Bran Muffins-Grandma Homberg (update)

(originally posted this recipe earlier this year.  Today I made it but substituted applesauce for the shortening,  1/2 c. applesauce for 1 c. shortening.  Same great flavor as I remember with Grandma's just a little healthier approach.)

Refrigerator Bran Muffins

 

1 c. boiling water
1 c. Nabisco 100% Bran or Kellogg’s Bran Buds
½ c. shortening
1 c. sugar
2 c. buttermilk
2½ c. flour, sifted
2 t. soda
½ t salt
2 c. Kellogg’s All bran

Combine boiling water and add 1 c. bran and let cool.  Cream shortening, add sugar gradually and beat until blended.  Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.  Add buttermilk and cooled bran mixture and blend.  Sift flour with soda and salt; add remaining bran to creamed mixture, stirring just until all dry ingredients are moistened.  Bake or store in covered container in fridge and bake as needed.  (Batter will keep for 1-2 months)  To bake, fill greased muffin tins 2/3 full and bake in preheated 400 oven for 25 minutes.  Makes 2 ½ dozen muffins.

(Grandma Holmberg had these at her home all of the time when we would visit her.  They also freeze very well)

 

Red Lobster Biscuits

For years I have been trying to find a "copy cat" recipe for the cheddar biscuits at Red Lobster.  I have tried many and they failed me.  As the Gourmet Guy and I were doing some shopping at Costco we came across this Red Lobster Mix.  It had to be good because it carries the Red Lobster Logo.  We tried it last night, it is so easy and good.  As I opened the little silver herb packet I knew that it was going to be good because it smelled just like Red Lobster when you walk in.  This is a keeper for me.  I may just have to experiment with some of the spices in those little packets and see if I can come upon the flavor combination.  For me no copy cat recipes when I can pull this off of the shelf occasionally. 

 

This made my day, pretty simple, but it made my day!

Parmesan Rolls (Copy Cat Magelby's-revisited with modifications)

Parmesan Rolls (like Magelby’s)

25 frozen roll dough (preferably the Terrel's brand)

1 c. Parmesan cheese (the powdered kind)
4 t. garlic powder
1/3 c. parsley flakes
1 c. butter melted

While you are preparing the rolls, preheat oven to 200 degrees,  put the butter on a jellyroll pan while the oven heats.  In a bowl mix together Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, and parsley flakes.  Roll the frozen dough in the melted butter then the Parmesan mixture. Turn oven off then place rolls in oven.  Let rolls rise between 2-3 hours.  Remove from oven and preheat to 350.  Bake until lightly brown on top 15-20 minutes.

(I found this recipe from a woman who was teaching a class at the Little Theatre in the Orem Macey's during the time I was hosting (working) there.  These are a copy cat from a local restaurant called Magelby's.  The owner recently passed away and learning of this made me pull this dust off this recipe and make it again, it has been far too long!  The restaurant like the owner is gone and it makes me sad but at least I can remember both when I make these.

Family Favorite Bluberry Muffins with Crumble Topping

My daughter Natalie finds these beautiful blueberries for me and I have learned to love them.  We love them enough that we are trying to get a bed with a PH balance that will allow us to grow several bushes to raise them ourselves.  In the mean time we get these wonderfully sweet huge berries and learn to use them in many fun recipes.  This batch of berries are sweet and huge.  In fact they were to big to use as many as I did for this batch and the muffins didn't hold together very well.  The best part of the muffin is the crumble that is placed on the top,

Blueberry Muffins with Crumble Topping.

for the muffins:
1/2 c. milk
1/4 c. canola oil
1 large egg
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 c sugar
2 t. baking powder
1/2 t salt
1 1/2 c. fresh or frozen blueberries, if frozen don't thaw, (if the berries are really large cut down on the quantity.)

Mix milk, oil, and egg in a small bowl.  In a larger bowl whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.  Add the wet ingredients to the large bowl and gently mix them together, don't over mix.  Fold in the blueberries. 

crumble topping:
1/3 c. sugar
1/4 c. flour
2 T butter, softened (not melted)

Grease muffin tin thoroughly (so the blueberries do not stick to the pan) fill the cups about 2/3 full and top with the crumble.  Place in a 400 degree preheated oven and bake for 20 minutes.  Yields 12 medium size muffins. 

