Pizza Crust

2 ¼ cups flour

½ cups flour

2 pkg yeast

2 tsp salt

2 tsp sugar

1 ½ cup very hot water

2 tsp oil

Step 1: In a bowl, mix 2 ¼ cups flour, yeast, salt and sugar.

Step 2: In another bowl, mix water and oil.

Step 3: Gradually add hot liquid to flour mixture.

Step 4: Add ½ cup flour slowly, mixing well.

Step 5:Knead dough until elastic and smooth. Form a ball and let rest covered with wet paper towel for 10 minutes.

Step 6: Oil a baking pan, spread dough evenly. Add a very light layer of oil onto top of dough (this prevents sauce from seeping through the dough). Add sauce and garnish.

Step 7: Cook in centre of oven for 20 to 25 minutes at 425F.

Strawberry flavoured jam

5 cups of green tomatoes

4 ½ cups sugar

1 large strawberry jello box

Step 1: Blend tomatoes.

Step 2: Add tomatoes and sugar in pot and mix everything

Step 3: Boil everything for 10 minutes with medium heat, mixing often.

Step 4: Remove white foam many times.

Step 5: Remove from heat and add jello powder immediately.

Step 6: Mix properly and add into jars. Once cooled down, refrigerate.

Cream of Zucchini

I have an interesting story with this recipe, the original recipe did not say to cool soup down before blending, I have done it this way many times. However, this one time, my blender malfunction and as I locked it into place, it exploded into my face and gave me a few second degree burns. Therefore, my advice to everyone is to one, cool the soup down before blending, and two, make sure the blender is unplugged until you are ready to turn it on. Anyways, here is the much anticipated recipe.

4 zucchinis

6 cups of chicken broth

3 Tbsp butter

3 Tbsp flour

1 medium onionView Blog

1 pinch of thyme

1 bay leaf

1 Tbsp of parsley

¼ cup of milk or cream

pinch of pepper

Step 1: Bring broth to boil, keep hot.

Step 2:Melt butter; add onion. Cover and cook for 4-5 minutes

Step 3: Add thinly sliced zucchinis to onions, pepper, thyme, parsley and bayleaf. Cover and cook at medium heat for 15 minutes.

Step 4: Remove cover and add flour. Mix well.

Step 5: Pour broth over zucchini mixture and cook without its cover for 15 minutes at medium heat. Mix often.

Step 6: Remove from heat and cool down.

Step 7: Blend well. Add milk and mix well.

Bagels

(oven 375)


Ingredients:
4 ¼ to 4 ¾ cups flour
4 ½ tsp yeast
1 ½ cup warm water
3 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp salt
1 Tbsp sugar


Step 1: Combine 1 ½ flour and yeast.

Step 2: In the water, add sugar and salt. Then pour over flour mixture and beat. Add remaining flour and knead until dough forms unto a still and smooth ball. Place in greased bowl and cover for 10 minutes.

Step 3: Shape into balls. Punch hole in centre. Pull each to make 1 ½ -2 inch holes. Place on greased pans and cover and let rise for 20 minutes.

Step 4: Broil 5 inches from heat for 4 minutes turning once. (Tops should not brown)

Step 5: Heat 1 Gallon water and 1 Tbsp sugar to boil; Reduce heat. And cook 3-4 bagels at a time for 7 minutes, turning once; drain.

Step 6: Place on greased pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes.



Flavored Bagels:
Herb Bagel:
Prepare as above; add tsp dried marjoram; or 1 tsp dried dill weed; or 1 tsp tarragon; or ½ garlic powder to the flour mixture.

Onion Bagel:
Prepare as above; cook ½ cup finely chopped onion in 3Tbsp butter till tender but not brown. Brush onion mixture over bagels after 15 minutes of baking.

Poopy seed or Sesame seed Bagels:
Prepare as above; before baking, brush tops with beaten egg; sprinkle with seeds.


Recipe taken from Better Homes Cookbook

French Bread

(oven 375)

Ingredients:

5 ½ – 6 cups flour

4 ½ tsp of dry yeast

2 tsp salt

2 cups warm water

cornmeal

1 beaten egg white (optional)

1Tbsp water (optional)

Step 1: Combine 2 cups of flour, yeast and salt. Add warm water and beat.

Step 2: Stir in remaining flour and continue to mix. When mixing with a spoon becomes hard, knead the remainder flour with hands until dough is elastic and smooth. Shape into ball and placed in greased bowl to rise and cover for 1-1 ¼ hours)

Step 3:Punch down and divide into half (or as many pieces as you want.). Cover and let rise 10 minutes.

Step 4: Shape and taper ends. Place on greased baking sheets and sprinkle with cornmeal. Press down ends of loaves. Brush with egg mixture. Cover and allow to rise 45 minutes.

Step 5: Make 3 cuts along top. Bake for 25-30 minutes. (Brush again after 15 minutes if desired)



Recipe taken from Better Homes Cookbook.

Corn Bread

For this recipe, I have also tried substituting the milk for vanilla rice milk. I enjoyed the added flavour and will continue to use this when baking corn bread.

(Preheat oven at 425)

Ingredients:

1 cup flour

1 cup yellow cornmeal

¼ sugar

4 tsp baking powder

¾ tsp salt

2 eggs

1 cup milk

¼ cup oil, or melted shortening

Stir flour, corn, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add in wet ingredients (egg, milk and oil) and beat until smooth.However avoid overbeating. Turn into greased pan and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.

Recipe taken from Better Homes Cookbook.