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Get ready for lip-smackin' goodness!

Very Lemon Bread

Preparations:

Set oven for 350 degrees. Grease and flour loaf pan(s).

Ingredients:

  • 1/3 cup melted butter

  • 3 Tbsp. Lemon Extract

  • 1 1/2 cups sifted flour

  • 1 tsp. salt

  • 1 1/2 Tbsp. grated lemon rind (optional)

  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)

  • 1 cup granulated sugar

  • 2 eggs

  • 1 tsp. baking powder

  • 1/2 cup milk

 

Lemon Pour (combine and reserve for later):

  • 1/4 cup lemon juice

  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar

 

Mix butter, sugar, and lemon extract in a good sized bowl. Beat eggs into this mixture. In another bowl, sift flour with baking powder and salt. Add dry ingredients to wet mixture gradually, alternating with milk. Beat just until blended. If desired, blend in rind and nuts. Pour batter into prepared pan(s). Bread is done when toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean (about 50 minutes or so). After cooling for 10 minutes, remove from pan and drizzle with reserved Lemon Pour mixture. Store in foil for 24 hours before slicing.

Invite some friends over for tea and lemon bread!

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Pineapple Rice Pudding


Rice pudding
4 cups milk, divided
3 cups cooked long grain rice
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 ~ 3 oz. cream cheese, softened
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Combine 3 1/2 c. milk, rice, sugar, & salt; bring to boil over med. heat.   Cook 15 mins. till thick. In a bowl beat cream cheese, add eggs and remaining milk and stir into the rice mixture.   Cook and stir for 2 mins. on med. heat. Add vanilla.

Pineapple Sauce
1 (20 oz) can pineapple chunks
1/4 cup packed br. sugar
1 Tbs. cornstarch
1 Tbs. margarine
1/8 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla
Drain pineapple, reserving juice. Combine br. sugar, cornstarch, butter, salt, and reserved juice.   Bring to a boi; cook and stir for 2 mins. or till thick.   Stir in vanilla and pineapple. Spoon over the rice pudding.
(This is soooooooooo good eaten warm!)



Cream Puff Pie


For the shell
Boil together
1/2 cup oleo
1 cup water
Add 1 cup flour
Remove from heat, beat in 4 eggs one at a time.   Bake for 30-35 mins. @ 400 degs. in a 9x13 pan (no grease).   Let cool.

For the filling
Beat together
4 cups of milk
1 - 8 oz. softened cream cheese
3 small french vanilla instant pudding
Put this on the shell to within 1 inch of the edges.   Top with Cool Whip and garnish with chocolate shavings!   This is an EXCELLENT dessert from Sandy Fleming.

 

Breakfast Casserole

1 lb. sausage
6 slices bread, cubed
6 eggs
2 c. milk
1 tsp salt
1 tsp dry mustard
1 c. grated cheddar cheese
Brwon sausage and drain.   Cover bottom of 9 x 13 pan with bread cubes.   Beat eggs; add milk, salt and dry mustard.   Pour over bread and sausage.   Sprinkle cheese over top. Refrigerate overnight.   Bake in preheated 350 deg. oven for 45 mins.   NOTE: I use this when we have overnight guests, the only thing, if you put it in a glass pan, you will need to let it come to room temperature!!


Pennsylvania Corn Chowder

Combine:   10 - 15 soda crackers, crushed
1 cup milk (set aside for 10 mins.)
4 slices of bacon fried crisp and then crumbled
1 diced onion fried in bacon drippings.   Set aside.
6 large potatoes diced
2 cups water
2 chicken boullion cubes
2 cups frozen corn
salt and pepper to taste
When potatoes are tender, assemble all of the ingredients and heat through.
Note: This soup is wonderful and filling.   When we have a get together, I always get requests to bring this!


