Whole Wheat Tortillas

These are so easy and fun to make!  We love having these when we are on our Daniel Fast!  I often have with some hummus (recipe coming), soup, make black bean tacos, possibilities are endless.  

 

Ingredients:

2     cups whole wheat flour

½     teaspoon salt
2     tablespoons olive oil
½     cup warm water
Preparation:

1. Mix flour and salt in bowl.
2. Add olive oil and stir until well combined.
3. Add warm water 1 tablespoon at a time until the mixture starts to pull away from the sides of the bowl.
4. Knead dough on floured board for about 3 minutes (20 folds).
5. Allow dough to rest for 15 minutes (this is called resting)
6. Roll dough into sausage-shape and then cut into 12 equal parts (cut in half, then in half again, then each part into thirds) and shape into little ball
7. With a rolling pin, roll each little ball into a tortilla (for best results, roll out from the center and outward).
8. Heat a skillet over medium heat. Fry the tortillas  in a dry stick-free pan for about 30 seconds on each side for soft tortillas or longer for crisp tortillas.
9. Keep tortillas warm by placing in a tortilla holder or wrap in a kitchen towel
    
   Jill

Tomato and Basil Bruschetta

Mark loves bruschetta, but as you may have noticed he loves most everything. I serioiusly don't know where he puts all of the food he consumes!! I've made this for life group, guests, and just for Mark (I know, he's so lucky to have me, right?)

Ingredients:
3 chopped garlic cloves (we love garlic, but this is a little much. I would use no more than 2)
6 firm ripe tomatoes, diced
2 Tbs choppe fresh basil (Mark likes more)
narrow Italian bread loaf
freash sea salt and cracked pepper
2 Tbs extra virgin olive oil
2 whole peeled garlic cloves
3-4 Tbs grated parmesan cheese (fresh grated is sooo much better than the shaky cheese in my opinion)

Mix together choppped garlic, basil, salt, and pepper. Slowly drizzle over olive oil, add tomatoes and let marinate while preparingth rest. Preheat oven to 350, place bread on baking sheet and toast for 4 minutes. Drizzle olive oil on each bread slice, then rub each wih whole garlic cloves, and finally sprinkle generously with parmesan. Return to oven for another 3-5 minutes until cheese is baked in. Spoon tomoato mixture onto each slice with some parmesan shavings on top.

Jill

Pumpkin Muffins

These are our all time favorite muffin. Lucas asks for these all of the time. The recipe came from Rosemarie (once again) although I think it may actually be Doris's recipe? Anyhoo, it came from the Miller family.

Ingredients
3 cups sugar
1 cup oil
4 egg
beat together and add 2 cups (15 oz can) of pumpkin
2/3 cup water
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
dash clovesand ginger
3 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda

mix sugar, oil, eggs, pumpkin, and water. then, sift together salt, cinnamon, nutmeg,cloves, ginger, flour, baking soda in seperate bowl.
Add dry mixture to liquid mixture and beat. Bake in greased and floured muffins pans (or lined with muffin cups) at 350 degrees for 18 minutes.

Jill

Magic Marshmallow Crescent Puffs

Magic Marshmallow Crescent Puffs
¼ c sugar
2 TBS all purpose flour
1 tsp cinnamon
2 (8oz) can refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
16 large marshmallows
¼ c melted butter or margarine

Heat oven to 375. In a small bowl combine sugar, flour and cinnamon. Dip one marshmallow in melted butter; roll in sugar mixture. Place marshmallow on wide end of triangle. Roll up starting at wide end and rolling to opposite point. Completely cover marshmallow with dough; firmly pinch edges to seal. Dip one end in remaining margarine and place margarine side down in ungreased large muffin cups. Repeat with remaining marshmallows. Bake at 375 for 12-15 min.. Immediately remove from muffin cups; cool on wire racks over wax paper. Drizzle glaze over warm rolls. Sprinkle with nuts, if desired
Glaze: ½ c powdered sugar, ½ tsp vanilla, 2-3 tsp milk Mix

Mom gave me this recipe and now this is requested at all sleepovers and slumber parties. The kids love to make it and snack on marshmallows while preparing.

Marney