Posted on 03/23/2008 11:36:40 PM PDT by nw_arizona_granny
Americans finding soaring food prices hard to stomach can battle back by growing their own food. [Click image for a larger version] Dean Fosdick Dean Fosdick
Home vegetable gardens appear to be booming as a result of the twin movements to eat local and pinch pennies.
At the Southeastern Flower Show in Atlanta this winter, D. Landreth Seed Co. of New Freedom, Pa., sold three to four times more seed packets than last year, says Barb Melera, president. "This is the first time I've ever heard people say, 'I can grow this more cheaply than I can buy it in the supermarket.' That's a 180-degree turn from the norm."
Roger Doiron, a gardener and fresh-food advocate from Scarborough, Maine, said he turned $85 worth of seeds into more than six months of vegetables for his family of five.
A year later, he says, the family still had "several quarts of tomato sauce, bags of mixed vegetables and ice-cube trays of pesto in the freezer; 20 heads of garlic, a five-gallon crock of sauerkraut, more homegrown hot-pepper sauce than one family could comfortably eat in a year and three sorts of squash, which we make into soups, stews and bread."
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She compares the current period of market uncertainty with that of the early- to mid-20th century when the concept of victory gardens became popular.
"A lot of companies during the world wars and the Great Depression era encouraged vegetable gardening as a way of addressing layoffs, reduced wages and such," she says. "Some companies, like U.S. Steel, made gardens available at the workplace. Railroads provided easements they'd rent to employees and others for gardening."
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Hawaiian Bread
1/2 c. mashed banana
1/2 c. crushed pineapple, undrained
1 egg
1/4 c. milk
1/4 c. margarine, softened
1 tsp. coconut extract
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 c. white sugar
1/2 c. instant potato flakes
3 c. bread flour
1 1/2 tsp. active dry yeast
Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine
in the order
recommended by the manufacturer. Select Light
setting; press Start.
Makes 1- to 1 1/2-pound
loaf.
This is a wonderful bread that makes great
sandwiches and toast. The recipe
comes from Better Homes and Gardens Our Best
Recipes Cookbook. I used the
dough cycle and baked this in a 350° oven for 30
to 35 minutes.
Bread Machine Egg Bread
1 1/2 pound loaf (20 servings)
3/4 cup milk
1 egg
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons butter, cut up
3 cups bread flour
2 tablespoons sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon bread machine yeast
Add all ingredients to the bread machine
according to the manufacturer’s
directions. Select the basic white bread cycle.
Check dough after the
first 10 minutes of kneading and make any
necessary adjustments. Remove hot
bread from machine as soon as it is done.
Nutrition per serving: 98 calories, 2g total fat
(1g saturated fat), 11mg
cholesterol, 102mg sodium, 17g carbohydrates, 1g
fiber, 3g protein,.
Grape-Nut Bread
Just made this new recipe today from The KA
Baking Sheet - Winter 2008 this
is a beautiful bread with delicious flavor and
nice soft texture for those of
you that like that. I used the dough cycle and
baked at 350’ for 30 to 35 min.
2/3 cup (2 3/4oz) Grape-Nuts cereal
1/3 cup (1 1/4oz) wheat germ
3 tablespoons (1 1/2oz) butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup (2 1/2oz) dark brown sugar
1 1/3 cups (10 5/8oz) boiling water
2 teaspoons instant yeast
2/3 cup (5 1/4oz) water
4 cups (17oz) KA - AP flour
Place the cereal, wheat germ, butter, salt and
brown sugar in the bucket of
your bread machine (or bowl/mixer/etc.) set for
dough cycle. Pour the boiling
water over all and let the mixture sit until
lukewarm. Add yeast, additional
2/3 cup water and flour. Hit start button. When
complete divide it, and shape
into (2) loaves, place in (2) 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 loaf
pans. Let rise until the dough
domes an inch above the pan rim. Bake until
internal temp. is 180’. I made one
large (huge) loaf. And did not adjust the recipe
at all, because I was not
home during the dough cycle, although the dough
seemed a bit wet, it rose
beautifully and had a nice even texture. Hope
you like it too!
Mary Beth
Cinnamon Bread
Dough:
7 1/2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons salt
2 packages dry yeast
2 cups milk
1/2 cup water
1 stick butter (1/4 lb)
2 eggs
Filling:
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 tablespoon flour
1/4 cup chopped nuts
1/4 cup raisins
Frosting:
3/4 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk
In a large bowl, mix 3 cups flour,
sugar, salt and yeast.
Combine milk water butter.
Microwave for 3 minutes on High.
Gradually add to dry ingredients,
and beat for 2 minutes.
Add eggs and beat another minute.
Add 2 cups flour and beat 5 minutes.
Turn out onto a lightly floured board.
Knead until smooth and elastic, using
remaining flour.
