Frozen Kool-Aid

A couple of weeks ago I came across this recipe by Pioneer Woman. Looks good, right? Well, yesterday afternoon Ben was grumpy (it's the heat, I swear, we're cooped up and grumpy a lot!) so I was trying to think of something fun we could do. So I pulled out a package of strawberry kool-aid and decided to make a kool-aid version of PW's recipe. I made the kool-aid almost to the package instructions, with a little more sugar and a little less water. The water I used was from the fridge, so it was ice cold and I could have even put less water than I did to make the slush more concentrated.

I poured it into a 9x13 glass pan just like PW and stuck it in the freezer. I checked it every 15 or 20 minutes to keep it from freezing too hard in the pan. PW has good recommendations on how to do that and it worked great. By the time we got home from the store around 7 it was a perfectly iced up pan of sweet goodness.

To make it even better, fill up a cup with it about halfway then pour soda on top. John added Mountain Dew to it and it was awesome. You could also use sprite or ginger ale as well and it would be great for a party. I made a punch kind of like this for a baby shower once and this was extremely similar tasting but with half the effort of the other punch! Next time I might add some pineapple juice into the kool aid or do it with some other fruit juices so it's not a cup full of sugar!

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Random Recipe – 1 Hour Rolls

We're just chillin' till John gets home and it's taking every ounce of willpower I have not to devour every single one of these rolls! My sister makes these all the time and I never got them to taste as good till I finally asked her what was up. And voila! Awesome homemade yeast rolls in about an hour. How can you go wrong with that?

1-Hour Rolls

4-1/2 cups flour (1 cup, then 3 cups)
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 packages yeast
1/4 cup powdered milk
1 stick margarine (softened)
1-1/2 cups hot tap water

Mix together 1 cup flour, sugar, salt, yeast and milk, then add water and margarine. Let rest for 15 minutes. Add remaining flour. Roll into 24 rolls. Let rise 15-30 minutes. Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes.

The problem I was having was that I didn't have powdered milk so I would just make without it. You can substitute part of the water for milk if you don't have powdered (I use 1/2 cup warm milk and 1 cup hot water). Works like a champ for me! And I add some fresh ground salt on top of these after brushing them with butter. We like salt. :)

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