#1. What’s your favorite kind of roll?

Hmm…I don’t really have a favorite.  I guess anything fresh-baked and warm!
#2. Got a tip for keeping your cabinets or pantry organized?

I have a tiered shelf riser that I got at Target a few years ago that I really like.  It’s inside my kitchen cabinet and raises things up higher that are in the back so they can be seen easily.
#3. What’s your favorite kind of pastry?

Homemade pies and cobblers.  I remember when I was a child, my mother would roll out the pie crust and take the leftover dough and bake it with cinnamon and sugar.  That was so good!   One of my favorite things was my mother’s apricot cobbler.  We had apricot trees in our back yard, so every summer we enjoyed fresh apricot cobbler.  I don’t remember ever getting tired of it.
#4.Share any original recipe. (Why not submit it into my contest too?)

The only one I can think of right now would be one I developed because my kids didn’t like meat in their lasagna:

Meatless 4-Cheese Lasagna

Do you need a special breakfast recipe for guests during the holidays?  Here’s a great recipe from a friend of mine:

INGREDIENTS:

• a loaf frozen bread dough, thaw but do not let rise
• 1 pound sausage
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup Parmesan cheese

Brown the sausage and drain well.  Beat the 2 eggs and mix in with the sausage.  Cook until eggs are just barely done.  Add cheese.  Mix all together.  Pat out the bread in a rectangle and spread on the sausage mixture.  Roll up.  Place on a foil lined cookie sheet.  Bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees.  Remove from the oven and let cool some before slicing.

This time of year we’re thinking about turning on the heat in our cars, but in just a few months we’ll be thinking about turning on the air conditioning here in Texas.  Years ago, our air conditioning went out in our car and it was a pain having the windows down.  My hair was always messed up!   If your air conditioning has gone out on your vehicle and you need an AC Compressor then visit 1airconditioning.com where they have free shipping and warranty on all their parts.

There’s nothing like the smell of dinner rolls baking in the oven.  Here’s a quick recipe for homemade rolls:

• 1 cup milk
• 1/3 cup butter
• 4 cups flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 package rapid rise dry yeast
• 2 eggs, beaten

Combine milk and butter.  Heat to 125-130 degrees.  Mix 3 cups flour, sugar, salt and yeast together. Add to milk and butter mixture.  Add eggs.  Knead together with rest of flour and let stand covered with cup towel over bowl for 10 minutes.  Make into rolls and place in greased pan.  Let rise to double in size (keep out of drafty areas).  Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes.

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I wish I could tell you these cookies have no calories or fat, but I can tell you they are delicious!

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
• 3/4 cup peanut butter
• 2 cups Bisquick baking mix
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• sugar (for rolling the cookies in)
• 36 milk chocolate Kisses (or milk & white chocolate Kisses), unwrapped

Heat oven to 375 degrees.  Mix milk and peanut butter in large bowl until smooth.  Stir in baking mix and vanilla.  Shape dough into 1 1/2 inch balls.  Roll in sugar.  Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.   Bake 8-10 minutes or until bottoms of cookies just begin to brown.  Immediately press chocolate Kiss into the top of each cookie.

Have you done your holiday shopping yet? Or are you one of those people who do their shopping a week or two before Christmas? Some people start shopping as soon as Christmas is over, some start during the summer, and some seem to enjoy last minute shopping.   If you’re just now doing your shopping, then consider eBillme.com where you can save time and money.  In fact, they are having a contest, and why not go check them out and register for the contest?   And if you still have shopping to do, I hope you find just the gifts you are looking for!

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Holiday times are the perfect occasion for special salads.  Families usually have their traditional salads they fix every year, but if you’re looking for something a little different, here’s a salad recipe for peach pie lovers:

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 can peach pie filling
• 1 can mandarin oranges, drained
• 1 can pineapple chunks, drained
• fresh strawberries
• bananas, sliced
  
• grapes

Combine the pie filling, mandarin oranges, and pineapple chunks.  Chill.  Just before serving, add the fresh strawberries, bananas and grapes.  Enjoy!

When you own your own car, you have to have car insurance. We recently had someone run into us while stopped at a red light.  Their insurance paid for the repair to our mini-van’s bumper and also for me to have my neck adjusted.  This goes to show you never know when you’re going to need insurance!

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