Knead about 10 minutes.
Place in a greased bowl, turning to
grease top.
Cover: let rise in warm place until
double in bulk (about 2 hours).
Punch down.
Turn out onto lightly floured board.
Divide dough into 4 equal pieces.
Roll each piece into a 12 x 8 x 5 inch rectangle.
Brush with butter and sprinkle filling evenly.
Put pecans and raisins over cinnamon and sugar.
Roll from 8 inch side.
Place in 8-1/2 x 4-l/2 inch loaf pan.
Repeat with remaining dough.
Bake at 350F for 30 minutes.
Yield: 40 servings
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Apple Pie Bread
1 lb. Loaf 1-1/2 lb. Loaf
Milk 5/8 cup 1-1/8 cup
Vegetable Oil 2 tbs. 3 tbs.
Sugar 1-1/2 tbs. 2-1/2 tbs.
Cinnamon 1/2 tsp. 3/4 tsp.
Salt 1 tsp. 1-1/2 tsp.
Bread Flour 2 cups 3 cups
Yeast 1 tsp. 1-1/2 tsp.
Apple (peeled & diced) 1/2 med. 1 large
Note: Add the apples at the beginning of the 2nd
kneading cycle. Apples add moisture to the dough,
so a little flour may have to be added to adjust
the consistency.
Select: Sweet or Basic Medium cycle.
This bread tastes best when served warm. If any
is left over and gets cold, try toasting it.
GOD Bless, Marla
Raised Doughnuts (bread machine)
mm-recipes ML/Suzy (1996)
Makes: 20 donuts
2/3 cup milk
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 large egg
3 cups bread flour
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp salt
2 1/2 tsp bread machine yeast
vegetable oil for frying
sugar, if desired
Put all ingredients in bread machine baking pan
except vegetable oil
in order recommended by manufacturer.
Select Dough/Manual cycle. DO NOT USE DELAY
CYCLES
Roll dough 3/8 inch thick on a lightly floured
board. Cut with
floured doughnut cutter. Cover and let doughnuts
rise on board 35-45
minutes or until slightly raised.
Heat 2-3 inches of vegetable oil in deep fryer or
heavy 3-qt.
saucepan to 375 degrees F. Fry 2 to 3 doughnuts
at a time 2-3
minutes, turning as they rise to the surface,
until golden brown.
Remove from oil with long fork or slotted spoon.
Drain on wire rack.
Roll warm doughnuts in granulated sugar.
Oreo Cookie Bread
Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Bread Machine
Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation
Method
———— ——————
Bake according to manufacturer’s instructions;
adding the oreos
during the
raisin-bread cycle, or five minutes before the
final kneading is
finished.
This recipe comes from Bread Machine Magic by
Linda Rehberg & Lois Conway.
The rolls are light and tasty. I really enjoyed
them.
Honey Wheat Rolls
1 pound recipe or 1 dozen rolls
1/2 cup water
1 egg
1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
2/3 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 1/2 tablespoons honey
1 1/2 teaspoons bread machine yeast
Place all ingredients in bread pan, select Dough
cycle and press start.
When dough has risen long enough the machine will
beep. Turn off bread
machine, remove bread pan, and turn out dough
onto a floured countertop or
cutting board. Gently roll and stretch dough
into an 18-inch rope. Grease
one 12-cup muffin tin. With a sharp knife,
divide dough into 12 pieces.
Place rolls in muffin tin. Cover and let rise in
a warm oven 20 to 30
minutes until double. Hint: To warm oven
slightly turn oven on Warm
setting for 2 minutes, then turn it off and place
covered rolls in oven to
rise. Remove tin from oven to preheat. Preheat
oven to 400°. Bake for 12
minutes until brown. Remove from oven and serve
warm.
High Protein Diet Bread
1 1/2 pound loaf
This is a healthier bread that has wonderful
flavor. This bread makes great
toast. I used the dough cycle and then let this
rise in the bread pan and
then baked at 350° for 30 to 35 minutes. If you
bake this bread in the oven
be sure to let it rise enough as it does not have
a lot of oven rise. I got
this recipe from another group and it was
submitted by John Ross.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 teaspoons yeast
1/4 cup nonfat dry milk
1 1/4 cups bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup soy flour
2 tablespoons wheat germ
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon honey
1 cup water
Place all ingredients in your machines fully
assembled pan and in the order
specified by your machines manufacturer. Select
the Basic or White cycle
and press start. After the first 10 minutes of
kneading check the dough and
make any necessary adjustments.
AMISH OATMEAL PIE
Categories: pie, oatmeal, amish
Yield: 1 Pie
1 c Sugar
3 tb Flour
1 ts Cinnamon
1/4 ts Salt
4 Eggs
1 1/2 tb Melted butter
1 c Light corn syrup
1 ts Grated orange rind
1 ts Vanilla
1 c Quick oats
1 Unbaked 9 inch pie shell
Mix sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt. Beat 4 eggs
until frothy. Add
dry mixture. Add corn syrup, melted butter,
orange rind, vanilla and
the quick oats. Mix well. Pour into shell. Bake
at 350 F for
45 minutes.
