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Recipes
Snicker Doodles Cookies
By Claude
Cookies
- 2-2/3 cups of all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons Cream of Tartar
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
- 1-3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
Biscuits, Cream -
By Claude
quick and easy
- 2 cups of all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon double-acting baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups heavy cream,
- heavy cream for brushing tops of biscuits
Pea Salad -
By Claude
Partially thaw peas. Boil a big pot of water with 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 3 lb package of frozen peas
- 4 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 to 2 cups of mayonnaise (to taste)
- 2 tablespoons grated onion
- 2 teaspoon dijon mustard (dry mustard)
- 1 pound crisp bacon crumbled
- salt and pepper to taste
Kale
By Claude
green stuff - good for you can be cooked many ways steam, with butter and oil in a soup
- You usually buy kale based upon the size pot you have.
- It start out large and cooks down.
- Ingredients should be varied based upon the amount.
- 6 quarts - Kale - enough to fill my 6 quart pot - push it down.
- 1 or 2 chicken bouillon cubes
- 1 to 1-1/2 cups of water
- option
- piece of fat back
Veal Stew
By Claude
Serve with rice and green peas This can be cooked on the stove top or in a slow cooker
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 1 pound veal stew meat cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 1/2 can tomato paste (3 oz) more will make it more tomatoey
- 6 to 8 oz of water
- 1/4 cup Red Wine (optional)
- 1/2 onion diced
- Italian seasoning to taste (1 teaspoon)
- or add the seasons one at a time to taste
- marjoram
- thyme
- rosemary
- savory
- sage
- oregano
- basil
Cherry Desert Meeresburg
By Claude
German desert
- 1 pound cherries, tart, fresh
- 6 tablespoons Sugar
- 12 Ladyfingers
- 1/2 Teaspoon vanilla Extract
- 1 cup Heavy Cream
- 3 Tablespoon Kirsch ( a cherry liquor)
- 2 tablespoon water
- 8 oz Cream Cheese, softened to room temp
- 2 oz Ground Almonds
- Garnish - Chopped Pistacho Nuts
Fried Cabbage
By Claude
Cooked the bacon until crisp - remove from pan
- 3 strips of bacon
- 8 ounces of cabbage (3-4 oz per serving) sliced to bite size
- 1/4 cup of water
- 1 slice of onion chopped - optional
- season pepper - optional
- 1 table spoon of sugar
Brussels Sprouts sweet and sour
By Claude
sweet no Brussels sprout taste
- Sauce:
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1-1/2 tablespoons of Balsamic Glaze (optional)
- 1 teaspoon rosemary
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- vegetables:
- 16 Brussels sprouts - end trimmed, cut in half
- 1-1/2 tablespoon olive oil
Mocha Sauce
By Claude
chocolate and coffee flavor
- Mocha Sauce
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee (I use Starbuck instant - Colombia blend but I guess anything will work).
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Strawberry Pie
By Claude
Great when strawberries are in seasons
- 1 9 inch graham cracker crumb crust.
- store bought or home made.
- 4 cups of strawberries hulled and sliced - divided.
- 8 strawberries sliced in half for top of pie.
- 1 can condenced milk
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons of lemon or lime juice (adjust the amount of juice to your taste)
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- whipped cream for topping