Ingredients:

2 sticks of butter, softened

1 ¼   cups light brown sugar

2 eggs

1  teaspoon  vanilla extract

1 ½   cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 ½  teaspoon ground cinnamon

½ teaspoon salt

3 cups rolled oats

1 cup or more mini-chocolate chips


Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).

In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, egg and vanilla until smooth. In a separate bowl, sift the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt together. Stir this into the butter/sugar mixture. Stir in the oats and chocolate chips.

Chill the dough for about 30 minutes

Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden on the edges.

Remove from oven.

Let cool on the cookie sheet for about 5 minutes before transferring them onto a cooling rack.

Yields about 4 dozen cookies

Ingredients:

·         2 cups light brown sugar

·         1 stick butter

·         1 cup light corn syrup

·         1 can sweetened condensed milk

·         2 large bowls of popcorn

Preparation:

·         Bring brown sugar, butter, and syrup to a boil.

·         Boil for about 2-3 minutes stirring constantly.

·         Add 1 can sweetened condensed milk.

·         Bring to a boil stirring constantly for about 1 minute.

·         Pour over popcorn and mix well.

·         Let cool and Enjoy!

Vinegar

Economical, all-natural, environmentally friendly, non-toxic

Streakless windows:

Simply wash with a mixture of equal parts of white distilled vinegar and warm water. Dry with a soft cloth. This solution will make your windows gleam and will not leave the usual film or streaks on the glass.

Scouring cleanser:

Make your own scouring cleanser by combining 1/4 cup baking soda with 1 tablespoon liquid detergent. Add just enough white distilled vinegar to give it a thick but creamy texture.

Clean Drain:

Clean and deodorize a drain by pouring in 1 cup baking soda, then one cup hot white distilled vinegar. Let this sit for 5 minutes or so, and then run hot water down the drain.

Garbage:

Deodorize the garbage disposal by pouring in 1/2 cup baking soda and 1/2 cup hot white distilled vinegar. Let sit for 5 minutes then run hot water down the disposal.

Clean oven:

To clean a grease splattered oven door window, saturate it with full-strength white distilled vinegar. Keep the door open for 10 to 15 minutes before wiping with a sponge.

Dishwasher:

Remove soap buildup and odors from the dishwasher by pouring a cup of white distilled vinegar inside the empty machine and running it through a whole cycle. Do monthly.

Metal Cleanser:

Make a metal cleanser by adding enough white distilled vinegar to 2 tablespoons of cream of tartar to make a paste. Rub it on and let it dry on the surface. Wash it off and dry with a soft cloth.

Clean faucets:

Get rid of calcium deposits on faucets by soaking a cloth or paper towel in white distilled vinegar and wrapping the area tightly. Let this sit for a couple of hours or overnight.

Remove soap buildup from faucets by scrubbing them with a solution of 1 part salt to 4 parts white distilled vinegar.

Grout Cleaner:

Clean grout by letting full-strength white distilled vinegar sit on it for a few minutes and scrubbing it with an old toothbrush.

Kill Germs:

Kill germs all around the bathroom with a spray of full-strength white distilled vinegar. Wipe clean with a damp cloth.

Grime Buster:

To remove grime, mildew, and scum from the tub, tile, shower curtain or door, wipe with undiluted white distilled vinegar. Rinse with water.

Clean Showerhead:

To clean a scummy showerhead, pour 1/2 cup baking soda and 1 cup white distilled vinegar into a sandwich bag and tie it around the showerhead. Let this set for an hour after the bubbling has stopped. Remove the bag and then turn on the water.

Baby

Clean Bottles:

To remove film in glass baby bottles, fill with equal parts hot water and white distilled vinegar. Let sit for at least an hour. Scrub with a bottle brush.

Clean Toys:

To clean and disinfect baby toys add a good-sized splash of white distilled vinegar to soapy water.

Laundry

Odor Buster:

Remove perspiration odor and stains on clothing, as well as those left by deodorants, by spraying full-strength white distilled vinegar on underarm and collar areas before tossing them into the washing machine.

Mildew:

Forgot that you left wet laundry in the machine and it now smells moldy? Pour a few cups of white distilled vinegar in the machine and wash the clothes in hot water. Then run a normal cycle with detergent.

Whiter Whites:

Get cleaner laundry! Add about 1/4 cup white distilled vinegar to the last rinse. The acid in white distilled vinegar is too mild to harm fabrics, yet strong enough to dissolve the alkalis in soaps and detergents. Besides removing soap, white distilled vinegar prevents yellowing, acts as a fabric softener and static cling reducer, and attacks mold and mildew.

Chemical Free:

Eliminate manufacturing chemicals from new clothes by adding 1/2 cup white distilled vinegar to the water.

Soap Scum:

Remove soap scum and clean the hoses of your washing machine with white distilled vinegar. Periodically run the machine with only a cup of white distilled vinegar in it—nothing else added to the wash cycle.

