Lemon Aide

1 cup lemon juice
3/4 cup sugar
2 quarts water

Lemon zucchini bread

2 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs beaten
2 cups grated zucchini
1 cup cooking oil
1 tsp vanilla
juice and rind of 1/2 lemon extract

Stir all together well. when add the following

4 cups flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda

Beat well pour into 2 greased and floured loaf pans.
Bake at 325 for 60 to 70 mins or until toothpick comes out clean
Check at 50 mins
Makes 2 loaves

Granola

Granola
6 cups rolled oats (long cooking)
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup sesame seeds
1 cup sunflower seeds
1 cup chopped dates
1 cup raisins
1 cup flaked coconut
1 cup chopped almonds
1 cup non-fat dry milk

1 cup oil
1 Tbs salt
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup honey
1 cup water
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 maple flavoring

In a large bowl combine first nine ingredients. In blender liquify remaining ingredients. Pour mixture over oat mixture in large bowl. Blend well. Divide and place on three cookie sheets. Bake at 250 degrees for 75-80 minutes. Stir two or three times. Mixture should be still soft and moist when removed from oven. Cool. When dry and crisp, place in plastic container to store. Use as snack food or cereal.

pizza pasta salad

spiral or fun pasta

dressing
6 table spoons oil
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup vinegar
1 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon pepper

1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
1 cup cheddar cheese
1 cup mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup minced green onion
mini pepperoni slices so it looks good. about 1/2 cup

cook pasta and drain (if you like cold pasta salads add small amount of dressing to keep from sticking cool pasta before adding anything else to it)(if you like hot pasta salad add cheese directly to hot pasta before adding dressing)

while pasta is cooking
mix dressing (an Italian dressing crucible works great for this)

prepare other ingredients as need. sprinkle with dressing to keep from drying out
combine pasta, cheese, onion, tomatoes, pepperoni and rest of dressing mix again just before serving.

Upside down pizza

1/2 pound Italian sausage
1 cup spaghetti sauce
1/2 cup mushrooms
1 cup mozzarella cheese
1 cup Bisquick mix
1 egg
1/2 cup milk

cook sausage and drain. if links cut into 1/4" slices casing may be removed

8" baking dish greased

pour spaghetti sauces into baking dish
add mushrooms, sausage and half of the cheese. other pizza toppings may be added

In small bowl combine egg milk and Bisquick mix.

pour mixture over top of pizza toppings, add rest of cheese

bake uncovered at 400 degrees 25-30 minutes

Maria Hurd's Rolls

Maria Hurd's Rolls


1 package active dry yeast
1 ¼ cup warm water
¼ cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 ½ cups white flour
¼ tsp oil
Place the warm water in a large bowl. Add yeast to the warm water to soften. After a couple minutes add sugar and oil to the yeast water mixture. Let sit a few minutes. Then add 2 cups of flour and the salt and stir. Gradually add remaining flour to form a soft dough. You will have to use your hands to punch down and turn to form the dough. Dough should be soft and satiny looking. Place in a greased bowl, cover and let rise till double (about 1 ½ -2 hours).

Turn out on a lightly floured surface. Roll dough ¼ inch thick and cut with floured round cutter or an inverted drinking glass. Brush with butter and fold circle of dough in half sealing edges of each roll. Place rolls on a buttered or greased cookie sheet. The rolls can touch each other. Once on cookie sheet let rise again for 30-45 minutes. Then bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Makes about 2 dozen Parker house rolls.

Festive Fudge

3 Cups semi sweet chocolate chips
14 oz sweetened condensed milk
Dash salt
1/2 nuts
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

in heavy saucepan over low heat melt chips, milk and salt. remove from heat stir in nuts and vanilla. spread evenly into waxed lined pan. 8 or 9 inch pans

chill for 2 hours or until firm. turn upside down remove wax paper and cut. store in refrigerator.

Fudge

1 can Evaporated milk
4 1/2 cups sugar
1 16oz bag marshmallows
2 12oz milk chocolate chips
1 12 oz semi chocolate chips
2 cubes

cook milk and sugar boil for 8 mins. then add marsh marshmallows and butter. then both bags of chips. place in greased 9 X 13 Pan