Ham on Sweet Potato Biscuits

Posted by Twila lite on TOH BB 7-24-09

Ham on Sweet Potato Biscuits

1 large sweet potato
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground mace
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
2 tablespoons milk
1 pound better smoked ham, sliced paper thin
# Scrub and pierce the sweet potato and microwave it on high until soft, about 10 minutes. Peel and puree in a blender or food processor. Measure out 1 cup.




# Blend together the sweet potato, brown sugar, lemon zest, soft butter, and milk.




# Mix the flour, baking powder, salt, and other spices together in another bowl.




# Gradually and lightly stir the flour mixture into the sweet potato mixture until a ball forms. (If it seems more gooey than doughy, add more flour a little at a time.)




# Roll the dough out on a floured surface to a thickness of 1/2 inch and cut the biscuits with a 3-inch cookie cutter. Pierce each biscuit a few times with a fork.




# To bake the biscuits, place them on an ungreased baking sheet in a preheated 425° oven and bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes.




# To finish, split the sweet potato biscuits in half and fill with ham. Serve warm. Makes 10-12 biscuits.

Easy Pleasing Meatloaf

Easy Pleasing Meatloaf
From Kraft Foods & Family Magazine

2 lbs ground beef
2 eggs
1 cup water
1 package stuffing mix
1/2 cup bbq sauce,divided

In a large mixing bowl,combine beef,eggs,water,stuffing mix,and 1/4 cup bbq sauce.
Place meat mixture in a 9x13 inch baking pan. Form into a loaf. Top with remaining 1/4 cup bbq sauce. Bake at 375 for 1 hour.

Homemade Cake Mix

I never have cake mixes on hand either. I found this on the internet but haven't tried it yet, it did have some good reviews, maybe it will help you.

By Nancy_AZ TOH BB 7/09

This wonderful mix can be substituted for any purchased cake mix. Unlike other homemade cake mix recipes, this one has less fat, so it can be substituted for the purchased cake mix recipes, which often add oil or butter.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:

* 7-1/2 cups sifted flour
* 1 Tbsp. salt
* 4-1/2 cups sugar
* 4 Tbsp. double acting baking powder
* 3/4 cup cold butter

Preparation:

In very large bowl, combine flour, salt, sugar and baking powder and mix well to blend. Cut the butter into small pieces and place on food processor bowl along with 2 cups of the flour mixture. Cover and process until mixture is very fine.

Divide the cake mix into three equal portions (about 4 cups each) by lightly scooping the mix into measuring cups and leveling off with the back of a knife. Place each portion into a quart glass jar or heavy duty zip lock plastic bags. Cover tightly and store in the refrigerator for up to a month, or in the freezer for up to 3 months. Each portion of cake mix will make two 8" cakes or one 13x9" cake.
RECIPES

Yellow Cake

4 cups cake mix
2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 cup butter, softened
3 eggs
1 cup milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2-8" round cake pans and set aside. Pour one portion of the cake mix into a large bowl. Make a well in center of mix and add vanilla, butter, eggs, and milk. Beat mixture 1 minute with electric mixer at low speed until blended. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl and beat 2 minutes longer at medium speed until batter is smooth.

Pour into prepared pans and bake at 350 degrees for 30 - 40 minutes, or until cake springs back when pressed lightly in center and begins to pull away from edges of pan.

White Cake

Use 4 medium egg whites in place of 3 whole eggs. Do not beat whites separately, just add them to the mix along with the milk and vanilla.

Spice Cake

Add to the dry ingredients:

1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon cloves

Chocolate Cake

Add to the batter after initial blending:

2 Tbsp. milk
3 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted

Pie Crust

Pie Crust

Makes 2 double crusts and 1 single shell

4 cups flour
1 3/4 cup shortening
1 tbl sugar
2 tsp salt
1 Tbl vinegar
1 egg
1/2 cup water

With fork, mix together first four ingredients. In a separate dish beat remaining. Combine with flour mixture stirring with fork until moistened. Mold into a ball. Chill at least 15 minutes before rolling. Dough can be kept in fridge 3 days. Freezes well.

Zucchini "apple" Pie

Zucchini "apple" Pie

6 cups zucchini
1 1/2 tsp cream of tarter
1/4 tsp salt
3 Tbl flour
1 Tbl lemon juice
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp butter
Unbaked pie shell

Topping:
1 stick butter,softened (1/2 cup)
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 cup flour

Peel Zucchini;cut lengthwise and scrape out seeds. Slice to resemble apple slices. Cook for 10 minutes;drain. Mix remaining ingredients and add to zucchini. Pour into shell. Mix topping ingredients until crumbly and spread on top of zucchini. Bake at 375 45-60 minutes.

Cherry Cheese Dessert

Cherry Cheese Dessert

Crust:
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 sticks butter
2 Tbl sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup chopped nuts (pecan,walnut,etc)

Press in 9x13 pan;bake 20 minutes at 350. Cool.

Filling:
Cream 2 cups powdered sugar and 8 oz cream cheese. Fold in 9 oz whipped topping;spread over crust. Pour 2 cans cherry pie filling over filling. Cool for 4 hours.

This is sooo good! Best made the day before to give flavors time to meld.

Apple Oatmeal Cake

Apple Oatmeal Cake

1 cup flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 cup sugar
1 cup oats
1/2 cup oil
1 egg
1 Tbl vanilla
1 cup apples,peeled and finely diced
extra cinnamon and sugar for topping

Mix dry ingredients together in mixing bowl. Add remaining ingredients. Mixture will be thick. Pour into greased 8 inch baking pan. Smooth with spatula. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes.

Great with vanilla ice cream.