Grandma Rayda's Butter horn Rolls

Butter Horn Rolls
 

2c. milk, scalded

1 c. butter
1 c. sugar
3 t salt
2 pkgs. yeast
1 c. water
6 eggs, beaten
8-10 c. flour, add until dough is soft but not stiff

Bake at 400 for 15 mins.

 

(Grandma Rayda Stevenson made these rolls all of the time.  She had it down to an art and had made them so often that she made them from memory.  The aroma in the house was wonderful as they baked.  We could always look forward to them buttered and toasted the next morning for breakfast; we loved the “breakfast toast”.)

Orange Bread

Orange Bread

3 c, flour
2 c. sugar
¾ c. orange juice
2 eggs
½ c. oil
1 c. milk
zest from 1 orange
1 t vanilla
1 t baking powder
2 t baking soda
2 t cinnamon
1 t salt

Mix ingredients and pour into two greased and floured loaf pans. Bake in 350 oven for 45-50-minutes.

 

We use this to make French toast and it is heavenly!  Just after we were married the Gourmet Guy went with  a couple of friends to a wedding in California.  While they were there they picked fresh oranges and brought them home.  We had a lot for a young couple so we tried making bread from them and discovered that it was really good also makes really good French toast.  Some trial and error is just worth the effort.

Cinnamon/Orange Rolls

 

After craving these for many months I finally broke down and made these sweet rolls. I used  the remaining mashed potatoes from another day because it makes the dough so soft. Since there are only two of us in the home I have been reluctant to make them, only because I knew that I wouldn't eat just one.  One of my solutions is to share with family and friends.  They were every bit as good as they sounded, nice and soft and filled with cinnamon and or orange.  Next time I'll do the Sticky Bun version!  ( I only made half of the recipe.)

Cinnamon Rolls

4 c. scalded milk  (Or 4 c, hot water and 1 c. powdered milk)

1 ½ c. sugar

2 t. salt

8 eggs, beaten

2 c. mashed potatoes

1 ½ c. shortening

½ c. warm water

2 pkg. yeast

6 c. whole wheat flour (or enough white flour to make a soft dough. approx. 9-10 c.)

 

Combine ingredients and let raise.  Roll out.  Sprinkle with butter, sugar, and cinnamon.  For orange rolls sprinkle with sugar and orange rind and some fresh squeezed orange juice. Roll and cut, place on a greased jelly roll pan and let raise once again.  Bake at 375 until golden brown.

Bread Sticks (repeat)

Bread sticks

1 T. yeast

2 T. sugar
1½ c. warm water
Add:
1 t. salt
3½ c. flour

Mix slightly sticky dough.  Let raise once.  Roll out, cut, and twist.  Put on cookie sheet with 1 cube melted butter.  Sprinkle with garlic salt, Parmesan cheese, and sesame seeds.  Let rise until double and bake at 400 until golden brown.

I also use this recipe to make Calzones!  Cydney uses this to make the bread sticks as well as cinnamon knots for her family.

Homemade Bread (the lost recipe)

White-Whole Wheat Bread

2 T yeast
3/4 c. warm water
2 c. milk lukewarm  (I use 2/3 c. powdered milk with two c. warm water)
1 T shortening
1 t salt
7-8 c. flour

425 until Golden Brown.  Makes two loaves

Trick or Treat 2014

After time of for another and lengthy recovery I was starting to feel like doing fun things in the kitchen again!  Who better for than my Grandkids!

 

Rather than giving them an extra large candy bar like in the past I decided to do something I borrowed from Pinterest.  The adults thought they were kind of creepy but I thought they were fun and different.

Looking through some of my old recipes I found my file on Harry Potter party themes and it made me want to do something for fun since it was Halloween I actually got more response to these little loaves of bread than from the hands.  I hadn't made bread in a very long time and I couldn't believe that I didn't have my original recipe in my "binder" or on the blog.  We, the Gourmet Guy and I, even tried a recipe for Butterbeer but it didn't turn out as well I had hoped. It was fun trying and seeing responses.  Oh to have the recipe from Universal Studios! It felt so good to be back at the creative stuff again.

