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Vanilla Bean Salted Caramel Sauce
By gastrenee@yahoo.com
In a heavy saucepan, combine the sugar and the water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 vanilla beans, about 1/2 teaspoon scraped seeds OR 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Blueberry Pancakes Recipe
By gastrenee@yahoo.com
This blueberry pancake recipe adds seltzer water for a light texture
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1⁄4 tsp. sugar
- 1⁄2 tsp. fine salt
- 1 cup yogurt
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 1⁄2 cup seltzer water or club soda
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 6 tbsp. unsalted butter, plus more to taste
- 3 cups fresh blueberries
- Confectioners' sugar
- Maple syrup
Avacado Chicken Salad
By gastrenee@yahoo.com
Add the above ingredients together
- ◾2 cups cooked and shredded chicken (about 3 chicken breasts)
- ◾1/2 cup mayonnaise
- ◾1 teaspoon freshly chopped cilantro
- ◾1 large avocado diced
- ◾2 tsp lime juice
- ◾1/2 teaspoon salt
- ◾1/2 teaspoon pepper
Chocolate Chip Cookies Straight Up or with Nuts : Recipes : Cooking Channel
By gastrenee@yahoo.com
After decades of cookie baking, this is the chocolate chip cookie I like best
- 8 tablespoons (4 ounces) butter, softened but still cool
- 3/4 cup (6 1/4 ounces) firmly packed dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon (4 ounces) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg (1 1/2 ounces by weight)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 1/4 cups plus 3 tablespoons (7 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped the size of chocolate chips, or bittersweet chocolate chips (about 1 1/2 cups) 3/4 cup (3 ounces) chopped walnuts, optional
Hazelnut Cookies With Milk Chocolate Recipe
By gastrenee@yahoo.com
[Photographs: Vicky Wasik] Homemade hazelnut butter gives these soft and chewy cookies a rich flavor, one that's b...
- 7 7 1 1/3 200g) hazelnuts, toasted and skinned (about 1 1/3 cups; 200g)
- 4 4 60°F 115g) unsalted butter, pliable but cool, about 60°F (8 tablespoons; 115g)
- 10 1/2 10 1/2 1 1/2 295g) or lightly toasted sugar (about 1 1/2 cups, 295g)
- 1 1/2 1 1/2 1/2 teaspoons (6g) Diamond Crystal kosher salt; for table salt, use about half as much by volume or the same weight
- 1 1 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 1/2 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 1/8 1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/2 1/2 30g) ounce vanilla extract (1 tablespoon; 30g)
- 1 1 1 large egg, straight from the fridge
- 9 9 2 255g) all-purpose flour, such as Gold Medal (about 2 cups, spooned; 255g)
- 6 6 1 85g), dark or milk chocolate, not chips (about 1 heaping cup, roughly chopped; 85g), tempered
Chewy Chocolate Cookies Recipe
By gastrenee@yahoo.com
Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy
- 1-1/4 1-1/4 1-1/4 cups butter, softened
- 2 2 2 cups sugar
- 2 2 2 large eggs
- 2 2 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 2 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 3/4 3/4 cup baking cocoa
- 1 1 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 1/2 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 2 2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
Crunchy Piedmontese Breadsticks
By gastrenee@yahoo.com
The recipe calls for Italian-style flour, but I used regular all-purpose flour
- 4 cups "00" flour (Italian-style flour)
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 7-gram package active dry yeast
Baked Parmesan Zucchini Rounds
By gastrenee@yahoo.com
1.Place oven rack in center position of oven
- 2 medium-sized zucchini
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- Garlic salt & freshly ground black pepper, optional
Seeded Pull-Apart Rolls
By gastrenee@yahoo.com
Inspired by monkey bread, a pull-apart sweet bread, these savory dinner rolls are great for soaking up soup or sauc...
- 1 recipe Whole Wheat Bread Dough
- 2 Tbs. black sesame or poppy seeds
- 2 Tbs. untoasted white sesame seeds
- 2 Tbs. toasted white sesame seeds
Baked Brie en Croûte with Honey, Dried Cherries, Pecans & Rosemary
By gastrenee@yahoo.com
Preheat the oven to 425°F
- 2 sheets frozen Puff Pastry, thawed (I use Pepperidge Farm)
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/3 cup dried cherries, roughly chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 (16 oz.) Brie cheese round (about 6-inches in diameter)
- 1 large egg, beaten with 1 tablespoon water