Caramel Sauce

This recipe is from Jane Payne

2 cups light cream
2 cups sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 butter (no substitutions)
1 Tbsp vanilla

Cook: cream, sugar, corn syrup in a heavy sauce pan until boiling. Cook and stir over medium heat for 5 minutes then add butter and salt. Turn heat to low and boil gently, stirring often until temperature on candy thermometer reads 228 degrees. Remove from heat. cool slightly and add vanilla. cool until warm and put in jar. Store in refrigerator.

Chocolate Syrup

This is a recipe that we got from our next door neighbor Janet Hogsett. It is delicious!! perfect sauce for ice cream.

Mix together in a saucepan over medium heat:

2-1/2 cups sugar

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cocoa

Add 1 large can (12 oz) of evaporated milk to above mixture. stir constantly. bring just to boiling then remove from heat. Add 1 tsp vanilla.

Serve hot over ice cream

Mexican Chef's Salad

I got this recipe from my girlfriend Laurel Noble Bateman when I was pregnant with Erik.  It is the recipe I used when our kids were growing up.  Make your own adaptations...

Brown: 1 pound Hamburger with diced onions 1/4 teaspoon salt, add 1 can (15oz) Kidney Beans and simmer for 10 minutes...cool.

Chop:
1 head of lettuce
4 tomatoes

Toss with:
4 oz grated cheese
8 oz 1,000 island dressing (or Ranch) with Hot sauce to taste

When ready to serve:
Slice and add 1 large avocado
Mix in hamberger
Add one bag Doritos Corn Tortilla Chips or Corn Chips (crunched up)

Garnish with chips, avocado, and sliced tomatoes

Serve Pronto!

Keep everything cold.

Bundt Pan Rolls

This recipe is fast and easy via Danielle from Joleen Kooyman

2 cups warm water
1/2 cup sugar
2 T yeast
2 eggs
2T oil
1T salt
7 cups flour, divided
1 cup butter

Combine water, sugar, and yeast.  Let bubble.  Add 3 cups flour, oil, salt, and eggs.  Mix well.  Add 4 cups flour and mix well.  Let rise until double.  Punch it down and divide into 2 pieces.  Melt the butter and put 1/2 in each bundt pan.  Roll out the dough as thin as possible.  Cut into circles. Dip into the melted butter and lay on top of each other like fallen dominoes.  Let rise 1 hour or until 1 inch from the top of the pan.  Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or until golden brown.  Dump onto a plate and serve.  Makes 2 pans.