, beat thoroughly
½ C butter, softened
1 C water, boiling
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray and flour 2 round pans. In a large bowl, mix dry ingredients in bowl- set aside. Mix wet ingredients (except for boiling water) in bowl. Combine the two bowls together and blend. Add 1 cup of boiling water. Pour into pans. Bake around 30-40 min. or when you stick a toothpick in it and it comes out clean. Let cool and top with Snow Peak Icing.
Snow Peak Icing
This is Grandmommie’s (Diane Southerland) recipe. Daddy’s mommy!
1 ¼ C corn syrup
2 egg whites
Pinch salt
1 tsp vanilla
Beat egg whites on high speed until soft peaks form when beater is raised. While eggs are beating, in a small saucepan, heat corn syrup over medium high heat until boiling. Add salt to egg whites. Slowly pour in syrup, continuing to beat until frosting is fluffy. Fold in vanilla. Frost cooled chocolate cake!
This is a Southerland Family favorite! Daddy often requests this cake for his birthday and I know that Uncle Michael's family has this for birthdays frequently as well. I just made this for Daddy's birthday and it looks and smells yummy!!! GrandMommy used to make this for the children's birthdays. Anytime it snowed in Texas Daddy used to say, "It looks like chocolate cake with white icing!" (Only Texas snow looks like that! Real snow is all white! Not white with dirt showing through!) :)
Love Always,
Mommy
P.S. Daddy and Ezra shared this for their birthdays and Ezra LOVED it! He was a big gooy mess and oh so cute!!!
This recipe is from Mother Smith who was Paw Paw’s mother. Paw Paw was GrandMommie’s (Diane Southerland) Daddy. So this cake recipe is from Daddy’s great grandmother!
2 C of sugar
2 tsp baking soda
2 C of flour
2 (heaping) TB cocoa
½ C of butter milk (or reg. milk & 1 tsp vinegar)
2 eggs, beat thoroughly
½ C butter, softened
1 C water, boiling
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray and flour 2 round pans. In a large bowl, mix dry ingredients in bowl- set aside. Mix wet ingredients (except for boiling water) in bowl. Combine the two bowls together and blend. Add 1 cup of boiling water. Pour into pans. Bake around 30-40 min. or when you stick a toothpick in it and it comes out clean. Let cool and top with Snow Peak Icing.
Snow Peak Icing
This is Grandmommie’s (Diane Southerland) recipe. Daddy’s mommy!
1 ¼ C corn syrup
2 egg whites
Pinch salt
1 tsp vanilla
Beat egg whites on high speed until soft peaks form when beater is raised. While eggs are beating, in a small saucepan, heat corn syrup over medium high heat until boiling. Add salt to egg whites. Slowly pour in syrup, continuing to beat until frosting is fluffy. Fold in vanilla. Frost cooled chocolate cake!
This is a Southerland Family favorite! Daddy often requests this cake for his birthday and I know that Uncle Michael's family has this for birthdays frequently as well. I just made this for Daddy's birthday and it looks and smells yummy!!! GrandMommy used to make this for the children's birthdays. Anytime it snowed in Texas Daddy used to say, "It looks like chocolate cake with white icing!" (Only Texas snow looks like that! Real snow is all white! Not white with dirt showing through!) :)
Love Always,
Mommy
P.S. Daddy and Ezra shared this for their birthdays and Ezra LOVED it! He was a big gooy mess and oh so cute!!!
Happy Birthday Daddy!
Happy, happy birthday to my awesome Husby! I hope you have a super day, Honey. I love you very much!
Love Always,
Wifey
Love Always,
Wifey
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