Brighter Colors:

Bring out bright colors by adding 1/2 cup white distilled vinegar to the rinse cycle.

Fluffy:

Fluff up wool or acrylic sweaters (hand- or machine-washed) and rid them of soap smell with 1/2 cup white distilled vinegar in the last rinse water.

Health

Bites & Stings:

Stop insect stings and bites from itching by dabbing them with a cotton ball saturated with undiluted white distilled vinegar.

Sunburn:

Soothe sunburn with a spray of white distilled vinegar, repeating as often as you like. Ice-cold white distilled vinegar will feel even better, and may prevent blistering and peeling.

Cuts:

For cuts and scrapes, use white distilled vinegar as an antiseptic.

Relief from Heartburn:

For relief of heartburn or acid indigestion, take one or two tablespoons of balsamic vinegar.

Relieve dry and itchy skin:

Add 2 tablespoons of vinegar to your bath water.

Soothe a sore throat:

Put a teaspoon of vinegar in a glass of water. Gargle, then swallow. For another great gargle: 1 cup hot water, 2 tablespoons honey, 1 teaspoon vinegar, gargle then drink.

Stop Itching:

Apply a paste made from vinegar and cornstarch.  Keep on until itch disappears.

Bug Spray:

Combine equal amounts of water, white distilled vinegar and liquid dish soap in a spray bottle.  Use on skin, as needed. 

Garden

Weeds:

Kill weeds and grass growing in unwanted places by pouring full-strength white distilled vinegar on them. This works especially well in crevices and cracks of walkways and driveways.

Blooms:

Give acid-loving plants like azaleas, rhododendrons, hydrangeas and gardenias a little help by watering them with a white distilled vinegar solution now and again. A cup of white distilled vinegar to a gallon of tap water is a good mixture.

Slug-Be-Gone:

Kill slugs by spraying them with a mixture of 1 part water and 1 part white distilled vinegar.

Pet

Shine:

Give your dog a gleaming coat by spraying or rubbing with a solution of 1 cup white distilled vinegar to 1 quart water. As a bonus, you save the cost of an expensive shine product used on show animals. (Works even on a horse!)

Ears:

Keep a dog from scratching its ears by wiping them out regularly with a soft cloth dipped in undiluted white distilled vinegar.

Skunk:

Remove skunk odors by wiping down the animal with a 50-50 solution of white distilled vinegar and water, followed by a plain-water rinse. Repeat if necessary.

Pest fighter:

A teaspoon of white distilled vinegar for each quart bowl of drinking water helps keep your pet free of fleas and ticks. The ratio of one teaspoon to one quart is for a forty-pound animal.

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 envelope Yeast
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup very warm water
  
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions:

• Place 1/4 cup of the warm water in large warm bowl.
• Sprinkle with yeast; stir until undissolved.
• Add remaining water, salt, oil and 2 cups all-purpose flour; stir well.
• Stir in enough remaining flour to make soft dough.
• Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 4 to 6 minutes.
• Cover with a dish towel and let rest on floured surface 10 minutes
• Divide and roll dough to fit desired pan.
• Top pizza as you like :)
• Bake at 400 degrees F for 20 to 30 minutes or until done.

Breadmachine:
Process ingredients on you dough cycle

Garlic & Herb Pizza Dough:
Add Basil, Oregano, or Rosemary and 1 clove finely minced garlic along with dry ingredients.

Whole Wheat Dough:
 Replace 1 cup flour with whole wheat flour.

Ingredients:

- 3 whole eggs, beaten
- 3 cups of flour, sifted
- 1 cup of milk
- salt to taste

Directions:

-In a large bowl mix together milk, eggs and salt
-Add flour a little at a time until well blended, dough will be sticky

-Bring 2-3 quarts of water to a boil
-Put dough in the basket of a spaetzle make and place over the pot
-Slide basket back and forth, pushing the dough through the holes allowing the dough to drop into the boiling water
-Stir to keep from sticking together
-If you don't have a spaetzle maker you can push the dough through the holes of a colander or potato ricer
-The spaetzle are done when they float to the top.
-Drain and Enjoy

Quick Meal:
Toss the drained spaetzle with a melted butter in a pan and sprinkle with parmesan

Optional:
Making soup? Drop the spaetzle dough right  into your broth

Ingredients:

1 lb. bread dough (homemade or bought)

½-1 cup of Spaghetti Sauce

1 6oz package of slice pepperoni

1-2 cups of shredded cheese

Directions:


Pre-heat oven to 380 degrees

Roll out dough into a large rectangle about ¼ inch thickness

Spread sauce within 2 inches of edge on each side

Cover sauce with pepperoni slices and top with cheese

Starting with the long side, start rolling up dough very tightly into one long log

Cut ½ inch thick slices and lay them flat on a greased baking sheet

Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden brown and cheese is bubbly