Blue Cheese and Bacon Dip

8 oz. Blue Cheese, Crumbled
1-1/2 cup UMPQUA Sour Cream
1/2 cup Yogurt
1 lb. Bacon Bits
1/4 teaspoon. Cayenne Pepper
(makes about 1 quart)

Mix all ingredients together well. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.

Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Confectioners’ sugar
1 egg
1 ¼ cup UMPQUA Chocolate Ice Cream
1 cup original pancake mix
¼ cup chocolate chips

Lightly oil a large skillet and heat over medium-high heat. In a blender container, combine the ice cream and egg, process until well blended. Add pancake mix, process just to combine. Stir in chocolate chips.  Pour slightly less than 1/4 cup batter for each pancake onto oiled skillet. Turn when pancakes appear dry around edges and bottoms are golden brown. Sprinkle pancakes with confectioner's sugar.

Sour Cream Pound Cake

Sift Together
3 cups flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt

Separate 6 eggs

Combine
1 cup UMPQUA Butter
3 cups sugar
1 teaspoon almond flavoring
1 cup UMPQUA Sour Cream
6 egg yolks

Add dry ingredients alternately with sour cream mixture.  Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into mixture.  Bake in bundt pan (greased and floured) at 350ºF for 1 to 1 ¼ hours.  Great also as a shortcake for all kinds of berries and fruits, topped with fresh UMPQUA Whipping Cream.

Bran Muffins

2 cups boiling water
6 cups all bran cereal
1 cup & 1 tbsp shortening
2 cups sugar
4 eggs, slightly beaten
1 quart UMPQUA Buttermilk
5 cups flour
5 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt

Pour boiling water over 2 cups of the bran cereal and let stand while you mix the following.  In a separate bowl cream together shortening and sugar.  Add eggs, buttermilk and the rest of the dry bran cereal.  Add the bran and water mixture.  Stir in flour, baking soda and salt.  Mix thoroughly.  Refrigerate your mix for at least 4-6 hours.  You can make as many muffins as you like at one time.  Mix will keep for several weeks in refrigerator.  To bake:  Place muffin papers in a muffin pan and fill 2/3 full with mix.  Bake at 350ºF for approximately 20 minutes.  Serve with plenty of UMPQUA Butter.