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[graygables]

Originally Posted by Skatetigger

My mom use to make us homemade croutons all the time. They were soo good.
Dawn-How do you make your croutons?

I cube bread (whatever I have around) and toss it in a skillet with melted butter, seasoned salt, and parsley. Keep it moving until it's almost browned. I then transfer it to my pizza pan (it has holes in the bottom) and pop it under the broiler on low for a few minutes to crisp them up a bit.

[Skatetigger]

Ooh thanks those sound good.

[Belle*]

Those tortillas sound so good! I always make potato salad or macaroni salad myself. I also always make mashed potatoes from scratch. My new go to soup is the creamy potato soup from the Deceptively Delicious cook book.

[akleos]

What, Dawn? You didn't make corn tortillas and grind the corn kernels yourself? I'm just teasing! Actually, I want to than you for sharing the recipe - I'm going to try it myself. But... going back to the original thought.... Yummmm... corn kernels. You know, the half popped corn kernels at the bottom of the popper....

[Teresa]

Tapioca Pudding. I use the old-fashioned stuff, and it has to soak for at least 8 hours first - then about an hour of cooking time! It's so easy to just go get some, but it's not as good.

[marineswfe99]

i am going to make these tortillas next week they sound yummy!!!

[stefffe]

since im in the stone ages and dont have one of those kitchen aide thingies can i just mix them the old fashioned way???? i would love to make my own.....and that sounds sooooooooooo good......

[jenifermg0]

Originally Posted by graygables

It was painfully easy :
5 cups flour (I used 1/2 white, 1/2 white whole wheat)
1/2 cup shortening (but I used about 2 Tablespoons Smart Balance and the rest coconut oil...it's healthier!)
2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 cup boiling water

I dumped all the dry in my kitchenaid with the oils and set it to spin with a bread hook. Dumped in the boiling water and let it knead. I did add an additional probably 1/2 cup flour (it was humid today). Roll into balls (between tennis and golf ball sized) and set to rest for an hour (up to 8, but mine only had about 45 minutes). I used my electric griddle so I could do 2 at a time, but a skillet, preheated would work, too (do NOT grease!). Dust a surface with flour and roll each ball into a very thin circle (like shape...some of mine were more hearts and I was hoping for a Mickey, but could never get it right!) Place on hot skillet and watch for it to "bubble". When it does, give it a flip for about 30 seconds and remove to a towel (to cover and keep warm). It took about 15 minutes of production time and the recipe made about 18 8" tortillas with my double-wide griddle.

Okay - gonna have to make some of these to use in my Mexican Lasgna!! Wonder if you could substitute corn meal for the flour? Or maybe just part of it??
We do our own bread most of time - however....I do cheat just a bit - we have a bread maker!!! Dump in all the ingredients, hit a button, come back later, voila!, fresh bread!!!!
And YES - you can learn A LOT watching Alton Brown and he's way entertaining to boot!!!!!!

[AmyJune]

I can only think of 3 things I make that are easier to buy:

Brownies (use splenda and bittersweet chocolate to cut the sweet)
buttermilk biscuits
Red Velvet cake