Coconut Macaroons

Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl sift in 1/3 cup flour. Stir in 4 cups dried coconut. Pour in 3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk and 1 tsp vanilla, stir from the center to a thick mixture. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet 1 inch apart. Bake until golden brown about 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. You can drizzle them with chocolate if you like! If your using fresh coconut you might want to add salt but I think package type will be salty enough.

Rosemary potato pancakes

4 medium potatoes, peeled, shredded, & drained of liquids

2 tbsp sour cream

1 tbsp flour

1 egg

1/2 chopped onion

1 tsp rosemary

salt and pepper

Mix and fry. You can top with Parmesan cheese and a dollop of sour cream ;)

Skillet Corn Bread

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups flour

1 1/4 cups yellow cornmeal

1 tbs baking powder

2 tsp sugar

1 cup milk

2 large eggs

1 8oz can cream corn

4 tbs melted butter

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425. Grease 10 inch cast iron skillet.

In a large bowl mix flour, cornmeal, baking powder, sugar, and salt.

In medium bowl whisk together milk, corn, eggs, and butter. Stir wet mixture into dry mixture just until combined. (don't over mix)

Pour batter into skillet and bake 25 to 30 minutes.

Serve warm!

Chow Mein Stir Fry with Oyster Sauce

This Stir fry is so easy and quick. You need some type of meat. (Beef, chicken, Shrimp, etc.) Fry it up and add oyster sauce to taste. Add the package stir fry vegetables. (we use two bags for 6 servings) I use the Chow Mein Stir fry mix. Add more oyster sauce if needed. Top with La Choy brand Chow Mein Noddles. Pau!

Sweet Bread

Ingredients:

1 cup milk

1 large egg + 1 egg yolk

2 tbs butter

1/2 cup sugar

3/4 salt

3 cups bread flour

2 1/2 tsp dry yeast

Directions:

Warm the milk to about 110 degrees then add the sugar and the yeast don't mix, let sit for about 15 min.

In a large bowl mix dry ingredients. Make a well in the flour mixture and then add the wet ingredients. The dough will be very sticky.

After mixing, cover and let it sit in the bowl to rise 1-2 hours. Punch down then put into a round cake pan to rise again. Bake at 375 for 30-35 minutes.

Lets Talk Turkey

I LOVE November. The eggnog, cheap turkeys, sales and cold weather... OK I know i live in Hawaii but it still gets chilly here, and the cold brings out the cook in me. I remember the first time i cooked a turkey. Wow!! That was the driest bird I ever seen. After several years you really get to know what your doing. My husband went out and got 6 turkeys this year, I guess since there only around 6 bucks why not! you can make so much....ground it up, roast it and a new one for us... BBQ it.. The hubby got the idea from his Boss. It came out good. A smokey flavor and it cooked real fast (faster then mine in the oven) but one downfall is the presentation was horrible. It looked as if the turkey was in a fire! black black black!!! No drippings for a gravy and the skin was wasted. Once you took of the skin you were left with a perfect smokey turkey. I of course went the safe route and roasted mine.

Apple Pie

Most pies call for tart apples but the hubby likes his pie sweet not tart, you can use any type of apples that appeals to you. Also you can have this pie warm or refrigerate overnight and have a sweet breakfast! :)

Ingredients:

Pie dough for 9 inch 2 crust pie

3/4 cup sugar

1/4 flour

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

pinch of salt

6 cups red delicious apples, skinned, cored, and thinly sliced

2 tbs butter

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425. Prepare pastry. Mix sugar, flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in apples. Pour filling into pastry lined pie dish. Dot top of filling with butter. Cover top with crust and cut slits into it. Sprinkle sugar onto pie top and bake for 40 to 50 minutes.

For a Dutch Apple Pie:

Follow instructions for the 9 inch pie except make large slits in the top of crust and about 5 minutes before pie in done pour 1/2 cup of whipping cream into the slits. Serve this pie warm.