Getting Ready for Thanksgiving

Rolls:

1/2 cup warm milk (70 to 80 degrees F)
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 tablespoons sugar
1 eggs

3/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon active dry yeast

Directions:

1. In bread machine pan, place all ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer. Select dough setting (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water or flour if needed).
2. When cycle is completed, turn dough onto a lightly floured surface. Divide into 12 portions; shape into balls. Place in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 15 minutes. Bake at 375 degrees F for 13-16 minutes or until golden brown.


Apple Crisp:
from Betty Crocker Kitchen:
I don't usually see how many apples they say to cut up, I just cut up enough apples top fill the pan. I like a ton of apples in my recipes.

3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1/2 cup quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats
1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1. Heat oven to 375ºF. Grease bottom and sides of 8-inch square pan with shortening.
2. Spread apples in pan. In medium bowl, stir remaining ingredients except cream until well mixed; sprinkle over apples.
3. Bake about 30 minutes or until topping is golden brown and apples are tender when pierced with a fork. Serve warm.


And if I get brave I will try this recipe From Betty Crockers Kitchens

Pecan Pie

Prep Time: 20 min Total Time: 3 hours 55 min Makes: 8 servings

Pastry
1 cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon shortening
2 to 3 tablespoons cold water

Filling
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 cup corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 cup pecan halves or broken pecans

Directions:
1. In medium bowl, mix flour and salt. Cut in shortening, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until particles are size of small peas. Sprinkle with cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost leaves side of bowl (1 to 2 teaspoons more water can be added if necessary).
2. Gather pastry into a ball. Shape into flattened round on lightly floured surface. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate about 45 minutes or until dough is firm and cold, yet pliable. This allows the shortening to become slightly firm, which helps make the baked pastry more flaky. If refrigerated longer, let pastry soften slightly before rolling.
3. Heat oven to 375°F. With floured rolling pin, roll pastry into round 2 inches larger than upside-down 9-inch glass pie plate. Fold pastry into fourths; place in pie plate. Unfold and ease into plate, pressing firmly against bottom and side. Trim overhanging edge of pastry 1 inch from rim of pie plate. Fold and roll pastry under, even with plate; press with times of fork or flute if desired.
4. In another medium bowl, beat all filling ingredients except pecans with wire whisk or hand beater until well blended. Stir in pecans. Pour into pastry-lined pie plate.
5. Cover edge of pastry with 2- to 3-inch-wide strip of foil to prevent excessive browning. Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until center is set, removing foil for last 15 minutes of baking. Refrigerate at least 2 hours until chilled before serving. Store in refrigerator.

Sweet Potato Casserole

Ingredients
1 pound sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
2 Tbs. sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 Tbs. all-purpose flour
1/4 cup pecans, chopped
1 Tbs. unsalted butter, melted

Cooking Directions
Preheat oven to 400° F. Place potatoes in a steamer basket
over boiling water. Cover pan and steam 10 minutes or
until tender. Drain and mash. Combine potatoes and next
4 ingredients in a bowl. Season with salt to taste. Mix well
and pour into 9-inch buttered pan. Combine remaining
ingredients in a bowl and spread over sweet potato
mixture. Bake 30 minutes or until brown.

Love Sugar

* 1 whole vanilla bean
* 2 cups white sugar

Pour the sugar into an airtight container. If the vanilla bean is whole, slice it halfway through the long way, open up the bean, and use a spoon or kitchen knife to scrape out the black gooey specks. Stir the specks into the sugar, and bury the bean pod in the sugar. Cover the jar and let stand for at least 1 week.

Seitan

I tried to make Seitan (say-tahn) called “wheat meat”, “wheat gluten” or simply “gluten”. It has the texture and close to the taste of meat so it is a big hit with the vegetarian crowd.

I was sent to this site for a excellent seitain recipe so I thought I share here (with a link to original post) Ok to keep it somewhere safe to use when I need it......
Seitan Recipe O' Greatness:


Ingredients:
1.5 cups vital wheat gluten
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
1 tsp salt
2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp cumin
1-2 tsp pepper (I use 2 tsp)
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (you can use 1/8 tsp if you like it less spicy)
1/8 tsp allspice
2 tsp garlic powder


3/4 cups water
4 tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp tamari
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp vegetarian Worcestershire sauce

Preheat oven to 325°.

In a large mixing bowl mix dry ingredients. Mix the rest of the ingredients (liquid ingredients) in a smaller mixing bowl. Whisk well until mixed.

Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix well, then knead for a minute or two.. it doesn't need long.

Form into a log (6-8" long), wrap tightly in foil, twisting ends. Bake for 90 minutes. When done baking, unwrap and leave out to cool all the way. Then wrap it foil or plastic and refrigerate. Slice to use as desired.

[u]Nutritional Info[/b]
The entire log has:
1134 calories
32g fat
63g carbs
158g protein

Use in stews or pan fry. You can bread and fry like chicken patties.... endless ideas.

Apple Chai tea

My daughter loves the apple chai tea from Eat and Park. I have tried to make this at home and really fall short. But I did make this chai tea mix and she liked it. I think maybe we can add this to hot apple cider... maybe?




* 1 cup nonfat dry milk powder
* 1 cup powdered non-dairy creamer
* 1 cup French vanilla flavored powdered non-dairy creamer
* 2 1/2 cups white sugar
* 1 1/2 cups unsweetened instant tea
* 2 teaspoons ground ginger
* 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
* 1 teaspoon ground cloves

Yields 36 servings

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine milk powder, non-dairy creamer, vanilla flavored creamer, sugar and instant tea. Stir in ginger, cinnamon and cloves. In a blender or food processor, blend 1 cup at a time, until mixture is the consistency of fine powder.
2. To serve: Stir 2 heaping tablespoons Chai tea mixture into a mug of hot water.

The easy cheese sauce