Danish Nut Roll

Pastry Ingredients:
1-2/3  cups flour
1/3 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup butter
1 teaspoon yeast
1 tablespoon sugar
1/3 cup warm water
1 egg

Filling Ingredients:
2/3 cup ground walnuts
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup melted butter

Icing Ingredients:
1 cup powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 tablespoons water


1.) Sift flour and salt together in a bowl, and cut butter into flour as for a pie crust.

2.) Mix yeast, sugar, and warm water in bowl. 

3.) When yeast is dissolved and active, add beaten egg.

 4.) Add egg/yeast mixture to flour/butter mixture and mix until well blended.

5.) Gently shape into a ball, cover with plastic, and refrigerate overnight.

6.) Divide chilled dough into two parts.  Roll out the dough to a 10 x 13 inch rectangle.

7.) Grind or chop walnuts to fine texture.

8.) Mix walnuts with sugar and melted butter.

9.) Spread half the walnut filling on the dough.

10.) Roll up dough.

11.) Put the rolls on a cookie sheet, cover, and let rest for 30 minutes.  Then bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.

12.) The rolls will split while baking and some filling will leak onto the cookie sheet.  So once or twice while they are baking use a spatula to push them into shape.

13.) When the rolls have cooled.  Sift powdered sugar into a bowl and stir in vanilla and water, then drizzle over rolls.

14.) The finished product. 

Schloegel Pasties

Crust:
4 cups flour
2 teaspoons salt
1-1/2 cups Crisco
1/2 cup water

Filling:
1 pound hamburger
3 cups finely diced potatoes
1/2 cup finely diced onion
3/4 cup grated carrot
1-1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper


Gravy:
Heinz Home Style Gravy (Savory Beef)


1.) Dice onions and grate carrots.

2.) Dice potatoes into small cubes. (Note: Large potato cubes won't blend well with hamburger.)

3.) Mix hamburger, potato, onion, carrots, salt, and pepper.

4.) Prepare crust by combining flour and salt and cutting in Crisco. Sprinkle with water a tablespoon at a time while tossing with fork. Work dough into a firm ball with your hands. Divide dough into 8 pieces. Roll each piece into an 9 inch circle.

5.) Place 1/8 of hamburger filling mixture onto the dough.

6.) Fold dough over meat and crimp edges and cut vents in top.  Bake in a 400 degree oven for 40 minutes.  The pastie can also be frozen before baking.  When ready to bake, do not defrost, just bake as described above.

7.) Serve with gravy and a green vegetable.

Green Pepper Casserole

Ingredients:
1/4 lbs ground beef
1/4 cup chopped sweet onion
1 whole chopped green pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup rice
1/4 cup water
6 oz plain tomato sauce


1.) Chop green pepper and onion.

2.) Brown ground beef.

3.) Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil.

4.) Cover pan and bake in a 375 degree oven for about 30 minutes or until all excess liquid is absorbed by rice.

5.) Serve and enjoy (can be topped with cheese, if desired).

Banana Nut Bread

Ingredients:
1/3 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1-3/4 cup sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup mashed ripe banana
1/2 cup chopped walnuts



1.) Cream butter and sugar.

2.) Add eggs and beat well.

3.) Sift dry ingredients.

4.) Mash bananas.

5.) Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture, alternating with mashed banana, and blending well after each addition.

6.) Stir in nuts.

7.) Pour into well greased 9x5x3 loaf pan.

8.) Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes (may be more or less time depending on oven).

9.) Cool on wire rack completely before slicing and eating. This bread freezes well.

Sara Lee Key Lime Pie - Product Review

1.) Sara Lee Key Lime Creme Pie.  This is a delicious pie if you enjoy a sweet-tart flavor.  And it taste just as good, if not better, than a homemade Key Lime Pie.  It is often difficult to get the crust and filling of a homemade version to set and hold together properly.  But the Sara Lee pie is perfect every time.

2.) The pie comes covered in a plastic dome, which keeps it looking nice during transport and makes it easy to store left-over portions.

3.) The pie has a graham cracker crust, lime chiffon-type filling, and a whipped topping ring on top. 

4.)  You can defrost the entire pie if it will be consumed within a few days.  Or you can slice it while frozen and then defrost the individual pieces as desired.

Applesauce

Ingredients:
Apples (preferrablely a mixed variety)
Water
Cinnamon

1.) Peel and dice apples

2.) Place in large saucepan with a small amount of water. Don't cover the apples with water.

3.) Boil apples and water until apples are mushy but not completely disolved. There should be small chucks of soft apple in the sauce. Add a very small amount of cinnamon to season.

4.) The best texture for the sauce looks like the picture below.

5.) Place the apple sauce in a storage container and refigerate. The sauce is delicious served cold.

Chop Suey

Ingredients:
Pork Chops
Fresh Bean Sprouts
Fresh Mushrooms
Celery
Corn Starch
Salt
Cooked Rice

1.) Wash vegetables. Slice mushrooms and celery.

2.) Slice pork chop meat into thin strips. Then brown in large pan.

3.) Mix enough corn starch and salt together to thicken and season. Mix with water and set aside.

4.) Add vegetables to browned meat. Then add corn starch and salt mixture. Cook until thickened. Don't over cook vegetables.

5.) Serve with rice.

6.) Enjoy!