Amish Bread - Bread Machine

1 1/3 cup milk
¼ cup oil
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup sugar
4 cup bread flour
2 teaspoons yeast

Place ingredients into bread pan in order given. Place bread pan into bread machine. This makes a 2 pound loaf. Set bread machine for your choice of crust, and appropriate size.

Yeast Rolls

8 cups flour
2/3 cups plus 1/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons salt
2 eggs
¼ cup Crisco
3 cups warm water
2 packages dry quick yeast


Grease pans for rising, pans for baking, turn on oven to 375 degrees, prepare ingredients before mixing the yeast. Just goes faster.

Put 1 cup flour on dough board for kneading dough. Stir together: 2 ¼ cup flour, 1 ½ cup warm water, ½ cup sugar and yeast. Let set until bubbly.

Then add eggs, 2/3 cup sugar, salt, Crisco, ½ cup warm water. Mix well. Then alternate flour and 1 cup water until all the rest of the flour is used.

Put on dough board and knead until all the flour on the dough board is used. Put in greased bowl and let rise until doubled in size, then work down, and let rise again. Then pinch off rolls, put in greased pan, let rise until doubled.

Bake in 375 degree oven for about 20 minutes or until light brown. Brush with melted butter while hot.

Snickerdoodles

1 cup shortening
1 ½ cup sugar
2 eggs
2 ¾ cup flour
2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon soda
¼ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoon cinnamon

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix shortening, 1 ½ cups sugar, and eggs thoroughly. Blend flour, cream of tartar, soda, and salt; stir in. Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Roll in mixture of 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon. Bake 10 minutes.

No-Bake Cookies

Cook, until mixture boils:

2 cups sugar
3 tablespoons cocoa
½ cup milk
1 stick margarine

Remove from heat. Add:

½ cup peanut butter
3 cups oatmeal
1 teaspoon vanilla

Stir well. Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper. Let cool.

Gingersnaps

¾ cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 egg, unbeaten
¼ cup molasses
2 cups sifted flour
¼ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves


Combine shortening, sugar, and egg in mixing bowl. Beat until fluffy. Add molasses and beat well. Sift dry ingredients together and add; mix well. Chill dough thoroughly; shape into 1-inch balls and roll in granulated sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.