Showing posts with label dessert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dessert. Show all posts

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Perfect Cinnamon Rolls

1 cup warm milk
1/3 cup melted butter
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
4 cups flour
1 T. yeast

Put warm milk, sugar and yeast into mixer and mix for a minute until combined. Let the yeast grow until foamy and bubbly (about 5-10 minutes). Then add the eggs, butter, flour and salt and combine until smooth and mixed together. Let dough sit in the bowl until is has doubled in size (about 1 1/2 hours). When it has doubled, put a small amount of flour on the counter and pour out the dough onto the counter. Roll dough out until it measures 16 inches by 21 inches.

Filling:
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 T. cinnamon
1/3 cup melted butter
Melt butter and spread on dough rectangle. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle all over buttered dough. Roll up and cut into 16 equal rolls.

Place rolls on greased cooke sheet 4 across and 4 down. Cover w/ greased plastic wrap. let rise until doubled in size (about 1 hour). Bake at 400 fro 10-12 minutes.

Frosting:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup cream cheese
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/8 tsp. salt

Frost 1-2 minutes after finished baking.

My Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Cream well:
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup butter

Add:
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla

Meanwhile, sift in another bowl:
3 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. or less of salt

Add sifted ingredients to the other stuff, blend. Add the chocolate chips. Bake at 375 for 8 minutes.

Peanut Butter Cookies

1 1/4 cup flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. salt
2 1/2 cups quick oats
1 cup butter
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In bowl, stir flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix in oats. Set aside. In another bowl, beat buter and peanut butter until smooth. Beat in sugars until blended. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Add flour/oat mixture; by hand, mix until well combined. Shape into 2-inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten into criss-cross pattern with a fork. Bake 15-17 minutes or until golden. Remove from cookie sheet and cool completely on wire rack.

The Homeade Chocolate Cake That You Like

2 cups sugar
1 3/4 cup flour
3/4 cup cocoa
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water

Heat oven to 350. Grease and flour (who really does that anymore?) two 9-inch round pans or 1 13-by-9 inch pan. In large bowl, stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla; beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Remove from mixer; stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake 30-35 minutes for round pans, 35 to 40 minutes for rectangular pan, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; removre from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.

No Bake Cookies

2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/8 tsp. salt
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup cocoa

Put all in pan, bring to a boil, stir frequently for 1 minute.

Add:
1 1/2 cup peanut butter
2 tsp. vanilla
Stir until peanut butter melts.

Add:
6 cups oatmeal. But, we added much more than that.

Annette's Sugar Cookies

Cream together:
3/4 cup margarine (ew. I choose butter)
1 cup sugar

Add:
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp lemon or almond extract
Mix well.

Sift:
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt

Add to mixture. Chill 1 hour. Roll out to 1/4 inch thickness, and cut out cookies. Bake at 375 for 8 minutes. Makes 18-ish cookies.