Kool-Aid Playdough

found this here!!
http://mygratitudeattitudes.blogspot.com/2010/07/kool-aid-playdough.html

1 cup flour
2 TBSP cream of tartar
1/4 cup salt
2 pkgs. of sugar free Kool-Aid (use the same flavor/color for each color you make)
1 cup water
1 TBSP oil
1. In a saucepan combine everything but the oil.
Stir well.
2. Stir in oil.
3.Move saucepan to stovetop and cook for 3-5 minutes on medium heat. Stir well the entire time.
4. When a soft ball starts to form, turn off the heat and remove the pan. The playdough will be HOT, so be careful.
5. Remove the ball of dough from the pan and let cool for a second.
6. Knead well until soft.
7. Store in an airtight container or a ziplock bag.

Bread Machine Chicken Flavored Pet Treat Recipe

1 cup chicken stock (made with chicken only, dog’s shouldn’t eat onions)
1 cup Bread or all-purpose flour
2 cup Whole wheat flour
1/4 cup Non-fat dry milk powder
1-1/2 teaspoon Yeast

Use dough cycle. Roll dough to 1/2" thickness. Cut with cookie cutters or a pizza cutter. Place on a greased baking sheet. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in warm place about one hour. Bake at 325-degrees for one hour. When all are baked, turn off oven and leave overnight. Store in airtight container.

Sugared Pecans

This salty-sweet recipe is ideal for a quick afternoon snack or a crunchy topping for salads and cole slaw.

Ingredients
1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans
2 tablespoons brown sugar

Directions
In small skillet over medium-high heat, cook pecans and sugar, stirring constantly, until nuts are browned and sugar-coated, about 1 to 2 minutes. Cool and break apart, if necessary.

Makes 1/2 cup

Cherie’s Beef Jerky

Beef Brisket 1½ to 2 inches thick
Teriyaki Sauce
Ground black pepper

Trim fat from outside of brisket.
Remove brisket from package and place on cookie sheet. Put cookie sheet in freezer until brisket is real firm but not frozen solid. Remove from freezer and slice against the grain into ⅛ “
thick slices . Marinate 4 to 6 hours or overnight in teriyaki sauce.
Line the bottom of your oven with foil. Drape beef strips across your oven racks…. not dangling down ….but across the racks.
Sprinkle with black pepper.
Turn your oven to the lowest setting (Mine is 190° ) prop oven door open so it is only open about an inch ( I use a wooden spoon to prop it open) cook about 4 hours or until dried to your liking.
ENJOY!!

Grandma Solomon's Popcorn Balls

This is another recipe I remember Grandma making....what a treat.

5 quarts of popped popcorn (NOT MICROWAVE)
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 teasp salt
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 teasp white vinegar
1 teasp vanilla

Keep popcorn hot and crisp in a slow oven (300 to 325 degrees)
Butter sides of a saucepan, combine sugar, water, salt, corn syrup, and vinegar. Cook to a hard ball stage (250 degrees) Stir in vanilla, slowly pour over hot popcorn, stirring just until mixed through. butter hands lightly, shape popcorn into 4 inch balls.
makes 9 balls

Grandma Solomon's Caramel Corn

I remember Grandma making this when I was a kid and how wonderful it tasted....I was pleasantly surprised when I opened up an old button box I received after she passed away and there was this recipe along with her peanut brittle and popcorn ball recipes...you can also find those in this blog.


4 quarts of fresh popped popcorn...NOT MICROWAVE POPCORN!!!
1/2 cup margarine
1 cup brown sugar (packed)
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/3 teasp salt
1/2 teasp vanilla
1/2 teasp baking soda

Put popped popcorn in a large roasting pan. In a heavy saucepan, mix sugar, butter, corn syrup, add salt. Stir over medium heat until it comes to a boil. Continue to boil for 5 minutes without stirring. remove from heat and add vanilla and baking soda.
Soda will make it expand. pour over popcorn and stir to coat well.
bake at 250 degrees for 1 hour stirring several times to evenly coat.
store in an airtight container or Ziploc bag.

Watermelon Pickles

I remember my Grandma Solomon making these when I was a kid...I've always wanted to make them...Maybe the next time I have watermelon I will give it a try..

Watermelon Pickles Recipe
This recipe is from a well worn, loose page of an old cookbook.
Unknown source.

Ingredients:
16 cups watermelon pieces
8 cups granulated sugar
4 cups white vinegar
4 cups water
1 cup salt
Cold water
2 TBS whole cloves
3 cinnamon sticks
2 pieces ginger root
1 lemon, thinly sliced

Directions:
Cut watermelon into 1″ pieces remove the dark green and the dark pink (use the firm light pink watermelon flesh).
Dissolve salt thoroughly in 8 cups cold water, pour over watermelon pieces–add more water if needed to cover watermelon. Let stand 6 hours; drain, rinse well and cover with fresh cold water. Cook until just tender; drain.
Tie spices in a cheesecloth bag and combine with remaining ingredients; simmer 10 minutes.
Add watermelon pieces and simmer until clear; remove spice bag. Add boiling water to syrup if it becomes too thick before the watermelon pieces are clear.
Pack, boiling hot, into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/8-inch head space; seal.
Makes 6-8 oz jars

Homemade Liquid Laundry Detergent

Well I made this....and it turned out great....I washed a load of towels they turned out smelling clean and feeling soft... I am going to wash a load of whites today to see how clean they come...this doesn't make a lot of suds, I guess that is why you can use it in the front loaders. This makes A LOT!!! 10 gallons of the finished product..so unless you do a lot of laundry you might want to cut it in half or share it with someone...

I know that this isn't food but it is a recipe....with the way the economy is I thought everyone might want to give this a try....I might make a 1/2 batch the first time to see how it works.

4 cups hot water
1 bar Fels-Naptha soap bar or ivory or sunlight bar soap (I used Fels-Naptha)
1 cup washing soda
½ cup Borax

Grate bar of soap and add to saucepan of hot water. Stir constantly over medium-low heat until soap is all melted.
Fill a large kitty litter bucket or 5-gallon pail ½ full of hot water. Add melted soap, washing soda and borax. Stir well until the powder is dissolved. Fill bucket with more hot water. Stir, cover and let sit overnight.
The next morning the pail will be all gelled and very thick. Stir with a stick to break it up. Fill a laundry jug half-full of the detergent, and top with more water. Shake before each use.
Use ½ cup for top-load machines, and ¼ for front-load.
Use the thickened, undiluted soap as a pre-treater.

Chocolate Coffee Creamer

1 can sweetened condensed milk (or make your own sweetened condensed milk)
1 1/2 cups nonfat milk (you can use prepared powdered milk)
3 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa

Blend all ingredients together in your blender.
Pour into a mason jar or your old coffee creamer dispenser.
This creamer will keep up to two weeks in your fridge.