 

 

Lemon Blueberry Loaf

Lemon Blueberry Loaf

1/3 c melted butter
1 c sugar
3 T lemon juice
2 eggs
1 1/2 c flour
1 t baking powder
1 t salt
1/2 c milk
2 T lemon zest
1 c frozen blueberries

Mix together butter, 1 c. sugar, juice, and eggs.  Combine flour, baking powder, and salt with egg mixture and milk.  Fold in lemon zest and blueberries.  Pour batter into a greased loaf pan.  Bake at 350 for 60 mins. 

Glaze

2 T lemon juice
1 T butter, melted
1 c powdered sugar

Grandma Stevenson's rolls

In my search to find the right Chile Sauce recipe I came across several recipes that I thought were gone forever. I had written to extended family members for this one so you can imagine my delight when I found this one tucked away. I had written it down as she told me so it lacked organization but here it is. So excited I just hope I can make it the way she did, she was the master. And oh they are oh so yummy fresh out of the oven, later for a snack or even for "oven toast!" I am now going to get all of these recipes that I found on my site so they don't become "lost" again.


Grandma Stevenson’s Rolls (Rayda Stevenson)

1 c. milk
¼ c. sugar (1 c. for sweet rolls)
2 t. salt
½ c. shortening
4 eggs, beaten
1 c. warm water
4 yeast cakes
10 c. flour (approx.)

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Scald milk, add shortening, salt and sugar. Beat eggs and add to the mixture, then stir in yeast. Gradually add the flour keeping the dough soft.

Because she made these so often she recited the measurements to me as she was making the rolls. I am adding the remaining instructions.

Place dough into a greased bowl and cover, place in a warm area to raise. Let raise until doubled in size, punch down and let raise again. Punch the dough down again and roll into small balls, place on a greased cookie sheet and let raise again. Bake at 375 until golden brown, about 20 minutes.

Oven Toast

One of the things that the Gourmet Guy's Grandmother made was wonderful rolls. She made them so often that she no longer needed the recipe to follow because she had it memorized. She also made them weekly and they were a real treat, so soft and so yummy. One of the things that she often did with the rolls for breakfast was to make "Oven Toast." We continue to do it with rolls in our family. I have not mastered the rolls like she did but if we have rolls for any occasion we usually make oven toast as well. (Shirley's Rolls are fabulous for this!)

Simply cut the rolls in half, butter them and place them on a baking sheet.
Place in the oven under a broiler and toast them until golden brown.

Serve with breakfast, or for a quick snack.

Our son-in-law laughs at us because we have little "pet" names for some of the things that we eat in our family. Just say Oven Toast, Uinta Eggs, or Camping Pancakes and it evokes a response in all of us, great memories, great traditions, family time!

Yummy Strawberry Muffins

I had this recipe to try and finally did it- I LOVED IT!!!!!!!! Though it is not a fat free one (229.4 calories per serving) it is good for a special treat or occasion. I am also anxious to try it with raspberries, blueberries, and peaches, I will let you know how they work out!

Strawberry-Cream Cheese Muffins

2 c. flour
¾ c. sugar
3 T. sugar, divided
1 ½ t. baking powder
½ t. baking soda
6 T. chilled butter, cut into pieces
1 c. chopped strawberries
¾ c. buttermilk, plus 2 T. buttermilk
1 egg
1 (3 oz) package cream cheese, cut into 12 cubes

Preheat oven to 400. Grease and flour muffin pan or line with cupcake liners sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. In a medium bowl stir flour, ¾ c. sugar, baking powder and baking soda. Cut butter into the flour mixture with a pastry blender then add the strawberries. In a small bowl blend buttermilk and egg with a whisk. Mix buttermilk mixture with flour and stir gently. Turn mixture into muffin tin evenly. Put 2 T. sugar into a small dish and dip each cube of the cream cheese into the sugar and coat well. Press the cheese cubes into the muffin batter until they are level with the batter, do not totally submerge them into the batter. Sprinkle remaining sugar on top of the muffins for a sweet topping.

