THANKS HUBBY! A POUND OF CHOCOLATES AND CARAMEL PECAN POPCORN MAKES FOR A HAPPY WIFEY! LOL
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THANKS HUBBY! A POUND OF CHOCOLATES AND CARAMEL PECAN POPCORN MAKES FOR A HAPPY WIFEY! LOL
EUROPEAN BUTTER COOKIES FOR VALENTINE'S DAY
MY EURPOEAN BUTTER COOKIE RECIPE:
PREHEAT OVEN TO 350 AND LINE COOKIE SHEETS WITH PARCHMENT
BEAT:
3 YOLKS
1 3/4C. CONFECTIONER'S SUGAR
4 STICKS SOFTENED BUTTER
THEN ADD:
4 1/2 C. FLOUR
ROLL COOKIES OUT. CUT WITH COOKIE CUTTERS. BAKE ABOUT10-12 MINS DEPENDING ON SIZE.
ROYAL ICING FOR DECORATING:
Ingredients
- 1 pound confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons meringue powder
- Scant 1/2 cup water
Directions
- Beat ingredients in a mixer bowl on low speed until smooth, about 7 minutes. If icing is too thick, add more water; if too thin, beat 2 to 3 minutes more.
DECORATE COOKIES WITH YOUR ROYAL ICING HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE. ONCE DRY, ADD A DAB OF ICING AS A "GLUE" AND ATTACH THE COOKIES TO STACK THEM!
Angel food cake with cacao nibs and orange freckles + two new addictions
As happens with “Top Chef”, I can’t keep up with all the great TV shows out there – that is why I’m in love with Netflix right now: I’m able to watch entire seasons, beginning with the first episode, without missing anything. \0/ That is how I got completely hooked on “Mad Men”, a show I’d wanted to watch forever, and now I cannot wait for the 5th season to be available on Netflix – while that
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CRANBERRY DOUBLE CHIPPERS!
Ingredients:
3/4 c. salted butter, softened
3/4 c. brown sugar (I used dark brown)
1/4 c. granulated sugar
1 egg
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 c. all purpose flour
2 tsp. cornstarch
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. bittersweet chocolate chips-Ghirardelli
1/2c. dried cranberries
1/2c. white chocolate chips
(Use some extra chips/cranberries to press in immediately after coming out of the oven.)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheet with parchment.
2. Beat butter and sugars till creamy. Add egg and vanilla.
3. Add flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt. Fold in chocolate chunks & cranberries.
4. Using a cookie scoop drop dough onto sheet. Mine baked about 14 minutes but check the time depending on the size. They should be lightly brown. The tops do not really brown so don't over bake.
5. Remove and push in a few extra chips/cranberries. I got about 20 cookies from this recipe.
RECIPE ADAPTED FROM APPLE A DAY
and Sally's baking addiction
CHOPPED SALAD!!!
In between cheesecakes and brownies, I strongly advise some healthy salads!!! hee hee! I am loving this new chopper from Pampered Chef. Not only does it cut veggies with awesome crinkle cuts, it doubles as the perfect salad chopper!!!!
Our favorites in this salad:
romaine letteuce
spinach
hard boiled eggs
crisp bacon
cashews
red onion
shredded cheese
dried cranberries
Throw in some grilled chicken/shrimp and dinner is served! Best dressing? Avocado oil and some balsamic drizzled on top! The avocado oil is from CHOSEN FOODS!
Cranberry apricot oatmeal cookies and a question
I do love cookies – and you know that – and oatmeal cookies are really favorites of mine: besides being delicious there’s a whole “I’m eating something healthy” vibe behind them. :D
These, from one of my latest cookbook acquisitions (a very good one, by the way), have a touch of spices (yum) and three kinds of dried fruit (yum, yum): the cinnamon, ginger and cloves turn them into an even
CHOCOLATE DIPPED POTATO CHIPS WITH SEA SALT & CARAMEL
START WITH THE THICKEST & SALTIEST CHIPS YOU CAN FIND! MELT SOME CHOCOLATE DISKS MADE FOR MELTING (CLASSENS, MERCKENS, WILTON) AND DIP YOUR CHIPS. YOU CAN CHILL AT THIS POINT OR LET SET A FEW MINUTES, ADD SOME SEA SALT AND DRIZZLE WITH HOMEMADE SALTED CARAMEL.. CLICK HERE FOR THE CARAMEL RECIPE!
FOR SAUSAGE & SPINACH LOVERS XO
I LAYERED:
ZUCCHINI
YELLOW SQUASH
RED SAUCE
RAW PASTA
MORE SAUCE
SPINACH
CHEESE!
COVERED AND COOKED ON LOW FOR 40 MINUTES! LAST 5 MINS I ADDED IN THE COOKED SAUSAGE SLICES!
CLEVER!
HUGS & KISSES PILLSBURY HEART COOKIES!
ROLL OUT PILLSBURY DOUGH
CUT WITH COOKIE CUTTERS
BAKE AT 350 ON PARCHMENT FOR 8-10 MINUTES.
ADD CHOPPED HUGS & KISSES CHOCOLATES!
