Sweet Potato Biscuits

1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
3 tsp baking powder
4 tbsp solid shortening
1 cup cooked sweet potatoes, mashed
1/2 cup milk

Sift dry ingredients together,  Cut in shortening.  Add mashed potatoes.  Add enough milk to make firm dough, but not too stiff.  Roll out on floured cutting board, then cut with biscuit cutter.  Place in greased biscuit pan and bake at 400 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes until browned.

Yields 1-1/2 to 2 dozen

Grits Casserole

Grits are a southern thang!
This is a great make ahead recipe that you can freeze before or after baking.  Do not limit them to just breakfast, but serve for brunch, lunch or dinner.  This dish is great as a side for pork chops, tenderloin, chopped steak or fish.  Yum!

6 cups water
1-1/2 cups grits
1 lb sharp cheese
3 eggs
3 tsps savory salt
2 tsps salt
1 tsp paprika
2 dashes Tabasco sauce
Garlic powder to taste (optional)

Bring water to a boil and add grits.  Stir in the cheese which has been cut into pieces.  Beat eggs and add to grits.  Add butter and all the remaining ingredients, mixing well.  Pour grits into a greased 3-quart casserole dish.  Bake for 1 hour at 350 -375 degrees.  6-8 Servings

Grits may be divided into two smaller casserole dishes for baking or freezing.

Harvey Wallbanger Pie

Harvey Wallbanger ain't a person ya'll!!!!
It is actually the name of a mixed drink.  It was (reportedly) part of a marketing strategy  from the 1960's to promote  the liqueur (Galliano) in the drink.

However......I think of it as a "term of expression", that means powerful, strong or having that extra umph!  I think this recipe will deliver.  What do you think?

1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup water
2 tsp lemon juice
3 egg yolks, slightly beaten

AND:
1/3 cup Galliano
3 tbs vodka
3 egg whites
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup whipping  cream
1 (9-inch) pastry shell, baked and cooked

In medium saucepan combine gelatin, sugar and salt.  Add orange juice, water, lemon juice and egg yolks.  Mix well.  Cook and stir until gelatin dissolves and mixture is slightly thickened.  Cool and add Galliano and vodka.  Chill until partially set.

  Beat whites and gradually add sugar. Beat until stiff peaks form. Fold into gelatin mixture.  Whip the cream until stiff, and fold into mixture.  Chill until mounds form when dropped from spoon.  Pour into pie shell and chill until firm.  4-5 hours.

Chicken Breasts Elaine

Simple recipe. Simple ingredients.  Great Dish!  Makes 4 servings

4 large chicken breast
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup margarine
1/4 cup orange marmalade
1/4 cup dry white wine

Wash chicken, pat dry, salt and pepper to taste.  Place in baking dish, skin side up.  Bake in preheated 450 degree oven for 20 minutes.

Melt margarine in a small saucepan.  Add marmalade and heat until bubbling.  Remove from heat and add wine.

Pour sauce over chicken breast.  Reduce heat to 300 degrees and bake about 45 minutes or until tender and well-browned.  Baste chicken twice during baking. 

Good company dish.  Serve with yellow rice and steamed broccoli as sides.

Avocado Soup

Good summer soup for warm weather.  This is another recipe that calls for that "secret sauce"  Yum!

1 ripe avocado
2 cups chicken stock
2 tbs. White Rum
1 tsp. curry powder
juice of 1 lemon or lime
salt and pepper
1 cup light cream

Combine the ingredients in the container of a blender and mix thoroughly.  If you do not use a blender, sieve the avocado and beat all together.  Chill the soup and serve with a sprinkling of finely chopped chives or a sprig of watercress.

Serves 4-5

Apple Sour Cream Cornbread

I am from the South, and I looove Cornbread!.
The basic recipe is for this is to make Sour Cream Cornbread, which is a lighter textured cornbread. The added ingredients will change this recipe to Apple Cornbread. Yum! Yum!

Remember that this is an older recipe , and uses Plain cornmeal and flour.  To use self-rising cornmeal and flour, remember to omit the baking powder, soda and salt.

3/4 cup yellow cornmeal
1 cup unsifted flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp soda
3/4 tsp salt
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup milk
1 egg unbeaten
1 tbsp melted shortening

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Place all of the ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix with a wire whisk.  Pour the batter into a greased 9-inch square pan and baked for 25 minutes.  This can also be baked in muffin tins for about 20 minutes.


APPLE CORNBREAD:
Add 1 apple, peeled, cored and finely diced to the above recipe