My favorite recipes

Pancakes
2 1/2 cups flour
2 cups buttermilk
3 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 tablespoons melted butter (non salted)

blend everything until smooth, cook.

Cheesecake (a derivative of Lindy's)

Crust

3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup softened butter
1 egg yolk

Mix together, roll into a ball, put half on bottom of pan and cook in preheated oven at 400 degrees until golden brown. Very easy to burn, so check often. After it is cooked, connect spring-form plan and apply the rest of the dough to the sides of the springform pan.

Filling

five 8 oz. packages of cream cheese
1 3/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
6 eggs

Beat all except eggs until fluffly, then add eggs and beat until smooth. Pour filling into pan. Bake at 500 degrees 10 minutes, then 250 degrees for 45 minutes, and then turn off oven and let cheesecake sit in oven another 30 minutes. After, take out and let cool in room temperature air for another 2 hours, and then chill in refrigerator for at least another 3 hours.

Macaroni and Cheese

cooked macaroni (al dente)
6 tablespoons butter melted slowly in a pan, do not brown
6 tablespoons of flour
blend together until a nice roux.

pour in 3 cups of milk, slowly. Add salt to taste. Keep stirring until it boils, then turn it off. Add cheese - 2 slices of American and a whole bunch of cheddar cheese (sharp). Stir until it melts.

Pour macaroni into a caserole dish, pour in the sauce, and cover with chunks of cheddar cheese. Bake at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes. Serve.

Grandma's bread

1 pack Fleischman rapid rise yeast
white sugar
gold medal brand flour
salt
jumbo eggs
1/4 cup mazola margarine (non salted)
spray oil (Pam)

Mix together pack of yeast, 1/4 cup of hot water, 1 tablespoons sugar. Let sit 5 mins.

Mix together 5 cups flour, 2 3/4 teaspoons salt, 1/4 cup sugar, 2 jumbo eggs, 3/4 cup hot water, and margarine melted in microwave. After yeast has set up, mix it in. Mix well, kneed. Put back into bowl, let sit one hour in the cold oven.

Punch down. Let sit another 45 minutes. Put into bread pans after coating with oil (Pam). Cover, let sit 45 minutes again. After covering with poppy seeds and egg yolk bake at 325 degrees for 25 minutes.

Coconut bars

3/4 cup fats (1/2 butter, 1/2 shortening)
3/4 cup confection sugar
1 1/2 cup flour
2 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup frozen flaked coconut

heat oven to 350 degrees, cream the fats, blend in 1 1/2 cups of flour. Press mixture into bottom of ungrease 3 x 9 baking pan, cook 12 to 15 minutes. You want it golden, not too dark, or it's burnt. Mix remaining ingredients, spread over hot pan, bake another 20 minutes more. While warm, spread icing. Cool, cut into 3 x 1 bars.

Icing

1 1/2 cups confection sugar
2 tablespoons melted butter
3 tablespoons orange juice
1 teaspoon lemon juice

Mix until smooth

Deviled eggs

several hard boiled eggs
mayonaise
yellow mustard

mix yellow from eggs with ingredients, mash. Put back into eggs, sprinkle on paprika

Cabbage and Noodles

One cabbage
one bag of wide egg flat noodles

Simply fry up the chopped cabbage in a very large pan until it is tender, and pour in the cooked noodles. Add enough oil, and fry until crispy. This can take a while so you might want to do it in small batches. Lauren's chicken

one kosher chicken
extra virgin olive oil
kosher salt
lemon juice
paprika
garlic powder
potatoes

Wash and clean chicken, dry it. Oil it up, apply salt and garlic powder, and paprika. Put it all over for color. Add lemon juice. Baste with lemon juice while it's cooking Throw in the potatoes. Cook at 375 for about 45 minutes to one hour for a small chicken and about 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes for a large. Lauren's banana bread

One stick of butter at room temp.
One cup of sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup choc. chips
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
3 ripe bananas, mashed

Heat oven to 350. Cream sugar and butter together - make a butter paste. Whip eggs and add vanilla, dry ingredients, chocolate, buts, bananas, and bake for one hour. Susanne's Cincinatti Chili

