English Muffin Bread

Ingredients

5 1/2 cups flour 
2 tablespoons dry yeast
1 tablespoon honey
1/4 cup warm water
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 1/4 cups warm milk
Butter and cornmeal for greasing and dusting the pans


Instructions

Place the yeast, honey, and water. Set aside.

Stir the salt, baking powder, and flour together in a separate bowl.

Add the milk and one cup of the flour to the yeast mixture once the yeast has proofed.

Blend well.

Add the remaining flour, and beat. You might have to use your hands to mix in all of the flour
You should have a very soft, goopy dough.

Spoon the dough into 2 loaf pans that have been greased and dusted with the cornmeal.

Set aside in a warm place until the batter has doubled and is at the top of the pans, or a little above the lip.

Preheat the oven to 425F

Dust the tops of the loaves with cornmeal and bake for 19 minutes or so. 

Cool, slice, and enjoy

Mary's Bread

Preheat oven to 200º F.

4 ½ c. flour
500 mg crushed vitamin C
1 Tbsp. yeast

Mix flour, vitamin C, and yeast together.

3 c. warm water

Mix - sponge 10 minutes

¼ . oil
¼ c. honey
¾ Tbsp. salt

Mix, add 3-5 c. flour until mixer sides are clean.  Knead 7-10 minutes

Put bread in 3 pans.

Turn off oven & put pans inside warm oven.

Rise for 20 minutes.

Turn oven on to 350º F.  Leave pans in the oven.

Bake for 30-35 minutes or 15-20 if divided into rolls.

Carolina Pork Sandwiches

4 c. shredded roasted pork
1 medium onion, minced
1 garlic clove, minced

Saute onion and garlic and then add shredded cooked pork.  Add 1.5-2 cups of water and cook until half of the water is gone.  Add BBQ sauce.  Cook on low heat until mixture has gone and sauce is thick.  Serve with buns and slaw.

Cole Slaw

3 c. shredded cabbage
3 T. mayo
3 T. good season's salad dressing
1 t. sugar
1-2 T. vinegar
dash of celery salt
salt & pepper if desired - wait to taste first before adding

Mix flavorings with cabbage and mix well.  Adjust to taste.

Hamburger Buns

*taken from http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-your-own-hamburger-153290
*for help with shaping the buns this is the best video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZIUiQuzzg8

Homemade Hamburger Buns

Makes 8 buns

1 tablespoon active-dry yeast
1/2 cup (4 oz) warm water
1/2 cup (4 oz) milk (whole, 2%, or skim)
1 large egg
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups (15 oz) all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon butter

In the bowl of a standing mixer (or a large bowl, if mixing by hand), stir the yeast into the warm water and let it sit until dissolved.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk, egg, oil, sugar, and salt. Add this to the yeast mixture and stir until combined. Add all the flour and stir until it forms a shaggy dough. Knead at low speed, or by hand against the counter, for 10 minutes. The finished dough should be smooth, feel slightly tacky, and spring back when poked.

Return the dough to the mixing bowl and cover. Let the dough rise in a warm spot until doubled in bulk, about an hour.

Dust your work surface with a little flour and turn out the risen dough on top. Divide the dough into 8 pieces and shape each into a tight ball. Transfer the balls to a baking sheet and let rise until they look puffy and hamburger-sized, roughly 30-40 minutes.

Pre-heat the oven to 375°F.

Marni's chicken

Pat of butter and Olive oil in skillet. Sauté rosemary sprigs and whole cloves of garlic (to your taste), for 7-8 min on low heat. While that's going dredge in flour 4-5 boneless chicken breasts, remove herbs and garlic from pan, add 1-2 more pats of butter and sautee chicken breasts on med high heat until browned on both sides. Place in baking dish, pour brown butter sauce over chicken, add rosemary and garlic to top and cover with foil. Heat at 350-30-40 min. (You can cut it with a fork when done!)

Marni's cannelloni yumminess

½ tub Mascarpone cheese
½ tub Ricotta
½ c. cane sugar
2 Tbsp. vanilla

Place in food processor and puree for 20-30 seconds.
Fill cannelloni shells and sprinkle the ends with chocolate chips.

If you want chocolate filling, add ¼ c. cocoa powder and then puree it in the food processor.