Sweet Potato Biscuits with Honey Butter

2 cups flour
4 t. sugar
3 t. baking powder
1 t. salt
1 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. nutmeg
1/4 cup shortening
1 cup mashed sweet potatoes
1/2 cup half and half

Honey Butter:
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 T honey
1 t. cinnamon

1. In a small bowl, combine the first 6 ingredients. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Combine sweet potatoes and cream; stir into crumb mixture just until moistened. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; gentle knead 8-10 times.
2. Pat or roll out to 1/2 inch thickness; cut with floured 2 1/2 inch biscuit cutter. Place 1 inch apart on a greased baking sheet.
2. Bake at 400 for 9-11 minutes or until golden brown. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, beat the butter, honey, and cinnamon until blended. Serve with warm biscuits.

Breadsticks

These breadsticks can be made from scratch in about 40 minutes, from start to finish. They are light and delicious with any kind of Italian dish, or with soup. This recipe makes one cookie sheet, or about 36 small 2x5 inch breadsticks. It works great in a Kitchen Aid. If you are going to use a Bosch you'll need to double the recipe.

1 1/2 C hot water
2 T sugar
1 T yeast
1/2 t salt
3 1/2- 4 C flour
1/4 C real butter
3/4 C grated Parmesan or mozzarella cheese
Johnny's Garlic Seasoning 

1. Mix the water, sugar and yeast together in a measuring cup or in the bottom of your mixer. Let it sit for 5 minutes
2. Add the salt and the flour, one cup at a time, until it is well incorporated. Mix on high for 5 minutes. Let the dough rest for 5 minutes
3. Melt the butter and pour half of it into a jelly roll pan (large cookie sheet)
4. Place the dough in the center of the pan. Let it sit for 2 or 3 minutes. Letting the dough rest makes it MUCH easier to shape
5. Spread the dough out flat onto the pan until it reaches all of the edges. Doing all of the spreading and cutting of these bread sticks, in the pan makes cleaning up your counter so much easier! 6. Pour the other half of the butter onto the dough. Spread it around with your hands. Sprinkle theJohnny's Garlic Seasoning all over the dough, and then the Parmesan cheese. 

7. With a pizza cutter cut the dough into three rows lengthwise, and then into about 12 little height wise rows
8. Put the pan into a 170 degree oven for about 7-10 minutes. The breadsticks should rise about 1 inch
9. Turn you oven up to 350 and bake for about 12 minutes, or until golden brown.
10. When they come out of the oven let them sit and rest again for about 5 minutes. Then redefine your cutting lines with the pizza cutter.

The best chocolate sheet cake ever

Ingredients

• FOR THE CAKE:
• 2 cups Flour
• 2 cups Sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt
• 4 Tablespoons (heaping) Cocoa
• 2 sticks Butter
• 1 cup Boiling Water
• 1/2 cup Buttermilk
• 2 whole Beaten Eggs
• 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• FOR FROSTING:
• 1/2 cup Finely Chopped Pecans
• 1-3/4 stick Butter
• 4 Tablespoons (heaping) Cocoa
• 6 Tablespoons Milk
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• 1 pound (minus 1/2 Cup) Powdered Sugar

Preparation Instructions

Note: I use an 18x13 sheet cake pan.

In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt.

In a saucepan, melt butter. Add cocoa. Stir together.
Add boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat. Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.

In a measuring cup, pour the buttermilk and add beaten eggs, baking soda, and vanilla. Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture. Pour into sheet cake pan and bake at 350-degrees for 20 minutes.

While cake is baking, make the icing. Chop pecans finely. Melt butter in a saucepan. Add cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat. Add the milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Stir together. Add the pecans, stir together, and pour over warm cake.

Cut into squares, eat, and totally wig out over the fact that you’ve just made the best chocolate sheet cake. Ever.

Veggie and Cheese Bagel Sandwich

Ingredients

• 1/2 block Of Cream Cheese
• 2 whole (to 3) Green Onions
• Tomatoes
• Cucumbers
• Avocado
• Red Onion
• 1 whole Everything Bagel (or Any Kind Of Bagel)
• Alfalfa Sprouts
• 1 Or 2 Slices Of Muenster Cheese
• Slice Of Cheddar Cheese
• Lettuce

Preparation Instructions

Place ½ a block of cream cheese on a plate and mash it a bit with a fork. Next, chop up 2-3 green onions and mix them with the cream cheese until thoroughly combined.

Slice all veggies (tomatoes, cucumbers, avocados, red onions) thinly.

Slice bagel in half. Spread the cream cheese generously on both sides of the bagel.

Layer the vegetables. First lay the avocados right along the cream cheese to help them stay put. Next the alfalfa sprouts and then one slice of each kind of cheese. On the other half of the bagel arrange the cucumber slices in a circle.

Sprinkle the cucumbers with a pinch of salt if you would like.

Next lay the onion slices on top of the cucumbers, then the tomatoes, followed by a slice of lettuce, and if you’re feeling naughty, another slice of Muenster cheese.

Put the whole thing together and Voila! A cool, crisp, and deliciously fabulous Veggie and Cheese Bagel Sandwich