Sunday, June 12, 2011

Strawberry Rhubarb Dump Cake

4 cups cooked rhubarb
1 cup sugar
1 cup melted butter
1 small package of strawberry jello
1 yellow cake mix
2 1/2 cups cool water

Mix rhubarb, sugar, butter, jello and cake mix together. Pour into a 9x13 pan. Pour cool water over the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Bake at 350* for 40 min. or until done.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

White Bread

1. Dissolve 4 1/2 tsp. yeast in 1 cup lukewarm water. Add 1 tsp. sugar. Let stand for 10 minutes.

2. Place 4 cups lukewarm milk in a mixing bowl. Add 5 tbsp sugar and 5 tsp. salt. Add the yeast mixture and mix.

3. Add 5 tbsp. oil; mix.

4. Add 12 cups flour, continuously mixing until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.

5. Cover with a clean dishcloth and let rise until doubled in size (20-30 minutes).

6. Remove dough from bowl, punch down, and cut into four equal sized loaves. Shape and place in greased bread pans. Cover with a clean dishcloth and let rise until doubled in size (20-30 minutes).

7. Just before placing in oven, sprinkle a little cold water over raised dough.

8. Bake at 375* for 30-35 minutes. Remove from pans as soon as baked. Cool on wire rack.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Chocolate Chip Macaroon Brownies

Preheat oven to 350*. Prepare a brownie mix according to directions. Add 1/2-1 cup chocolate chips. Spread half of the brownie mix in a greased 9x13 pan.

Combine 1 can sweetened condensed milk, 14 oz. of coconut and 2 tsp. vanilla. Spread carefully over brownie mix.

Spread the rest of the brownie mix over the coconut mixture.

Cook for 35-40 minutes.

Allow to cool and frost with chocolate frosting.

Chocolate Frosting:
1 cube softened butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. milk
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 square melted Baker's unsweetened baking chocolate

Friday, June 3, 2011

Pao De Quejo

What, you might ask, is pao de quejo? It's cheese bread. And it's awesome! I had it when I lived in Brazil, and always wanted to make it. I found this easy recipe, and knew I had to make it. It calls for tapioca flour (aka tapioca starch), which can be found in the Winco bulk section. I looked in Smiths and an Asian store, and didn't find it, but a friend found it for me at Winco! Yay for friends! I think I owe her some pao de quejo!

1 large egg
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup canola oil
1 cup tapioca flour/starch-- no substitutions
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 C grated sharp or medium cheddar cheese
1/4 C grated Parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray mini muffin pans with Pam.

Place egg, milk, oil, tapioca flour, and salt in blender and blend until smooth. Add cheeses and pulse 2 times. Immediately pour batter into a mini muffin tin, filling each about 3/4 full, or just slightly less. Sprinkle a bit of Parmesan cheese on top and/or a tiny sprinkle of salt.

Bake for 15-20 minutes until puffed and golden. Remove from oven and cool for a few minutes before removing rolls from pan. Serve warm.

Makes 16-24, depending on size.