SERVE WITH LOVE! XOXO
PISTACHIO CRUSTED FRENCH TOAST STUFFED WITH NUTELLA!
THIS RECIPE MAKES 4 FRENCH TOAST "SANDWICHES" -
8 OUNCES ROASTED & SALTED PISTACHIO NUT MEATS, GROUND COARSELY IN THE FOOD PROCESSOR
2 EGGS
NUTELLA FOR EACH "SANDWICH"
8 SLICES OF BREAD (I USED UDI'S GF WHITE-USE ANY KIND YOU LOVE!)
SPLASH HALF & HALF
BUTTER FOR FRYING
POUR THE PISTACHIOS IN ONE BOWL.
BEAT THE EGGS AND HALF & HALF IN A DIFFERENT BOWL.
SPREAD ABOUT 1-2 TABLESPOONS NUTELLA ON EACH "SANDWICH" AND DIP IT INTO THE EGG, THEN THE PISTACHIOS. ADD TO A HEATED SKILLET WITH MELTED BUTTER AND FRY UNTIL GOLDEN ON BOTH SIDES. SERVE WITH POWDERED SUGAR, WHIPPED CREAM AND FRESH FRUIT!
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No churn dulce de leche ice cream
Besides being a cookbook junkie, I'm also addicted to kitchen gadgets (in my defence, I use them all the time, both the books and the gadgets). :) One of my favorite gadgets is my ice cream maker, which I keep in the freezer for whenever the feel for ice cream strikes, but knowing that not everyone has one I decided to try this recipe found in Nigella's latest book; not only was it dead easy to
OREO & PEANUT BUTTER BROWNIE CUPS!
1 box brownie mix, I used Pillsbury
24 Oreos
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
*chopped peanut butter cups!
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line 12 muffin cup with paper liners.
2. Prepare brownies by package instructions.
3. For each cupcake you're going to take an Oreo and spread on some peanut-top with another Oreo and add peanut butter on top of that. Then sit this little tower in your paper liner. Repeat for each one.
4. Pour brownie batter over each stacked Oreo tower and let it spill over the sides of the cookies. The extra batter I baked in a second muffin tin and laid a whole oreo in the bottom of each!
5. Bake the muffin tins for about 20-22 minutes at 350.
6. Once you remove from the oven, I immediately sprinkled chopped peanut butter cups on top-pressing lightly and placed the whole tray in the fridge so the pb cups wouldn't melt. Cool and serve!
Makes 12 "cupcakes"
adapted from PICKY PALATE
24 Oreos
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
*chopped peanut butter cups!
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line 12 muffin cup with paper liners.
2. Prepare brownies by package instructions.
3. For each cupcake you're going to take an Oreo and spread on some peanut-top with another Oreo and add peanut butter on top of that. Then sit this little tower in your paper liner. Repeat for each one.
4. Pour brownie batter over each stacked Oreo tower and let it spill over the sides of the cookies. The extra batter I baked in a second muffin tin and laid a whole oreo in the bottom of each!
5. Bake the muffin tins for about 20-22 minutes at 350.
6. Once you remove from the oven, I immediately sprinkled chopped peanut butter cups on top-pressing lightly and placed the whole tray in the fridge so the pb cups wouldn't melt. Cool and serve!
Makes 12 "cupcakes"
adapted from PICKY PALATE
PAMPERED CHEF FUN!
TILAPIA BREADED WITH CHIA SEEDS AND COOKED IN AVOCADO OIL
2. DIP TILAPIA IN MIXTURE OF BREAD CRUMBS (I USED GF), PARMESAN CHEESE AND CHIA SEED.
3. HEAT AVOCADO OIL AND PAN FRY FISH UNTIL GOLDEN.
4. SERVE OVER SPINACH DRESSED WITH CASHEW, CRANBERRIES, PAREMSAN CHEESE, OLIVE OIL & BALSAMIC VINEGAR.
YOU CAN ORDER THE CHIA SEEDS AND THE AVOCADO OIL FROM CHOSEN FOODS. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. IN FACT, THIS DINNER WILL BE A WEEKLY ADDITION FOR US. NOT ONLY WAS IT DELICIOUS BUT IT WAS FAST AND HEALTHY, TOO!
BEST CHOCOLATE COOKIE RECIPE EVER FOR POPS!!
WANT THE RECIPE.....
CHOCOLATE SUGAR COOKIES:
BEAT:
1C. SUGAR
1C. BUTTER
ADD:
1 EGG
1 TSP. VANILLA
ADD 2 1/2C. FLOUR
1/2C. COCOA POWDER
1/2 TSP. SALT
ONCE A DOUGH FORMS, ROLL OUT, CUT SHAPES, INSERT STICKS AND BAKE AT 350 10-13 MINS DEPENDING ON SIZE. LET COOL AND DECORATE WITH PINK ROYAL ICING, CRUSHED CONVERSATION HEARTS AND M & M'S!
ROYAL ICING
Ingredients
- 1 pound confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons meringue powder
- Scant 1/2 cup water
Directions
- Beat ingredients in a mixer bowl on low speed until smooth, about 7 minutes. If icing is too thick, add more water; if too thin, beat 2 to 3 minutes more.
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