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Flourless Chocolate Cake from Hollywood Brown Derby - Hollywood Studios Disney
By MJH
Flourless Chocolate Cake Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
- Flourless Chocolate Cake
- 1 cup butter, cut into small pieces
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons freshly brewed espresso or instant espresso
- 2 tablespoons hot water
- 6 eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons rum
- Ganache
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
Synesthisia Spoon Candy
By MJH
Dump the sugar into the pot and add enough water to cover the sugar
- Optional: drop or two of extract to match food coloring:
- 24 packets (1/2 cup) sugar
- Water
- Food coloring
- Ice
- lime extract with green
- lemon or pineapple extract with yellow
- orange extract with orange
- Supplies:
- Small pot/sauce pan
- Small bowl
- Spoons (Plastic is gentler on the teeth than metal. Just sayin’.)
- Non-stick cookie sheet
Corned Beef with Wilted Cabbage and Blue Cheese - Epcot International Food and Wine Festival
By MJH
In a large pot, add corned beef and cover with enough water to fully submerge
- 1 1/2 pounds pre-brined corned beef
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 small onion, quartered
- 1 carrot, sliced
- 1/4 pound bacon, chopped
- 1 medium onion, sliced thin
- 3 cups green cabbage, shredded
- 1 cup red cabbage, shredded
- 1 tablespoon English malt vinegar
- 1 cup crumbled blue cheese
Bubba's Beer Biscuits
By MJH
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Bisquick Substitute:
- 4 cups biscuit mix (recommended: Bisquick)***
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 (12-ounce) can of beer
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 cup flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon shortening (Crisco)
Cookie Butter Popcorn
By MJH
Pop your popcorn and place in a large bowl
- 16 cups air popped plain popcorn (I did 1/2 cup seeds + 1 TB oil)
- 1 16 oz pkg Krogers vanilla candy coating (or candyquik)
- 3 TB cookie butter (found at Trader Joes ... Biscoff or Peanut butter will work too)
- 1/2 cup colored candy melts
- 1 pkg m&m's (I used PB Easter m&m's)
- Sprinkles
Bee Sting Cake - German
By MJH
Make the cake: Combine all of the cake ingredients in a medium-sized mixing bowl, stirring till the mixture become...
- Cake:
- 2 1/4 teaspoons (or 1 1/4-ounce package) instant yeast (not active dry) (also sold as rapid rise or bread machine yeast)
- 3/4 cup whole milk, ideally at room temperature
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon table salt
- 2 large eggs, ideally at room temperature
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- Honey-Almond-Crunch Topping:
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold is fine
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 1/2 cups (4 3/4 ounces) sliced almonds
- Two pinches of sea salt
- Pastry Cream Filling:
- 1 cup whole milk
- Seeds from 1/4 to 1/2 vanilla bean, 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour or cornstarch [updated]
- 2 pinches sea salt
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold is fine
Ham and Sweet Potato Soup
By MJH
Combine onion, celery, ham, sweet potatoes, chicken stock, water, salt & pepper in a large pot
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1/3 cup celery (optional)
- 2 cups chopped, cooked ham
- 4-5 cups chopped sweet potatoes (cut into 1/2" cubes)
- 2 1/2 cups homemade chicken stock
- 2 cups water
- 1 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- 1/4 cup arrowroot*
- 2 cups almond milk* & 1/4 cup butter*
Banana & Kiwi Muffins
By MJH
These are moist and yummy, not too sweet - perfect for breakfast or a light snack
- DRY INGREDIENTS:
- 1/2 cup sugar (use 3/4 cup if your bananas are not ripe enough and kiwis are tart)
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- WET INGREDIENTS:
- 3/4 cup low-fat plain yogurt, plain or vanilla
- 6 tablespoons skim milk, or buttermilk
- 3 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large ripe bananas, mashed
- 3 ripe kiwi, chopped into small cubes
Shepard's Pie - Cinderella's Royal Table Magic Kingdom
By MJH
Pie Reheat the shaved beef in the cabernet sauce
- Pie
- 4 each Puff pastry shells, baked
- 1/2 batch Cabernet sauce (recipe below)
- 1/2 batch Red Skinned Mashed Potatoes (recipe below)
- 1 1/2 pounds Beef, cooked and shaved (use prime rib)
- 1/2 batch Aioli (recipe below)
- 1 1/2 pints Vegetables, sautéed (red pepper, spinach, mushrooms, and yellow squash.
- Cabarnet Sauce
- 1 pint Cabernet sauvignon
- 3 each Shallot, minced
- 1 quart Demi Glace
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 2 tbsp Cracked Black Pepper
- 2 tbsp Heavy Cream
- 1 tbsp Butter
- Aioli
- 4 each Garlic cloves, mashed
- 2 each Egg yolks
- 1/8 tsp Salt
- 1 cup Olive oil
- 1 tsp Vinegar
- 1 tsp Fresh Lemon Juice
- Red Skinned Mashed Potatoes
- 4 1/8 pounds Red Potatoes (washed)
- 3 tbsp Chives (cut into 2” pieces)
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 cup Heavy Cream
- 3 tbsp Butter (cut into large chunks)
- 1/2 tbsp Granuated Garlic
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Mandarin Orange Cake
By MJH
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- 2 - 1/2 c flour
- 2 - 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 c butter, room temperature
- 2 - 1/2 c sugar, divided
- 4 eggs
- 11 oz can mandarin oranges, undrained
- FROSTING
- 2 c whipping cream
- 1 box 3.4 ounce (4-serving size) box instant vanilla pudding ( i use french vanilla )
- 1 8-ounce can crushed pineapple, undrained