Creamy Four Cheese Garlic Spaghetti

From Julia on Pinterest and Facebook

1 Tbl olive oil
1Tbl butter
5 cloves garlic, minced
8 oz spaghetti (cooked)
1 cup cooked pasta water
1 chicken boullion cube
1 cup heavy cream
1 1.2 cups of Four-cheese Italian White Cheese Blend (Mozzarella, White Cheddar, Provolone, Asiago.)
Parsley, or chives or green onion

1.  Heat olive oil and butter on medium heat in a large skillet, add minced garlic and cook for about 1 minute on medium heat, without burning.
2.  Coook pasta in a seperate pan, drain. Reserve some cooked pasta water.  Dissolve 1 cube of chicken broth bullion in 1 cup of hot pasta water.
3.  Add pasta waters with the dissolved chicken bullion cube in it.  heavy cream, and cooked spaghetti to the skillet with cooked garlic.  Bring to boil, stirring.  Once the liquids are boiling, immediately add cheese and keep stirring everything together (spaghetti and cream), while boiling until cheese melts and coats pasta, for about 1 minute.  Reduce heat to simmer and continbue to cook, constantly stirribng, to thicken the sauce for another minute or two.
4.  To serve, tyop each serving with finely chopped chives, or green onions, or parsley.

Mashed Potato Bites

These delicious little appetizers are like a twice baked potato in finger food form.  Yum and easier than they look

approx 4 cups of cold mashed potatoes
1 cup chopped green onion
1 teaspoon of garlic
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 egg
3\4 cup of cooked, crumbled bacon
cheddar cheese in 1 inch cubes, or other cheese
1 beaten egg
bread crumbs
flour
Mix first six ingredients.  Take a heaping spoonful of this mixture and flatten it in your hand.  wrap around cheese cube.  roll into a ball.  Roll in flour, then beaten egg, then bread crumbs then egg then again in the bread crumbs.  Fry in deep oil until brown then Bake at 400 degrees or 200 celcius

Beyond Delicious Chocolate Cake

This is the cake I use all the time.  It is moist and delicious and not that hard .  The trick is to NOT overbake.  Your fork should not come out gooy but there should be a few crumbs stuck to the fork.  Another trick:  Frost the cake when it is very very slightly warm. Cool enough so that it does not melt the frosting. This keeps it moist

Cream:  1/2 cup shortening - I now use only butter
               1 1/2 cups sugar
                2 eggs (in Portugal 1 egg and 1 yolk)
In separate bowl combine:  1/2 cup cocoa
                                              2 cups flour

Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with 1 cup sour milk
Blend
Add:  1 cup water with 2 tsp baking soda (1/2 cup water in Portugal)

Pour into a greased floured pan and bake for 30 minutes at 350 (180 in portugal)

This cake is yummy even if you are not particularly a cake lover.!!

Dumplings

Love this on chicken soup or beef stew.
2 Cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp. salt
3/4 Cup of milk
4 Tbl of oil
Combine and mix well just before adding to soup.  Drop by Tablespoons into simmering (hot) soup.  Cover and simmer 15-20 minutes until done

Jodys 60 Minute Rolls ( for Cinnamon Rolls)

I got this recipe from my daughter-in-law and even for people who don't
 particularly like cinnamon rolls these are melt in your mouth delightful.

3 1/2 - 4 Cups flour
3 TBL sugar
1 tsp salt
2 Pkgs yeast (2 1/2 TBL)
1 C milk
1/2 C water
1/4 C butter

In bowl combine 1 1/2 C flour, sugar , salt, yeast, and set aside.
In sauce pan combine milk, water, and butter.  Heat until butter melts.  All ow to cool if too hot (should be just warm)

Add liquids to flour mixture and stir.  Add remaining flour until dough is slightly sticky.  Grease sides of bowl and rise.  I place my bowl in a larger bowl of hot water so it rises in about 15 min.
Punch down and shape as desired.

For cinnamon rolls
   roll flat in large rectangle ( less than 1/4 in thick)
   spread with butter
   spread with brown sugar
   sprinkle with cinnamon
   add raisins if desired
I don't let them rise much if at all.  I like the bread thin.
Cook at 350 approx 15 min

Frosting:  Ma