TORTILLAS DE HARINA (Flour Tortillas)
4 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 cup shortening or margarine very cold water Stir salt and baking powder into flour. Cut shortening into flour mixture until it resembles cornmeal....
Author: Amelia
AMELIA’S BREAD MACHINE BREAD
BREAD MACHINE BREAD I had been baking and baking since I had my children home for the 2010 holidays – I finally tried the whole wheat version, based on comments posted to the original white...
MAMA AMELITA’S BLENDER SALSA
(translation: I didn’t have most of the ingredients for “Cantina Style” Salsa 14.5 oz can stewed tomatoes 1/2 yellow onion 2 Tablespoons garlic powder juice of 1 lime 1 handful cilantro leaves 6 nacho...
COCONUT CRACK
A variation on Tami Cooley’s chocolate layered dessert that Nicole stumbled across and found so scrumptious that she had to share it with me. CRUST: 1 cup flour ¼ cup butter 2 Tablespoons powdered...
AMELIA’S CHEESECAKE
Grandma Joan taught me how to make a cheese cake with this very easy recipe when I first got married. It quickly became a family favorite and was requested for birthday celebrations. Over the...
FUDGE FOR BEGINNERS
(My friend, Robin West, taught me how to make this when we lived in Kelseyville.) 1 cup milk 3 cups sugar ½ cup butter ¼ teaspoon salt 8 oz marshmallows 12 oz chocolate chips...
GRAHAM CRACKER PIE CRUST
9 whole graham crackers ¼ Cup sugar 6 Tablespoons butter Put crackers in double plastic bags and crush with rolling pin until fine. Stir in sugar and melted butter. Press into pie tin....
CANDY BAR CHEESECAKE
1 chocolate graham crust 24 oz cream cheese 1 Cup sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla 4 eggs 1 cup sour cream Candy bar options: Heath, Peanut Butter cups, Snickers Chocolate sauce: hot fudge sauce (not...
TORTILLAS DE MAIZ (Corn Tortillas)
4 Cups masa harina flour(flour for making tortillas or tamales) 1/2 cup shortening or margarine 3 cups water Cut shortening into flour until it resembles cornmeal. Add water 1/8 cup at a time or...
SOPA DE TORTILLA (Tortilla Soup)
1 lb ground beef 1/2 medium onion 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. cumin 4 cups water 1 (16 oz) can corn 1 (16 oz) can green bean 1 (16 oz)...