Wayne and Rebecca Madsen

None of my recipe books have a good yeast doughnut recipe, just cake doughnuts, so off to the internet we went. I modified it slightly to fit our needs. And I thought of our niece, Megan, the whole time we made these. Mmm.  read more »

A moist strawberry cake from scratch. We don't use box cakes.  read more »

This is a divine roast and sauce combo that beats out any traditional roast. If you happen to have a roast come your way, pick up this recipe and make it into the best roast you've ever had.  read more »

This is Grandma Harris's stuffing recipe, which we enjoy every year we have it. Now we can make it ourselves!  read more »

These are our favorite dinner rolls, just like Mom used to make. Recently we were asked what our recipe was and we had to admit to using Better Homes and Gardens' recipe. But we also use this database as a location for our recipes when we're on the road, so we will share a non-original recipe with the world, just because we need it when we aren't at home.  read more »

A quick oatmeal dessert from Wayne's childhood. It is easy to make and very tasty.
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This was Rebecca's mother's decorators frosting. It comes out sweeter than our other frosting recipe, but you can vary the stiff quality of the frosting.  read more »

1 pound bread flour, plus extra for shaping
1 teaspoon instant rapid rise yeast
2 teaspoons honey
10 ounces bottled or filtered water
2 teaspoons kosher salt
2 quarts hot water
Vegetable oil, for greasing the rising container
2 tablespoons cornmeal
1/3 cup water
1 tablespoon cornstarch

Combine 5 ounces of the flour, 1/4 teaspoon of the yeast, all of the honey, and all of the bottled water in a straight-sided container; cover loosely and refrigerate for 8 to 12 hours.  read more »

Balsamic Salmon with Walnut Rice Pilaf
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For the fish:
1 lb. salmon fillets (1/2 lb. each)
1 TBS olive oil
Cajun Seasoning

For the sauce:
3/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup bacon, thinly chopped
1 TBS. chopped green onions or shallots

For the rice:
1/2 cup Rice
2 tsp. Cajun seasoning
1 tsp. chili powder
Salt
Walnuts  read more »

Hot Sour Soup
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3/4 pound shoulder pork, thinly sliced

For Pork:
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 tablespoons soy sauce (I recommend Kikkoman)
2 teaspoons dried ginger powder
2 tablespoons chopped green onions
1 teaspoon cilantro, chopped finely
1 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon chili sauce
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon cornstarch
3 tablespoons peanut oil  read more »