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Cream Cheese Pastry Dough
By OralW
For a novice baker, this is the most forgiving dough to work with
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour plus 2 tablespoons, plus more for rolling out the dough
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
Bacon with Brown Sugar
By OralW
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees
- 1 pound thick-sliced bacon
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
Scones, Apple & Oat with Cinnamon & Nutmeg
By OralW
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling
- 1 1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats, plus more for topping
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons light-brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 sticks cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 1 1/2 cups diced Granny Smith apples (2 apples cut into generous 1/4" cubes)
- 2/3 cup cold buttermilk, plus more for brushing
- Raw turbinado sugar, for sprinkling.
Cookies, Mexican Hot-Chocolate
By OralW
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees
- 1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup packed dark-brown sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 12 ounces semisweet chocolate (61% cacao), chopped (2 1/3 cups)
- 1/2 cup turbinado sugar
Golden Delicious Apple Pie with Oatmeal Crumb Topping
By OralW
If you haven't already, prepare the pastry and refrigerate until firm enough to roll, about 1 hour
- FILLING:
- 1 each basic flaky pie pastry, single crust,
- refrigerated
- 7 cups golden delicious apple -- peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
- 1/3 cup+1 tbl spoon granulated sugar
- 1 each lemon -- juice and zest
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
- OATMEAL CRUMB TOPPING:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup rolled oats (old-fashioned or
- quick-cooking)
- 2/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick) -- cold, cut into 1/4" pieces
Strawberry-Almond Cream Tart
By OralW
Preheat oven to 350°. To prepare crust, place crackers in a food processor; process until crumbly
- * Crust:
- 36 * 36 honey graham crackers (about 9 sheets)
- 2 * 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 * 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 4 * 4 teaspoons water
- * Cooking spray
- *
- Filling:
- 1 * 1 cup light cream cheese
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- *
- Topping:
- 6 * 6 cups small fresh strawberries, divided
- 2/3 * 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 * 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 * 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 2 * 2 tablespoons sliced almonds, toasted
Graham Crackers, Homemade
By OralW
Make this homemade graham crackers recipe for your family- a perfect afternoon snack, and they taste way better tha
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for working
- 1 cup whole-wheat flour
- 1/2 cup untoasted wheat germ
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened (2 sticks)
- 3/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons high-quality honey
Lentil Soup, Hearty
By OralW
Fry bacon in large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until fat is rendered and ...
- 3 slices bacon (about 3 oz) -- cut into 1/4" pieces
- 1 large onion -- chopped fine (about 1.5 cups)
- 2 medium carrots -- peeled & chopped medium (about 1 cup)
- 3 medium cloves garlic -- minced (about 1 tablespoon)
- 1 can diced tomatoes (14.5 oz) -- drained
- 1 each bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves -- minced
- 1 cup lentils (7 oz) -- rinsed and picked over
- 1 teaspoon table salt
- ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 4 1/2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 1/2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
- 3 tablespoons fresh parsley leaves -- minced
Cowboy Cookies
By OralW
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- 2 cups sweetened, flaked coconut
- 2 cups (8 ounces) chopped pecans
Lemon Curd
By OralW
Beat eggs, yolks, sugar, and salt with an electric mixer until pale and thickened
- 2 large eggs, plus 6 large egg yolks
- 1 cup sugar
- pinch of salt
- 3 each lemons; zest from two & juice of three
- (2/3 cups)
- 1 1/2 sticks butter (12 tablespoons) -- cut into 6 pieces