Jeana's Unleavened Bread Recipes

My friend Jeana shared these with us on Facebook. In order to be able to find them again, I am copying them here.

The Famous Biscuit Recipe
they are quick and easy and can be made as small or big as you like:

• 5 cups flour(wheat, spelt, oat, or whatever) 
• 1 tsp salt 
• 3 Tbs honey or molasses 
• 2/3 cup oil 
• 1 1/2 cup milk or water. 

Mix dry ingredients, add wet ingredient mix. Mix well until moistened dough. shape into flat biscuits and fry in very lightly greesed griddle, flipping to brown both sides. you can store the dough in fridge and use as needed.

Swiss Butterhorns 

• 2 cups flour 
• salt 
• 1 egg yolk 
• 2/3 cup butter 
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup finely chopped nuts 
• 3/4 tsp cinnimon (or use a spice mix) 
• 1/2 cup sugar.

Cut butter into flour and salt. Stir in egg yolk and sour cream. Mix well. Chill overnight or a few hours. Divide dough into 3 parts. roll each part out into a 12 inch circle, cut into 12 wedges. Mix sugar, cinnamon or mix, and nuts, and sprinkle over the circle. Roll each wedge starting at the wide edge. Place on greased baking sheet with point under. Bake at 375° 20-25 minutes.

Oat Cakes 
very good, very Scottish

• 1 cup flour 
• 1/3 cup oil 
• 1 Tbls honey
• 4 cups oats (quick or regular)
• 1/4 tsp salt. 

Mix water, oil and honey. Add dry ingredients. Turn out on floured surface, press to 1/4 inch thick, cut into sizes desired. Bake at 350° about 15 minutes. Watch, can be ready sooner.

Tortillas
are made with the biscuit recipe, or my (Jeana's) mom's recipe

• 1-1/2 cups warm water 
• 1/4 cup oil 
• 1/4 cup honey (optional) 
• salt 

Mix and add flour until you have a good bread dough consistency. Roll out balls into circles and fry in a lightly greased skillet; keep skillet very hot. 15 seconds or so on each side.

additional advice from Jeana: 

If you want to give any unleavened Bread recipe a boost of moisture, just add some apple sauce or dry fruit, or egg whites, or yogurt. IT all works well. 

 

These all sound pretty good.  I'm especially thinking I'm going to try the oatcakes.

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Bread and Water

Thank you to everyone who filled out my form telling me what one food and one drink you would choose for the rest of your life.  First, I'll tell you what I chose - bread and water.  Sounds like prison rations or something, doesn't it?

Seriously, that is what I would choose.  Water is my beverage of choice.  I rarely choose anything else.  Sure, a nice glass of wine is good every once in a while, but I couldn't live on it.  And about that bread - it couldn't be just any bread.  It would have to be this wonderful Sourdough Bread that I've been making.  It's so good!

So, those are my choices.  What did everyone else choose?  Here are the results:

• eggs and water
• cookies and milk
• lobster and water
• pollack and homemade organic tomato juice
• avocados and rum
• lasanga and Pure Cranberry Juice
• Spaghetti and Diet Coke
• Eggs and Coffee

If you didn't fill out the form with your own choices, feel free to add yours in the comments here.

If You Could Have Only One

I saw this question on The Newlywed Game - not something I usually watch, but my husband turned it on.  They asked the husbands if their wives could have only one food and one drink for the rest of their lives, what would they choose.  It took me a little bit to figure out for myself what my choices would be - imagine trying to figure out someone else's choices!  Of course, my husband is pretty good, because once I figured it out for myself, I asked him - and he got it exactly right!  Now, if I had to guess what he'd choose, I don't think I'd do a very good job.

Anyway, the whole question got me thinking, so I thought I'd ask:

I'll leave this open for a while and then publish the results, so please play along.  It will be fun!  And I'll tell you what I would choose, too.

Peanut Butter Blossoms

I hadn't made these in ages, but I recently saw them on someone's blog, and decided it was time. Then I went looking for recipes.  I could not believe how many recipes for Peanut Butter Blossoms are out there!  I ended up choosing the one from the Hershey's website - since they're Hershey's Kisses on top, after all.  Also, I liked that the recipe used more peanut butter and less sugar than some of the other ones.  I ended up sort of combining the recipe with the one in my cookbook - by using a little more flour to make the cookies easier to roll out and baking at a slightly lower temperature.  Oh, and I used Dark Chocolate Hershey's Kisses, because that's what I had.

Peanut Butter Blossoms

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup shortening (margarine)
• 3/4 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• Granulated sugar
• 48 HERSHEY'S KISSES (or so)

Directions:

1. Beat shortening and peanut butter in large bowl until well blended. Add 1/3 cup granulated sugar and brown sugar; beat until fluffy. Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into peanut butter mixture.
2. Heat oven to 350°F. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar; place on ungreased cookie sheet. 
3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are set and bottoms are lightly browned. While cookies are baking, remove wrappers from chocolates.  
4. Immediately press a chocolate into center of each cookie as soon as you pull them from the oven; cookie will crack around edges. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. About 4 dozen cookies.

I got about 55 cookies.  The original recipe has you unwrap all the Kisses at the beginning, but I unwrapped them as I put the cookies in the oven, so I had the right number of Kisses for the cookies I had.  And I only ate one or two...

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Southwestern Shepherd's Pie

I grabbed this recipe originally because all I could think when I saw it was, "I have got to try this!"  And yes, I did try it.  It is just as good as it sounds!

Southwestern Shepherd's Pie

by Sheila Lukins and Laurie Griffith
published: 02/17/2010

Try this spicy twist on a comfort classic.

• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 1 small green bell pepper, diced
• 1 Tbsp minced garlic
• 1 Tbsp chopped green jalapeño
• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1 Tbsp tomato paste
• 1 Tbsp chili powder
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 2 cups tomatoes, chopped
• 1/2 cup cooked corn
• 1/2 cup black beans, rinsed
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• 1 1/2 lbs. sweet potatoes, peeled and cut in chunks
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 1/2 cup milk

1. Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion and bell pepper; cook, stirring, for 10 minutes. Add garlic and jalapeño; cook for 2 minutes. Raise heat to medium-high; add beef and brown for 5 minutes.
2. Add tomato paste and spices; cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add tomatoes; simmer until liquid reduces, 15 minutes. Add corn, beans, and 4 Tbsp cilantro. Spoon into a 9x9-inch baking dish.
3. Place sweet potatoes in a saucepan with water to cover. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes. Drain; mash with butter and milk. Spread mash over the meat mixture. Bake in a 400°F oven until brown, 30 minutes. Garnish with more cilantro.

Serves 4. Per serving: 460 calories, 49g carbs, 29g protein, 80mg cholesterol, and 19g fat. 

from Parade

all I need is some cilantro...

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