RECIPES

 

Holiday Rolls 
    Elegant Christmas Dinner Rolls are easy to make with Rhodes shaped roll recipes. Shape & bake a variety to impress your holiday guests!

Cloverleaf Rolls
Rhodes Dinner Rolls, thawed but still cold
flour
soft butter or margarine squeeze
    With scissors or knife, cut rolls in half. Place three halves in each sprayed muffin tin cup. If desired, roll balls in flour first. Squeeze butter or margarine in between roll halves, if desired. Cover with sprayed plastic wrap and let rise until double in size. Remove wrap and bake at 350°F for 15 to 20 minutes. Immediately place rolls on cooling rack.

Swirl Rolls
Rhodes Texas Rolls or Rhodes Dinner Rolls, thawed but still cold
flour
    Roll and stretch one Texas roll or two dinner rolls, combined, into a 12-inch rope. Roll in flour and form a coil. Place in sprayed muffin tin cup. Cover with sprayed plastic wrap, and let rise until double in size. Remove wrap and bake at 350°F for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown. Immediately place on cooling rack.

Butterflake Rolls
Rhodes Texas Rolls or Rhodes Dinner Rolls, thawed but still cold
soft butter or margarine squeeze
flour
    Place one Texas roll or two dinner rolls, combined, in hand. With scissors, snip roll into 5 or 6 pieces, cutting nearly to the bottom. Squeeze butter or margarine into each slice and dust with flour, if desired. Place roll in sprayed muffin tin cup. Cover with sprayed plastic wrap, and let rise until double in size. Remove wrap and bake at 350°F for 15 to 20 minutes. Immediately place rolls on cooling rack.

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Cheese Pocketbooks

2 pounds Cheddar cheese, grated
1/2 pound Blue cheese
2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese
2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon Tabasco
1 clove garlic, crushed
Salt, Accent, red pepper, and paprika to taste
2 – 3 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 – 2 Tablespoons mayonnaise
4 loaves extra-thin sliced bread
Butter

TO PREPARE:  Let cheese soften and then combine with all ingredients except bread and butter. Cut crusts from bread. Butter one side. Flip over and place a spoonful of cheese mixture in center of bread slice and fold the four corners to the center to form a pillow-shaped "pocketbook." These may need to be secured with a toothpick. Bake 12–15 minutes at 400 degrees. May be frozen and baked straight from the freezer. If so, add 5 – 10 minutes to baking time. Serve hot.
NOTE: Also nice to accompany a fruit plate or bowl of soup for a light meal. The cheese mixture alone may be used as a sandwich spread.
YIELDS: 96 pocketbooks, 2 quarts cheese spread.

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Thanksgiving Blessing Mix (For next year ...)
    Set a pretty holiday table, or share with friends with these small Thanksgiving favors. Easy to make and fun to eat!

2 cups Bugles brand corn snacks
2 cups small pretzels
1 cup candy corn
1 cup dried fruit bits or raisins
1 cup peanuts or sunflower seeds
1 cup M&Ms brand chocolate candy
16 Hershey's brand chocolate kisses

Directions: In a large bowl, gently mix all ingredients except Hershey's Kisses. Place 1/3 to 1/2 cup Blessing Mix in small cellophane treat bags. Add one Hershey's Kiss to each bag. Close bag with chenille stem or twist-tie.
    Print 4 copies of the Thanksgiving printable gift tag page, or hand-write tags with the following wording. Cut out tags, and attach one to each bag.
    Makes 16 Blessing Mix gift bags.
 

** Contributed by: Karen Tankersley, PGM of North Dakota

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Cooking Technique
Cooking vegetables to perfection using broth
Broth is the perfect seasoning for cooking vegetables, whether braising, roasting or serving with a sauce:

• Simmer root vegetables such as potatoes, turnips, parsnips and rutabaga in enough broth to cover until very tender; mash, season to taste with pepper and serve.
• Sauté carrots and broccoli in a little olive oil and garlic just to coat; then add enough broth to cover bottom of skillet, bring to a boil, lower heat, cover and simmer just until tender.
• Roast onions, squash wedges and beets uncovered on a shallow roasting pan; baste occasionally with broth until tender

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HELOISE

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    As a traffic safety consultant, I often gave talks to organizations on accident prevention. One night after I spoke to a PTA group, the program chairperson thanked me profusely and gave me a check for fifty dollars.

    "Giving these presentations is part of my job," I said. "Could I donate the money to one of your causes?" 
    "That would be wonderful," she gushed. "We have just the program that could use it. We're trying to raise money so we can afford better speakers."

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    A minister was called away unexpectedly by the illness of a close family member. He entrusted his new assistant with filling the pulpit. The Pastor's wife stayed home. When he returned, the minister asked his wife what she thought of the young man's sermon.

    "The poorest I've ever heard," she said. "There was nothing in it, nothing at all. It didn't even make sense. It was very unorganized. I was disappointed." 
    Later that day, the concerned minister met his assistant and asked him, "How'd the Sunday service and sermon go? Did all go well? How did you manage?" 
    "All went very well, sir, absolutely wonderful," he said. "I didn't have time to prepare a new sermon of my own on such short notice, so I got on your computer and pulled up one of your old sermon's from last year."