Alfredo Sauce

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 2 cups milk
• 6 ounces grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions

1. Melt butter in a medium, non-stick saucepan over medium heat. Add cream cheese and garlic powder, stirring with wire whisk until smooth. Add milk, a little at a time, whisking to smooth out lumps. Stir in Parmesan and pepper. Remove from heat when sauce reaches desired consistency. Sauce will thicken rapidly, thin with milk if cooked too long. Toss with hot pasta to serve. 

from AllRecipes

Oven-Fried Chicken

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 chicken, cut in pieces
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425°F.

Heat butter in 9 x 12 pan until melted.

Mix: flour, salt, paprika and pepper in bag.

Shake chicken in, coating well.

Place in pan; bake 30 min, turn chicken over and bake approx 15 minute more.

from http://www.food.com/recipe/oven-fried-chicken-3734

Peanut Butter Cheerio Bars

from The Homesteading Housewife
 
1 cup crunchy or smooth peanut butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup honey
6 cups Cheerios cereal

1. Grease and/or line a 9×13 pan and set aside. In a small sauce pan sprayed with Pam, bring the honey and sugar to a boil over medium heat. As soon as the sugar is dissolved, remove the pan from the heat.
2. Stir in the peanut butter until well blended and melted.
3. Place your Cheerios in a large mixing bowl and pour the peanut butter-honey mixture over the cereal, stirring until everything is well coated.
4. Spray a wooden spoon with Pam and pour/spread the cereal into your prepared pan, pressing down to make sure everything is smooth and even. Set aside and allow to cool before slicing into squares. Makes 16-20 bars.

Sweet Dinner Rolls

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
• 1/2 cup warm milk
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
• 1/4 cup butter, softened

Directions

1. Place water, milk, egg, 1/3 cup butter, sugar, salt, flour and yeast in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select Dough/Knead and First Rise Cycle; press Start.
2. When cycle finishes, turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide dough in half. Roll each half into a 12 inch circle, spread 1/4 cup softened butter over entire round. Cut each circle into 8 wedges. Roll wedges starting at wide end; roll gently but tightly. Place point side down on ungreased cookie sheet. Cover with clean kitchen towel and put in a warm place, let rise 1 hour. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
3. Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes, until golden. 

I make this with my KitchenAid and combine the water and milk - heated to 110 degrees.  I add it to the sugar, mix; then add the yeast and let sit for 10-15 minutes.  Then I add the salt, butter, egg, and add 1/2 cup of flour at a time.  Knead for 5 minutes.  Cover and let sit for 60 minutes or until it raises.