Recipes for Motive for Murder

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1. Heat water and butter in pan until boiling. Remove from heat.
2. Add flour all at once and stir vigorously about 1 minute or until mixture forms a ball.
3. Remove from heat and stir in eggs, one at a time. Beat vigorously until smooth.
4. Drop dough in round or oblong mounds on greased cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 35–40 minutes.
5. Cool. Cut off tops and pull out bits of dough from inside. Fill with pudding using a spoon or pastry bag.
6. Frost with chocolate icing.

1. Melt chocolate and butter then stir in vanilla and sugar.
2. Add milk, 1 Tbsp. at a time, and beat until desired consistency is reached.

1. Bake potatoes until done (either in oven at 400 degrees for 45 minutes or in microwave). Let potatoes cool slightly, then cut open lengthwise and scoop out insides.
2. Mash pulp with milk, and then add cream cheese, salt, and butter.
3. Stir in ham and corn then stuff potato shells with mixture.
4. Place potatoes on a baking sheet and sprinkle with grated cheddar cheese.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 10–15 minutes.

1. Dissolve yeast and 1 Tablespoon sugar in 1/2 cup warm water
2. Combine 2 cups water, salt, rest of sugar, oil, and 3 cups of flour. Mix well in mixer.
3. Mix in yeast mixture then add rest of flour. After mixing well, let dough rise 15 minutes.
4. Turn on mixer for approximately 5–10 seconds to punch down dough then let rest 15 min.
5. Repeat the previous step two more times.
6. Divide dough in half. Roll each portion into a 14″ x 6″ rectangle. Roll up, jelly-roll style, starting with the long side. Pinch edges and ends to seal. Place seam side down on a large, greased baking sheet that has been sprinkled with cornmeal.
7. Brush with egg white mixture, then cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled.
8. With a very sharp knife, make 3 or 4 diagonal cuts about 1/4 inch deep across top of each loaf. Brush lightly again with egg white mixture. Add sesame seeds if desired.
9. Bake in a preheated, 375 degree oven for 18–22 minutes.

1. Boil potatoes, onion, and celery in small amount of water until tender. Drain.
2. Add milk, evaporated milk, salt, sugar, butter, pepper, and clams.
3. Put 1/3 cup flour in a bowl and slowly add 1/2 cup milk, beating until smooth. Stir into soup and heat until soup is thickened, stirring constantly.

1. Cream margarine or butter, and sugars.
2. Mix in pumpkin, egg, and vanilla. Blend well.
3. Stir in flour, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg and mix well.
4. Stir in chocolate chips. Add nuts if desired.
5. Use teaspoon to drop cookies onto greased baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10–15 minutes.

1. Mix flours, soda, and salt.
2. In separate bowl, beat egg, then whisk in oil, honey, and buttermilk.
3. Add liquid mixture to dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened (the batter will be slightly lumpy).
4. Pour 1/4 cup of the batter onto a greased griddle and cook until the bubbles on top just begin to break. Turn and cook briefly on the other side.

1. Put chicken in pan with enough water to cover half the chicken. Add 1 tsp. Adobo seasoning or 1 tsp. salt. Cook chicken for forty minutes. Cool, and pull chicken off the bones and into pieces.
2. In large pan, add chicken broth, potatoes, bell pepper, tomatoes, onion, olives, olive oil, lime juice, oregano, garlic, cumin, black pepper, cilantro, tomato sauce, 1 teaspoon Adobo seasoning or salt, and bay leaves. Simmer for twenty minutes. Add chicken and simmer for 1 hour. Serve in a small bowl or over rice.

1. Mix together all ingredients and put in a shaker jar (Use a salt shaker).

1. Dissolve yeast in warm water then add 1/2 cup sugar and stir until dissolved.
2. Scald milk. Add shortening and stir until shortening has melted.
3. Cool milk to lukewarm, stir in eggs then add yeast mixture.
4. In separate bowl, combine flour and salt, and then add to liquid mixture and mix. Can use bread mixer or turn onto floured surface and knead until smooth.
5. Cover and allow to rise, about 1 hour.
6. Punch down dough and place in a greased bowl. Cover and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
7. To prepare filling, combine butter, 3/4 cup sugar, and grated orange peel. Mix until it resembles crumbs.
8. Roll chilled dough on a lightly floured surface and shape into a rectangle about ¼ inch thick. Spread filling over the dough and roll up, jelly-roll style into a log. Cut slices about ¾ inch thick and place in a greased muffin tin or on a baking sheet. Cover and place in warm area until dough has doubled.
9. Bake at 375 degrees for 10–15 minutes or until lightly brown.
10. Frost with orange cream cheese frosting.

1. Beat cream cheese, butter, orange peel, and juice until creamy, then beat in sugar.
2. Spread on rolls and sprinkle with nuts if desired.

1. 1. Hard boil eggs. Cool, peel, chop, and set aside.
2. 2. In a bowl, mix mayonnaise, celery, mustard, onion, lemon juice, and salt. Stir in chopped egg gently.