Marilee's Cheesy Smashed Potatoes

1 lb red potatoes (about 3 med) cut into chunks

1 cup bite-sized cauliflower florets

1/4 cup light sour cream

1 cup sharp or mild cheddar cheese, grated

salt and pepper to taste

1. Place potatoes and cauliflower in large saucepan. Add enough water to cover.
2. Bring to boil on high heat. Reduce heat and simmer until veggies are tender (about 20 minutes). Drain; return to pan.
3. Add sour cream; mash until veggie mixture is light and fluffy. Stir in cheese. Season to taste.

Note: I never measure the ingredients. Use any kind of potato and be generous with the cauliflower. Add a little milk if you'd like. It is a very flexible recipe. Enjoy!

Karen D's Fast Homemade Rolls

Takes about 1 hour 15 minutes to make - from start to finish.

Makes 4 loaves of bread or 4 dozen rolls.

10 1/2 cups white bread flour (Lehi Roller Mills Turkey Brand Flour @ Costco)

2/3 cup sugar

1 Tbl salt

3 rounded Tbl Saf-Instant yeast (Macey's in freezer section)

3 Tbl liquid Lecithin (Macey's) (store this at room temperature)

4 cups HOT tap water (I use close to 5 cups to make it really sticky)

1. Mix dry ingredients. 
2. Add lecithin (by squirting onto dry ingredients about the size of a quarter for each tablespoon. Do not try to measure)
3. Add water.
4. Mix for 1 minute and check consistency. If dough is too dry, add more wwater. Dough should be very sticky. (Sticking to the beaters and sides of the bowl.)
5. Mix for 5 minutes. Do not add more flour to the dough after it has finished mixing.
6. Spray counter, rolling pin and pans with Pam. (no flour)
7. Shape loaves or rolls and cover with a dish towel. 
8. Let raise 25 minutes. 
9. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

To shape rolls: Roll out 1/4 of the dough in a circle. Spread with melted butter. Slice like a pie in 12 pieces. Roll the dough from the outside in and place on a cookie sheet. I fit 2 dozen rolls per large cookie sheet. After baked, spread melted butter over the top of the rolls.

Lisa J's Favorite Corn Bread Recipe

1 cup margarine
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 cups corn meal
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
4 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cups milk

1. Cream butter and sugar together.
2. Add eggs and cornmeal.
3. In a different bowl, sift together all the dry ingredients.
4. Into the creamed mixture, add a little dry mixture and then a little milk and continue alternating until all is mixed.
5. Pour into a greased 9 x 13 pan. 
6. Bake at 375 degrees for 30-40 minutes.
7. Serve with whipped honey butter.

Chocolate Cake in 5 Minutes

Ingredients:
Beware! This is too easy to be healthy. JNae has been grounded from them for two weeks:)
microwave oven
mug-sprayed with non stick spray aka PAM (or greased)
4 T cake flour (all purpose will be OK)
4 T white sugar
2 T cocoa
2 T whisked egg (1 whole egg can be too much)
3 T milk (Marta D. would use 3 T homemade yogurt.)
3 T oil (Chrissy would use 2 T pureed bean & 1 T oil:)
1/4 tsp vanilla or cinnamon
3 T chocolate chips (Karen would use 2 ozs. of 86% cacao.)
Instructions:
Mix flour, sugar and cocoa.
Spoon in egg.
Pour in milk and oil, and mix well.
Add chocolate chips.
Put in microwave for 3 minutes on maximum power (1000 watt).
Wait until it stops rising and sets in the mug.
Tip contents out of mug onto saucer and enjoy!

Kale Chips & Other Winter Greens

Here's a link to the Utah State Extension Service's recipe for kale chips as well as a strawberry spinach salad.  Scroll down to the chip recipe. Kale Chips
Ingredients:
1 bunch kale
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 tsp seasoned salt
Directions:
1. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cookie
sheet with parchment paper.
2. With a knife or kitchen shears, carefully remove
the leaves from the thick stems and tear into
bite size pieces. Wash and thoroughly dry kale
with a salad spinner. Drizzle kale with olive oil
and sprinkle with seasoning salt.
3. Bake until the edges brown but are not burned,
10 to 15 minutes.
 Kale chips recipe

Magic Syrup

Renee T. has shared this classic frothy vanilla and buttermilk syrup with me and now it's my go to recipe every time! --Karen S.

Magic Syrup 

Combine the following in a medium sauce pan or a 2 quart microwavable bowl:
1/2 C. butter (Butter is best.)
1/2 C. buttermilk (Buttermilk substitute of 1/2 C. milk and 1 T of lemon juice is good, too.)
1 C. white sugar (Brown sugar is a good substitute.)
Heat till simmering.  The longer you simmer the thicker it will be. It doesn't take long.

Take off heat and add:
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. scant of baking soda (This reacts with the acid in the buttermilk to make it foamy.)

Candy Recipes from May 2012 RS Monthly Meeting

Here is a link to the handouts from the candy/chocolate class we had for RS in May 2012:Truffles, Toffee, Caramels, Altitude Conversion Chart, Cold Water Test