D&BBaumann

I have been trying to save money on my groceries lately and have tried to start making things from scratch. Instead of buying or ordering pizza I have been making it (except for sometimes we take advantage of Little Ceasars $5 hot and ready deal!). I can also add things like whole wheat flour and other healthy stuff if I have it on hand and I feal better about feeding it to my kiddos. Also, with the cookie recipe below you can use apple sauce for part of the oil and your cookies will be a bit healthier too!

Quick Rolls (These make great hamburger buns!!!)
4 cups flour
4tbsp. sugar
1tsp salt
2 pkg. Yeast (4 1/2 tsp)
1 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1/2 cube butter or margarine

Blend 3 cups flour, sugar, salt and yeast. Stir well. Microwave water and butter to melt butter. Add milk to make liquid lukewarm. Add to flour mixture. Add the rest of flour. Let rise 15 min. Shape into rolls. Bake @ 425* for 10 to 12 min.

I have not actually made these yet, but Kris made them at my house not long ago and they were delicious!!! Thanks for the recipe Diana and Kris!

Quick and Easy Breadsticks
1 pkg yeast
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 1/2 cups warm water
mix together and set aside to rise for 10 min. then add the following and knead well

1 tsp. salt
3-3 1/2 cups flour (I add till the dough slightly comes off the mixing bowl but is still sticky)

3 Tbsp. softened butter spread over the bottom of an 11"x16" jelly roll pan.
Roll or spread dough evenly over the bottom of pan. Cut once lengthwise down the center longwise, then make about 12-15 1" strips (a pizza cutter works well).
Melt 3 Tbsp. butter and brush over the tops. Sprinkle with Garlic powder and Parmesean cheese.
Let rise 1/2 hour or doubled in size.(You can use oven set at 100* F or breadproof button.) Then bake at 400* F for about 12-15 min.

I actually make this recipe and then use half of it for a pizza crust and the other half I use for breadsticks and put it in a 9x11 pan. We love it! Thanks for the recipe Sarah and Chris!!!

Cake Mix Cookies
1 cake mix
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs

Mix all together and bake at 350* F for about 10 minutes (or longer if you make cookies bigger than teaspoonful size).
You can experiment with different flavors of cake mix, rolling the dough in powdered sugar and whatever other creative ideas you may have. Cake mixes are usually cheaper than cookie mixes, especially if you stalked up with them last week!!! Thank you Kathy for this recipe!!!

Drop Biscuits
2 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
2 Tbsp sugar
1/2 cup butter
2/3 cup milk

Mix dry ingrediants into a bowl. Cut in the butter with a pastry blender or two knives till it looks like course crumbs or parmesan cheese. Make a well in the center and pour milk in all at once. Stir quickly with a fork just till dough follows fork around bowl. Knead gently 10 strokes (I just do this in the bowl). Divide into 12 pieces and arrange on a baking sheet. Bake at 450*F for 10-12 minutes.
I make these all the time. They are so fast and easy and delicious. Thanks mom for the recipe!!!

Cheese Sauce
Makes 1 cup
2 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup milk
1 cup greated cheese

Melt butter in a glass bowl in the microwave. Blend in flour, salt and dash of pepper. Slowly add milk while stirring constantly (to avoid clumpiness). Microwave for 1 minute. Take out and stir until smooth. Return to microwave and cook for another minute. Take out and stir until smooth and repeat this until desired thickness. Add cheese and stir until smooth.

You can also add tuna, canned chicken and/or peas. Serve on toast, biscuits or rice. You can leave out the cheese if you want just a white sauce ( I have done this to make chicken pizza with white sauce). You can even make mac and cheese from scratch this way! I usually add canned chicken and cheese and serve it on top of biscuits (from above). I also use just the cheese sauce for on top of boiled potatoes. Thanks again mom for this recipe!!!