Rye Bread

2 pkg dry yeast
½ c light brown sugar
1 T + 1 t salt
¼ c oil
2 c warm water
2 ½ c rye flour
4 ½ c white flour
1 T caraway seed

Put yeast, sugar, salt, oil and water into bowl and stir. Add rye flower and beat three minutes. Add caraway seeds. Add three cups white flour and beat three minutes. Spread board with one cup flour and knead bread 10-20 mi nutes until dough is only slightly sticky and quite bouncy. Shape into two buttered loaf pans, smooth ragged edges. Cover with greased foil or wrap loosely. Allow to rise until double or place in refrigerator overnight. Bake in 375*  preheated oven. If dough was refrigerated, take pans from refrigerator immediately before placing in oven. Bake, middle shelf, one hour.

2 pkg dry yeast
½ c light brown sugar
1 T + 1 t salt
¼ c oil
2 c warm water
2 ½ c rye flour
4 ½ c white flour
1 T caraway seed

Put yeast, sugar, salt, oil and water into bowl and stir. Add rye flower and beat three minutes. Add caraway seeds. Add three cups white flour and beat three minutes. Spread board with one cup flour and knead bread 10-20 mi nutes until dough is only slightly sticky and quite bouncy. Shape into two buttered loaf pans, smooth ragged edges. Cover with greased foil or wrap loosely. Allow to rise until double or place in refrigerator overnight. Bake in 375*  preheated oven. If dough was refrigerated, take pans from refrigerator immediately before placing in oven. Bake, middle shelf, one hour.

French Loaves

Dissolve 1 envelope yeast, 1 T sugar, 2 t salt in 2 c water. Let stand 10 minutes. Stir in 4 c flour, turn onto floured surface. Use pastry scraper to lift and turn dough, which is very soft, until it coheres enough to knead. Add more flour if necessary. Knead ten minutes. Place in clean bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise 45 minutes. Turn out, pat flat, dust with flour, fold in half to form half-circle and again to form quarter-circle. Let rise 30 minutes. Turn out, cut into four equal pieces, form into balls, let rest five minutes. Flatten into oval, roll up, form into long, thin loaves. Let rise 30 minutes in oiled pans or on cookie sheets dusted with cornmeal. Brush with egg white and slash three times. Bake in a 425-450 oven for 20 minutes.

Lemon Chicken

Rinse one 2.5-3.5 lb chicken. Place breast side down in baking pan. Sprinkle liberally with garlic powder. Add about ½ c white wine and about ¼ to ½ c lemon juice (“Real Lemon” will do). Place in 425 oven. Baste at twenty minute intervals for an hour to an hour and a half, depending on the size of the chicken. Chicken will be moist and flavorful. Thicken drippings with 2 T flour and add half and half to make a good gravy.

Quellzone by Bruce and Carol

Dissolve 1 T yeast in 1 c warm water. Let stand 5 minutes. Add 1 T sugar, 1 ½ t salt, and 2 T margarine and stir well. Beat in 2 c flour, and add 1 c flour. Knead, adding flour as necessary. Allow to rise 30– 45 minutes. Divide into 4-6 sections. Roll out each into a thin 9” circle. On half the circle, layer one piece mozzarella, chopped and cooked Italian sausage or pepperoni, and any or all of the following, chopped: mushrooms, peppers, onions. Top with ricotta cheese. Ladle seasoned tomato sauce over top. Fold into half-moon like a turnover and crimp edges. Bake at 400 for 20 minutes or more until crust is done. Serve hot with sauce on the side. One serves two people if you aren’t starving.

Red Sauce by Bruce

Bring to a simmer in one cup of olive oil 2 large onions, chopped, and one bud of garlic, crushed. Cook until onions are translucent. Add three large cans of whole tomatoes and one large can of tomato paste. Add spices to taste: 1 t oregano, 1 t black pepper, 2 T sweet basil, 1 T red pepper, and 2 cloves. Add about one pound or so of browned (boiled) spare ribs, 8 oz fresh mushrooms, and allow to simmer for a few hours. Add about 2-3 pounds of hot Italian sausage, cut into bite-sized pieces, precooked and drained. Allow to simmer.

White Clam Sauce by Bruce

For four persons:
1 c virgin olive oil
1 c clam liquor
1 dozen clams, large, or 20 medium clams
3 T fresh parsley or dried flakes
Garlic

Heat oil. Add parsley flakes. Add one bud garlic, crushed. (Good and strong—less if you are a nonhacker.) Let simmer for one minute. Add one cup clam liquor. Allow to simmer over very low heat while you dice cleaned clams into very small pieces. Add to oil and bring almost to a boil, then simmer for three minutes. Serve over homemade pasta or very thin pasta with lots of freshly grated parmesan and romano cheese.

Crab Bisque

Put in deep pan
2 T butter
1 t chopped onion
1 sprig parsley
Cook until onion is yellow. Add
1 ½ c shite crab meat
Cook and stir 5 minutes. Stir in
2 T flour
1 T tomato paste
Add 2 c chicken stock. Simmer 20 minutes. Remove the parsley. Add 2 c thin cream or half and half. Heat but do not boil. Season with salt and cayenne. Add a dash of dry sherry to the bowl. Serves six.

Broccoli Vichyssoise by Carol

Stick of butter
1 onion or a few green onions
1 potato
1 head broccoli
1 glass white wine
1 quart cream (half and half)
Salt
White pepper
Beau monde
Lemon pepper

Into a pot large enough to hold soup for the number of people you’re cooking for, melt a stick of butter, chop in an onion, one potato, the bushy part of a head of broccoli. Add a glass of white wine, some pepper, salt, lemon pepper, and beau monde. Add one quart of cream (light). Simmer until potato is soft. Run through blender. Serve warm or place in freezer until soup begins to freeze around edges. Whip one more time and serve. To hasten process, boil potato before adding to mixture; allow to simmer over very low heat for flavors to blend and other vegetables to soften. Take care not to curdle the cream.

Homemade Pumpkin Pie

1 ½ c mashed pumpkin*
¾ c sugar, half white, half brown
½ t salt
½ t 1 t ginger
1 to 1 ¼ t cinnamon
¼ to ½ t nutmeg
¼ to ½ t cloves
6 oz evaporated milk
3 eggs

Mix well. Fill 9” unbaked pie shell and bake at 400 for 50 minutes.

*To prepare pumpkin, break it into small pieces (about 1-2” chunks). Boil 7-10 minutes in water. Let drain in colander. Scoop pumpkin pulp away from skin and put in blender. Blend until smooth. Use 1 ½ c pumpkin for each pie. I can usually get 2 pies from a small pumpkin.

Cherry Coffeecake

From Good Housekeeping. Jim and the kids love it.

All purpose flour
Sugar
1 t baking powder
¼ t baking soda
¼ t salt
10 T butter or margarine, melted
½ c milk
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
¼ t lemon juice or extract
21 or 22 oz can cherry pie filling

Grease and flour a 9×9 baking pan. In large bowl with fork, mix 1 ¼ c flour, ½ c sugar, baking powder, soda, and salt. Add ½ c melted butter or margarine, milk, egg, and vanilla. With spoon, beat just until well mixed. Pour batter into baking pan, spread evenly. In small bowl, with fork, combine 1/2 c flour, ¼ c sugar, and remaining 2 T margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle half on top of batter. Stir lemon into pie filling. Spread over crumbs on batter, then sprinkle with the rest of the crumbs. Bake at 350 for one hour or until the top is light golden.