Quick and Easy Rolls

Quick and Easy Rolls

1/2 C Sugar
1 1/4 tsp salt
5 C flour (or a mix I used 1.5 cups wheat here)
4-1/2 teaspoons instant dry yeast
1/2 C solid vegetable shortening
2 eggs
1 stick butter or margarine, melted (plus 1 T or so for brushing on rolls after they are baked)
1 1/2 C warm water

Mix together sugar, salt, yeast, and 2-1/2 cups of flour in medium bowl.

Cut in shortening with pastry blender or fork.

Beat egg in small bowl.

Add egg, water, and melted butter to flour mixture.

Mix.

Add remaining flour and incorporate until there is no dry left.  It will not look pretty and still be sticky. Cover with a dish towel and let sit in a warm place for twenty minutes. 

Remove from bowl and throw onto floured surface. Knead for about one minute.

Pat out into a rectangle about 3/4" thick, 9 x 13" size.

Using a knife or pizza cutter cut into 12 squares or smaller if you prefer.

Place in greased 9x13" pan. Squishing the ones that weren't quite square into squares.

Cover with a dish towel and let sit in a warm place for twenty minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Bake for 30 minutes or until tops are nice and golden.  Remove from oven and brush on butter.

Serve with honey butter or here I made sausage gravy.



Gluten Free Oven-Fried Chicken

Gluten Free Oven-Fried Chicken

1 Tablespoon butter
2 cups Bisquick Gluten Free baking mix (You can also use regular for a non-gluten-free chicken)
2 teaspoons seasoned salt
2 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon pepper
3 eggs, beaten
8 chicken thighs (or 1 cut up whole chicken)

Heat oven to 400 degrees.  Melt butter in 9x13 glass baking dish.

Beat eggs in medium dish.

 Mix together Bisquick and spices in separate dish.

 Dip chicken first in eggs,

 then flour,

 then eggs again,

 and the flour one more time.

Yeah yeah yeah, I know.  One hand for wet and one hand for dry.  Never works for me I always mess it up and then I end up with "Hulk" fingers.

 Chicken complete.

 Place skin side down in baking dish.  I had to use more than 1 dish as I was not sure if them touching would make them steam instead of crisp. (ETA...use more than one dish or the breading will steam some and fall off when you turn the chicken.) You could probably use a Pampered Chef Stone baking dish too.

 Bake for 35 minutes, flip and cook for 15 minutes more or until 165 degrees inside.   

Feel free to change up the spices to match your style!

Chicken Primavera

Chicken Primavera

You will need 1 recipe of Garlic Cream Sauce

which includes:

Olive oil

1 T flour
1/2 t minced garlic
1/2 cup white wine
1/3 cup frozen chopped spinach
2 cups half and half
1 to 1-1/2 cups shredded Parmesan (not the stuff in the shaker)


3-4 skinless boneless chicken breasts
olive oil
salt and pepper
1/2 onion
1/2 green pepper
1/2 yellow pepper
6 ounces of your favorite cooked pasta (I used Tinkyada brand Penne for our GF version)
1 cup Italian blend cheese or mozzarella

Cut chicken breast so they are even thickness and take the tips off. Save the extra bits for another dish.

Add to a bowl with a little bit of olive oil, salt, and pepper.  Coat evenly and then grill.  Cut into chunks.

Dice or chop your veggies and saute in a little bit of olive oil, salt, and pepper until they are soft.  You can use other favorite veggies like zucchini and yellow squash, broccoli.  Ideas are unlimited.  If  your kids don't like those then dice them finer.  I am not a fan of zucchini or the squash but I can tolerate them cut small. :)

Mix together your cooked pasta, cooked chicken chunks and veggies and the sauce.

Spread into a baking dish and

cover with cheese.  Bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees or until cheese is brown and dish is bubbly hot.

** Don't see the green?  No worries its not your eyes, I didn't have any spinach in the freezer to use last night. Another note...I used 8 oz pasta and the pasta soaked up too much sauce and was a little drier than I like. So either use more sauce/milk or use less pasta. I am currently freezing the 2nd recipe I made and will let you know how it turns out!