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Cleo's Pumpkin Dog Biscuits
By SewingDragonfly
Makes up to 75 small (1") or 50 medium biscuits
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup canned pumpkin
- 2 tablespoons dry milk
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 1/2 cups brown rice flour *
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley-optional
Gale’s Famous Truffles
By SewingDragonfly
From meals
- 1 1/2 cups crème fraiche or sour cream
- 2 T. finely ground espresso beans
- 12 ounces best-quality bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 1/2 lbs. semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 1/2 cups unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
OranPear
By SewingDragonfly
A sweet liqueur made from oranges and pears, which is very tasty over ice cream or in fruit cocktails, and will be ...
- 1/2 pound pears
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1/2 pound peeled oranges
- 1 cup grain alcohol
Frozen Yogurt
By SewingDragonfly
From KAF Get out your ice cream maker — it's time to make your own frozen yogurt, which is far removed from what...
- 1 quart plain low-fat yogurt*
- 1/2 cup sugar, superfine Baker's Special sugar preferred
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup or honey
- 2 to 3 teaspoons vanilla extract, Vanilla Crush preferred
- Why not start with fruit-flavored or vanilla yogurt? Because we've found these yogurts don't drain as well
Pressure Cooker Chicken and Mushrooms
By SewingDragonfly
From about.com MY NOTES: I made this 1/2/10 after receiving a new electric pressure cooker for Christmas
- 3 T. olive oil
- 2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. pepper
- 1 onion, chopped
- 8 oz. pkg. button mushrooms, cut in half
- 2 (10 oz. each) cans cream of mushroom soup with roasted garlic
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
Rum Dessert Crepe Batter
By SewingDragonfly
Combine ingredients in blender jar; blend for about 1 minute
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup flour
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 T sugar
- 2 T rum
- 2 T melted butter
Brown Sugar Swiss Meringue Buttercream
By SewingDragonfly
From cakecentral.com One reviewer added a little cinnamon to bring out the flavor
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 4 oz egg whites (approx. 4 large egg whites)
- 1 1/2 cups butter
- 1-2 tsp vanilla
Trip to Paradise: Toasted Coconut Cupcakes With Vanilla Frosting
By SewingDragonfly
From cakecentral.com The author wrote
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/4 cup full fat coconut milk (from can)
- 1 cup sweetened moist flake coconut
Cannoli Cupcakes
By SewingDragonfly
1. Allow butter and egg whites to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes
- 1/2 cup butter
- 4 egg whites
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk*
- 3/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate pieces
- 1 recipe Ricotta Frosting
- 1/2 cup chopped pistachio nuts
- 2 tablespoons grated chocolate
Pressure Cooker Carnitas
By SewingDragonfly
From food
- 2 1/2 lbs. pork butt or pork shoulder, cut into 3/4” cubes
- 1 large onion, roughly chopped
- 2 cups low sodium chicken broth (or more to cover meat)
- 1/2 tsp. cumin
- 1 tsp. dried chipotle powder (ancho for the weak)