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  A really yummy side dish is twice baked potatoes. There are a lot of variations, so don’t be afraid to add stuff you like to them. For our family of seven we use six potatoes. This is one way we make them. I don’t usually measure all the ingredients (I’ve tried to measure since putting our recipes on this blog, but not always) so you will have to adjust things to your liking. 6 medium potatoes 2 lb. bag of shredded cheese (we use cheddar and Monterey Jack blend). Cooked Crumbled Bacon Olive Oil Salt Milk Sour Cream Butter 1 tbsp. Onion Powder 1/4 tsp. Pepper 1/2 tbsp. Salt Use a fork and poke holes in the potatoes. I do four stabs on top and bottom. You don’t have to, but you run the risk of them exploding in the oven. Drizzle olive oil (or whatever oil you like) over each side of the potatoes and sprinkle with salt. Heat the oven to 375° and bake for 1 hour. Insert a fork. If it goes in easy and they feel soft, they are done. If it’s still kind of hard to put the fork in, cook f...

  This dinner roll recipe is so good. I make them all the time and they go with pretty much anything! Although, doesn’t any bread? lol Dinner Rolls Ingredients: 1 cup Hot Water 2 Tbsp Salted Butter 2 tbsp Honey 1/2 cup cold milk 1 Tbsp Active Dry Yeast 4 cups Flour 1 tsp Salt Extra butter for the tops Directions: Put the yeast in the bowl of your stand mixer. In a microwave safe container put the hot water and add the butter. Microwave 45 seconds. Add the Honey and mix around until it is dissolved. Add the cold milk. Check the temperature and make sure it’s not above 110°. Slowly pour the mixture into your mixing bowl. Let sit for 5 minutes so the yeast can activate. Sprinkle the salt in and then add the flour. Mix until it’s not sticky to the touch and pulls away from the sides. Mix for a couple minutes. Take bread hook out and cover with a hot damp towel and let rise for 15 minutes. Spray a 9x13“ baking dish with cooking spray. Divide the dough into 15 equal balls. Place in bakin...