Orange Pasta Salad

1 lb. Pasta shells or macaroni, cooked and drained
1 lb. skinless, boneless chicken cooked and cubed
1 1/4 c. seedless grapes, halved
1 large cucumber peeled, cut into chunks
6 green onions, sliced
1 can mandarin oranges
3/4 c. thawed frozen orange juice concentrate
1/3 c. vegetable oil
1/4 c. rice vinegar
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
2 tbl. oregano
1/2 feta cheese

In Large bowl, combine pasta, chicken, grapes, cucumber, green onions and oranges. Combine in a separate bowl, the rest of the ingredients to make a dressing to pour over the salad. Top with feta cheese.

Rocky Road Brownies

Bar:
½ Cup Butter Or Margarine
2 Sq. Unsweetened Chocolate
1 Cup Sugar
2 Eggs
1 Cup Flour
1tsp Baking Powder
1 Tsp Vanilla
½ Cup Nuts

Melt butter and chocolate. Beat eggs and sugar. Add chocolate mixture. Add dry ingredients. Add nuts and vanilla. Spread in greased 9x13 pan.

Filling:
6 Oz. Cream Cheese- Softened
¼ Cup Margarine Or Butter
½ Cup Sugar
2 Tbsp. Flour
1 Egg
½ Tsp. Vanilla
6 Oz Package Of Chocolate Chips

Blend cream cheese, margarine, sugar, flour, egg and vanilla until smooth. Spread evenly over bar mixture. Sprinkle with chocolate chips.

Bake at 350ºF for 20-25 minutes until brownie is done (do not over bake). Sprinkle 2 cups miniature marshmallows over brownies and bake 1-2 minutes longer until marshmallows are melted.

Frosting:
2 Oz. Cream Cheese
¼ Cup Butter Or Margarine
1 Sp. Melted Chocolate
3 Cups Powdered Sugar
1 Tsp. Vanilla

Mix well. If too stiff, thin with a little evaporated milk or water. Spread over brownies as they come out of the oven. (Hint: melt the butter and chocolate together to prevent chocolate from burning when melting and allows a liquid base for the frosting.)

Cool several hours before cutting (or not… :o)

Sweet Bread Cinnamon Roll Recipe: Missionary Style

Dough

1 ½ cups Scalded Milk
2 eggs
1 C. warm water
3 tsp. (1 pkg) Yeast
½ C. Sugar
~7 Cups Bread Flour, Divided
½ C. Butter, (softened or melted)
2 tsp Salt, (optional)
Honey


When you walk in the door for the night at 9:00 PM, and before nightly planning, sprinkle yeast on top of water and add 1 big squirt of honey. Set aside to proof. Scald milk. Review the day and add numbers up. Run back to the kitchen to proceed with the dough. In a large bowl, combine milk, eggs, sugar and butter. Mix well on high speed. Add yeast mixture (and salt if desired) and mix for one minutes. Then add in 3 cups of flour and mix on high speed for 5 minutes. Plan for the next day and have your companion call your dinner appointment. Gradually add in ~3 additional cups of flour slowly until you have to mix flour in by hand. Dough will be sticky to the touch. On a clean smooth surface, knead in the last cup of flour. Rise until doubled in a greased bowl.

While the dough rises, brush teeth, wash face, change into pajamas, talk to district leader or zone leader, pray. To speed the rising process up, place bowl over a hot water bath or on a pre-heated oven stove-top.

To make the cinnamon rolls, roll out half the dough to 12 in x 18 in x ¼ in. Add desired cinnamon mixture. Roll dough so that the dough is 18 inches long. Cut with floss about ever 1 ¼ inches. Place in greased glass 9x13 pan. You can add ½ cup corn syrup to the bottom of the pan to caramelize the bottoms. Another option is to add melted butter on top of the cut roll. Let rise over night. If you live with members, the members you live with will then offer to finish cleaning the kitchen so you can be in bed by 10:30. (THANK YOU DAVIS FAMILY!!!) or else leave the mess for the morning.

