White Bread: Tamri Allen

1 1/8 cups warm water
3 cups flour (optional to use bread flour)
1 1/2 tsp. salt
3 Tbs. sugar
1 1/2 Tbs. butter or shortening
1 1/2 Tbs. Dry milk
1 1/2 tsp. yeast

Place warm water in a bowl, add yeast and sugar. Allow yeast to bubble up.
Place salt, shortening, dry milk and 2 cups flour in mixing bowl: mix. Add yeast mixture and mix, then gradually add remaining flour. Knead for 10 min. Let raise till double. Beat it down. Form in loaf and let rise till almost double. Bake at 350 for about 35 min. Makes one loaf.

I usually 4 times this batch and freeze 3 of the loaves till needed.

Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies: Tamri Allen

2 1/4 cup Flour
1/3 cup Cocoa
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup butter or margarine softened
2 eggs
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)


Heat oven to 375. Beat butter, sugars and vanilla on medium speed of mixer until creamy. Add eggs, beat well. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Gradually add flour mixture to creamed mixture, beating well. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Drop by rounded teaspoon onto un-greased cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 min or until set. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

Chicken Supreme: Tamri Allen

4 whole chicken breasts split in half
4 slices swiss cheese
4 slices ham (thin)
1 can cream of chicken soup with 1/2 c. water
2 cups stuffing crumbs
1/4 cup melted butter

Lay chicken in bottom of baking dish. Put cheese and then ham slices on chicken. Spread soup mixture over chicken. Mix butter and stuffing together and sprinkle on top. Bake covered for 1 1/2 hours at 325. Remove cover for last 15-20 min.