Sammies

What you need:

1 medium onion

1 Stick of butter

3 T Dijon mustad

2 t Worcestershire sauce

1 lb. chipped ham or turkey

½ lb. sliced Swiss cheese

1 pkg. Hawaiian rolls

How to make it:

Start by finely chopping the onion.

Melt a stick of butter in a small sauce pan and then add the onions. Cook until onions are soft.

Add the Dijon mustard and Worcestershire sauce to the onions and butter, stir together.

Grab the package of Hawaiian sweet dinner rolls and cut the entire package in half, length-wise, as one large piece. Place the roll bottoms in an aluminum foil lined 13 by 9 pan. Spread the onion mixture on the entire bottom. (You will want to save about 1/4 C of the mixture back.)

Grab the meat and Swiss cheese. Put the ham on top of the onions and then add the slices of cheese.

Add the roll tops after the cheese. Spread the remaining onion sauce over top of the rolls.

Cover with aluminum foil and refrigerate until ready to use. Bake on 350 degrees for 20 minutes, covered with foil. When you remove from the oven, slice down the roll lines.

Sweet & Salty Cookies

WHAT YOU NEED:

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

3/4 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 large eggs

1 1/2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) chocolate chips

1 cup peanut butter chips

1 cup crushed pretzels

HOW TO MAKE IT:

PREHEAT oven to 375° F.

COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Cake Mix Blueberry mini Muffins

What you need:

1 box yellow cake mix

1 teaspoon baking powder

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

2/3 cup milk

1/3 cup vegetable oil

3 large eggs

1-2 cups fresh or frozen (thawed) blueberries

How to make it:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Mix dry cake mix (don't follow directions on the box), baking powder, flour, milk, oil, and eggs together thoroughly.  Fold in the blueberries very gently, only stirring a couple of times so that your batter doesn't turn blue/purple.  Pour into lined mini muffin tins, filling about 2/3 full, and bake for 11-15 minutes. Makes 72-80 mini muffins.

Banana Bread

What you need:

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs, beaten

2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas

How to make it:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.

In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.

Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

Recipe makes 1 - 9x5 inch loaf.

Heavy Duty Powdered Laundry Detergent

LOVE this so far...

This is a sample jar we're giving to a friend.

What you need:

1 (4 lb 12 oz) Box of Borax

1 (3 lb 7 oz) Box of Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda

1 (3 lb) Container of OxyClean

2 Bars of Fels Naptha

1 (4 lb) Box of Arm & Hammer Baking Soda

1-2 (55 oz) Bottle of Purex Crystals Fabric Softener

How to make it:

Grate the soap into a large mixing bowl. I took a layering approach to mixing everything together. Pour about a third of each ingredient into your container, (we are using a 7.5 gallon trash can with flip lid, a 5 gallon would work even better but we couldn't find one when I wanted to start making this) stir well with a large mixing spoon, pour another third of everything on top of that, mixing those ingredients together and then into the rest, repeat with the last of all ingredients. This was much easier than dumping all the ingredients in at once and then trying to mix it well.

Use 2 T for HE washers, (we're using a coffee scoop)

Use 1/4 C for top loaders