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Brownie Bourbon Balls
By Texaschef11
Preheat oven to 350°. Combine first 4 ingredients (including fudge packet from mix), stirring well
- * 1/3 cup applesauce
- * 1/4 cup egg substitute
- * 1 tablespoon water
- * 1 (16.7-ounce) package double fudge brownie mix (such as Duncan Hines)
- * Cooking spray
- * 3 tablespoons bourbon
- * 1/3 cup finely chopped walnut pieces, toasted
Lime Sugar Cookies
By Texaschef11
Beat together butter, shortening, granulated sugar, and 2 tablespoons lime sugar with an electric mixer until light...
- 3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons cold vegetable shortening
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup lime sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Fudge Mint Brownies
By Texaschef11
Preheat oven to 325*F. Prepare a 9"x9" (or 8"x8") square baking pan by lining parchment paper across the bottom...
- Brownie Layer~
- 1/2 cup butter, cut into pieces
- 4 oz. dark chocolate (apx. 80% cocoa, or use half unsweetened and half bittersweet)
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Mint Layer~
- 3 Tablespoons butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 Tablespoon heavy cream (or milk)
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract (or 1/4 teaspoon creme de menthe and 1/4 teaspoon peppermint)
- 1 drop green food coloring (I use americolor mint green)
- Chocolate Glaze~
- 3 oz. semisweet or bittersweet chocolate (apx. 70 % cocoa)
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- Andes Mints (apx. 1/2 package, or 14 whole pieces, about 2.5 oz.), chopped
Fig Walnut Sticky Buns
By Texaschef11
To prepare the dough In a large bowl, whisk together 1 1/2 cups flour, sugar, yeast, salt and nutmeg
- For the dough
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, divided
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
- 2/3 cup warm water
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- For the filling and assembly
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar, divided
- 2 tablespoons Lyle's golden syrup (or dark corn syrup)
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 cup finely chopped dried Black Mission figs
- 1/3 cup finely chopped walnuts
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Maple-Chile Popcorn
By Texaschef11
Preheat oven to 300 Lightly coat a large heat-safe bowl with nonstick spray and add popcorn
- 10 cups popped popcorn
- 1/2 cup real maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper
Turkey Poblano Casserole
By Texaschef11
Preheat broiler. Cut poblanos and bell peppers in half lengthwise; discard seeds and membranes
- 3-4 poblano chiles (about 12 ounces)
- 2 large red bell peppers
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour (about 1 1/2 ounces)
- 2 teaspoons salt, divided
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 3 1/2 cups 1% low-fat milk
- 3 cups (12 ounces) preshredded reduced-fat 4-cheese Mexican blend cheese, divided
- 1 package steam-in-the-bag Southwestern Style Corn, prepared
- 1/3 cup chopped red onion
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 (15-ounce) carton light sour cream
- Cooking spray
- 18 (6-inch) white corn tortillas
- 3 3/4 cups chopped cooked turkey or breast
- 1 cup thinly sliced green onions, divided
Cheddar Serrano Bread
By Texaschef11
Dissolve yeast in large bowl with water and sugar
- 2½ tsp. yeast
- 1 c. lukewarm water
- ½ tsp. sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 Tbs. olive oil
- 2½ c. bread flour
- 1¼ c. ap flour (or finely ground corn flour for something a little different) + extra for bench
- big pinch of sea salt
- 4 serrano chiles, stemmed, seeded & finely diced
- 6 oz. shredded EXTRA sharp cheddar cheese
Eggnog Cranberry Muffins
By Texaschef11
Preheat the oven to 400° F
- For the muffins:
- 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp. baking powder
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 1 cup plus 2 tbsp. granulated sugar, divided
- 2 large eggs
- ¾ cup eggnog
- 5 1/3 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
- 1 tsp. almond extract
- 1½ cups coarsely chopped cranberries (added 1 cup fresh and 1/2 cup dried cranberries)
- For the topping:
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
- 4 tbsp. unsalted butter, slightly softened
- ½ cup chopped pecans
Roasted Garlic and Fresh Rosemary Cloverleaf Rolls
By Texaschef11
Preheat oven to 350 Gently remove the white papery skin from garlic head (do not peel or separate the cloves)
- 1 whole garlic head
- 2 1/4 teaspoons dry yeast
- 1 cup warm milk
- 3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour, divided
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
Ancho Pork Medallions
By Texaschef11
1. Cut pork crosswise into 8 equal pieces
- 1 * 1 (1-pound) pork tenderloin, trimmed
- 3/4 * 3/4 teaspoon ancho chile powder
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/8 * 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
- 2 * 2 tablespoons jalapeño pepper jelly
- 1 * 1 teaspoon lime juice
- 2 * 2 teaspoons olive oil