Adobo Chicken

This Philipino recipe is good for an international dinner.
10 lbs. chicken
1/8 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup water
1 bay leaf
1 Tbs. vinegar
1 tsp. sugar
3 large onions quartered
2 cloves of garlic minced
Put all in a large pot and cook on top of the stove until chicken is done.
The house will smell like Heaven!!!   Serve with white rice.   You may add more soy sauce and water if needed, but the chicken adds liquid in cooking.


Orange Sherbet

1 - 2 litre of Orange Soda
1 - can of crushed pineapple
1 - can of sweetened condensed milk
Process in your ice cream freezer, as per instructions.   Pastor's wife in Canada, Mitzi Newman, shared this recipe with me when I was a new bride!


Tater Tot Casserole

4 cups tater tots
1 lb. browned ground beef
1 (10 oz.) pkg. chopped broccoli cooked
1 (2.8 oz) can fried onions
1 can whole tomatoes drained
1 can cream of celery soup
1/3 cup milk
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/8 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp garlic powder
Place potatoes on bottom of a 9 x 13 pan.   Bake @400 for 10 mins.   Combine gr. beef, broccoli, 1/2 can of fried onions, and tomatoes and pour over the tater tots.   Combine soup, milk, 1/2 c. cheese, and seasonings.   Pour over the beef mixture.   Bake @400 for 20 minutes.   Top with remaining cheese and onions, bake for 3 mins. longer.


Quick Biscuits

Mix together:
2 cups of all purpose flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. sugar
Pour together in a mixing cup:
1/3 cup cooking oil
2/3 cup milk
Add all at once to the flour mixture.   Stir just to clean sides.   Knead 10 times.   Roll out 1/2 inch thick and cut with a biscuit cutter.   Bake @ 450 degrees for 11 minutes.   These make beautiful biscuits and make a meal really stretch when you have company!


Easter Ham Glaze

1 cup brown sugar
1 Tbs. cornstarch
1/4 tsp. salt
1 (8 1/2 oz) can crushed pineapple
2 Tbs. lemon juice
1 Tbs. prepared mustard
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thick.  Cross score a shank ham and insert cloves over surface.  Cover with glaze.  Bake according to the size of your ham.   NOTE: I line pan with foil for easier clean up!


Quick Cherry Dessert

2 cans of cherry pie filling
1 box of chocolate cake mix
3 1/2 sticks of margerine (melted)

Put cherry pie filling in the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan. Sprinkle dry cake mix evenly over the top. Pour melted butter over the top, trying to moisten all of the cake mix. (Do not stir) Bake @ 350 for about 30 minutes. Serve warm with ice cream.
Note: This dessert does not look nice, but trust me - you'll love the taste!


EASY Chicken for a Crowd

65 chicken pieces without skin
2 commercial size cans of cream of mushroom soup
1/2 bottle of soy sauce (do not leave out, trust me on this!)

Place chicken in a large pan and put the other ingredients on top. It is not nesessary to stir at this point. Salt and Pepper to taste. Cover and bake @350 for approximately 2 hours. Due to the quantity, you must stir this every 30 minutes. Uncover the last 30 minutes of cooking to thicken the gravy some. (I like to use boneless skinless chicken breasts for banquets.)



 

Elegant Punch

1 frozen concentrate Welch's white grape/raspberry
1 two litre of 7-UP
Mix and float ice cubes with blueberries and raspberries frozen in them.



 

Chicken Club Ring

1 can (10 ozs.) chunk white chicken, drained and flaked.
3/4 c shredded Swiss cheese
1/3 c mayonnaise
1 tsp Dijon mustard
4 slices of crisply cooked bacon chopped
2 tbs parsley
1 tbs finely chopped onion
Mix well.
Unroll two packages of crescent dough and separate into 16 triangles.
Arrange triangles in a circle on a 13 inch round pizza pan with
wide ends of dough overlapping in the center..
There should be about a 5 inch diameter opening in the middle.
Put chicken mixture onto the wide end of the triangles.
Bring each triangle point over the filling and tuck under.
Do not try to make it tight. The filling will still be showing.
Place a tomato slice in each opening.
Bake 20 to 25 minutes or till brown.
This is great for a ladies meeting


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