2 lb. ground beef round
1 large onion
1 or 2 jalepeno peppers, seeded and minced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 can (28 oz.) crushed tomatoes
1 can (12 oz.) beer
water
2 pkg (1.25 oz. size) chili seasoning mix
1/2 tsp. ground allspice
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
salt
1 pkg (1 lb) bow tie pasta
shredded sharp cheddar cheese

Brown meat in large skillet small amounts at a time until browned, stirring constantly to break up large pieces. With slotted spoon remove cooked beef to a large bowl. Repeat until all beef is cooked

Add chopped onion, jalapeno pepper and garlic. Cook 3 minutes stirring frequently with wooden spoon. Return cooked meat to pan.

Add tomatoes, beer, 1/2 cup water, chili seasoning, allspice, cinnamon and 1/2 tsp. salt to meat mixture. Bring to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to moderately low, partially cover pan and cook 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Christian's Crazy Effin Bloody Mary (virginized)

 - 32 oz bottle of Cambell's Tomato Juice (reserve 8 ounces)
 - Juice of 6 limes
 - 1 heaping tbsp of horseradish
 - 2 tsp Worstershire sauce (add more if you like the flavor)
 - 2 tsp of olive juice
 - 2 tsp of black pepper
 - 2 tsp of lemon pepper
 - 2 tsp of celery seed
 - tabasco sauce to taste
 - salt to taste

Place all ingredients in a pitcher and stir with a whisk or spoon. Shaking with make the lemon pepper into clumps. Pour from pitcher back into tomato juice container and top off with the reserve.

Of course, to make it real Bloody Mary, add 6 oz of vodka. To make a Blood Maria, use tequila.

Ute's awesome Cinco de Mayo salad

  Chopped tomatoes
  Peppers
  Jalapeno
  Red Onion
  Can of corn
  Can of black beans
  lime juice and zest
  Salt
  Splash of olive oil
  Cilantro
  Chunks of avocado

Mix everything together. Serve with corn chips.

Tini’s Mac and Cheese - ultra luxury mac n' cheese

Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr
Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
Ingredients

    1 lb pasta corkscrew/cavatappi preferred
    1 lb mozzarella cheese
    1 lb colby jack cheese
    1/2 lb cheddar cheese sharp preferred
    1/4 tsp salt
    1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper
    1/2 tsp garlic powder
    1/2 tsp smoked paprika
    3 tbsp unsalted butter
    3 tbsp all purpose flour
    12 oz evaporated milk ~1 can
    2 cups heavy cream
    1 tbsp mustard Dijon preferred

1. Preheat your oven to 350°F. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Once at a rolling boil, add the pasta and cook it according to the package directions. When done, drain well.
2. While the water is coming to a boil and the pasta cooks, shred the cheese. Grate the cheese with the coarse side of a box grater. Once you finish grating, mix all the cheese together in a large bowl, then divide into two even portions and set aside.
3. Make the seasoning mix: in a small bowl, stir together the salt, pepper, garlic powder, and smoked paprika. Set it aside.
4. In a large pan, melt the butter over medium heat. When melted, add 1/2 of the seasoning mix. Stir, bringing out the aromatics. Add the flour and cook, stirring constantly, until everything bubbles slightly and looks incorporated.
5. Slowly stream in the evaporated milk while whisking to ensure there are no lumps. Next, add the heavy cream, whisking constantly. Whisk in the Dijon and remaining seasoning mix. Let the sauce come to a simmer and thicken, giving it an occasional whisk.
6. Add HALF of the cheese. Turn the heat to low (or remove it from the heat if needed) and slowly melt in 1/2 of the cheese, handful by handful, making sure the cheese melts before adding more.
7. Stir in the drained pasta, making sure to coat all the noodles in sauce.
8. Grab your casserole dish and add 1/2 of the mac and cheese to the bottom of the dish, spreading evenly. Layer on 1/2 of the remaining cheese then the remaining mac and cheese.
9. Finish by evenly layering on the last of the shredded cheese.
10. Bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until the top melts and bubbles. Broil for 2 minutes to give it a crispy crust, the remove, let sit for a bit so you don’t burn yourself, scoop and enjoy!