Bake for 20-35 minutes, or until light brown-inserted toothpick should not be placed into the cream cheese to test the doneness.

Corn Bread just got better!

Corn Bread

1 c. melted butter or margarine
1 1/4 c. sugar
4 eggs
(combine and mix well)


2 c. buttermilk
1 t. soda
(add to the above mixture)

2 c. cornmeal
2 c. flour
1 t. salt
(add the dry ingredients to the total mixture)

Bake in greased 9x13 pan in 350 oven for 35 mins.

This is such a good recipe it has been one of my favorites for years. I even make it in a mix to store. I use the powdered buttermilk and love it. For Easter we had a ham and have lot's of leftovers since it was just my "Gourmet Guy" and me so I made Ham and Beans (already posted) with the ham bone and some of the ham, yum! I love to serve Corn Bread with this and as I proceeded to do so once again realized I miss my well stocked kitchen at home... and once again had to catch the bus and head to the store to purchase baking powder and a few other fresh items. I started to make a half batch and realized I should have checked the sugar in the cupboard before I left, when I measured it out there was only a half a cup and no buttermilk So I punted, I put some vinegar in milk to substitute for the buttermilk and added a little brown sugar to the granulated and mixed it together hoping it would turn out. After placing in a baking pan I realized that I had forgot to put the salt in, oops. After cutting into the bread and taking a bite it was so good, perhaps the best Corn Bread I have ever made personally.

So here is my adapted recipe, it could have been a failure but luckily it turned out great.

1/2 c. butter, melted

2 eggs

1/2 c. granulated sugar

1-2 T. brown sugar

1 c. milk, with 1 t. cider vinegar added

1 t. soda

1 c. flour

1 c. corn meal

Combine all ingredients and bake in a greased 9 x 9 x 2 baking pan at 350 for 35 minutes or until knife comes out clean. Serve warm with butter and maple syrup or honey (alas I didn't have honey in my cupboard either!)

Ripped Baguette with Garlic-Parsley Butter

Ripped Baguette with Garlic-Parsley Butter

5 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
1 to 2 garlic cloves, minced
½ bunch chopped fresh parsley leaves
2 T. extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 baguette

Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until it softens but does not brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Let cool. Then stir this garlic butter into the remaining butter in a small bowl. Stir in the parsley, olive oil, salt, and pepper.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Rip open the baguette lengthwise, so that it opens like a book but is not ripped entirely in half. Smear the inside of the baguette with the garlic butter. Wrap the baguette in aluminum foil and bake until heated through, 10 to 12 minutes.

Alternate preparation:

Melt butter and olive oil in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until it softens but does not brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in the parsley, salt, and pepper. Let cook about 1 min.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Rip open the baguette lengthwise, so that it opens like a book but is not ripped entirely in half. Spoon the garlic butter mixture inside of the baguette. Wrap the baguette in aluminum foil and bake until heated through, 10 to 12 minutes.

Bridal Shower and Orange Rolls

My daughter was throwing a bridal shower for a friend and wanted to buy orange rolls from a local bakery that is a favorite of ours. She didn't feel like she could afford to pay for them as well as the other food items that they had planned for the shower. I suggested that she make them the night before and saw it as an opportunity to teach her how to make them. It was a fun evening and they turned out very well.

While mixing the dough she said she thought it would be easier to just mix it with her hands and so she did.

Just after we cleaned up the kitchen to get ready for the shower we decided that we would make the orange rolls and we got flour everywhere! But it was fun doing it together.

The end product was very tasty!

It was fun to see her tell her guests that she made the rolls herself.

Orange Rolls

4 c. scalded milk
1 ½ c. sugar
2 t. salt
8 eggs, beaten
2 c. mashed potatoes
1 ½ c. shortening
½ c. warm water
2 pkg. yeast
6 c. whole wheat flour (or enough white flour to make a soft dough. approx. 9-10 c.)