After you wake up and say your morning prayer, run to the kitchen and try and cream the butter you forgot to leave out on the counter over night (that was in the fridge that acts as a freezer) with the even colder cream cheese. Give up after 15 minutes into morning exercise time and add the remaining icing ingredients. Beat until it is as smooth as you can get it. Spend the remaining exercise time cleaning the cinnamon mess up that has encrusted itself on the counter. Great early morning arm work out. Get ready for the day and have personal and companion study.

When you arrive for zone/district meeting at the church, Preheat the oven to 350°F then go sing the opening hymn and stay for the prayer. At the end of the prayer, stick the cinnamon rolls in the oven. Say the TSAM purpose statement and listen to 3 shares. Take cinnamon rolls out of the oven. Enjoy eating cinnamon rolls during the remaining trainings. Leave the dirty pans for the next morning's exercise time for an additional arm work out.

If companions are ill, double the normal recipe size and make it while they are taking a nap. Give excess cinnamon rolls to any and all hungry Elders at the next p-day or time you see them, depending on what comes first. Reserve one pan for the Davis family.

Sweet Bread Cinnamon Roll Recipe

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Dough

1 ½ cups Scalded Milk

2 eggs

1 C. warm water

3 tsp. (1 pkg) Yeast

½ C. Sugar

~7 Cups Bread Flour, Divided

½ C. Butter, (softened or melted)

2 tsp Salt, (optional)

Honey

           

            Sprinkle yeast on top of water and add 1 big squirt of honey. Set aside to proof. In a large bowl, combine milk, eggs, sugar and butter. Mix well on high speed. Add yeast mixture (and salt if desired) and mix for one minutes. Then add in 3 cups of flour and mix on high speed for 5 minutes.  Gradually add in ~3 cups of flour slowly until you have to mix flour in by hand. Dough will be sticky to the touch. On a clean smooth surface, knead in the last cup of flour. Rise until doubled in a greased bowl.

            You can use the dough recipe for fast easy rolls or for cinnamon rolls. To make the cinnamon rolls, roll out half the dough to 12 in x 18 in x ¼ in. Add desired cinnamon mixture. Roll dough so that the dough is 18 inches long. Cut with floss about ever 1 ¼ inches. Place in greased 9x13 glass pan. You can add ½ cup corn syrup to the bottom of the pan to caramelize the bottoms. Another option is to add melted butter on top of the cut roll. Let rise over night or until really big, which ever comes first. Bake at 350°F for 15-18 minutes until golden brown.

Cinnamon Mixture #1 (Cinnabon Style)

2 Cups Brown Sugar

1 cup Butter

¼ Cup Cinnamon

            I do this in two groups, dividing the ingredients in half. In a microwavable bowl, combine 1 stick butter, 1 cup brown sugar, and 2 tbls of cinnamon. Melt in microwave until butter is melted. Stir ingredients together and pour over dough. Spread the mixture evenly with a icing knife.

Cinnamon mixture #2 (Light Sticky Bun Style)

2 Cups  Sugar

1 cup Butter

~¼ Cup Cinnamon

            I do this in two groups, dividing the ingredients in half. In a microwavable bowl, melt 1 stick butter. In another bowl, add enough cinnamon and sugar together so that it is more dark brown than white sugar.  Spread butter on dough evenly with a brush. Then cover with cinnamon sugar. Top with honey drizzled over top.

            For easy counter top cleaning, gently scrape the counter with an icing knife the excess ingredients onto a plate or pan.

Icing

1 Lbs bag Powdered Sugar

¼ Cup Butter (softened)

3 oz Cream Cheese (softened)

¼ Cup Milk

1 tsp. Vanilla

            Add cream cheese and butter together in a large bowl and mix on high until smooth texture. Add powdered sugar and vanilla into the bowl and mix. Slowly add small amounts of milk until the icing is slightly pourable. Add more sugar if too liquidy.

Finally a Place to Post my Recipes

For quite a few years now, I receive a request or two for recipes to the food I have made. The top three requests are by far my Cinnamon Rolls, Rocky Road Brownies and the Orange Pasta Salad. In order to help people out and speed up my turn around time on these recipes, I have created this blog so that they can easily be copied. I may even add some of my friends as posters so that I can get some of the recipes that I want as well. I hope that you enjoy. If you have any requests, please send them to me via a comment. Thanks and Enjoy!