Orange Rolls

1 package refrigerator biscuits
1/2 C sugar
1/2 C butter
1 grated orange rind

Melt butter, sugar, and orange rind. Pour mixture over biscuits that have been put in a bread pan. Bake about 10 minutes at 450 degrees.

Swiss Chicken Cutlets

5 whole chicken breasts, split, skinned, and boned
2 eggs, beaten
1 C fine dry bread crumbs (it may take more)
1/4 C cooking oil
3 TB butter
1/4 C flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
2-1/2 C milk
1 C Swiss or jack cheese, grated
Avocado slices & tomato wedges (optional)

Place each chicken breast between wax paper and pound to 1/4" thick, salt and dip into eggs and bread crumbs. In skillet, heat 2 TB oil. Brown chicken cutlets a few at a time for 2 minutes on each side. Add more oil as needed. In a saucepan, melt butter, blend flour, 1/2 tsp salt and pepper. Add milk. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Remove from heat. Pour half of sauce in bottom of a 9 x 13" pan. Arrange cutlets atop then cover with rest of sauce. (At this point this dish can be chilled overnight if desired.) Or, immediately cover and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. (If dish has been chilled  overnight, you will need to bake it for about 50 minutes.) Then sprinkle with cheese and top with avocado adn tomato wedges if desired. Bake 2 minutes more until cheese melts.

Macaroni and Cheese

1-1/2 C elbow macaroni
3 TB butter or margarine
2 C milk
1/2 tsp salt
dash of pepper
1/2 C minced onion (optional)
OR 2 TB dried minced onion
2 C cheddar cheese, shredded

Cook macaroni in boiling, salted water until tender; drain. Melt butter, blend in flour, add milk. Cook and stir until thick. Add salt, pepper, onion, and cheese; stir until cheese is melted. Mix sauce with macaroni. Turn into casserole. Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes or microwave for 7-10 minutes. Serves 6.

Dutch Almond Cookies

2 C butter
2 C sugar
4 C flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 C sour cream
1/2 C almonds, sliced

Cream together butter and sugar. Sift together dry ingredients, then add alternately with sour cream to creamed mixture. Stir in almonds, mixing well. Shape into rolls 2-1/2 to 3" round. Wrap in wax paper and chill overnight. When ready for baking, slice 1/4" thick, place on cookie sheet and bake at 375-400 degrees for about 8-12 minutes or until light brown.

Rocky Road Brownies

1 C melted margarine/butter
1/3 C cocoa
2 C sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 C flour
pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 C nuts, chopped (optional)

Mix fist 3 ingredients together. Then add eggs, beating well after each egg. Add remaining ingredients and mix well . Pour into greased 9 x 13" pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and cover with miniature marshmallows. Put back in oven and bake 5 minutes more. Cool and ice with 1/4 cup meled margarine (butter), 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar, 1/4 cup cocoa, 1 tsp vanilla, dash of salt and milk to thin to correct consistency. Keep in refrigerator over night and the flavors will blend better. (This seldom happens around our house. We eat it right away.)

*You can use a brownie mix, but they will be a bit crumbly.

Plumb Bundt Cake

Plumb Bundt Cake

Normandie's recipe

(I think this may have been Naomi Hays' recipe) 

3 eggs

2 cups sugar

1 cup oil or 2 cubes melted butter

2 large jars pureed plumbs (baby food) or  #1 can of applesauce--15oz

2 1/4 cup flour

1 tsp cloves

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp soda

Beat eggs, add sugar, oil and plumbs/applesauce.  Then add dry ingredients, beat well and add 1 cup chopped nuts.  

Pour into a greased and floured bundt pan.

Bake @ 350 for 1 hour (60 minutes)  

After bake, remove from pan and poke holes in the cake with a fork or toothpick. Frost with brown sugar frosting.

Brown Sugar Frosting

3/4 cup butter melt in pan then add,

1 cup brown sugar

1 TBL of milk.

Boil the above ingredients for 2 minutes.

Add:

 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 

1 tsp vanilla

 Mix well with a wire whip or beaters.  Make frosting while cake is in the oven the last 10 minutes and pour over warm cake.

TIPS:

• I have always used applesauce in the cake.  Lara says she uses baby food prunes. 
• I don't add nuts.

•  I have tried doing the frosting with poking holes in the cake and without, I don't notice a difference.
• I usually cook the first ingredients of the frosting longer than 2 minutes, I cook it until I see it is thickening, then add the powdered sugar.  
• I wait 5-10 minutes after I've made the frosting to allow it to cool a little before pouring it over the bundt cake,  if it's too warm and runny it just runs off the cake into a pool of frosting on the plate.

Loaded Baked Potato Soup

Loaded Baked Potato Soup

2c. chicken broth

3 medium potatoes (red potatoes are good in it too)

1/2 c. chopped celery

1/4 c. sliced carrots

2 tsp. white vinegar

1/2 tsp. salt

1 1/2 c. milk (I didn't have enough milk when I made it so I used a combo of evaporated milk and regular milk, it turned out super yummy)

2 Tbsp. flour

1/2 c. shredded cheddar cheese

6 strips cooked bacon, crumbled

1. Bring the first 7 ingredients to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat

2. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally

3. Whisk flour into milk then add into saucepan.  Stir in cheese and bacon.

4. Simmer, uncovered, 5-8 minutes or until thick.