Cinnabon Rolls

Dough:
1 pkg yeast
1 C warm milk
1/2 C Sugar
1/3 C melted margarine (I use butter)
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
4 C flour

Mix and knead. Place in oiled bowl to rise till double in size. Roll out 1/4 in. thick.
Spread with 1/3 C margarine melted. Sprinkle filling on top and roll up. Cut with floss.

Filling:
1 C brown sugar
2 1/2 Tbsp cinnamon

Put in lightly greased pan to rise again. Bake at 400 degrees for about 10 min. or until lightly golden. Let cool.

Icing:
1 Stick of soft butter
1 1/2 C powdered sugar
1/4 C cream cheese
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt

Mix with electric mixer till fluffy.

Enjoy!!! We make these for conference weekend and they are AWESOME!!! Hope you guys enjoy the weekend.

Welcome (Again)

If you are just getting the invite to this blog here is a short description of what I envisioned. Any of us can contribute recipes or ask if anyone has a recipe ideas for an item, special occasion, dish from ward pot-luck or whatever. If you received an invite you will be able to post your own recipes. Please include labels for each recipe as you post so the recipes can be categorized under the "menu Ideas" section. Include if it's a main dish, dessert, breakfast and basic ingredients like chicken beef, pork etc. You get bonus points for posting a picture of your dish. If you know of any good resources for recipes/cooking let me know and we'll create a list on the side so we can make this our one stop shopping for recipe ideas. I'm not the most blog savvy person so if you have ideas to make it better don't hesitate to let me know. I don't get offended easily. I just used the cooking group e-mail list so if you know of others who might enjoy this tell them about it. On a side note, anyone viewing this blog will be able to access your profile if you're listed as a contributor. If your family blog is listed under that anyone will have access to it. Just something to consider. Enjoy this and I hope this is helpful for all of us.

Crockpot cooking

I found this great blog on a new crockpot reciepe daily. The site is http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/. I haven't tryed any of these yet but I hope to soon. I'll let you know.

Recipe Exchange Loot

A year or so ago I participated in an e-mail recipe exchange and just today I found this file in my junk box...However, these two recipes don't sound like junk to me. So, try them when the mood strikes.

Barbeque Meatballs

2 lb. ground beef ¼ tsp. garlic powder
¾ cup milk 1 tsp. salt
1 cup quick oats ¼ tsp. pepper
1 egg 1 tsp. chili powder
½ cup chopped onion

Mix all ingredients together. Shape into balls. Place in 9x13 baking pan.

Make sauce by combining:

1 cup ketchup ¼ cup chopped onion
¾ brown sugar ¼ tsp. garlic powder

Stir well until sugar is dissolved; pour over meatballs and bake for 1 hour in a 350 degree oven.





French Onion Bread

1 pkg. dry yeast 1 tsp. salt
¼ c water 2 Tbsp. parmesan cheese, grated
1 envelope onion soup mix 2 Tbsp. shortening or veg. oil
2 c water 6 c all-purpose flour
2 Tbsp. sugar corn meal

Soften dry yeast in ¼ cup warm water. Combine soup mix and 2 cups water; simmer, covered, 10 minutes. Add sugar, salt, cheese, and shortening; stir. Cool to lukewarm.

Stir in 2 cups flour; beat well. Stir in yeast. Add enough of remaining flour to make a moderately stiff dough. Turn out on floured surface. Cover; let rest 10 minutes. Knead until smooth. Place in lightly greased bowl, turning once to grease surface. Cover; let rest 10 minutes. Shape in 2 long loaves, tapering ends. Place on greased baking sheet sprinkled with corn meal. Make diagonal cuts onto top of loaves, 1/8 to ¼ inch deep.

Cover; let double (about 1 hour). Bake at 375 degrees. For 20 minutes, or until done. Makes 2 loaves.

Zucchini Bread

It's that time of year again. You planted it and it grew and grew and grew some some. Now you have more zucchini than you know what to do with. Aliesha Nuttall sent a couple of zucchini bread recipes to try out. If you have any more zucchini recipes to share lets put them out there so we can all try them.

Zucchini Bread

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Home Cooking

Episode: Weekend House Guest

3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

3 cups sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs, beaten

1/3 cup water

2 cups grated zucchini

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, nutmeg, baking soda, cinnamon and sugar. In a separate bowl, combine oil, eggs, water, zucchini and lemon juice. Mix wet ingredients into dry, add nuts and fold in. Bake in 2 standard loaf pans, sprayed with nonstick spray, for 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean. Alternately, bake in 5 mini loaf pans for about 45 minutes.

Zucchini Bread

Recipe courtesy St. John’s University

Show: The Best Of

Episode: Bakers

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

1/3 cups brown sugar

3/4 cups vegetable oil

2 eggs

2 cups flour

3/4 teaspoons baking powder

3/4 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 1/2 cups finely chopped zucchini

3/4 cups walnut pieces

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Combine sugars, oil, and eggs and mix. In another bowl, mix flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and cinnamon. Add to sugar/oil/egg mixture to moisten. Carefully fold in zucchini and nuts. Divide mixture into 2 greased loaf pans. Bake for 55 minutes or until done.

Celebrity Blog Cake

Here's a recipe from CJane's blog that was posted last week. Despite some of the the strange aspects of blog culture, especially "hopping", I have a feeling that this recipe is gold. I am becoming more and more convinced that the crock pot was God's gift to women.

Crock Pot Chocolate Cake

1 package chocolate cake mix
1 container of sour cream (8 oz)
1 cup chocolate morsels
1 cup water
4 eggs
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 package instant chocolate pudding mix

Spray crock pot with nonstick cooking spray. Mix cake mix, sour cream, chocolate morsels, water, egss, oil and pudding mix in a bowl by hand. Pour into crock pot. Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours or high 3-4 hours. Makes about 12 servings.

Poppy Seed Muffins

This is a favorite at our house. Chalise would be in heaven if we had these every morning.

1 1/4 cup sugar
3 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder

Mix together in large bowl

1/3 cup oil
3 eggs
1 1/2 c milk
1 1/2 tsp almond extract
1 1/2 tsp Butter flavor
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 Table spoons poppy seeds

Mix wet ingredients in small bowl then pour over dry ingredients. Mix ONLY enough to moisten. Batter may still be lumpy. Put in muffin cups and bake for 12-15 minutes at 350. This recipe makes between 1 1/2 to 2 dozen muffins. Since I only have a pan that makes 12 muffins I will often put whats left in the fridge and cook it in a day or two for breakfast again.

If you want to make these healthier here are a few things you can do. Use applesauce for all or part of the oil. Use a cup or two of whole wheat flour, use 4 egg whites instead of whole eggs. Use less salt and sugar than the recipe calls for. Try one, some or all of these tips if you like.

A funny story about these muffins. I got this recipe in a junior high Home Ec class. We got extra credit for making them at home. I made them and stirred them way too long. They turned out so rubbery, chewy and bouncy that I could practice Volleyball with them. They are now also known as volleyball muffins.

Welcome!

Welcome to the What's for Dinner Recipe Exchange! I started this Blog as a way for all us to share our yummy recipes and get meal ideas, tips and advice. I figure I can use all the help I can get when it comes to figuring out meals every day and I'm sure I'm not alone. The plan is you submit recipes whenever you like. Favorites, quick n easy, fun ones, speacial holiday stuff, whatever you want to share. We'd love to see and try new things. E-mail me at rachester1@gmail.com if you'd like to join. I'll add whoever wants to join as an author so you can post your own stuff.