Raise twice. Roll out. Sprinkle with butter, sugar, orange peel and orange juice. Bake at 375 until golden brown. Frost with an orange juice glaze.

Focaccia Bread

Focaccia Bread

1/2 c. water
1/4 c. milk
3 T potato flakes or buds
1 T plus 2 t olive oil
2 t finely chopped rosemary
1 1/2-2 c. unbleached flour
1 pkg quick rise yeast
1 t sugar
1/2 t plus 1/8 t salt


Heat water and milk to 130, add potato flakes. Mix in 1 T and 1 t of rosemary, rest 5 mins. In medium bowl mix 1 1/2 c. flour into the milk mix into a soft dough . Sprinkle counter top with flour and knead until the dough is elastic adding flour if it is too sticky. Let the dough rest for 10 mins. Grease a pie plate with olive oil and place dough in the pan and turn over, press dough evenly into pan. Let raise until double in pan. Preheat oven to 400, chop Rosemary and mix into the remaining olive oil and salt. After dough has doubled in pan gently press fingertip in surface to make an indentation, spread on surface of the bread. Bake for 20-25 mins. , or until golden brown. Remove from the pan and place on wire rack. Serve warm.

Or, one of my favorite ways to have handy in my pantry.

Focaccia Bread Mix

2½ c. white flour
1 T. yeast
1 T. sugar
1 t. salt
2 T. powdered milk

Combine 1 c. water and 2 T. butter. Warm until the butter melts.

Add the mix to the butter mixture and knead well. Divide into two loaves. Press into two 8” round pans, lightly greased and sprinkled with corn meal. Dimple the tops of the foccacia with your fingertips. Sprinkle with olive oil, herbs and cheese. Bake at 375’ for 20-25 minutes.

Mimi's Carrot Bread, YUM

This isn't actually the original recipe but a copy cat version to which I have made some modifications, and have here. I am actually going to keep working with this one to make it a little healthier but for now this is pretty close to the original and very yummy.

Carrot Raisin Bread

1 ½ c. flour, sifted
1 t. cinnamon
1 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
1 c. vegetable oil
1 c. granulated sugar
3 eggs
¼ c. molasses
½ t. vanilla extract
1 c. shredded carrot
½ c. golden raisins
¼- ½ c. chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350. Combine flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl. In another bowl combine oil, sugar, eggs, molasses and vanilla mix well;
add carrot. Gently fold in the raisins and walnuts and then the flour mixture, until well mixed but don’t over stir. Pour into two greased medium loaf pans. Bake for 60 mins, but check after 45-50 mins.

Halloween Revisited-Chili and Cornbread

(I had already done this one and made a mistake and messed up the post so I had to start over)

When the kiddles were little and did the Halloween Trick or Treat thing I always worried that they needed a good warm meal before they went out in the cold. I decided that we would make chili for dinner each Halloween. Originally I also bought doughnuts with the Halloween sprinkles to go along with it and later when I discovered the cornbread recipe I decided to do that instead of the doughnuts. The chili recipe came from my father-in-law which makes it even more fun for a tradition. I did learn, however, that this particular recipe doesn't work well if you are using dried beans in a slow cooker. My daughter, Jessica, tried it with canned kidney beans and varied spices and it worked well. I will attach her recipe later.

Dad Stevenson's Chili

2 lbs lean ground beef
2 green peppers chopped finely
2 onions, chopped finely
2 c celery, chopped
4 c chili beans, soaked
2-3 T. chili powder, more if you like it hotter
32 oz. canned tomatoes
salt to taste

Soak chili beans overnight. Cook beans until the skin slips when you blow on them.
Meanwhile, brown ground beef and vegetables. Mix all ingredients and cook on low for
hours. You may need to add water during cooking.

Corn Bread

1 c. melted butter or margarine
1 1/4 c. sugar
4 eggs
(mix together)

2 c. buttermilk
1 t. soda
(add to above mixture)

2 c. cornmeal
2 c. flour
1 t. salt
(add to prior mixture)

Bake in greased 9x13 pan in 350 ovens for 35 mins.