three cheese bread

3/4 cup lukewarm water

1/2 cup creamed cottage cheese

1/2 cup shredded Swiss/mozza/cheddar cheese (your choice)

3 Tbsp parmesan cheese

2 Tbsp honey

2 Tbsp lard

1 1/2 tsp salt

3 cups white flour (I added a bit more as it mixed as it was too soft)

2 tsp yeast

Mix on dough setting in your bread machine. Pan into individual loaf pans and let rise. Bake @350F for 20 minutes. This was my favorite of the three types of bread I made yesterday. (See last two posts as well as this one.) It was so moist and is still fabulous a day later.

cracked wheat bread

1 1/4 cups lukewarm water

2 Tbsp powdered milk

1 1/4 tsp salt

2 Tbsp honey

2 Tbsp lard

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 1/2 cups white flour

3/4 cups cracked wheat

2 tsp yeast

Mix as you usually would in your bread maker on dough setting. Pan into individual loaf pans. Let rise and bake @ 350F for 20 minutes. I braided these loaves and then sprayed them with Watkins version of "Pam" and sprinkled cracked wheat on top before baking.

caraway rye bread

first of all, this recipe is mixed in the bread machine, then panned into those nifty little individual loaf pans.

1 1/4 cup lukewarm water

2 Tbsp powdered milk

1 tsp salt

2 Tbsp honey

2 Tbsp molasses (next time I'd use a bit less)

2 Tbsp lard

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 1/2 cups white flour

3/4 cup rye flour

1 Tbsp caraway seed

2 tsp yeast

Mix as you would according to your bread machine instructions. Punch "dough setting" and leave it for the next couple hours. Pan into individual loaf pans. Let rise and bake @ 350F for 20 - 25 minutes. This bread is heavy but pungent and best fresh with soup. I sorta babysit my bread maker and as the dough is mixing I keep checking it to see if I need to add miniscule portions of flour or water so it is just right! This is probably cuz I don't measure accurately AT ALL. I go by "feel". When I serve these loaves, I place little cutting boards and knives by each place setting along with a little pat of butter in a dipping bowl. If you can't find cutting boards, make them outa pieces of smooth wood. That's what we did. And I use steak knives.

Laurie's Celebratory Pumpkin Dip

1 can pumpkin or two cups pumpkin puree

1 tsp pumpkin pie spice or 1 tsp cinnamon, sprinkle nutmeg, cloves, allspice to taste

1 box instant vanilla pudding

2 cups whipped cream or Cool Whip

Whip 1st 3 ingredients together an fold in whipped cream. (Whipped cream so much better than Cool Whip IMO, Laurie! With all due respect!) You can fill a hollowed out (small) pumpkin and fill with dip. Make tiny gingersnaps and duck them into this and indulge. This was a smashing success when we had a few children over after school for Tanner's birthday.

Frozen Grape Decorations

Impale red and green grapes on skewers and freeze. when you are serving a clear beverage such as punch or iced tea, place one skewer into each glass. Float individual frozen grapes in pitcher of same beverage.