Corn Bread - Wheat Free

Ingredients:
1 Cup Milk
1 Tablespoon Vinegar
1 Cup Corn Flour
3/4 Cup Corn Meal
1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
2 Eggs
2 Tablespoons Oil or Melted Butter
1 Tablespoon Sugar
1 Cup Creamed Corn

Variation:
Jalapeño:  Add 3 to 4 Seeded, De-veined and Chopped Jalapeños as last step.
Cheddar Jalapeño Corn Bread:  Add 3 to 4 Seeded, De-veined and Chopped Jalapeños as last step plus 3/4 cup Shredded Cheddar as last step.  Sprinkle 1/4 Cup Cheese over top of bread prior to baking.

Instructions:

1. Heat oven to 400 F.
2. Add vinegar to milk.  Set aside.
3. In Medium bowl, combine flour, corn meal, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
4. In Large bowl, beat eggs.  Add oil and sugar, mixing to incorporate.
5. Add milk, mix.
6. Add dry ingredients.  Mix until mixed together.  There may still be some small lumps.
7. Add Creamed Corn, mix.  If using jalapeños or cheese add now.
8. Pour into greased bread pan.  
9. Cook 40 minutes or until done.  It is done when an inserted knife comes out clean.

Tater Tot Hotdish

I do not think that this is served outside of Minnesota and the Dakotas, but I love it.  It is an easy recipe that is very kid friendly.  As the weather is turning cooler, this is a 'feel good' food that I crave.

Ingredients:

1 pound ground beef
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can creamed corn
1 bag tater tots
Salt & Pepper to taste
Onion (optional)

Directions:

1. In a large skillet, brown ground beef over low-medium heat, add salt and pepper to taste. Can add onion if you like.
2. Once browned, turn heat to low.  Add soup and corn.
3. In the meantime, scatter tater tots on the bottom of a cake pan, in a single layer.
4. Pour beef mixture over tater tots to cover entire mixture.
5. Add tator tots to the top of the beef mixture.
6. Cook at 350F for 1 hour.

Apple Crisp

Ingredients:

• 4 or 5 tarts apples such as Haralsons or Granny Smiths
• 3 Tablespoons Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 Cup Water
• 1 1/4 Cup Flour
• 2/3 Cup White Sugar
• 2/3 Cup Brown Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1/2 Cup Butter; softened

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Peel, core and slice apples.  Place in greased cake pan.  Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.  Drizzle with water
3. Combine Flour, Sugar, Brown Sugar and Salt.  Cut in Butter until Crumbly.  Sprinkle over apples.
4. Bake at 350 for 50 minutes or until apples are tender and topping is light brown.

I will also use a jar of my apple pie filling in place of the apples, omitting sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and water that is poured over apples.

Apple Pie Filling

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Bushel of Apples + a couple more Apples that are good for pies.  I prefer tart so I use Haralsons.
• Lemon Juice (3 Tablespoons per Jar)
• 4 1/2 Cups White Sugar
• 1 Cup Cornstarch
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 10 cups water

Directions:

1. Cook the sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and water until thick.  I start on low while I am peeling, coring and slicing the apples.  Then I turn to medium and turn occasionally until thick.
2. Peel, Core and Slice apple.  I use the Pampered Chef Apple Corer, Peeler, Slicer.  If using this cut the slices in quarters.  Put in bowl.
3. Put 3 Tablespoons Lemon Juice in each jar.
4. Put Apples in jars until just over 1/2 full.  Be sure to pack the apples.
5. Pour syrup over apples in jar until the apples are covered.  Do not fill jar with syrup.
6. Fill to the neck of the jar with remaining apples packing tightly.
7. Put lids and rings on jars.
8. Process in hot water bath for 20 minutes.

These will not seal immediately.  Set on cooling rack and do not touch until completely cooled.

Makes 7 quarts.