Ingredients:

Celery Salt

Black Pepper

Lime juice

1 1/2 oz. Bakon Vodka

(a refreshing potato vodka with a savory bacon flavor)

TABASCO Extra Spicy Bloody Mary Mix 

Directions:
Fill the glass three quarters full of ice.  Pour in 1 1/2 ounces of vodka.  Top off the remainder of the glass with the Bloody Mary mix and tsp. of lime juice. Sprinkle the top with celery salt and pepper.  Garnish with stalk of celery and a lime wedge.

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On June 22, 1847, Hansen Gregory, a 16yr old American, claimed to have invented the ring-shaped doughnut while cooking aboard a lime-trading ship, even though the term "dough-nut" was recorded in a short story as early as 1908. 
The donut!  What's not to like about them.  They're made and consumed in every corner of the world.  Some varieties are savory and filled with bean paste or minced meats.  But the majority like theirs sweet.  Fillings range from jams and custards to cottage cheese.  Coatings are equally as diverse; such as cocoanut, glazes, sprinkles, nuts, and cinnamon and the donut itself comes in multitude of flavors from buttermilk and chocolate to pumpkin and blueberry, and everything in between. 
Canadians take top honors for consuming the most doughnuts, and they also have the most doughnut stores per capita.  Apparently they take their donuts seriously and I think I know why.  Have you ever had a bad day after starting it off with a donut or two?  I know I sure haven't. 

Cake Doughnut Recipe

Ingredients:
4 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 qt Vegetable Oil for frying

Kitchen Equipment Needed:
2 medium mixing bowls
1 large mixing bowl
Deep Fryer or large deep cast iron skillet
2 baking sheets
2 wire racks
wax paper

paper towels

Instructions:
In the medium mixing bowl, sift flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.  Using your large mixing bowl, cream the butter, slowly add sugar and beat well, then add eggs and beat well and next add milk and vanilla and stir until all ingredients are combined.

Vanilla Glaze

Ingredients and mixing directions:
3 cups confectioners (powdered) sugar
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond flavoring
In a mixing bowl big enough to dip your doughnuts in, stir together all glaze ingredients until the mixture is smooth and lump free. Set to the side until you are ready to dip the drained doughnuts.

Prep Time: 15,  Chill Time: 2 hours,  Frying Time: 35-45 minutes

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Tired of cold cereal and bland breakfasts.  Well here's a "put the ingredients together" the night before recipe that will suprise and delight your morning breakfast crew.  Just have plenty of napkins on hand!

Quicky Sticky Buns

Ingredients

3  Tbls. packed brown Domino's sugar, divided

1/2  Cup Karo Dark Corn Syrup

1/2  Cup coarsely chopped Diamond pecans

2  Tbls. softened margarine, divided

1  Tsp. McCormicks Cinnamon

1  8oz. can Pillsbury refrigerated crescent dinner rolls

Instructions  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  In a small bowl combine 2 Tbls. of the brown sugar, the corn syrup, pecans, and 1 Tbls. of the margarine.  Spoon about 2 tsp. mixtrue into each of 9 (2 1/2 inch diameter) muffin pan cups.  Unroll entire crescent roll dough; pinch seams together to form 1 rectangle.  Combine remaining 1 Tbls. brown sugar and the cinnamon.  Spread dough with remaining 1 Tbls. margarine; sprinkle with cinnamon mixture.  Roll up from short end.  Cut into 9 slices.  Place one slice in each prepared muffin pan cup. 

Bake 25 minutes or until golden brown.  Immediately invert pan onto cookie sheet or tray; cool 10 minutes.

 Wow!!!  Mom made sticky buns!



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Orange French Toast

10 slices raisin bread

2 eggs, slightly beaten

1 c orange juice

1 1/2 c crushed vanilla wafers

butter

Combine eggs and orange juice.  Quickly dip bread into egg mixture, then into vanilla wafer crumbs.  Fry in 1 Tbsp butter on both sides until brown.  Use additional butter as needed.  Serve with syrup.

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