Yeast Water Doughnuts

I often enjoyed fresh, homemade donuts growing up. Never having made them myself, my Mom came over last week and we made a bunch. Delicious!!!

Doughnuts

• 4 tbsp yeast
• 2 tsp sugar
• 2 cups warm water
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 4 cups warm water
• 1 3/4 cup oil
• 8 eggs (beaten)
• salt to taste
• flour

Dissolve yeast in warm water with 2 tsp sugar and let stand 10 minutes. Add 4 cups warm water, oil, sugar, beaten eggs, salt. Add enough flour to make a soft dough. Knead well and let rise. Roll out about a half inch thick and cut out using a doughnut cutter. Let rise 1/2 hr and fry in hot fat.

*Best eaten the day they're made, but also quite good if frozen as soon as they're cool. We usually make a butter icing with a bit of cinnamon in it, to ice the doughnuts. One recipe makes about 6 dozen.

Rhubarb Crunch

A delicious recipe from my sister in law Christina. Yum, yum, yum.

Rhubarb Crunch

Crumbs:

• 1 cup flour


• 3/4 cup oatmeal


• 1 cup brown sugar


• 1 tsp cinnamon


• 1/2 cup melted margarine

Put half of crumbs on the bottom of a greased 9 x 13 pan. Save remaining crumbs for topping.

Add 4 cups of chopped rhubarb on crust.

Filling:

• 1 cup sugar


• 2 tbsp cornstarch


• 1 cup water


• 1 tsp vanilla

Bring to a boil and let simmer until thick and clear. Pour over rhubarb and top with remaining crumbs. Bake at 350 for one hour.*

*I usually only bake it for 45 minutes.

Delicious with ice cream!

Steamed Asparagus with Sauce

A few years ago I bought some asparagus, never having tried it before - it's delicious!! Especially local and fresh! This is one of my favorite ways to prepare it.

Steamed Asparagus with Sauce

• 1/2 pound asparagus
• 1/4 cup miracle whip
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup shredded cheese

Steam asparagus. Heat and whisk remaining ingredients on stove top. Add steamed asparagus and heat thoroughly.

Fruit Pizza

We enjoyed this delicious dessert last week, at a May/June/July birthday celebration. Thanks to Aunt Lil for making it and sharing both the dessert and recipe with me.

Fruit Pizza

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 6 Tbsp icing sugar
• 1 1/2 cups softened margarine

Mix above 4 ingredients in bowl until it forms a ball. Press into the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan. Bake in 350 oven for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool.

Topping:

• 2 - 250g pkg cream cheese
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla

Beat topping until very smooth and spread over crust.

Top with strawberries or fruit of your choice and 2 packages of strawberry glaze. You can slice strawberries in half and arrange on cream cheese mixture and then pour glaze over top, following directions on glaze package. Or slice strawberries in quarters, make glaze and mix strawberries & glaze together and pour over cream cheese.

*This dessert is best eaten the day it's made as the crust softens overnight. The crust can be prepared a day ahead and then assemble the remaining layers the following day. This dessert is a hit with everyone, due to it's visual appeal and also it's great taste.

Home made White Bread

1/3 cup oil

1/3 cup white sugar

4 cups warm water

1 egg

1 TBSP salt

2 TBSP fast rising yeast

10 cups white flour - depending on brand and humidity you may need more or less

Place oil, sugar salt and egg into mixing bowl, add warm water then yeast, slowly add one cup at a time of flour and mix until dough is soft but not sticky. Place in warm place for 35 min. cut into 4 and make loaves, (i have the large pans so if you have sm. pans i'm sure it would make 6) place in warm palce and cover w. plastic & tea towel. for aprox. 50 min - 1 hr. Bake 350 for 20 min. of course this will depend on your oven, as the oven i have now i bake 400 for 20 min.

When cool i slice my bread and put into bread bags and freeze so when i need a loaf i just take it out and let thaw. enjoy

Layered Lettuce Salad

I love, love, love this salad. I'm sure this isn't a new recipe for most of you, but sometimes you forget those old favorites. One of my first choices for a gathering or get together, as it is best made the day before. Pretty salad, when put together in a glass bowl.

Layered Lettuce Salad

• 1 head lettuce
• 1 cup celery, diced
• 4 eggs, hard-boiled and sliced
• 10 oz frozen peas, uncooked
• 1/2 cup green/red pepper, diced
• 1 onion, chopped (I often used green onions)
• 8 slices of bacon, fried and crumbled (bacon bits work too)
• 4 oz shredded cheddar cheese

Dressing

• 1 to 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
• 1 to 2 Tbsp lemon juice
• 2 Tbsp sugar
• dash of salt

Tear lettuce into bite sized pieces. Layer with remaining ingredients, except cheese and dressing, in order given. Mix dressing ingredients and spread over salad. Top with shredded cheese. Cover and refridgerate 8 to 12 hours.

Rhubarb Cake

everyone just dug into the cake, had to take a pic while i could, so it didn't have proper time to set, so pic is a little floppy, but oh.... so delic.

crust:
1 cup flour
1 cup coconut
1/4 cup slivered almonds
3 Tbsp. Brown Sugar
1/2 cup margarine
mix ingredients and place into a 9 x 13 pan. Bake @ 350 for 15 min. and let cool

filling:
4 cups rhubarb
1 cup white sugar
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/2 cup water
Cook in microwave for 7 min. Pour over crust then add 1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows on top of hot mixture & let cool completely.

Mix 1 box vanilla instant pudding and pour over cooled rhubarb mixture & cover with cool whip or whipping cream, sprinkle with lightly toasted coconut if you like.