Posted in Chocolate, Cookies, Desserts, Snacks on Mar 6th, 2010
Makes a bunch!
Ingredients
1 pound unsalted butter
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
2 1/4 cups packed light-brown sugar
4 large eggs
3 cups plus 2 tablespoons pastry flour*
3 cups bread flour
1 tablespoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
2 pounds bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper [...]
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Posted in Desserts on Oct 27th, 2009
INGREDIENTS
Serves 12.
CRUST
1 1/4 cups graham-cracker crumbs (from10 whole crackers)
1/4 cup sugar
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
FILLING
4 packages (8 ounces each) bar cream cheese, very soft
1 1/4 cups sugar
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup canned pumpkin puree
2 tablespoons pumpkin-pie spice***
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 large eggs, room temperature
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with [...]
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Posted in Appetizers, Desserts, Fruit on Oct 23rd, 2009
Things Needed
1 small Seedless Melon
Use a vegetable peeler to remove the entire rind, exposing the inner white rind.
Red Jello
Instructions
Slice off the bottom of the melon to create a flat base that will keep it from rolling. Draw squiggly lines that represent the bumps and ridges of the brain. Carve narrow channels along the tracings with [...]
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Posted in Desserts, Vegetables on Oct 21st, 2009
Cream together: ½ Cup Butter
1 ½ Cup Sugar
Add: 2 eggs (one at a time)
Mix in:
¾ Cups Milk
½ tsp Baking Soda
1 Cup canned Pumpkin
2 ½ tsp Allspice
3 tsp Baking Powder
2 Cups Flour
Mix thoroughly. Preheat the oven to 375˚F. Fill cupcake cups ¾ full and bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool & frost with cream cheese frosting.
These don’t [...]
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Posted in Desserts, Snacks on Oct 17th, 2009
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cup dark Karo syrup
1 cup butter
2 cups cream
Nuts
1 tsp. vanilla
Combine sugar, syrup, butter and 1 cup cream; bring to boil, stirring constantly. Add remaining cream and cook slowly to hard ball stage (260 degrees—candy thermometer)
After adding the last cream, you don’t have to keep stirring. Remove from heat. Add nuts and [...]
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Posted in Dairy, Desserts, Rice on Oct 15th, 2009
1/2 cup egg substitute
2 cups fat-free milk
1/2 cup SPLENDA® Granular
1/2 cup dark raisins
1 1/2 cups cooked white rice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Preheat oven to 325°F.
In a large bowl, combine egg substitute, milk, SPLENDA® Granular, raisins, [...]
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Posted in Dairy, Desserts on Oct 14th, 2009
½ CUP BUTTER
1 CUP SUGAR
1 TSP VANILLA
5 EGGS, SEPARATED
1 ½ CUPS FLOUR
1 TSP BAKING POWDER
2 CUPS MILK, WHOLE OR 2 %
14 OZ CAN SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK
12 OZ CAN EVAPORATED MILK
TOPPING:
1 ½ CUPS HEAVY WHIPPING CREAM
1 TSP VANILLA
PREHEAT OVEN TO 350 DEGREES.
CREAM BUTTER AND SUGAR TOGETHER UNTIL FLUFFY. ADD EGG YOLKS ONE AT A TIME; BEAT [...]
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Posted in Chocolate, Cookbooks, Desserts on Oct 14th, 2009
Molten chocolate soufflé is one of my favorite desserts to make for company. For all chocolate lovers it is heaven. It tastes great, looks great, tastes great, is inexpensive, tastes great, is relatively easy to make, and did I mention it tastes great?
Anyways here is what you need. The full recipe calls for 8 servings [...]
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Posted in Desserts, Sauces & Frostings on Oct 14th, 2009
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup red food coloring
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tbsp. cocoa
1 tsp. salt
1 cup buttermilk
2 1/2 cups cake flour, plus 2 Tbsp.
1 tsp. vinegar
1 tsp. soda
Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and beat. Make a paste of coloring and cocoa; add salt, buttermilk, flour and vanilla.
Mix vinegar and soda, [...]
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12 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks) at room temperature
2/3 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
2 extra-large eggs at room temperature
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk, shaken, at room temperature
1/2 cup sour cream at room temperature
2 tablespoons brewed coffee
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup good un-sweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons [...]
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