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PERFECT PIZZA CRUST

This recipe is another from Kim Hogberg, one of the creative writers for the Washington Wheat Foundation. Enjoy!

INGREDIENTS FOR PERFECT CRUST:

1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup bread flour
1 tsp salt
3/4 tsp yeast
1 tsp, olive oil
1 tsp sugar (optional)

CRUSTY ROUND LOAF

This recipe is from one of our favorite bloggers, A Farmish Kind of Life in Minnesota. Here’s their version of the basic loaf:

INGREDIENTS FOR COUNTRY CRUSTY ROUND LOAF:

1 pkg yeast (or 2 1/4 tsp bulk yeast)
1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
1 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp salt
3-4 cups flour

HOW TO MAKE COUNTRY CRUSTY ROUND LOAF:

Dissolve the yeast in the water.

Stir sugar, salt, and half of the flour into the yeast mixture.

Knead, adding more flour until the dough won’t take anymore.

Place the dough in a greased bowl and let rise in a warm place 1 hour.

After it has risen, punch it down. Then separate the dough into two hunks.

Shape each hunk of dough into a round loaf and place them on greased jelly roll pan.

Mix one egg with a little bit of water to make an egg wash. Brush that over the bread — that’s what makes it shiny!

After the egg wash (or after skipping it!) go ahead and bake those yummy crusty loaves at 400 for 40 minutes.

BANANA PUMPKIN BREAD

This recipe is a modification of the original from matzahball on AllRecipes.com. Enjoy!

INGREDIENTS:

2 ripe bananas, mashed
2 eggs
⅓ cup vegetable oil
1 ⅓ cups canned pumpkin puree
½ cup honey
½ cup white sugar
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¾ cup raisins (Optional)
½ cup walnut pieces (Optional)

HOW TO MAKE THE BREAD:

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 9x5 inch loaf pan.

Step 2

In a large bowl, stir together the mashed banana, eggs, oil, pumpkin, honey and sugar. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pie spice and cinnamon, stir into the banana mixture until just combined. Fold in the raisins and walnuts if desired. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

Step 3

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Cool loaf in the pan for 10 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.

BEST COOKIES EVER

This recipe is from Kim Hogberg, one of the creative writers for the Washington Wheat Foundation. The secret ingredient is at the bottom!

HOW TO MAKE THE BEST COOKIES EVER:

Set oven to 375 degrees

Mix together:

2/3 cup shortening
2/3 margarine
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp Vanilla

Then add:

3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 small pkg vanilla pudding

Layer in 12 oz chocolate chips

Spoon onto baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes.