Homemade Pizza and Pizza Sauce

Makes one large pizza or 2-3 personal size pizza's.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

1 Cup Warm Water                    
1 Tablespoon Yeast                                               
1 Tablespoon Sugar  
                                                             
Pour warm water in bowl. 
Add the yeast and sugar. 
Let stand for ten minutes. 

1 Teaspoon Salt        
2½ Cups Flour                                               
1-2 Tablespoons Oil             



Add salt, flour and oil in yeast solution. 
Mix well and lightly knead or beat with mixer.
Pat or roll onto floured surface into a round shape. 
Spray cookie sheet  or pizza pan with cooking spray. 
Bake at 450 degrees for about 12-15 minutes. 

You can easily double the recipe or triple.
You can add oregano or other spices to the dough for extra flavor.


Pizza Sauce
Place ingredients in sauce pan and warm. 
You can vary spices depending on taste.
                              
8 oz. can tomato sauce
1/2 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp. basil

1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. black pepper
Add salt to taste

Spice Cake

1 cup softened butter

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Beat butter, sugar and eggs together. Stir in milk and vanilla. Add dry ingredients. Bake 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Recipe from my Grandma Eva Harmon. 
I use butter rather than shortening that my grandma used.

The haircuts...

I wrote about Kendree getting her hair cut. The next day I took Kindsey to get her hair cut. Both girls love their new hair style. These were taken before school this morning.

Poem: THE TEMPLE

There is a special place
I enter in
To help bring celestial life
To all women and men
The place is beautiful,
Divine and sacred
While there I am being
Spiritually fed
I knew I would go there since
I was a small child
To be ready we must be
Humble, meek and mild
Repentant and worthy
With a prayerful mind
Answers to questions,
Personal revelations to find
I have gratitude for the blessings
To able to enter therein
To feel close to our Father
While in there the veil is thin


Written by Kristi Patterson
February 7, 2010

Potato Casserole

3-5 Pounds of Potatoes

1 Can Campbell’s Condensed Soup Cheddar Cheese

1 Can Milk

1/2 Cup Butter

1 Cup Water

Optional 1 package of Crushed Ritz Crackers 

Wash and slice potatoes. Lay in casserole dish.

(I leave the peelings on but you can peel them if you prefer).

Melt in medium saucepan the soup, milk, butter and water.

Pour liquid on top of potatoes and add crushed Ritz crackers over top.

Lay foil loosely on top of dish. 
Bake at 400 degrees for 1 hour.

Remove foil about 15 minutes before done.

Another variation is I boil the liquid and potatoes and just add a bit more water, enough to cover the potatoes. It is faster and tastes great.

Poem: FAMILIES ARE FOREVER

Families are forever
God is very clever
He wants us to love our families
That includes everyone in the family tree
Families are not perfect
At times life can get hectic
But if we all stay together
So we can be a family forever
Families should love unselfishly
And be united as a We
We should respect our mother and father
And cherish our sister and our brother
Families were destined for eternity
So please live with peace and harmony


Kristi Patterson 
Written 1997

Poem: I WALK ALONE

I walk alone
On stepping stone 

On graceful meadow

Through winds that blow

Yet someone is there
To hear my prayer
Who does love me
So dear and free

It makes me cry
The spirit touches my eye
As I look at beauty
To enjoy and see

Beauty covers the land
Made by God’s hands
Near mountain or hill
I listen to His will

As I walk through forest
I feel so blessed
That God made this earth
With all of it’s worth

Kristi Harmon
February 15, 2004

My twins

I took the twins, Kindsey and Kendree 

to Sonic and then to a park near our house.

The Ultimate Sugar Cookie

1 1/2 Cups Powdered Sugar
1 cup Softened Butter
1 Egg
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
1/2 Teaspoon Almond extract
2 1/2 Cups Flour
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1 Teaspoon Cream of Tartar

Mix powdered sugar and butter in large bowl. Stir in egg, vanilla and almond extract. Stir in flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours until firm.
Heat oven to 375°. Roll half of dough at a time 1/8 inch thick on lightly floured surface. Cut into desired shapes. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until light brown. 

Double Recipe
3 Cups Powdered Sugar

2 cups Softened Butter
2 Egg
2 Teaspoon Vanilla
1 Teaspoon Almond extract
5 Cups Flour
2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
2 Teaspoon Cream of Tartar

Craft night

I came across this photo taken several years ago at a craft night.

Me, Rachelle and Tabatha

We get together and do a potluck dinner and then each of us works on our own crafts.