Monkey Bread

Here's a nice Saturday morning treat...monkey bread!! Im going to cheat a little and use a previously posted recipe to make this easy-Enjoy!

To make ooey, gooey monkey bread, you'll need:
1 batch of the Challah bread dough (first recipe on my site)
half a stick of butter or margarine, melted
1 cup of cinnamon sugar mix (1 cup of sugar to about 2 tbl cinnamon)


Make the Challah bread recipe, and after the first rising, instead of braiding the dough, form it into dough balls, (you may want to dip your fingers in the butter before attempting to handle the dough-it's pretty sticky) and dip it first in the melted butter and then roll it around in a cinnamon sugar mixture. Nestle the individual balls together in a well greased (i just used Pam spray) 9 inch pan (you can also use a bundt pan, but you'll have to double the dough recipe). Let it rise for about 30 minutes, then bake at 350 for about 15-20 minutes. These can be made the night before and reheated in the microwave; they are still fabulous!!

Andree's Delicious Stuffed Acorn Squash

This looks wonderful!! I can't wait to try it...easy, cheap and a great way to sneak in the squash...enjoy!!

1 Acorn squash
1/2-1 pound Sausage (Jimmy Dean--I like the hot but sage is good too)stove top stuffing
1/2 cup each celery, onion
1/4 cup peppers (green, yellow, red)
chicken broth
butter necessary for stuffing mix
1. Cut acorn squash in half and clean out seeds. Place face down in 1 cup chicken broth in shallow baking pan and cook 350 for 35-40 minutes until soft inside.
2. Meanwhile brown sausage (a whole pound makes the stuffing really really meaty so if you dislike vegetarian type dinners use the whole pound otherwise 1/2 pound is enough for taste). Set aside.
3 Saute onions, celery and peppers in small amount of butter until soft then make stove top stuffing according to package directions. Add veggies and heat. Add sausage and mix. The sausage can make the stuffing moist so tend to the dry side especially if you are going to use the whole pound of sausage.
4. Once squash is soft drain any remaining liquid from baking dish. Stuff squash fully with stuffing mixture. Then stuff some more. Return to 350 oven for another 10-15 minutes.
Serve warm....you can top it with cheese, bread crumbs, or fresh herbs.

Cooking for Dummies

Well, I have to take a break from my usually highly technical and complicated recipes; those only to be attempted by the masters; and post something for those of you who are struggling with boiling water. The following recipe is a contribution from a highly "kitchen challenged" individual, whose name I will withhold (for obvious reasons). I would never want anyone to suspect that my dad is anything less than perfect when it comes to the kitchen!!

Dad's Famous Toast 4 U:
This is an old family recipe handed down from my old family.
This is a great thing to cook when you are really hungry and don't
have anything else to eat and Mom isn't home to help.
1. Step one. (This is REALLY important): Find the bread.
2. step two. (This is also fairly important): Locate the toaster.
3. step three. (this is an optional step): Look for the butter.
4. step four: put two slices of bread into the toaster.
5. step five: press down on that thing on the side of the toaster.
6. step six: wait until toaster pushes that thing on the side of
the toaster back up again.
7. step seven: (optional step) put butter onto toast.
8. step eight: Enjoy!

Variations:
Peanut butter instead of butter.
Jelly combined with either butter or peanut butter.
Various different types of bread.

Suggestions:
Don't try this without adult supervision.
Wait until Mom gets home.

Applesauce

I just made some very good applesauce...so I thought I'd share...Ive heard applesauce freezes really well and is very good for you..so if you get a chance, run up to the mountains (or Publix:)) and pick some fresh delicious apples for this recipe:

Peel, core and cut into chunks 4 firm, slightly tart apples (I used mutsu). Place them in pot with just enough apple juice to cover them. Boil until tender. Drain the apples and put them in a food processor..and process until nice and smooth (if you like it chunky you might want to just use a potato masher). Add 1-2 tbl. sugar (depending on how tart your apples are), about 1/2 tsp cinnamon and a pinch of salt. Mix a little more, and enjoy!