Aunt Loris Salsa Food

LORI'S SALSA RANCHERA

Steps:

• In a skillet, cook the bacon until done but soft, not crisp. Add the tomatoes, peppers, onions, garlic, cumin, salt and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat to simmer, cover and cook for 10 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and serve hot over your morning eggs (huevos rancheros), tamales, beans (frijoles) or potatoes (papas). Serve cold with tortilla chips.

HOT CROSS BUNS

Steps:

• Mix yeast, sugar and scalded cooled down milk and water together and set aside till yeast starts to bubble.
• In mixer mix shortening and sugar together and add one egg at a time mixing in completely before adding another egg. Mix well after last egg.
• Sift 6 cups of flour into separate bowl.
• Mix 3 cups of flour into the yeast mixture, mix till smooth.
• Add Raisins.
• Add shortening, sugar and egg mixture.
• Take one cup of flour and add salt and cinnamon to it and mix it into dough. (To stop the cinnamon from lumping up in the dough).
• Knead in remaining cups of flour till dough is smooth.
• Place in greased bowl and allow to rise until double in size.
• Form buns then using clean scissors snip a cross into the tops of each bun.
• Beat egg yolk and water together and brush over tops of each bun.
• Bake at 400 for 15-20 minutes.
• When cooked and cooled use piping bag and form cross with your favorite white icing.

GRANDMA M'S SOFT RAISIN SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add well beaten egg.
• Sift flour and spices.
• Add raisins and nuts.
• Mix together nuts and raisins in flour.
• Slowly add flour, spice, nuts and raisins to egg, butter and sugar.
• Add quickly baking soda dissolved in hot water.
• Mix well until all liquid comes together.
• Drop from spoon on greased pan.
• Bake 10 minutes at 350. Watch, till slightly browning on the bottom edge.
• These might take a tad longer in your oven, mine cooks high. This is just a guesstimate because Grandma just had Bake as the next instruction so time and heat was a guess for me. They are nice and soft and I have double the recipe without any problems.

AUNT ELAINE'S SALSA

Steps:

• Cut the tops off of the Roma tomatoes, blend in food processor until they are like a chunky soup.
• add chopped onion, garlic cloves and handful of chopped cilantro.
• cut tops off of Serano peppers and add to food processor.
• mix all together.
• add 8 oz can of tomato sauce.
• season generously with fajita seasoning.
• salt and pepper to taste.

ANNIE'S FRUIT SALSA AND CINNAMON CHIPS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, thoroughly mix kiwis, Golden Delicious apples, raspberries, strawberries, white sugar, brown sugar and fruit preserves. Cover and chill in the refrigerator at least 15 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Coat one side of each flour tortilla with butter flavored cooking spray. Cut into wedges and arrange in a single layer on a large baking sheet. Sprinkle wedges with desired amount of cinnamon sugar. Spray again with cooking spray.
• Bake in the preheated oven 8 to 10 minutes. Repeat with any remaining tortilla wedges. Allow to cool approximately 15 minutes. Serve with chilled fruit mixture.

LORI'S SALSA

Steps:

• Combine all. Chill until needed.

PAN SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Mix butter until light and fluffy.
• Add sugar and beat again till light and fluffy.
• Sift together flour and corn starch.
• Add flour/cornstarch to butter/sugar mixture one cup at a time, making sure its well combined before adding another cup.
• Continue to combine flour into mixture until all is gone. Mix well.
• Dump dough onto a clean medium sized cookie sheet with sides.
• Spread out evenly covering the whole sheet. I use a rolling pin and roll it over the top so my finger prints aren't in the dough.
• Sprinkle 1/4 cup or less of sugar (can use colored sugar), I never measure I just sprinkle until it has a little sparkle.
• Bake at 325 for approx 20 minutes. My oven cooks really hot so you might have to add a minute or two until edges are light brown.
• When out of the oven, I cut the square or rectangles through the shortbread. When cooled I often dip one end into melted chocolate and then roll in sprinkles.

SKOR CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Beat together the cheese, butter and vanilla.
• Add in sugars and then chocolate chips.
• Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours. Place in freezer if needed faster.
• Form into a ball. Wrap it in plastic and refrigerate one more hour.
• Roll the ball in Skor pieces
• Serve with Dare wafer cookies, ginger, lemon, chocolate and cinnamon.

AUNT LORI'S SALSA

Steps:

• Chop vegetables to desired size, some like chunky salsa. Sprinkle with pickling salt and let sit covered over night. In morning drain off liquid, press to remove excess. Do not add tomatoes yet.
• In separate bowl: Mix spices, garlic and tomato paste together.
• Add sauce and tomatoes to vegetables and stir well. Cook in roaster for 1 hour at 350°. Stirring occasionally.
• Pour in sterilized jars and process in canner. Makes about 7 pints.
• I have added more tomatoes without a problem. Less or more peppers too. Chop veggies depending on size you want. Peeling zucchini is better as skin tends to be tough.