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Linzer Cookies

¾ lb. unsalted butter at room temp 1 cup sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 3 ½ cups flour ¼ tsp. salt ¾ cup good raspberry preserves Preheat oven to 350 degrees Cream butter and sugar until just combined. Add vanilla. In medium bowl, sift together the flour and the salt and then add to butter mixture….

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Overnight Pizza Dough

Important Note: The sponge needs to rest overnight; the dough needs to rise for about eight hours.  This is not a quick pizza dough recipe, but it is well worth the time. Yield: Makes 8 9-inch pizzas Sponge: 1 cup lukewarm water (110°F to 115°F) 1 envelope active dry yeast, divided 1 cup all purpose…

Pumpkin Poop

Small zip-lock bags Enough Candy Corn to fill bag Print off the following saying and attach it to the baggie of Candy Corn. “I started to carve a pumpkin with my carving knife and scoop, but the pumpkin got so scared he took a little poop!  It looked so cute and funny, just like a…

Popcorn Balls

Pop 1 2/3 Cups of Popcorn.  Try to pick out all of the old maids and then prepare the caramel coating. Boil 5 minutes: 1 lb Brown Sugar 1 Cup White Karo Syrup Then add: 1 Can Eagle Brand Condensed Milk 1 Cube of Butter Boil to softball stage (225˚- 227˚F).  If you are testing…

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Irene’s Caramels

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…

Stovetop Popcorn

3 Tbsp canola, peanut or grapeseed oil (high smoke point oil) 1/3 cup of high quality popcorn kernels 1 3-quart covered saucepan 2 Tbsp or more (to taste) of butter Salt to taste 1 Heat the oil in a 3-quart saucepan on medium high heat. 2 Put 3 or 4 popcorn kernels into the oil…