Easy Homemade Bagles

You Need:
1 c             Warm Water (about 110 F)
1 packet     Active Dry Yeast
2 Tbs         Sugar
2-3 c          Flour
1 tsp          Salt
1 Tbs        Yellow Cornmeal

To Make:
Combine the water, yeast and sugar in bowl and let foam for five minutes. Add two cups of the flour and stir until well mixed. Add salt and cornmeal and mix until well mixed. Gradually add the remaining flour 1/4 c at a time until dough is easy to work with. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface and knead for 3-5 minutes.
Grease a large bowl with vegetable oil or shortening. Turn dough in bowl until coated with oil/shortening. Cover with cloth and let rise in warm, not drafty place for an hour to hour and a half or until double. Punch down dough and cut (or tear) into six equal pieces. Roll each piece into a log that is about 4-6 inches in length. Join ends of log to make bagel shape, putting fingers through hole to retain shape of bagel. Pinch ends of log together to complete the circle. Gently roll the pinched area on the counter to seal. Place bagels on lightly greased cookie sheet. Cover with cloth and let rise another 20-30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 400 F. Place square bread pan on lowest rack in oven (yes, empty). Boil a glass of water (don't worry about exact measurement) in the microwave. Put bread into oven on rack in upper half of the oven. Dump boiling water into bread pan in oven and quickly close the door to trap steam in the oven. Bake bread for 5 min. Take bagels out of the oven and turn over each bagel.  Boil another glass of water in the microwave. Put bagels back in oven and dump the boiling water into the bread pan with water in it and quickly close the oven door to trap steam in oven. Bake another 5-10 min or until golden brown.
Let cool. Enjoy!

Easy Chicken and Biscuits

You Need:
For gravy:
1 can        Cream of Chicken Soup
1/4 c        Milk
2-4          Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts, cooked and cut up
1/4 tsp     Ground Pepper
For Biscuits:
1 c           Jiffy all purpose baking mix
1/3 c        Water

To Make:
Make biscuits first. Preheat oven to 450 F. Mix baking mix and milk. Stir until well mixed. Roll dough out on to surface lightly dusted with more baking mix. Knead for 2 min or until smooth. Break dough into six pieces and roll pieces into balls. Put dough balls on ungreased baking sheet 2 inches apart and bake for 8-12 min or until golden.
For gravy combine soup, milk, chicken and pepper into pot. Stir over medium heat until warm.

Serve gravy over biscuits.  

Jazzy Jello

Try this wonderfully cool treat for your hot Fourth of July celebration!

You need:

1/2 Pack          Tropical Jello pack (1.5 oz)

1 Pack             Raspberry Jello pack (3 oz)

1 Cup              Water

1 Cup              Sprite

1/3 Cup           Fruit juice, drained from can of Dole tropical fruit cocktail

1 small can       Dole tropical fruit cocktail

To Make:

Combine Jello powders in glass jello bowl or pan that has a lid. Stir until well mixed. Boil water then pour into bowl/pan containing Jello mixture. Stir for 2 min or until powder is dissolved. add fruit juice and stir. Add Sprite and stir. Quickly add fruit cocktail and immediately cover with lid. Refrigerate for four hours or until firm. 

Serve and enjoy!