NO Bake — Awesome Bars

      Awesome Bars

1. Mash: 16 graham crackers (in plastic bag)

2. Mix:

• graham cracker crumbs
• 1 can sweetened canned milk
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 2 cups crispy rice

3. Butter paper plates or a 9×13 pan.

4. Pat mixture into pan or individual plates.

5. Sit 10 or more minutes.

6. Enjoy!

This is easy and fun to make with children because there is no baking or cooking.   Fun to do when teaching the AW as in SAW sound.

Grandma’s Egg Bread (Orange Rolls )

Orange Rolls or Cinnamon Rolls

(Grandma’s Egg Bread) (A Family Favorite)

Mix and set aside:

•  ½ cup warm water
• 2 T Dry yeast
• ½ cup sugar

Beat 3 eggs in a large bowl.

Add to eggs and mix:

• 2 ½ c. milk (room temp.)  Best if brought to a boil then cooled.
• 1 cube butter (room temp.)
• 4 t. Salt
• 5 cups whole wheat and/or unbleached flour
• yeast mixture

Add and knead in about 2 ½ more cups of flour to make a soft and smooth dough. (Use wet hands to knead.)  Let rise. (double in bulk)  Punch the air out.

Mix in a small container:

•  1 cube soft butter,
• ½ cup sugar
• the zest from one orange.      (grated peel)

Roll the dough into a ½ in. thick rectangle.  Spread the zest/butter mixture on dough except for a 1 inch strip on the edge to seal the roll.

Roll up the dough and seal with the non-buttered edge.  Cut the roll with dental floss or a knife.

Put the rolls in a greased baking pan.  Let rise until double in bulk again.

Bake in a preheated 375 oven for 20 minutes.

Make the glaze while the rolls are baking.

Glaze

Cook 1 cube butter with 1 cup brown sugar until it boils 1 minute.  Take off the stove and beat in the juice from 1 orange, and 1 cup sifted powdered sugar.  As the rolls come out of the oven, spoon on the glaze.

Optional Cinnamon Rolls

After the dough is rolled out, butter the dough except for a 1 inch strip on one of the longer sides, so you can seal the roll. Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar (1 cup brown sugar mixed with 2 teas. cinnamon) only on the butter.  Continue like for Orange Rolls.

Glaze

Cook 1 cube butter with 1 cup brown sugar until it boils 1 minute.  Take off the stove and beat in ½ teas. vanilla, 1 T. milk and 1 cup sifted powdered sugar.  As the rolls come out of the oven, spoon on the glaze.

Soft Boiled Eggs

Put eggs in pan of hot water.  Bring water to a boil.  Turn to low and cook for 3 minute at sea level.  (Add 1 minute for every 2000 feet you are above sea level.)

Toast 1 piece of bread for each egg while the eggs are cooking.  Butter the bread and tear apart the bread into individual bowls.

When the eggs are cooked, cool for 1 minute in cold water.  Break open over the broken up bread.  Scoop out the eggs.  Mix the eggs into the bread.  Salt and Pepper to taste.

Serve with Bacon and sliced oranges for a yummy simple meal.

This is one of my husband’s and grandchildren’s favorite meal.

Wow Fowl! or Parmesan Chicken

Put 2 cups of corn flakes in a gallon zip bag.  Crumb the corn flakes with a rolling pin.  Season with about 2 T. shredded parmesan, 1t. basil, 1t. salt, and some fresh ground pepper.

Cut 4 boneless chicken breasts into 4 or 5 pieces.

Dip chicken in beaten egg.

Put chicken in the bag of corn flake crumbs.  Shake and place on a greased baking  dish.

Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes.

Good served with barbeque sauce.

Oodles of Noodles

Oodles of Noodles  (2 kinds)        

Fast Noodles  (Can be made with gluten-free noodles.)  Children love this.

1. Cook 1/2 lb. curly or other noodles for half of the time on the package.
2. Save 1/2 cup of the water and drain off the rest. Put the noodles and 1/2 c. water back in the pan.
3. Add 1 cup of frozen petite peas, a little salt, and 1 Tablespoon chicken bouillon paste or granules.  (Better than Bouillon  is a great bouillon.)
4. Cook on low with a lid for about 5-6 minutes, then take it off the burner and leave it for 10 or more minutes.
5. Eat and enjoy!
6. Fun to do when learning the OO sound like in MOON.

Homemade Noodles

• Beat 1 egg.
• Add: 1/2 t. salt
• 2 T. milk.
• Stir in 1 cup of flour.      (dough will be stiff)
• Roll dough thin on a floured board.
• Let rest for 30 minutes.
• Heat to boiling:  4 cups water
• Then add: 4 t. bouillon paste or granules, 2 t. minced onions, and 2/3 cups peas and carrots.
• Add noodles to broth.
• Cook on low boil for 15 minutes.  Enjoy!
• Fun to cook when learning the Long OO sound.

