Dinner Rolls

DINNER ROLLS ~ FROM JANICE HAMMACK

MIX & SET:

2 TBS YEAST + 1 TBS SUGAR + 1/2 CUP TEPID WATER

MIX:

3 CUPS MILK

1/2 CUP BUTTER

3/4 CUP SUGAR

1 TBS SALT

MICROWAVE FOR 5 MINUTES 

POUR MILK MIXTURE INTO MIXING BOWL AND ADD:

3 CUPS FLOUR

2 EGGS

YEAST MIXTURE

MIX UNTIL SMOOTH AND THEN ADD MORE ~ABOUT~ 6 MORE CUPS OF FLOUR (THAT MAKES ABOUT 9 CUPS TOTAL). DO NOT ADD TOO MUCH FLOUR TO TAKE AWAY SHINE. KNEED DOUGH 8-10 MIN.

COVER AND LET DOUGH RISE UNTIL DOUBLE ~ 45 MIN TO 1 HOUR.

SHAPE DOUGH INTO BALLS AND PLACE IN GREASED BAKING PAN, COVER AND LET RISE 45 MIN TO 1 HOUR.  BAKE IN PREHEATED 350 DGREE OVEN FOR 20-30 .

THIS RECIPE MAKES LOTS!  (CUT IN HALF FOR A 9X12 BATCH) 

Frog-eye Salad

1 (1 POUND) PACKAGE ACINI DI PEPE

2 EGGS

1 CUP SUGAR

2 TABLESPOONS OF FLOUR 

1/2 tsp SALT

1 (20 OZ) CAN JUICE-PACK CRUSHED PINEAPPLE, DRAINED, RESERVING JUICE

1 (15 1/4 OZ) CAN JUICE-PACK PINEAPPLE TIDBITS, DRAINED, RESERVING JUICE

2 (11 OZ) CAN MANDARIN ORANGES, DRAINED

1 TBS LEMON JUICE

12 OZ COOL WHIP

1 CUP MINI MARSHMALLOWS

1/2 BAG SHREDDED COCONUT

COOK ACINI DI PEPE AS PACKAGE DIRETS, DRAIN. IN A SAUCEPAN, BEAT EGGS WITH WHISK UNTIL FOAMY. STIR IN SUGAR, FLOUR, SALT, LEMON JUICE AND RESERVED PINEAPPLE JUICE (ABOUT 1 3/4 TO 2 CUPS). OVER LOW HEAT, COOK AND STIR UNTIL THICKENED AND BUBBLY. IN A LARGE BOWL COMBINE ACINI DI PEPE WITH HOT MIXTURE, COVER AND REFRIGERATE 112 HOURS THAN ADD COOL WHIP, FRUIT, MARSHMALLOWS, AND COCONUT.  COVER AND CHILL THOROUGHLY. EAT AND ENJOY. MAKE SURE ALL THE LITTLE KIDS THINK IT IS MADE WITH REAL FROG-EYES, THEN THERE IS MORE FOR THE GROWN UPS TO EAT!

Best Ever Baked Fries

I saw this recipe on America's Test Kitchen. It makes the best baked fries I have ever had. We make them all the time.

Ingredients:

Potatoes

Olive Oil

Salt

Pepper

Preheat oven to 475. Cut Potatoes into thin wedges. (I usually leave the skins on). Place potatoes into very hot tap water and let soak for 10 minutes. This helps change the starch in the potatoes. Liberally oil cookie sheet with olive oil. Sprinkle salt and pepper to taste directly onto the cookie sheet. This helps keep the potatoes from sticking. After potatoes have soaked, drain and spread on cookie sheet in one even layer. Cover with tin foil and bake for 20-25 minutes. Remove tinfoil, flip and bake without the tinfoil for another 15-25 minutes. Enjoy. Goes great with mom's sloppy joes.