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Cherry Almond Scones
By cuznvin
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
- # 3 cups all-purpose flour
- # 1 cup sugar
- # 1 tablespoon baking powder
- # 1 lemon, zested
- # Pinch salt
- # 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- # 1 1/2 sticks cold butter, cut into pea size pieces
- # 1 cup dried cherries
- # 1/2 cup toasted sliced almonds
- # 1/2 cup heavy cream
- # Turbinado sugar, for garnishi
Frozen Key Lime Pie
By cuznvin
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- Crust:
- Ingredients
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- Pie:
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 (12-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 3/4 cups key lime juice
- 1 tablespoon key lime zest
- 1 pint half-and-half
- Fresh lime slices. for garnish
Pizza Chena
By cuznvin
In a large bowl, dissolve in 2 cups of warm water, yeast, sugar, and salt
- Dough:
- Makes approximately 2 pounds.
- 1 packet of active dry yeast
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 cups of warm water
- 5-6 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Filling:
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1/2 pound fresh, hot Italian sausage (in casing)
- 1/2 pound capocollo, thinly sliced
- 1/3 pound Genoa salami, thinly sliced
- 1/3 pound pepperoni, thinly sliced
- 1 pound fresh basket cheese***
- 1/2 pound mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced
- 1 dozen eggs (8 will be beaten, 4 will be hard boiled)
- 1/3 cup minced fresh flat leaf parsley
- 15-20 cranks freshly ground black pepper
- 1 egg beaten with 1 teaspoon water for egg wash
Italian Rugelach Cookies Stuffed with Nutella and Chocolate Chips
By cuznvin
MAKE THE COOKIE DOUGH: Add to the bowl of a large food processor the flour, sugar and salt
- Ingredients:
- 2 3/4 Cups 2 3/4 Cups All-purpose Flour, plus more for shaping
- 1/2 Cup 1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar
- 1/2 Teaspoon 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
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- 1 Cup 1 Cup Unsalted Butter, 2 sticks, cold, cut into 16 pieces
- 8 Ounces 8 Ounces Mascarpone Cheese, 1 tub, cold
- 1 Tablespoon 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Sugar
- 2 Teaspoons 2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
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- Filling:
- 1/4 Cup 1/4 Cup Nutella
- 1/2 Cup 1/2 Cup Mini Chocolate Chips
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- Topping:
- 1 Large 1 Large Egg
- 1/4 Cup 1/4 Cup Vanilla Sugar
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Cream-Cheese Filling
By cuznvin
Make the cookies: Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Makes 12 whoopie pies
- FOR THE PUMPKIN WHOOPIE COOKIES
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon ground cloves
- 2 cups firmly packed dark-brown sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 3 cups pumpkin puree, chilled
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- FOR THE CREAM-CHEESE FILLING
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Chocolate Chip-Walnut Mandelbrot
By cuznvin
Do these cookies look like biscotti? Exactly right; Mandelbrot are the Eastern European version of that Italian fav...
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup (7 ounces) vegetable oil
- 7 ounces sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 14 3/4 ounces King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 12 ounces chocolate chips
- 6 ounces walnut pieces
- coarse white sparkling sugar, optional
Almond Puff Loaf
By cuznvin
Preheat the oven to 350°F
- First Layer
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter*, cut into pats or 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 * 1 cup King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup water
- * *If you're using unsalted butter, add 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- Second Layer
- 1 * 1 cup water
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter*
- 1 * 1 cup King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 3 * 3 large eggs, at room temperature; warm them, in the shell, in hot tap water for 10 minutes if they're cold from the fridge
- 1 * 1 teaspoon almond extract
- * *If you're using unsalted butter, add 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- Topping
- 2/3 * 2/3 cup jam or preserves
- 1/2 to 2/3 * 1/2 to 2/3 cup slivered or sliced almonds, toasted in a 350°F oven for about 7 to 10 minutes, or until they're a light, golden brown
- Icing
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup confectioners' or glazing sugar
- 1 * 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 * 4 teaspoons milk or water (approximately)
- OR
- First Layer
- 4 * 4 ounces (1 stick) butter*, cut into pats or 1/2-inch cubes
- 4 1/2 * 4 1/2 ounces King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 2 * 2 ounces water
- * *If you're using unsalted butter, add 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- Second Layer
- 8 * 8 ounces water
- 4 * 4 ounces (1 stick) butter*
- 4 1/2 * 4 1/2 ounces King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 3 * 3 large eggs, at room temperature; warm them, in the shell, in hot tap water for 10 minutes if they're cold from the fridge
- 1 * 1 teaspoon almond extract
- * *If you're using unsalted butter, add 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- Topping
- 7 * 7 ounces jam or preserves
- 2 to 2 1/2 * 2 to 2 1/2 ounces slivered or sliced almonds, toasted in a 350°F oven for about 7 to 10 minutes, or until they're a light, golden brown
- Icing
- 2 * 2 ounces confectioners' or glazing sugar
- 1 * 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 * 4 teaspoons milk or water (approximately)
Ox Tongues
By cuznvin
# Place dough on a lightly floured work surface; lightly flour dough
- Makes 24
- 1/2 * 1/2 batch (12 ounces) Food Processor Quick Puff Pastry
- * All-purpose flour, for work surface
- 1 * 1 cup granulated sugar
Candy Cane Biscotti
By cuznvin
Preheat oven to 350 In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2/3 cup finely crushed peppermint candy canes
- 14 ounces fine-quality white chocolate, melted
- extra crushed candy canes to sprinkle on top
Simple Birthday Cake with Marshmallow Frosting
By cuznvin
Alex Guarnaschelli
- "Marshmallowy" Frosting:
- Ingredients
- 10 * 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus additional for cake pans
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 * 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 1/2 * 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 * 2 eggs
- 1 1/3 * 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
- 2 * 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 * 2 cups sour cream
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped semisweet chocolate
- 5 * 5 tablespoons cool water, plus more for the double boiler
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 1/3 * 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
- 2 * 2 egg whites, room temperature
- 1 * 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 1 * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract