I made these fantastic cinnamon rolls the other day for breakfast. They are very easy to make, quick to throw together and a big hit with the children.

INGREDIENTS:

3/4 Cup Milk, 1/4 Cup Margarine (softened), 3 1/4 cups all purpose Flour, 1 package instant yeast, 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 cup Water, 1 egg.—1Cup Brown Sugar (packed), 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon, 1/2 Cup Margarine (softened) and 1/2 cup raisons (optional)

DIRECTIONS:

1. Heat the milk in a small saucepan until it bubbles. remove from heat. Mix in margarine until melted and let cool until warm.

2. In a large bowl combine, 2 1/4 cups of the flour, yeast, sugar and salt. mix well. Add water, egg and milk mixture. beat well. Add remaining flour a little at a time. When dough has just pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. about 5 minutes. ** I used my kitchen aid mixer for step 2 and it worked perfect**

3. Cover dough with damp cloth and let rest for 10 minutes.

4. in a small bowl mix brown sugar, cinnamon and softened margarine.

5. rol out dough into a 9×12 ” rectangle. Spread dough with margarine/sugar mixture. sprinkle with raisons. Roll up dough and pinch seam to seal. cut into 12 equal slices. Place in a greased 9×12 baking dish about 1/2 inch apart. cover let rise until doubled about 30 minutes.

6. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.

serve warm. SUPER YUMMY!!!!

YEA!!! Contest time….Recipe contest are one of my favorite contest to have. Not only do I get to bless someone with one of our fabulous aprons, but I get to try out so many great new recipes.  It has been almost a year since our last recipe contest.   We have been so busy with re-building the site and setting the store back up that I just forgot.  I am very excited about this contest, because this is our first year being on a social network. That translates to me, a lot more recipes to try. So make sure you “like” and “share” this post with all your friends.  Of course that does mean more competition for you, but that is what makes it fun. So without further delay, let’s get things started. Here’s how it works…..

In honor of summer, our recipe theme will be COOKING OUT!!!

1. What to do: Submit any recipe that you would use during a summer cook out. ie… salads, desserts, main dish casseroles or your favorite grilling recipes. (Submit via a comment on our site, FB post comment or email.)

2. What we do: Prepare and sample all the recipes submitted. (My favorite part)

3.What does the winner get: A one of a kind made to order Apron, from us. (Picture of apron prize will be posted soon)

It is that simple.

Starting June 27th though July 11th we will collect recipes for 2 weeks. That way you can decide which of your great 4th of July recipes you want to share. Then we will take two weeks to sample your entries and announce our winner on July 25th. Make sure you leave contact information with your entry so we can notify you if you win.

See. Simple. So go dig out those recipes and let’s get cooking!!

BBQ Quesadilla recipe

Are you looking for new recipe ideas for all that left over turkey? I personally at the end of Thanksgiving and/or Christmas day take all my leftover turkey and debone it, divide it up into ziplock bags and freeze it. I do save some turkey of course for sandwiches and traditional left over dinner, but we being a small family usually have tons of turkey left over. So, I put it in the freezer until I am no longer sick of turkey from all the holiday gorging and then look for new and yummy recipes to use it up later. This year I found a good one. BBQ Quesadilla. If you are like me, you may say eeww, bbq and turkey? But it is really very delicious! So pull out some leftovers and put on your favorite apron and try this great recipe on for size.

 Ingredients:

• 2 cups leftover turkey–cut into bit size pieces
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• BBQ sauce
• Shredded cheddar cheese
•  8 med. flour tortilla
•  1/2 C oil divided

 Sautee’ onion in 2 T oil. Add turkey and bbq sauce and let simmer for 15 minutes. In another sauté pan add 2T oil. Brown tortillas on both sides one at a time adding more oil when needed. Spoon bbq turkey onto half of a tortilla and sprinkle with cheese, fold tortilla over. Broil in over for aprox. 3 minutes on each side or until cheese is melted. Serve with sour cream and corn chips.

This has become one of my children’s favorite quesadilla recipes,so I hope you enjoy it.

Bon appetite