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Creamy Peanut Butter Frosting
By KitchenGnome
1. In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to combine the butter and peanut butter
- 3/4 cup butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter (do not use natural)
- 1/4 cup milk (or a little more, as needed)
- 3 cups powdered sugar
Chocolate Beer Cupcakes With Whiskey Filling And Irish Cream Icing
By KitchenGnome
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
- 1 cup Irish stout beer (such as Guinness®)
- 1 cup butter
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 2/3 cup sour cream
- 2/3 cup heavy whipping cream
- 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon Irish whiskey, or more to taste
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar, or more as needed
- 3 tablespoons Irish cream liqueur (such as Baileys®), or more to taste
Herb-and-Honey-Mustard-Crusted Leg of Lamb
By KitchenGnome
Preheat the oven to 500° for 30 minutes
- One 7- to 8-pound leg of lamb—aitch bone and femur removed, shin bone left intact
- 1/2 cup rosemary leaves, minced
- 1 teaspoon thyme leaves
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup lavender honey
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
Chef Olaf's Sauerkraut
By KitchenGnome
Not your average kraut! Chef Olaf uses double smoked bacon to give the dish some depth, and adds fresh apples and m...
- 800 g (28 fl/oz.) Sauerkraut
- 100 ml (3.5 fl/oz) vegetable oil
- 1 very large onion, very fine sliced
- 300 g (10.5 oz) double smoked bacon, diced very fine
- 2 apples, peeled and grated very fine
- 300 ml (10.5 fl/oz) white wine
- 300 ml (10.5 fl/oz) apple juice
- 100 ml (3.5 fl/oz) apple cider vinegar
- 1 espresso spoon ground cloves
- 1 espresso spoon ground caraway seeds
- Salt
- Pepper
- 2 Bay leaves
Bacon Mustard Vinaigrette Dressing
By KitchenGnome
Cook the diced bacon in a skillet over medium heat until cooked through and crisp; remove from the pan with a slott...
- 4 slices of thick bacon, diced
- (3 tbsp bacon grease reserved from cooking)
- 2-3 small cloves of garlic, to taste, minced
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 1/2 tbsp stone ground mustard
- 1 tbsp honey, to taste (more if desired)
- Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste
Cajun Mac and Cheese
By KitchenGnome
Heat oven to 425 degrees F
- 1 lb. elbow macaroni or other short pasta
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 package kielbasa
- 1 medium onion
- 1 green bell pepper
- Kosher salt and pepper
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 tbsp. all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 c. whole milk
- 4 oz. low-fat cream cheese
- 2 tsp. Cajun seasoning
- 8 oz. extra-sharp Cheddar
- 8 oz. Gruyère
German Shortcrust Pastry Recipe (Mürbeteig) for fruit tarts (Obstkuchen), cakes and cookies
By KitchenGnome
Prepare twice as much dough, and put one (raw) portion into the freezer to make a quick fruit tart for unexpected g...
- 50 g (1/4 cup) sugar
- 100 g (1/2 cup) cold butter
- 150 g (1 1/4 cup) pastry flour (Type 405)
- 1 egg
- 1 pinch salt
- Additionally, you can flavour with lemon essence or vanilla sugar
Peanut Butter Fudge Puddles
By KitchenGnome
In mixing bowl, cream butter, peanut butter and sugars
- 1/2 c. butter
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 1/2 c. brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1/4 c. flour
- 1/2 c. creamy peanut butter
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 3/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 c. milk chocolate chips
- 1 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla
Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
By KitchenGnome
Instructions Melt coconut oil in a large pan over medium heat
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil
- 1/4 cup red onion, diced
- 1/2 cup carrots, diced
- 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 package Near East Long Grain & Wild Rice with Flavor Packet
- 4 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 3 cups water
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 cup cooked and shredded chicken
- salt, to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Raspberry and Almond Shortbread Thumbprints
By KitchenGnome
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2/3 cup white sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup seedless raspberry jam
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon milk