Bread Recipe

4 c. milk—scalded
1 c. sugar
1 cube butter or margarine
2 t. salt
2 T. yeast
2 eggs
½ c. warm water
10 ½ - 11 c. flour (just white or do ½ white/ ½ wheat combination)

In a medium saucepan, scald milk with cube of butter over medium heat (bubbles form around edges of pan). Pour into mixing bowl, let cool slightly. While milk is scalding, put yeast and warm water into bowl and loosely cover, let rise approximately 5-10 minutes. In mixing bowl (with milk/butter mixture) add sugar, salt, eggs, yeast mixture and 2-3 cups flour. Mix (with dough hooks) until combined, then add rest of flour 1-2 cups at a time. If using wheat flour, I also usually add 2 T. of dough enhancer at the time I’m adding the flour. When dough begins pulling away from the edges of bowl, let machine knead the dough for about 5 minutes. Transfer dough to large bowl with 1-2 T olive oil in bottom. Cover, let rise 1- 1-½ hours. Form into loaves/rolls and let rise again (sometimes I help speed things along by letting them raise in the oven-- put bowl of steaming water into warm oven, turn oven off, put loaves of bread in and close door). After rising, let cook about 20 minutes in 350 degree oven. Spray tops of bread with “Pam” let cool slightly before taking loaves out of pan. When cooled, take out and try not to let family eat all at once. Enjoy!

Cowboy Caviar

1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 can corn, drained
2/3 c green onion chopped
2 c tomatoes, chopped
1 pepper red or green chopped
2 TBS vingar
1 1/2 tabasco sauce
2 tsp olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced

Mix all together and serve with chips or as a salad (I added zuchini and yellow squash chopped)

Honey Lime Chicken

4 boneless skinless chicken breeat halves
1 1/2 t garlic salt
1 T oil
1 20-oz can pineapple rings
1/4 c honey
3 T lime juice
2 T soy sauce
2 t cornstarch

Cut chicken in strips and sprinke with garlic salt. Brown in oil. Drain pineapple. Add 1/4 cup pineapple juice to skillet. Cover and simmer 6-8 min. Remove chicken. Add honey, lime juice, soy sauce, cornstarch and remainder of pineapple juice. Bring to boil. Cook and stir until thick and clear, about 1 minute. Remove from heat. Allow to cool.

White Chicken Chili

1 medium onion chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 TBS olive oil
4 cooked, boneless skinless chicken breat halves, chopped
2 cans (14 oz) chicken broth
1 can (4 oz) chopped green chilies
2 tsp. ground cumin
2 tsp. dried oregano
1-1/2 cayenne pepper
1 c. sugar
3 cans (14.5 oz each) great northern bean, drained, divided
1 cup (4 oz) shredded montery jack cheese

In a large sauce pan over medium heat, cook the onions and garlic in oil for 10 min. or until onions are tender. Add chicken, broth, chilies, cumin, oregano and pepper: bring to boil
Reduce heat to low. With a potato masher, mash one can of beans until smooth. Add to saucepan. Add remaining beans to saucepan, simmer for 20-30 min. or unitl heated thoroughly. Top each serving with cheese. makes about 10 servings (2-1/2 quarts)