3 Month Storage: Flour

Flour

March 2011

Goal:  Gather a 3 Month Supply

About 6.5lbs per person

Spiritual Goal:  Personally Read Scriptures 10 minutes or more each day

Simple Cheap Bread

2 cups warm water

2 Tbsp sugar

1Tbsp Yeast

1 Tbsp salt

4 cups flour

In a large mixing bowl-combine water, sugar

and yeast.  Let sit for 10 min.  Add 2 cups flour and salt.  Beat for 2 min.  Add 2 more cups flour or more to soft elastic dough.  Let sit for 15 min, then shape into 2 loaves and let rise in pans for 30-35 min or until double in size.  Bake at 350 for 35-40 min until brown.

It also makes good fry bread.

Butter Milk Biscuits

2 cups flour

1 Tbsp baking powder

2 tsp sugar

½ tsp cream of tartar

¼ tsp salt

½ tsp baking soda

½ cup shortening

¾ cup buttermilk

In a bowl stir together all dry ingredients.  Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.  Make a well in the center, add milk all at once.  Stir just until dough clings together.

On Lightly floured surface, knead dough gently for 10 to 12 strokes.  Roll or pat dough to ½ inch thickness and cut into biscuits.  Bake on a greased pan at 450 for 10 to 12 min.

Sausage Gravy

1 lb ground sausage

½ cup flour

¼ tsp salt

¼ tsp pepper

3 cups milk

Fry sausage in frying pan.  Add salt, pepper, flour.  Allow to brown slightly, DO NOT BURN!

Gradually add your milk.  As the milk heats, the gravy will thicken.

Bread Stix(my family loves with spaghetti)

1/3 cup butter (melted)

1 Tbsp sugar

1 tsp salt

2 ¼ cup flour

3 ½ tsp baking powder

1 cup milk

Mix all dry- add milk and stir to make a semi-sticky dough.  Put on floured surface and roll out to ½ inch thick.  Cut into 1 inch strips.

Pour melted butter on baking sheet, dip strips on both sides.  Bake @ 450 for 10 min or until golden brown.

Cream Puffs

½ cup margarine

1 cup flour

4 eggs

In a med saucepan combine margarine, 1cup water and 1/8 tsp salt.  Bring to a boiling.  Add flour all at once, stirring vigorously.  Cook and stir until mixture forms a ball that doesn’t separate .  Remove from heat.  Cool 10 min.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating with a wooden spoon after each addition until smooth.  Drop batter by heaping tbsp, 3 inches apart onto a greased baking sheet.  Bake @400 for 30-35 min.

Cool on wire rack.  Split and fill with pudding, whip cream or even chicken salad. Makes 10.

 Remember cooking from scratch is healthier and saves money.

Go to providentliving.org and use their food calculator to decide amounts your family needs to be storing.