Source: Amish Cooking in Quilt Country TV show
Carrot Cake Jam
1½ cups finely grated carrots
1 14 oz. can pears, cut up, drained
1 (14 oz.) can crushed pineapple, undrained
3 tbsp. bottled lemon juice
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
½ tsp. nutmeg
½ tsp. cloves
3 cups sugar
1 pkg. Fruit Jell, no sugar needed
Combine carrots, pears, pineapple(including
juice), lemon juice & spices in a large, deep
stainless steel saucepan. Stirring frequently, bring to
boil, cover & reduce heat. Boil gently for 20
minutes, stirring occasionally.
Measure sugar & set aside.
Whisk fruit pectin into carrot mixture until
dissolved. Stirring frequently, bring to a boil over
high heat. Add sugar. Stirring constantly, return
mixture to a full rolling boil, boil hard for 1
minute. Remove from heat & skim foam. Ladle into
hot sterilized jars leaving ¼ inch head space.
Process in boiling water bath for 5 minutes. Makes
6 half pints.
Hunny, you are killin’ me here! My copy machine’s broken, and the new one isn’t installed. I want to copy them ALL!
Thank you, granny!
Honey Lemon Sweet Rolls
mm-recipes ML/Suzy (1996)
Makes: 9 rolls
DOUGH
3/4 cup plus 2 tbsp. water
2 tbsp butter, softened
2 1/2 cups bread flour
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp bread machine yeast
1 tbsp butter, softened
HONEY-LEMON FILLING
1/3 cup pecans, chopped
1/3 cup golden raisins
1 tbsp granulated sugar
3 tbsp honey
1/2 tsp grated lemon peel
3/4 tsp lemon juice
HONEY GLAZE
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 tbsp butter
1 1/2 tsp grated lemon peel
DOUGH:
Place all ingredients 1 Tbl. margarine in pan of
bread machine in the
order recommended by the manufacturer.
Select Dough/Manual cycle.
Grease square pan, 9x9x2-inches.
HONEY-LEMON FILLING:
Mix all ingredients together
Flatten dough with hands or rolling pin into a
9-inch square on a
lightly floured surface. (Let dough rest 15
minutes if difficult to
flatten.) Spread the reserved 1 Tbsp. butter over
the dough. Spoon
Honey-Lemon filling by scant teaspoonfuls evenly
over dough.
Roll dough up tightly; pinch edge off dough into
roll to seal. Cut
roll into nine 1-inch slices. Place slices, cut
side down, in pan.
Cover and let rise in a warm place 1-1 1/4 hrs.
or until doubled.
Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Bake 25 to 30 minutes
or until golden
brown. Remove from pan to wire rack. Drizzle with
Honey Glaze and
serve warm.
HONEY GLAZE:
Heat all ingredients to boiling over medium-high
heat; reduce heat.
Simmer uncovered about 3 minutes or until
thickened.
Pita Bread(makes 8 pita’s)
1 1/8 cups warm water
3 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. oil
1 1/2 tsp. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. yeast
1. Place all ingredients in bread pan of your
bread machine, select Dough
setting and start. When dough has risen long
enough, machine will beep.
2. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface.
Gently roll and stretch
dough into
a 12 inch rope. With a sharp knife, divide dough
into 8 pieces. Roll
each into a
smooth ball. With a rolling pin, roll each ball
into a 6 to 7 inch
circle. Set
aside on a lightly floured countertop. cover with
a towel. Let pitas
rise about
30 minutes until slightly puffy.
3. Preheat oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).
Place 2 or 3 pitas
on a wire
cake rack. Place cake rack directly on oven rack.
Bake pitas 4 minutes
until
puffed and tops begin to brown. Remove from oven
and immediately place
pitas in
a sealed brown paper bag or cover them with a
damp kitchen towel until
soft.
Once pitas a softened, either cut in half or
split top edge for half
or whole
pitas. They can be stored in a plastic bag in the
refrigerator for
several days
or in the freezer for 1 or 2 months.
Tip: You can also freeze the dough. I usually cut
the dough in half
and make one
half at a time and put the other half in the
freezer until I need it.
This recipe comes from Betty Crocker’s Best Bread
Machine Cookbook. The
bread is nice and light with a great Caraway
taste. I used a full
tablespoon of caraway seeds. I used the dough
cycle and then baked this
bread in a 350° oven for about 30 to 35 minutes.
