Reivel Kuchen

Ingredients:

Base:

1 egg

3 T. sugar

pinch of baking powder

just enough flour to make thin paste

Topping:

5 T. brown sugar

5 T. white sugar

3/4 c. flour
3 T. shortening

Recipe:

1. Mix fruit of choice with first 4 ingredients.

2. Mix the remainder of the ingredients in a separate bowl with fork or pastry cutter.

3. Place fruit mixture on top of bread dough. Sprinkle with topping mixture and dust with cinnamon. *

4. Bake at 350-degrees for 30 mintes.

* I used the other half of pizza dough from here.

Rating: 4 of 5

I am biased though. This is the stuff my grandmas would make when we came to visit. I love the clumps of brown sugar and cinnamon on top. And peach is my absolute favorite!

Source: My Grandmas Norton and Lenhart. Two of the best cooks of all time!

Homemade Pizza Dough and Sauce

We chose to do Canadian bacon with pineapple and sprinkled Parmesan cheese on top.

Pizza Sauce

Ingredients:

About 12 plum tomatoes, seeded, skinned, and pureed in a food processor *

1 white onion, chopped fine **

2 tablespoons of olive oil

2 tablespoons garlic ***

2 tablespoons sugar

1 tbsp salt

1/2 tablespoon red pepper

2 tablespoons minced garlic ****

* I didn't have that many tomatoes, nor will I buy that many for pizza sauce. So, I just used a can of tomato sauce.

** I don't like working with onions, so I replaced it with 1/3 c. dried chopped onion

*** I didn't have fresh garlic on hand so I used garlic powder to taste
**** I didn't have 2 T. of minced garlic so I used 3 t.

Recipe:

1. Heat your oil in an 8 quart pan. Add your onions–we want to sweat them until they are transparent. This should take about six minutes. Then, add your garlic. By now, your kitchen should be filling with a delectable aroma–excellent!
2. At this point, we want to add the tomato puree we made, along with the sugar, salt, and red pepper. Bring the whole mixture to a boil. Then reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, as the sauce thickens. The sauce should be pretty smooth when we finished, provided we did okay during the food-processing.

Rating: 2.5 of 5

We liked this recipe ok. The red pepper was way too strong. Next time I think I will either eliminate the pepper or just cut it by half. There was enough sauce for 2 pizza crusts so I put the extra in the freezer for later.

Source: http://www.pizzasaucerecipe.org/

Pizza Dough

Ingredients:

2 T. yeast

1 t. salt

2 T. sugar

2 c. warm water

4 c. flour

Recipe:

1. Mix together the water, sugar, yeast, and salt. Let is rise for 10 minutes.

2. Add approximately 4 cups flour and let rise for 20 minutes.

3. Divide dough in half and form into 2 pizza crusts. *

4. Garnish with sauce, cheese, and favorite toppings.

5. Bake at 375-degrees for 15-20 minutes.

*Because I was trying to do 5 things at once I let the crust rise after putting all the extra stuff on for about 20 more minutes.

Rating: 4 of 5

This crust was soft and tasty. We really enjoyed it!

Source: I believe this is my Aunt Renee's recipe.

Honey Mustard Grilled Chicken

Ingredients:

1/3 cup Dijon mustard
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 teaspoon steak sauce
4 skinless, boneless chicken

Recipe:
1. Preheat the grill for medium heat.
2. In a shallow bowl, mix the mustard, honey, mayonnaise, and steak sauce. Set aside a small amount of the honey mustard sauce for basting, and dip the chicken into the remaining sauce to coat.
3. Lightly oil the grill grate. Grill chicken over indirect heat for 18 to 20 minutes, turning occasionally, or until juices run clear. Baste occasionally with the reserved sauce during the last 10 minutes. Watch carefully to prevent burning!

Rating: 5 of 5

We had this one for Christmas Eve dinner with the Ames and then again 4 days later with Krista. It tastes best on really thin pieces of chicken.

Source: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Honey-Mustard-Grilled-Chicken/Detail.aspx