Brown Eye Susans

This is a favorite from early days!! Probably 70's/early '80s.

1 Cup butter

3 Tbsp sugar

1 tsp almond extract

2 cups flour

Set oven to 375.  Grease cookie sheet or set with parchment.  

Combine butter, sugar, and almond extract.  Add flour and work together until it makes a soft dough.  Roll dough into balls the size of walnuts.  Put them on cookie sheet and press down with thumb (pat level so they're about 1/4 - 12 inch thick.  Bake 10 minutes.  Cookies whould be light o top and barely brown on bottom.  Frost when completely cool.

Frosting:

1 cup confectioners sugar

2 T coco

2 T hot water

1 tsp vanilla

Sliced almonds for top of cookie

(original recipe: 3/4 tsp vanilla, 3 T cocoa powder, 1 1/2 C confec sugar, 3 T hot water)

Mix first 4 ingredients, let cool slightly.  Put drop of frosting on cookie, and add sliced almond on top

Pizza dough from Southern Living Oct 1985

1/4 cup warm (105-115) water

1 pkg yeast (1/4 oz or 2 1/4 tsp)

 4 1/4 - 4 1/2  cups flour

1 1/4 cups warm water

2 tsp oil

1 tsp salt

1 tsp sugar

Combine 1/4 cup water with yeast. Add 2 c flour, 1 1/4 water, oil, salt, sugar. Beat til smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to make soft dough. Knead for 3 minutes. Place in greased bowl, cover and let rise. Punch down and spread in greased pan (or parchment lined). Spread with sauce and toppings/cheese. Bake @450 for 22 minutes 

Pizza sauce

 From Southern Living October 1985

1 8 oz can tomato sauce

1 6 oz can paste

2 T red wine

2 T parsley

1 T oil

1 T water

1 clove garlic

1/2 tsp salt

1\2 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp dried oregano

1/4 tsp ground pepper

Combine all in saucepan. Blend til smooth an just heated. Add more water/wind if too thick

Summer Salad

This is a great yummy summer salad and can stay in your fridge up to 2 months.

4 thinly sliced cucumbers
1-large sliced red onions
1-large sliced green bell peppers
1-tbsp salt
2-cup white vinegar
1 1/2-cups sugar
1-tsp celery flakes
1-tsp red pepper flakes

Mix cucumbers, onions, peppers and salt; set a side.

Put vinegar, sugar, celery flakes and pepper flakes in a pot and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add 2 handfuls of ice until melted.

Place all veggies in large mouth canning jars (2 quarts or 1 half gallon jar)

Pour mixture over cucumbers, store in refrigerator.
Will keep up to 2 months

Makes 2 qt jars

Easy Vegan Blueberry Muffins

Making February 2020

Prep Time10 minutes

Cook Time20 minutes

Total Time30 minutes

Servings12 small muffins

Calories200kcal

AuthorSam Turnbull

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups All-purpose flour
• ¾ cup White sugar
• 2 tsp. Baking powder
• ½ tsp. Salt

Wet Ingredients

• ¾ cup Non-dairy milk (such as soy or almond)
• ½ cup light oil (such as canola or vegetable oil)
• 1 tbsp. Fresh lemon juice
• 2 tsp. Vanilla extract
• 1 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen)

Instructions

• Preheat your oven to 400°F. Lightly grease the cups of a muffin pan or fill it with liners.
• In a large bowl, whisk together all of the dry ingredients. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together all of the wet ingredients except for the blueberries. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Add the blueberries and lightly fold them in, being careful not to overmix. It’s ok if there are lumps.
• For large bakery-style muffins, fill 8–9 muffin cups right to the top with batter, then bake for 18–22 minutes until lightly golden on top, and a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes
• out clean. For small muffins, divide the batter evenly among the 12 muffin cups and bake for 15–20 minutes, until lightly golden on top and a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Let the muffins cool in the pan, then store them on a plate covered with a clean tea towel for 2 to 3 days. This will keep the muffins the best texture, but if you want them to last longer, store them in a large sealable bag in the fridge for up to a week.

Nutrition

Serving: 1muffin | Calories: 200kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 9g | Sodium: 101mg | Potassium: 109mg | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 5IU | Vitamin C: 1.7mg | Calcium: 57mg | Iron: 0.8mg

Grilled Pork Tenderloin

here's the link

easy and good

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

From Mom

3/4 cups butter (1 1/2 sticks)
1 1/2 cup sugar
3 eggs
3 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 cups sour cream
1 tsp vanilla

Topping
1/4 c - 1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup chopped nuts

Greast tube pan.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Pour 1/2 batter into pan.  Top with 1/2 topping.  Add  remaining batter and sprinkle the remaining topping.

Bake for 45 minutes