Cornmeal and Thyme Cookies

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup Dixie Lily Yellow Corn Meal
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 tablespoon thyme

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350º and line baking pans with parchment paper
  2. Whisk together flour, cornmeal and salt. Set aside
  3. Beat butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and mix well.
  4. Reduce mixer speed to low and slowly add flour mixture and thyme. Mix just until combined.
  5. Drop dough in tablespoons full onto prepared pans, about 2 inches apart. Flatten cookies slightly.
  6. Bake 14-16 minutes, or until edges are golden brown.
  7. Let cool on rack.

Old-Fashion Rice Pudding

Ingredients:

  • 12 cups whole milk, divided
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 reason salt
  • 1 cup Dixie Lily long grain white rice
  • 4 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1 cup pecans
  • ground cinnamon

Instructions:

  1. In a large saucepan, combine 11 cups milk, sugar and salt. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
  2. Stir in Dixie Lily rice and reduce heat to low. (Adjust heat to a gentle simmer)
  3. Stirring occasionally, cook 50-60 minutes. Mixture should thicken to a yogurt like consistency.
  4. Once thickened, remove from heat and add vanilla and raisins.
  5. Let cool and then refrigerate. Stir in 1 cup milk before serving. Sprinkle with cinnamon and pecans if desired.

Instant Pot® Rice Pudding

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups Uncooked Dixie Lily Long grain white rice
  • 4 cups milk
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup raisins
  • pinch of salt
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter

Instructions:

  1. In the inner pot of your Instant Pot® pressure cooker combine the rice, milk, water, sugar, cinnamon, raisins, and salt.
  2. Mix well – make sure there are no large lumps of cinnamon.
  3. Close the lid, lock it into its position. Press MANUAL (pressure cooking) and adjust the time to 5 minutes.
  4. When the cooking cycle is finished, wait about 7 minutes before releasing the pressure manually. (Adjust cook time to 3 min for harder rice or 7-10 minutes for softer rice)
  5. When the pin has dropped, open the lid and give it a good mix. Now stir in the butter. Taste it and add more sweetener, if needed.
  6. Serve and garnish as you like. (Will thicken as it cools)

Fried Mush

Submitted By: S. Dennison
Created By: Delores Blake

Ingredients:

  • 4 c. Water
  • 1 t. Salt
  • 1 c. Dixie Lily Corn Meal

Preparation Instructions

Lightly grease a standard size loaf pan with butter. Bring 3 cups of water to a boil. Combine corn meal, salt, and 1 cup of water in a separate container. Slowly pour into boiling water while stirring. Return to boiling. Stir constantly over med heat until thick, about 10-20 minutes, depending on how high the heat is when you’re cooking it. Empty into bread pan. Let cool to room temp. Refrigerate overnite. Slice about 1 in. thick. Fry in lard until golden brown on both sides. Eat with corn syrup.

Lima Cheese Casserole

Submitted By: Tom Allen
Created By: Anne Allen

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups China Doll Baby Lima Beans
  • Warm Water
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup Chopped Onions
  • 2 tablespoons Shortening
  • 1 1/4 cup Cooked Tomatoes
  • 1 teaspoon Chilli Powder
  • 1 1/2 cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Preparation Instructions

Wash and cook beans with salt in warm water till tender. Drain.
Brown onions in hot shortening. Add tomatoes, chilli powder and salt. Cook till slightly thick.
Place alternate layers of beans, tomato sauce and cheese in a greased casserole dish.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes

Turkey Gumbo

Turkey Stock 

Ingredients:

  • Leftover Turkey Carcass (Be sure to leave some meat on the bones for the Gumbo)
  • 4 Celery Stalks (Leaves included)
  • 2 Onions Quartered
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 1 Teaspoon rosemary
  • 10 whole cloves
  • 1 Tablespoon Thyme
  • 1 Tablespoon Cajun Seasoning (Like Tony Chachere’s)
  • 3 cloves garlic rough chop

Chicken Stock and Water (Enough to cover bones)

Bring to a boil in a large stock pot and then simmer for 3 – 4 hours.  Strain the stock in to another stock pot and keep warm.  Pull all the meat off the bones of the turkey and shred it (Be careful of bones particularly in the legs).  Set meat aside to be added to the Gumbo later.

Ingredients:

Turkey Gumbo

  • 1 cup Salted Butter
  • 1 cup All Purpose Flour
  • 1 ½ Onion diced
  • 4 Celery Stalks chopped to similar size to onions
  • 2 green peppers chopped to similar size of onions and celery
  • ½ Jalapeno chopped fine
  • 3 Cloves Garlic finely minced
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 1 Tablespoon Thyme
  • 1 Teaspoon Rosemary
  • 1 Tablespoon Cajun Seasoning (Like Tony Chachere’s)
  • 1 Pound Sausage (Like Conecuh) browned and chopped in to bite size pieces
  • Turkey Stock and additional chicken stock if needed.
  • Shredded Turkey meat from the Stock

In a large stock pot make a light roux by adding the butter and AP Flour on medium heat.  Stir constantly with a wooden spoon to keep roux from burning.  You cannot walk away from a roux.  Brown the roux until it is the color of a brown paper bag.  Add onion, celery, green peppers, jalapeno and cook until soft.  Add garlic, bay leaves, thyme, rosemary, Cajun seasoning and stock.  Bring mixture to a boil and then reduce heat to a simmer for 1 hour.  Add sausage and shredded turkey and cook for 30 – 45 minutes.  Serve over Dixie Lily or China Doll rice.

Dixie Lily Jambalaya Rice Mix

Dixie Lily Jambalaya Rice Mix

 

 

Yellow Rice Dinner (Oven Method)

Dixie Lily Yellow Rice Dinner

9 x 13 Aluminum pans

Boiling water

Butter

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pour hot water into the 9x 13 aluminum pans along with the rice and butter. Mix well. Tightly cover aluminum pan with aluminum foil.
  2. Place pan in oven for 45-55 minutes. (Cooking times vary slightly depending on how many servings you are cooking).
  3. Remove and let rice sit covered for 10 minutes. Fluff rice with fork before serving.
To Prepare

(1/2 cup serving)

Yellow Rice Hot Water Butter or margarine
6 Servings 1 cup 2 cups 1 Tbsp
12 Servings 2 cups 4 cups 2 Tbsp
18 Servings 3 cups 6 cups 3 Tbsp
24 Servings 4 cups 8 cups ¼ cup

China Doll™ Red Beans and Rice in Pressure Cooker

1 pound (2 cups) China Doll™ Light Red Kidney Beans
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 green onions, chopped
1/2 cup white or yellow onion, chopped
1/4 cup celery leaves, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
6 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon hot sauce
1 pound ham or sausage
3 cups uncooked China Doll™ rice
1/2 cup green onions, chopped, for garnish

1.     Rinse and sort the beans.
2.      Place oil into the pot and heat.  Add two green onions, white or yellow onion, celery leaves, and garlic. Sauté until onion is tender but not browned.
3.      Add beans, water, salt, pepper, and hot sauce. Stir well.
4.      Bury ham pieces or sausage in beans.
5.      Cook rice with water and salt according to package directions.
6.      Serve beans over hot rice. Top each serving with a generous sprinkling of green onions.