Cinnamon Roly Poly's

                                                                         

Make some of these out of leftover pie dough! But heck they are so good just whip up some pie dough & make a big batch!

Crust Ingredients
2 cups Flour 
1/4 tsp Salt
2 tsp. Sugar
2/3 cup COLD Butter
4 to 5 TBS. COLD WATER
Stir dry together cut in butter until you have fine crumbs. Add water & stir until it all combines to a light dough.

 Roll out into oblong shape as this as you can. Spread with melted butter use as much as you need to cover surface with a generous portion. Sprinkle liberally with sugar & cinnamon. Roll up & slice in 1 & 1/2 inch wide rolls. Bake sitting up in your pan. Sprinkle tops with sugar before baking. I usually bake these with the pie I am making ! Bake just until brown about 25 minutes. DELICIOUS & Old Fashioned treat!                          

Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookies Made With Fresh Picked Mint

                                                                         

Delicious Chocolate Sugar Cookies with fresh mint. So yummy!If you do not have fresh mint substitute with 2 teaspoons of peppermint extract!

1 Cup Softened Butter

1 Cup Granulated Sugar

1 Cup Powdered Sugar

1 Cup Vegetable Oil

1 Cup Fresh Picked Mint Leaves

2 TBS Vegetable Oil

2 Large Eggs

2 TSP Vanilla + 2 TSP Peppermint Extract if you do not have the Fresh Mint Leaves

4 Cups Flour

1/2 Cup Cocoa I used Hershey Extra Dark Special

1 TSP Salt

1 TSP Baking Soda

1 TSP Cream Of Tartar

White Sanding Sugar

Beat the Butter fluffy then add the sugars & beat again. In a food processor puree the mint leaves that you washed & de-stemmed with the 2 TBS of Oil. Now add them & the 1 Cup Oil to the butter mixture. Beat in eggs & extract. Stir the remaining dry ingredients together & slowly beat them into the butter mixture. DO NOT CHILL THE DOUGH! Lightly spray your baking sheets & preheat oven to 375 degrees. Drop by tablespoon fulls onto prepared sheets. Lightly press down & pat with fingers to tidy the edges into circles, that is easy the dough responds quickly & does not stick to your fingers or a spoon. Now sprinkle with the sanding sugar as much as you like. Bake ten to 12 minutes, This makes 6 dozen big chocolate & minty delicious beautiful cookies!

Taco Stromboli

                                                                         

Taco Stromboli? Why not? Beans, Beef, Taco Seasonings, & of course Cheese all wrapped in Stromboli dough! It all adds up to DELICIOUS!

DOUGH:

3 Cups Bread Flour

2 TSP Sugar

1 Packet Yeast

1 & 1/3 Cups Ice Water

1 TSP Salt

1 TBS Oil

Stir flour, sugar, & yeast together. Add the water, stir & then let it sit for 10 minutes. Now add the salt & oil & work it through the dough. Now cover & let raise double. In a warm place this should take 1 hour. While dough is doubling make the Taco Filling.

TACO FILLING:

1 LB Very lean Ground Beef

1 Packet of your favorite Taco Seasoning

Water according to Taco Seasoning.

Brown the beef , add the seasoning & cook according to packet.

Now preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Roll out dough on a well floured baking sheet to a 10 by 14 rectangle. Take 1 16 OZ. Can of Refried Beans & spread that over 1/2 of the dough lengthwise. Now spread the meat over the beans. Now sprinkle 2 Cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese over the meat. Now fold the dough over lengthwise & seal the edge by crimping or folding under. Bake for 18 minutes! Remove from oven. On serving plates lay a bed of shredded lettuce & Tortilla Chips. Lay a slice of Stromboli on the lettuce bed & dollop with sour cream & Taco Sauce ! YUM! This serves four large servings or 6 serving like the picture above!