Buttermilk Rye Bread
1 1/2 pound loaf
2/3 cup water
2/3 cup buttermilk
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/3 cup mashed potato flakes, dry
2 1/4 cups bread flour
1 cup rye flour
1 1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon Caraway seed
2 teaspoons bread machine yeast
Measure carefully, placing all ingredients in
bread machine pan in the order
recommended by the manufacturer. Select
Basic/White cycle using Medium or
light crust. Do not use delay cycles. Check
bread after first 10 minutes
of kneading and make any necessary adjustments
White Potato Bread
2 pound loaf
This is such a nice white bread and has great
flavor. I used the dough
cycle and then baked this in a 350° for about 30
to 35 minutes. I received
the recipe from another group and it was posted
by John Ross.
Ingredients:
2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 1/4 cups warm water
4 cups flour
1/4 cup dry potato flakes
1/4 cup dry milk flour
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons butter
Place all ingredients in your machines fully
assembled pan and in the order
specified by your machines manufacturer. Select
the Basic or White cycle
and press start. After the first 10 minutes of
kneading check the dough and
make any necessary adjustments.
Double Chocolate
1 1/3 cup buttermilk
1 beaten egg
2 tablespoon butter or margerine
tablespoon sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
4 cups white bread flour
1 tablespoon cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoon yeast
1/2 cup chocolate chips
Put all ingredients, except the chocolate chips,
in the bread maker.
Measure
exact. When the beeper goes off, at
approximately 1 hour, add the
chips.
This
recipe should be prepared with the sweet bread
setting.
Peanut Buttermilk Bread Recipe
A heartwarming, tasty peanut treat
From “True Grits...Tall Tales and Recipes from the New South,” published in cooperation with your DailyInbox newsletter.
INGREDIENTS:
# 1-2/3 cups unbleached flour
# 1 teaspoon baking soda
# 1/2 teaspoon salt
# 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
# 1/3 cup creamy or crunchy peanut butter
# 1 egg, slightly beaten
# 1 cup buttermilk
TO PREPARE:
Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and brown sugar in a bowl; mix well. Stir in the peanut butter, egg and buttermilk.
Spoon the batter into a 5x9-inch loaf pan.
Bake at 325 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes or until the loaf tests done. Invert onto a wire rack.
Variation: Add 1/2 cup raisins or chocolate chips.
NOTE: The flavor of the bread is best when served warm.
SERVES: 12
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Cinnamon Cocoa Breakfast Rolls
FROM Fleischmann’s yeast recipes.
Makes 12 rolls
Dough: 1 / 4 cup water
1 / 4 cup milk
1 / 2 cup butter or margarine
2 large eggs
1 / 2 cup cooked mashed potato
1 teaspoon salt
3-1 / 4 cups bread flour
1 / 2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons Bread Machine Yeast
1 tablespoon butter or margarine, melted
Cinnamon Cocoa Filling: Combine 1 / 4 cup sugar,
1 tablespoon
unsweetened cocoa, and 1 / 2 teaspoon ground
cinnamon. Stir to
blend
Powdered Sugar for finishing after rolls have
cooled.
Directions Measure water, milk, butter, eggs,
mashed potato, salt,
flour, sugar, and yeast into bread machine pan in
the order suggested
by manufacturer, adding potato with liquid
ingredients. Process on
dough/manual cycle.
When cycle is complete, remove dough to slightly
floured surface. If
necessary, knead in additional flour to make
dough easy to handle.
Roll to 15 x 9-inch rectangle; brush with 1
tablespoon melted butter.
Sprinkle with Cinnamon Cocoa Filling.
Beginning at long end, roll up
tightly as for jelly roll. Pinch seam to seal.
With sharp knife, cut
roll into 12 equal pieces.
Place, cut sides up, into 12 greased (2 1/2-
inch) muffin cups.
Cover; let rise in warm, draft-free place until
doubled in size, about 45 to 60 minutes.
Bake at 375F for 15 to 20 minutes or until done.
Remove from cups;
cool on wire racks.
Lightly sift powdered sugar over tops.
.
Nutrition Information Per Serving:
Serving size: 1 roll (1/12 of recipe)
Calories : 290; Total fat : 10 g; Saturated fat :
6 g;
Cholesterol : 60 mg; Sodium : 320 mg;
Carbohydrates : 42 g; Dietary
fiber : 1 g; Protein : 7 g
Blueberry Oatmeal Bread
Abm
Recipe By :
Serving Size : 24 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories :
Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation
Method
———— ——————
Bring all ingredients to room temperature and
pour except blueberries
into bakery, in order. Bring all ingredients to
room temperature.
Pour undrained blueberries into 2-cup measure.
Add water or drain
juice so total volume is 1-1/2 cups. Set
“baking control” to medium.
Select “white bread” and push Start.
Tested in DAK 1-1/2 lb R2D2 bread machine.
Sylvia’s comment:
Source: _Loafing It_. MM by Sylvia Steiger,
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