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Recipes from Bluesbaby

Have you ever found a great recipe online and then later when you wanted it, you just couldn't remember where it was located? This is my method of hanging on to our family recipes and others too good to lose. You may have to scroll all the way down for the archives and link sections.

Friday, April 25, 2008

CRISPY POTATO PANCAKES

From http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/CRISPY-POTATOE-PANCAKES-1215433

crispy potatoe pancakes
Submitted by aklueppel January 11, 2006

serving size 12

Ingredients
1/4 med onion, chopped
1/2 c flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
3 med baking potatoes, peeled and chopped
1/2 c butter, melted
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt

Preparation
In a blender cup, combine egg, onion, flour, baking powder,
and 1/2 tsp salt.
Add half the potatoes; blend until coarsely chopped.
Add the remaining potatoes, blend until coarsely chopped.
Add butter; blend until mixed.
Melt a pat of butter on a hot skillet;
spoon 2 oz batter into the skillet for each pancake.
Cook until browned, turning once.
Serve with applesauce or sour cream.
Note from Christy - at my house its always served with ketchup

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Ann Romney's Monkey Bread Recipe

Ann Romney's Monkey Bread Recipe

Ingredients:

· 2 pkg. dry yeast dissolved in 1 c. warm water

· 2/3 c. sugar

· 1 1/2 t. salt

· 6 c. flour

· 1 stick butter

· 1 c. boiling water

· 2 eggs, well beaten

Directions:

Take one cup of warm water and pour dry yeast into the water.
Allow yeast to bubble within mixing cup. Mix butter, sugar,
boiling water, and salt in a glass bowl.

Allow mixture to cool slightly and then add yeast (once it
has bubbled) to mixture.

Beat the two eggs and add to the mixture, followed by flour.
Mix thoroughly. Dough will be sticky. Let rise, punch down.
Roll to 1 ½ inch thick.

Place in greased pan Bake at 350 degrees until golden.

Ann Romney’s Meatloaf Cakes

Ann Romney’s Meatloaf Cakes



Ann Romney blogs on The Five Brothers Blog, and offers up her family Meatloaf Cakes Recipe…

You can head on over there and see it, but for the sake of archiving purposes I’m going to copy and paste it here as well…(side note: they said they’re going to be adding more family recipes over time).

Meatloaf Cakes Recipe

Loaf Ingredients

- 1 ½ lbs ground beef

- ¼ cup lemon juice

- 1 egg

- 4 slices of white bread broken into pieces or bread crumbs

- ¼ cup onion, chopped

- 2 tsp seasoned salt

Sauce Ingredients

- ½ cup ketchup

- ½ cup brown sugar

- 1 tsp dry mustard

- ¼ tsp cloves

- ¼ tsp All spice

Instructions

Mix together loaf ingredients, shape into 6 individual loaves.
Bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Mix together sauce ingredients
and spoon on top of loaves.
Continue baking at 350 degrees for 30 additional minutes.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Copycat Lipton Onion Soup Mix No Msg Recipe

Copycat Lipton Onion Soup Mix No Msg Recipe


5 Tbs is equal to One 1 1/4 oz package.

Preparation Time: 2 minutes

Ingredients:

3/4 cup dried minced onion
1/3 cup NO MSG beef bouillon powder
4 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp celery salt
1/4 tsp sugar

Directions Combine all ingredients.
Store it in a ziplock bag or air-tight container. It will keep for quite a while.