Corn Dog Muffins

When I first saw this recipe I didn't think it sounded very good. Why I decided to try it I don't know. It was surprisingly good! I really liked them. My son will eat them but my daughter is a little more pick. She likes them separate. You will need corn meal. For those of you that have a WinCo, I believe you can buy corn meal for about .61 cent's a pound, not a bad price if you ask me! Here is the recipe.

1 1/2 cups flour
2/3 cups sugar
1/2 cup corn meal
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cup milk
2 eggs
1/3 cup oil
3 Tablespoons butter

Combine flour, sugar, corn meal, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and mix. Combine milk, eggs, oil and butter in a small bowl and mix well.

Add 1 cup of cheese. The recipe says to use 9 hot dogs cut in half and stick them in the middle of the muffin. I like to cut up the hot dog and mix it in the batter and I do not use 9 hot dogs, but I can't remember how many I put in.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. lightly grease muffin tins. fill muffin tins 2/3 full. Bake for 14 to 18 minutes.

Rice Pudding!

This recipe was given to me by my Mother-in-law. She has made it several times and raves about it. It sounds really good.

Warm 1/2 gallon of milk on high in the crockpot for one hour (you can make up some powdered milk an use it if you want).
Add 1 cup of rice
1 cup of sugar
(optional - I put in once stick of cinnamon)
and continue to heat on high for 3 hours.
While this is cooking remove 4 eggs from the fridge to bring to room temperature

By this time the rice should be fully cooked and will have absorbed most of the milk

Mix together
4 well beaten room temperature eggs
1/4 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Stir in about 1/2 cup of the cooked rice and milk into the egg mixture to "temper it"
Then while stirring the rest of the cooked rice slowly add the egg mixture.

Keep the crockpot on high and stir until it is nice and thick.

You can eat it right away (after it cools, of course) or pour into a buttered
9x13 glass dish and cover very loosely and let cool.
Then cover and refrigerate. It can be warmed up by the dish full in the microwave.

We serve it with cinnamon sugar and your choice of
milk
cream or
whipped cream (for a special treat we did this as dessert for the missionaries)

Macaghetti

This really is not a recipe but an idea! My kids are not big on spaghetti but I thought I would try this any way. They are the ones that actually came up with the name Macaghetti, and they actually liked it. You can use sausage or ground beef. I liked the sausage put the kids thought it was too spice. So I cooked up some macaroni noodles and mixed Spaghetti sauce, meat and the noodles together. It was fast easy and delicious!

Tasty Buns

These are very easy to make. They make great hamburger buns and even hot dog buns. In the picture above I actually made 24 rolls. I like to use parchment paper when possible, but it is not necessary you can grease the cookie sheet.

4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
4 1/2 teaspoons yeast
1 cup milk
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt

1. Stir together 2 cups flour and the yeast. In a separate bowl heat milk, water, oil, sugar and salt to lukewarm in microwave or on top of stove. Add all at once to the flour mixture and beat until smooth (about 3 minutes).
2. Add enough flour to make soft dough (2-3 cups). Mix well and let rest in bowl for about 10 minutes.
3. Shape into 12 slightly flat balls and place on greased baking sheet to rise until doubled in size.
4. Bake in a preheated 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) oven for 12 to 15 minutes.
Makes 12 buns (48 buns) My directions... Warm milk, water, and sugar. Add to mixer bowl stir in yeast to soften. Add oil and salt and gradually knead in flour. Form into buns, place on lightly greased pans, let rise, and bake at 400º for 10-12 minutes

Banana Bread

This recipe makes 4 loaves. I have cut the recipe in half and made 2 loafs and it turned out just fine!

1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 cup butter
3 cups sugar
3 whole eggs
6 whole bananas, very ripe, mashed
16 ounces sour cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking soda
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

1 Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease
four 7x3 inch loaves pans. In a small bowl, stir together 1/4
cup white sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Dust pans lightly
with cinnamon and sugar mixture.
2 In a large bowl, cream butter and 3 cups sugar. Mix in
eggs, mashed bananas, sour cream, vanilla and cinnamon. Mix
in salt, baking soda and flour. Stir in nuts. Divide
into prepared pans.
3 Bake for 1 hour, until a toothpick inserted in center
comes out clean.

Oven Apple Pancakes

This is a yummy recipe that we have eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner! It takes a little prep work, but it is worth the effort! Hope you like it too!

1 apple, cored and sliced
1 tablespoon butter
4 tablespoons sugar, divided
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
3 whole eggs
1/3 cup flour, all-purpose
1/4 teaspoon salt

Spray 9-inch glass pie dish with pam then put butter in pie dish and place in oven, turn oven on to 450º. After butter melts combine 2 tablespoons of sugar and cinnamon and stir into butter. Add apple slices and coat with butter mixture. Place back in oven for 4 minutes. Meanwhile mix eggs, salt, flour and remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar. When apples are cooked pour the batter around the edges and then in the middle of the apples. Bake for 10 minutes then turn the oven down to 350º and bake for 4-6 minutes more. Enjoy!!!