Well, summer seems just around the corner so we have pulled out our Dutch Oven for some down home cookin! Come join us for supper as we fry up a Tex Mex dish of Indian Fry Bread Tacos! Afterward, if your still hungry, Fry up some elephant ears. Ahh the memories of the county fair...
Tiffs Favorite Fry Bread (fried scones)
2 Cups Flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp powdered milk
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup water
Sift together the first four ingredients in a large bowl. Pour the water over the flour mixture all at once and stir the dough with a fork until it starts to form one big clump. Flour your hands and begin to mix the dough. That's right!!! Use your hands! Try to get all the flour into the mixture to form a ball. The inside of the dough ball will be sticky after its formed, while the outside will be well floured. Cut into 4-6 pieces. Using floured hands, pat, shape and stretch, forming a disk about 5-7 inch diameter. It will not be a perfect circle. Heat the vegetable oil to 350 degrees. Fry in 1 inch deep oil. Press down on it to submerge it while its frying. Flip and fry the other side till golden brown.
Now, to make Indian tacos....
Pour some chili on your fry bread and top with lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, onions, olives, sour cream, guacamole...whatever you like.
If you want to make elephant ears, simply add a little sugar to the dough, about 1/2 cup and follow above directions. Top with butter and cinnamon/sugar mixture, or drizzle with honey. Any combo that is your favorite would be divine! Enjoy!
Well, I have had a great turn out for those interested in my site! People are just loving the recipes. So here's another one of our family favorites that you may enjoy too! Its a little hard to understand because I make it from scratch, many times not measuring, so forgive me. I did my best! I promise you though, your gonna love it!
My Scrumptious Peach Pie
For the crust:
2 cups flour
1tsp salt
2/3 cup shortening
4 TBSP+ Cold Ice water
Using a pastry cutter, cut flour, salt and shortening until pea sized. 
Add water and just moisten with a fork. If too dry, add a little more water carefully! Dont over mix this!! OK, now that your ready, form into a ball; pinch in the center to form two balls about equal size. Wrap one in plastic wrap. Roll the other out and press into a pie pan with overhanging edges.
pre-heat oven to 350.
For the Filling:
2 large cans peaches; sliced and well drained
1 TBSP lemon juice
2 fistfuls of flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon (only a little!)
Mix this together gently. The flour may look a little clumpy but evenly spread out. This is your filling! 
Pour it into the pie pan. Now put 3 or four pats of butter (about 1/2 TBSP = a pat) on top of the filling evenly spaced.
Now your going to roll out your top crust. After I roll it, I like to gently fold it in half then again. Then I pick up the whole thing, place it on my pie, and carefully unfold it.
Take a fork and press the sides of the crust together all along the edges. Now your pie is sealed. 
Using a knife, cut any excess pie crust off rim. You have a pretty Pie! Lastly, I poke five holes for vent holes in the top with the knife.
For the pretty golden pie "look", simply take one egg white and whisk it in a bowl with a fork. With a pastry brush, brush the egg white all over the top. You may not need it all. Sprinkle the top with granulated sugar.
Bake for 1 hour at 350.
Let it cool a bit before cutting into it. Ashleigh Eat your heart out!
I have another recipe to share with you! I started doing Weight Watcher Core Plan diet system a while ago and although I am on and off it, This recipe has been the hit of them all! It's so tasty, its hard to believe its actually good for you! Here it is and its whats for dinner tonight.
White Chicken Chili (core)
1.5 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs or breast
1 large onion chopped
2 cloves garlic finely chopped
3-4 chicken bullion
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp red pepper sauce, such as tabasco
2 cans (15oz) great northern white beans, drained
1 can white shoepeg corn (or regular corn)drained
3 TBSP lime Juice
2TBSP chopped fresh cilantro
Place first eight ingredients (through red pepper sauce) in crockpot and add 3 cups water. Cook for 4-5 hours on low or until chicken is done and "shredable." Shred the chicken. Add remaining ingredients to the crockpot. Cover and continue to cook for 15 min or until heated through.
Simple Enough....Dinner is served!
Welcome readers!
To kick start my blog off right, I have decided to share with you all my favorite scone recipe. When I first thought of scones, I thought about hard little biscuit that are served with tea! But this recipe is So, So, So wonderful and there is nothing hard about these little critters! So try something new! I know you will love them.
Orange Cranberry Scones
2 cups flour
7 tsp sugar
1 TBSP grated orange peel
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/3 cup cold butter
3oz cranberries (about 1/2 package or 3/4 cup)
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup half and half (could substitute fat-free half & Half)
1 egg
1 TBSP milk
sugar to sprinkle on top
Glaze:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1TBSP orange juice
Orange Butter
1/2 cup softened butter
2-3 TBSP Orange marmalade
Preheat oven to 400.
In a food processor combine orange peel and sugar and process till fine. Add flour, baking powder,salt, and baking soda. Pulse till combined then scrape down sides. Cut in Cold butter and pulse about 10 times or until butter is crumbled and combined.
In small bowl, mix together the orange juice, half & half, and egg. Add to food processor and pulse about 4 times once its all combined, add the cranberries and pulse thre to four times more until combined. Pour out onto floured surface and pat into an 8 inch circle. Cut into 10 wedges. Place on baking sheet (I line mine with parchment.) Brush with milk and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 400 for 12-15 min or until golden. Remove to wire rack.
For Glaze: Combine ingredients and drizzle over warm scones.
For Orange Butter: Combine ingredients and spread onto warm scones.
*To make chocolate chip scones, omit orange peel and orange juice. In the place of the orange juice, simply use 1 1/2 tsp vanilla and enough water to make 1/4 cup. Substitute chocolate chips in for the cranberries.
*Other combinations should work too so be CREATIVE!!
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