Merry Christmas food!

We had a wonderful Relief Society Christmas party! Thanks to everyone who attended.

As requested, here is the recipe for the dill meatballs (the basic recipe, and notes indicating what I did differently). This can be served alone as an appetizer, or with rice as a main dish. Enjoy!

Dill Sauce for 70 meatballs: (I used the packaged meatballs from Sam's Club)

1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
2 cups chicken broth
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp (I actually used 2 Tablespoons--you can start with less and add more as needed)
1 cup sour cream (I actually used 1/2 cup--add more to make it more creamy)

Melt butter--Stir in flour. Add rest of ingredients except for sour cream and cook and stir until thickened. Remove from heat. Add sour cream and serve.

Other recipes used that evening:

brownie-dipped oreos: recipe here, from Picky Palate
Peppermint brownies: recipe here, from Picky Palate
Cheesecake: recipe here, from HowDoesShe (I omitted the chocolate completely, and used regular graham crackers for the crust. Its fabulous with the chocolate, as well!)

Here's a recipe from Kasey Hunt--a favorite from a blueberry recipe night she hosted!


Blueberry Crumb Cake

1/2 sticks Butter
1 Tbsp (additional) butter
3/4 C Sugar
1 whole egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2C All-purpose flour
2 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 C whole milk
2 C fresh blueberries
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For the topping:
3/4 sticks butter
1/2 C sugar
1/2tsp cinnamon
1/2 C Flour
1/2 tsp salt

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir and set aside.
Cream 1/2 stick plus 1 Tbsp butter with cinnamon and sugar. Add egg and mix until combined. Add vanilla and mix. Add flour mixture and milk alternately until totally incorporated. Do not over beat. Stir in blueberries until evenly distributed.
Grease 9x13 inch baking pan. Pour in batter.
In a separate bowl combine topping ingredients and cut together using two knives or a pastry cutter. Sprinkle over the top of the cake.
Bake cake for 40-45 minutes, or until golden brown. Sprinkle with sugar. Cut into squares and serve with softened butter.

Recipe by www.thepioneerwoman.com

Cinnamon Honey Butter

Cinnamon Honey Butter (from Sharon Hunt)

1/2 cup butter (margarine)
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
1/2 cup honey
1 teaspoon cinnamon
* Mix till light and fluffy.

Easy Refrigerator Rolls

Easy Refrigerator Rolls (from Sharon Hunt)

No kneading. Fresh rolls every night!

2 cups warm water
2 pkg. active dry yeast
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp salt
1/4 cup soft margarine
1 egg
6 1/2 to 7 cups flour

In bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Stir in sugar, salt, shortening, egg. Measure flour and mix in flour with hand until dough is easy to handle. Place greased-side-up in greased bowl. Cover with damp cloth
(I use clear plastic wrap); place in refrigerator, must be punched down occasionally as it rises. After about 2 hours before baking, shape dough into rolls, cinnamon rolls or coffee cakes, etc.
Cover ( I just put in warm oven uncovered) and let rise until double, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Heat oven to 400 F and bake 12-15 minutes. Makes 4 dozen medium rolls.

Sharon Hunt's Character Bread

Character Bread
(This recipe has been edited since its original posting, and from the handout)

This is a recipe from Sister Carol Henry (K-3) and it is so fun to make that it is all I use for loaf bread, now. I didn't want to take credit for this, but I do have fun with it and use it often. Sharon Hunt.

4 cups of warm water
2 heaping tablespoons of quick rise yeast
1\4 to 1\2 cup of honey (or sugar)
.Mix and let work*
1 egg to yeast mixture
1\4 cup olive oil (can use any per recipe - I've always used olive)
6 cups flour your choice white /wheat/rye
2 cups of anything else**
Dash of nutmeg or cinnamon (optional)
3 teaspoons salt

Put oven on warm
Oil 3 bread pans (large)

Slowly add 3 additional cups of flour just until ball starts to pull away from side of bowl. Divide dough into 3 parts. Put in oiled pans. Turn oven off. Place bread in oven for 20 minutes.
Be aware that many ovens will not have really low temperatures, so make sure that the oven is on and WARM then turn it off and putt the bread pans in to raise for 20 minutes.
Turn oven to 350 F and bake for additional 38 minutes.

* "Let work" = let it bubble. And make sure that the yeast is mixed with the water and sugar and that the water is not to hot.

** Do not forget this step! This is the fun part. I have added wheat and rye flour, cheddar cheese and garlic, parmesan cheese, applesauce, potato flakes and real mashed potatoes, quick oatmeal cooked or uncooked, raisins, cottage cheese, pureed leftovers vegetables from dinner - use your imagination!

Welcome to the table~

Kalamazoo 1st ward can cook!

This blog was created as a place to share recipes for all the yummy food we eat, share, and learn about through K-1 Relief Society (Hello--Do we really need 40 photocopies of each recipe, most of which will end up in the trash?). If you would like a recipe and don't see it, leave a comment! This is a work in progress, but hopefully it will be a reliable source for the foods your sisters make and you love!