Baked Apple Dumplings

You, know what? There nothing better than a hot dessert on a cold day, guess??? what??? I am thinking about >>> "Baked Apple Dumpling" with a lot of concentrated flavor.

These Dumplings will warm your very soul and make you smile. remember the classic animated film Snow White and the seven dwarfs...well Snow White baked apple dumplings, so she could stay with the seven dwarfs.

Now, how about those baked apple dumplings this weekend....

Dough:

2 1/2 cup all purpose flour

3 tablespoons sugar

2 teaspoon baking powder

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/4 stick butter cold butter pieces

5 tablespoon shortening cold pieces

3/4 cup cold buttermilk

Apple Dumpling

4 tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

3 tablespoon butter

3 tablespoon golden raisins

4 golden delicious apples

3 egg white lightly beaten

making dough

process dry ingentant in food process until combined. add butter and shortening and pulse until mixture resembles wet sand.

take the dough out process and place in  bowl. stir in buttermilk and forms into a ball.place on floured surface and knead into a ball. place refrigerate about hour.

next combine sugar and cinnamon in a bowl, in a second bowl,combine butter,
raisins and three tablespoons cinnamon sugar mixture.

peel apples and cut in halve. scoop out the core and seeds. be careful not to cut bottom part of the apple.

divide the butter mixture among the apple halves filling the hollows.

on lightly floured  surface, roll each dough half into 12 inch square

brush edge of dough square with .egg white and place apple cut side up, in center of each square.

fold the corner of the dough up to enclose the apple halves. overlapping and crimping to seal

arrange dumplings on a baking sheet, brush with egg white. and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.

bake until dough is golden brown and juices are bubbling.

Serve with Cider Sauce

Cider Sauce Recipe:

1 cup apple cider

1 cup water

1 cup sugar

1/2  teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 tablespoons butter

1 tablespoon lemon juice

bring cider water,sugar and cinnamon to simmer in saucepan and cook and cinnamon over medium high heat until thickened and reduced about 10 or 15 minutes.take off heat, and whisk in butter and lemon juice.

use this sauce to drizzle over  apple dumplings

Cornbread Casserole

Cornbread Casserole is a meal all by it self... I am telling you, your family and friends would ask for more and more...you would not mine because  you love to cook. this recipe is so so gooooood on a busy day...just pop it in the oven.

cornbread mix:

1 cup buttermilk

1 cup self-rising corn meal

1 cup self-rising flour

1 egg, beaten

1 1/2 cup whole kernel corn, drained

1 can rotel tomatoes

FILLING:

5 eggs, beaten

1 cup milk

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 1/2 pound ground beef

1 cups chopped red bell pepper

1 cup chopped onion

2 cloves garlic minced

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 400. greased with oil a 3 quart  13x9 glass baking dish.place in oven until hot about 10 mins.

In large mixing bowl, combine all cornbread ingredients; stir until well blended. Pour into hot baking dish. Bake at 400 for 15  minutes or until lightly browned.

Reduce oven to 350 . In large mixing bowl, combine 5 eggs, milk, salt, pepper and cumin; beat well.

Brown ground meat in pan, breaking it up into pieces and adding peppers,garlic and onions. after ground beef and veggie cooked remove from the pan, draining excess fat.

Layer beef and veggie over cornbread. Pour egg mixture over top. Bake at 350 for 35-45 minutes or until golden brown and set.add more shredded cheddar cheese on top to you liking and let it melt.

Cool 5 minutes before serving. Cut into squares and serve with a dollop of sour cream, dice tomatoes and cilantro.

Fish Sticks With White Sauce

When, I was growing up in Texas... my folks would deep fry fish in a big black pot...talking about gooooood!!!!WOW!!!! Fish Sticks ...??? Yes!!! Fish stick with real fish...like catfish, halibut and mostly cob would be used.

When the fish was fried you can do so much with it.

Making Fish Taco

FISH:

2 pounds skinless whitefish fillets, such as cod, haddock, or halibut, cut crosswise into 4 by 1-inch strips

Salt and pepper

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 cup cornstarch

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup beer

1 quart peanut or vegetable oil

Pat fish dry with paper towels and season with salt and pepper. Whisk flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and 1 teaspoon salt together in large bowl. Add beer and whisk until smooth.


In a deep fryer add oils and heat medium high heat to 350 degrees. dip fish into batter mixing very well to coat, remove fish from batter, allowing excess to drip back into bowl, add to hot oil, briefly dragging fish along surface of oil this will keep it from sticking together,fry until golden brown and crispy and flowing. Return oil to 350 degrees and repeat with remaining fish.


White Sauce:

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/2 cup sour cream

2 tablespoons lime juice or lemon

2 tablespoons milk

Cream all together

Fish Sandwich With Tatar Sauce

Tartar Sauce Recipe:

1 cup mayonnaise

1/4 cup chopped dill pickle

1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley

2 teaspoons capers

2 teaspoons grated onion

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon prepared mustard

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

Combine all of the ingredients; cover and chill. Makes about 1 1/4 cups.

Mexican Wedding Cookies

Mexican Wedding Cookies are so easy to bake.... this past Christmas these could was so...... so very expensive to buy in the stores.. If you wanted to serve these cookies at a party you would had been out of an arm and leg. You can get the same Mexican wedding cookies in  your oven with that winning cookie fresh bake taste.

Recipe:

1 pound butter

2 cup confectioner sugar

2 eggs, well beaten

4 cups flour

1 cup pecan chopped fine

1 teaspoon vanilla  extract

Heat oven 350


Instructions
Cream butter and sugar. Add rest of ingredients, mix well. with palm of hands, roll into balls. Put on greased cookie sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes at 350. Sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar as they cool.