Cinnamon Rolls

Cook Time - 30 min
Yield - 12 rolls

Ingredients
Dough:
• 1/4-ounce package yeast
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 1/2 cup scalded milk
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup butter or shortening
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 3 1/2 to 4 cups all-purpose flour

Filling:
• 1/2 cup melted butter, plus more for pan
• 3/4 cup sugar, plus more for pan
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 3/4 cup raisins, walnuts, or pecans, optional

Glaze:
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 to 6 tablespoons hot water

Directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water and set aside. In a large bowl mix milk, sugar, melted butter, salt and egg. Add 2 cups of flour and mix until smooth. Add yeast mixture. Mix in remaining flour until dough is easy to handle. Knead dough on lightly floured surface for 5 to 10 minutes. Place in well-greased bowl, cover and let rise until doubled in size, usually 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

When doubled in size, punch down dough. Roll out on a floured surface into a 15 by 9-inch rectangle. Spread melted butter all over dough. Mix sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over buttered dough. Sprinkle with walnuts, pecans, or raisins if desired. Beginning at the 15-inch side, role up dough and pinch edge together to seal. Cut into 12 to 15 slices.

Coat the bottom of baking pan with butter and sprinkle with sugar. Place cinnamon roll slices close together in the pan and let rise until dough is doubled, about 45 minutes.

Bake for about 30 minutes or until nicely browned.

Meanwhile, mix butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Add hot water 1 tablespoon at a time until the glaze reaches desired consistency.

Spread over slightly cooled rolls.

Sweet Potato Biscuits

Cook Time - 15 min
Yield - 15 to 18 biscuits

Ingredients
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 heaping tablespoons sugar
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup mashed cooked sweet potatoes
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) softened butter
• 2 to 4 tablespoons milk (depending on the moisture of the potatoes)

Directions

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.

In a separate, large bowl, mix the sweet potatoes and butter.

Add the flour mixture to the potato mixture and mix to make a soft dough.

Then add milk a tablespoon at a time to mixture and continue to cut in.

Turn the dough out onto a floured board and toss lightly until the outside of the dough looks smooth.

Roll the dough out to 1/2-inch thick and cut with a biscuit cutter.

Place the biscuits on a greased pan and coat tops with melted butter.

Bake for about 15 minutes. (Watch your oven: If the biscuits are browning too fast, lower the temperature.)

Maple Walnut Pie

Cook time - 40 minutes
yield 1 - 9 inch pie

INGREDIENTS

• 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups maple syrup
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons maple flavored extract
• 1 cup walnut halves

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C.)

2. In a saucepan, Mix brown sugar and flour. Add maple syrup, butter and salt. Heat until butter melts, stirring constantly.

3. In a medium bowl, beat eggs with maple flavoring. Stir in sugar mixture. Pour into unbaked pie shell and sprinkle with walnuts.

4. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until filling is set.

Swedish Apple Pie

Cook Time - 1 hour and 5 minutes
Yield 1 - 9 inch pie

INGREDIENTS

• 2 1/2 cups peeled, cored and sliced apples
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup margarine, melted
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 pinch salt

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9 inch pie pan with margarine.

2. Fill 2/3 of the pan with sliced apples. Sprinkle with cinnamon and 1 teaspoon sugar.

3. In a medium bowl, mix 1 cup sugar with the melted margarine. Stir in pecans, flour, egg and salt. Mix well. Spread mixture over the apples.

4. Bake in preheated oven for 65 minutes, or until golden brown.

French Silk Chocolate Pie

Yields - 1 - 9 inch pie

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups butter
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 4 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened baking chocolate
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 eggs
• 1 (9 inch) pie shell, baked

DIRECTIONS

1. In the top of a double boiler, heat chocolate, stirring occasionally, until chocolate is melted and smooth. Remove from heat and allow to cool to lukewarm.

2. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until pale yellow and very fluffy. Blend in the melted chocolate and vanilla. With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat in the eggs, one at a time, taking 5 minutes for each egg. Pour filling into baked pie shell. Refrigerate 4 hours before serving.