Mennonite girls can cook

My friend Brenda brought a potato dish to our care group potluck recently that I just had to try making myself. I've substituted a homemade dressing for the Ranch dressing she used, so feel free to use bottled dressing if you haven't the time or inclination to make the Buttermilk dressing I used. A recipe to please all potato lovers. potatoes (1-2 per person) Buttermilk Dressing (recipe follows) bacon, cut into 1/4 inch pieces, fried until crisp and drained on paper towel Cheddar, Mozzarella…

Okay these pumpkin sweet rolls were amazing, especially with all that glaze on them. Just so you know if you want to use this much glaze for each roll you will have to make more than I have stated. You only need to drizzle the glaze over the rolls and not pour like I did, but it sure tasted good. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups warm milk 1/2 cup butter, melted 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup pumpkin puree 1 egg, whisked 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon instant yeast 6 cups flour Method: In a large bowl, combine…

20 years ago our youngest daughter sang in the Pacific Mennonite Children's Choir. She brought this recipe home after having it at one of the other choir members homes. Her note on the hand written recipe said, VERY GOOD LIGHT CAKE. She was right. Here I have used blackberries, but you could also use, blueberries, plums, apricots or peaches. Ingredients - for cake 2 eggs 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup Crisco shortening 1/4 cup milk 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 cup flour…

I recently made 6 times the recipe for a wedding event which gave over 700 cookies since it was one of the bride's favorite cookies and thought it would be a good Flashback Friday recipe. It is that time of year again where the home smells of sweet delights baking in the kitchen. If you like peppermint cookies, you can add 3 teaspoons of peppermint extract to make them peppermint cookies. Some cookies are just a sweet reminder of days gone by, and I have fond memories of these soft and…

We have a restaurant here in the Fraser Valley that serves a great farmer sausage soup...using ground smoked sausage. I recently discovered that one can remove the raw farmer sausage from the casing and then brown the meat as a base for this soup. We quite enjoyed it! 1 pound raw farmer sausage (or any similar smoked sausage) 1 large onion, chopped 4-5 cups water 3 medium potatoes, cubed 3-4 carrots, sliced 2 stalks celery, chopped 3 cups corn (frozen or canned, kernels or cream corn)* 1…

Kringle is a Scandinavian pastry which developed over the years into several kinds of sweet, salty or filled pastries. My Tante Lena makes her Kringle with a buttery Zwieback (yeast) dough and I still hope to one day get together with her to see her make them. For now - I have her recipe and two methods of rolling and shaping them. This first method pictured is closer to the way she shapes them and since I was using one hand to hold the camera, I hope my explanation makes sense. I started…

These rolls are a favorite at family gatherings, they are snatched up quickly. They are not difficult to make and definitely worth it. I found this recipe in the 'Cooking with Grace' cookbook. I made slight changes. 1 cup lukewarm water 1 tablespoon instant yeast 1 cup milk 1/2 cup oil 1/2 cup sugar 3 large eggs 5 to 6 1/2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt Add the yeast, milk, and egg mixture to the flour mixture. Knead till smooth, soft but not sticky consistency, 4 to 5 minutes. I start with 5…

Before Christmas I love sitting down with my mom's book of hand written recipes to decide which ones I'll be making.Every year without fail I make these butter tarts.Each pretty pastry shell is filled

Mennonite Scrambled Eggs. Rührei is what we called them when I was a kid. This was never a breakfast meal at our place, but rather a quick lunch or supper. I'd all but forgotten about them until yesterday when I was looking through the fridge to see what I could fix in no time flat, and rührei came to mind. This is a creamy version of scrambled eggs...rather like a cross between an omelet and a pancake. It pairs well with ham or sausage...sprinkled with freshly ground pepper and served with…