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Caramel Icing
By markemilw
Use this delicious recipe when making the Dolley Madison Layer Cake
- 3 cups light-brown sugar
- 1 cup light cream
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Roasted Brined Turkey
By markemilw
Trussing the turkey ensures even cooking; lining the cavity with cheesecloth before adding the stuffing means easy ...
- 1 fresh whole turkey (18 to 20 pounds), brined
- Turkey Brine
- Porcini, Chestnut, and Sausage Stuffing
- 1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
Cherry Scones
By markemilw
This recipe for cherry scones is from Lauren Bank Deen's "Kitchen Playdates" cookbook
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar, plus more for sprinkling
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces, chilled
- 1/2 cup dried cherries
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 1 large egg
- 5 tablespoons heavy cream, plus more for brushing on scones
Gingerbread & Eggnog Whoopie Pies
By markemilw
1.Preheat the oven to 325F/160 C and line a baking tray with parchment paper (or grease a whoopie pie tin)
- Cake
- 4 cups plain flour
- 1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 4 tbs vegetable shortening
- 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup molasses
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- Eggnog Butterceam
- 3 cups icing sugar, sifted
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 4 tbs whipping cream
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 - 1 tsp eggnog flavoring
Schrafft's Butterscotch Cookies
By markemilw
This recipe for delicious butterscotch cookies is courtesy of Judith Jones
- 14 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups dark-brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons nonfat dry milk
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for shaping
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup finely chopped pecans
Scalloped potato
By markemilw
Martha stewart
- 3 # Yukon Potatoes, peeled and sliced paper thin
- 3 cups Milk
- 1 clove garlic
- 3 T Butter, unsalted and softened
- Coarse Salt and Ground Black Pepper
- 1 cup Heavy Cream
- 5 oz Gruyere Cheese, Grated
Eggs and Morels Baked In Cream
By markemilw
To clean fresh morels, dunk them into a bowl of cold water; drain them on a clean kitchen towel
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, plus more for dishes
- 1 small shallot, finely chopped
- 8 fresh morel mushrooms, (about 1 cup), halved lengthwise
- Coarse salt
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 4 large eggs
- Freshly ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh chives
- Crusty bread, for serving
Cheddar Chive Scones
By markemilw
Cheddar and chives are a great combination in scones
- 4 ounces extra-sharp yellow cheddar cheese, grated
- 6 tablespoons minced fresh chives
- 2 cups plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface
- 3 large eggs, beaten lightly, plus 1 large egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water for egg wash
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, roughly chopped
Small World Coffee's Ginger Scones with Cardamom
By markemilw
This tasty recipe for ginger scones with cardamom comes from Joan Nathan's cookbook, The New American Cooking
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon cardamom pods, crushed and inner seeds ground
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 1/4 cup crystallized ginger, chopped in 1/4-inch pieces
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 teaspoons sugar
- 2 large eggs
Jícama Slaw with Lime-Ancho Dressing
By markemilw
Make the dressing: Whisk together the lime juice, vinegar, ancho powder, and honey in a bowl
- For the dressing:
- 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons ancho chile powder
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 3 T cup mild vegetable oil, such as canola
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- For the slaw:
- 1 (2-pound) jicama, peeled and cut into matchsticks
- 1/2 head napa cabbage, cored and shredded
- 2 carrots, coarsely grated
- 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro leaves