Pioneer Scones

Pioneer Scones

Make your favorite bread dough or thaw out frozen bread/roll dough.  (Look at the Grandma’s Egg Bread (Orange Rolls) and Wheat Bread recipes on this blog.)

When the dough is ready:

• Heat about a 1/2 inch of oil (expeller pressed prefered) in a heavy frying pan.  Don’t let the heat get too high and burn the oil.
• Roll the dough out and cut with a knife into about 3 x 2 inch pieces.
• Fry the dough until it is brown on both sides.
• Cool for a few minutes on a paper towel.
• Then serve with Honey Butter.   (Mix with a fork 1 cube of soft butter with about 1/2 cup of honey.)

Fun Treat!

WH for Wheat Bread

Wheat Bread is a good food experience for the WH sound.  Children love to see the wheat ground into flour.

Whole Wheat Bread or Rolls

Put ingredients in a large bowl or bread mixer bowl in the order listed.  ( Yes, the yeast and water is last.)

• 1 to 2 T. salt
• 9 C. whole wheat high protein flour (6 c. of white wheat ground makes about 9 c. flour, if you have a wheat mill.)
• ½ C. gluten flour
• 3/4 C. expeller-pressed oil or other good oil (Can use olive oil or half applesauce.)
• ½ C. Molasses, honey or mixture of both
• 1 T. lecithin (granules or liquid)
• 2 T. SAF instant yeast or some other instant yeast
• Add just enough water to make a soft dough–3 ½ to 4 ½ C. warm water (warm, not hot, not cold, when poured over wrist)

Start mixing with a bread mixer, wooden spoon, metal spoon or strong spatula.  Depending on the humidity it may take more or less water.  Keep the dough soft.  A soft dough will make a better bread.  As you mix it should start to clean the sides of the bowl.  Once it starts to be mixed start using your hands to knead the dough if you are using a spoon.  If you are kneading by hand, keeping your hands wet will keep the dough from sticking to your hands.  Mix or knead for about 8 minutes.  Leave in the bowl or put dough on a floured surface.  Cover with a clean light weight dish towel.  Let it rise for about 15 minutes.

Shape into loaves or rolls. (3 large or 4 small) Children like to make rolls. Cover with light towel and let rise in a warm place for about 15 minutes or until double in size.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake for 30 to 40 minutes (20 minutes for rolls) or until golden brown and hollow-sounding when thumped.

(Using good oil will make the bread taste better and add healthy oil soluble vitamins.  Olive oil will give the bread a slight olive oil taste.  Keep expeller- pressed oil in your refrigerator. )

* Use olive oil in the dough to make a great pizza crust. 

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Fresh Air Cookies

Fresh Air Cookies       

(Fun to make when teaching the AIR sound.  This is fun to eat outside in the fresh air.)

1. Mix:

• 2 cubes Butter
• 3 cups Brown Sugar

2. Mix in:

• ½ cup Applesauce
• 2 teas. Vanilla
• 3 Eggs

3. Combine and mix in:

• 3 cups Flour (part whole wheat flour)
• 1 teas. Baking Soda
• ½ teas. Salt

4. Mix in on low:

•  2 cups regular Oatmeal
•  ½ -12 oz bag of Chocolate Chips

5. Drop onto a greased cookie sheet.

6. Bake at 375 for 10 minutes.

7. Eat outside in the Fresh Air.

Gingerbread People

Gingerbread Men or People

Fun, easy, delicious recipe to do with children. A holiday favorite.

Mix with a mixer:

• 1 c. butter
• 1 c. brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 c. molasses

Sift or mix together:

• 5 c. flour
• 1 1/2 t. soda
• 1/2 t. salt
• 1 t. ginger
• 1 1/2 t. cinnamon
• 1/2 t. cloves

Mix wet and dry ingredients together.

Chill for about an hour.

Cut with people cookie cutters. Decorate with raisins, chocolate chips, slivered almonds, licorice, and/or tiny candies.

Bake in the oven at 375 for 10 minutes.

Enjoy!

Cook No-Bake Cookies

Cook No-Bake Cookies

1.     Mix together in a large pan or glass bowl:

• 1 ½ c. brown sugar
• 1 stick butter
• ½ c. milk
• 1/3 c. cocoa

2.      Cook and stir over medium heat until it boils or cook in the microwave.

3.     Remove from the heat.

4.      Stir in:

• 2 t. vanilla
• 2/3 c. peanut butter
• 3 c. quick oats

5.    Drop on wax paper.

6.    Let cool and eat.

Simple and fun to do with children.  A great recipe to use when learning the short OO sound.