Dinner Tonight!

by: Jessica Myers

This is a dinner menu with recipes for one night! 

Home Made Bread

½  C  oil
3 C scaling milk  (put into the microwave for two minutes)

In a mixer add:

½ C of Hot tab water
3 TBS yeast
1 TBS sugar

Let yeast rise, then add milk, three eggs, 2 TBS salt.  Mix and add 10 cups of flour, while mixing everything together. Mix until the dough is in the middle, and is no longer sticking to the sides or to the bottom. Turn the dough in to a ball, and let it rise until it doubles. Grease your pans that you are going to use. Bake at 350* for about 30 minutes, or until golden brown. Use butter to top it off and eat!
 

Basic Pot Roast

3-4 lb rump or chuck roast                         
3 medium carrots, cut up in pieces
1 tsp. salt                                          
2 medium onions halved
¼ pepper                                           
½ c water or beef broth
2 TBS shortening
3 medium potatoes, halved
 

Season meat with salt and pepper. Heat shortening in skillet and brown meat on all sides.
Place half of vegetables in bottom of cooker, add meat, then add other vegetables and liquid. Cook on low 10-12 hours or high for 5 hours.
 

Butter Nut Chewies

½ c margarine (melted)                             
1 ½ c un-sifted all purpose flour
2 eggs                                             
2 tsp. baking powder  
2 c firmly packed light brown sugar                
½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla                                       
1 c finely chopped nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350*. Grease 13 by 9 by 2 inch pan with shortening. Beat eggs until light and foamy in large bowl with an electric mixer. Beat in sugar, vanilla, and margarine until creamy.

Combine flour with baking powder and salt. Add to egg mixture. Mix at low speed until blended. Stir in nuts at low speed. (mixture will be stiff) spread evenly in prepared pan.

Bake at 350* for 25 to 30 minutes, or until top is light brown. Let cool for 10 to 15 minutes. Cut into bars.

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