Corn muffins

Ingredients:
(makes 12 muffins)

 1 cup cornmeal
 1 cup all-purpose flour
 1/3 cup white sugar
 2 teaspoons baking powder
 1/2 teaspoon salt
 1 egg, beaten
 1/4 cup canola oil
 1 cup milk

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease muffin pan or line with paper muffin liners.
2. In a large bowl, mix together corn meal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add egg, oil and milk; stir gently to combine. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
3. Bake at 400 degrees F for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.

Gooey Orange Rolls

Emily got this recipe in her 7th grade CTE class.

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1/4 cup orange juice

2 tbsp grated orange peel

3 (10 oz) cans refrigerated biscuits

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

In a glass bowl, combine sugar, butter, orange juice and peel.  Heat in the microwave until sugar is dissolved and butter is melted, about 1 1/2-2 minutes.

Pour the mixture into a greased 10 inch bundt pan.  Place biscuits in pan on their sides (like they were in the can) in a ring around the pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.  Immediately turn upside down onto a serving platter.  Serve warm.

Monkey Bread

Another CTE recipe from Emily.

1 (3.5 oz) pkg cook n serve butterscotch pudding  OR  3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans (opt.)
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
4 (10 oz) cans refrigerated biscuits

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  In a large plastic bag, combine pudding mix/brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon and pecans if desired.  Pour the butter into a separate, shallow bowl.

Cut the biscuits into quarters.  Dip half of the pieces into the butter, then place in bowl or bag with the cinnamon mixture.  Cover and shake.  Remove shaken biscuit pieces to a greased 10 inch fluted tube pan (bundt pan).  Continue to coat biscuits until all the biscuit pieces are coated.

Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes.  Cool in pan for 5-10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate.

Lion House Banana Bread

This is a Lion House recipe, first made for me by my college roommate, Bridget Mortensen.

1/2 cup margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup mashed banana
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp lemon juice
2 Tbsp applesauce
2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
opt chopped nuts or chocolate chips

Cream the margarine, sugar and eggs together.  Then add the banana, milk, lemon juice,and  applesauce and beat together.  Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together, then add to wet ingredients.  Bake in greased 8x4x3 inch loaf pan at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes.  Makes 1 loaf.

(Hint: if the banana bread is getting too brown on the outside and the inside is still doughy, take it out and cook it in the microwave for 3-4 minutes.  Make sure that the loaf pan you are using is glass/ microwave safe.  Or if using metal pans, bake 45 min, then top with foil and bake 10 more minutes.)

For MUFFINS, bake 17-18 minutes.  Makes approx. 18 muffins.
For MINI LOAVES, bake 28-32  minutes.  Makes 3 mini loaves.

Gingerbread Waffles

1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup light molasses
2 eggs, well beater
1 cup milk
2 cups sifted flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp salt

2 bananas, sliced
1/2 cup whipping cream, whipped

Cream butter, brown sugar, molasses, eggs, and milk.  Sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and salt; add to the molasses mixture.  Bake on greased waffle iron.  Top with sliced bananas and whipped cream.