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Double Chocolate Tart with Dulce de Leche
By kmad
Crust: Whisk the flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda together in a medium bowl
- Filling:
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 8 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, diced (1 stick)
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1/2 pound quality semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 2/3 cup heavy cream
- 1/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup prepared dulce de leche
- 1/2 teaspoon medium gray salt or other quality sea salt, optional
- Directions
- Special equipment: 9-inch fluted tart pan with removable bottom
Citrus Cookie Dough
By kmad
1.Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder (omit if making thumbprints, ball cookies, or spritz cookies)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks unsalted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon finely grated citrus zest
- 1 tablespoon fresh citrus juice
Chicken Scallopine with Sage and Fontina Cheese
By kmad
Place the chicken cutlets on a clean work surface, narrow end facing you
- 6 (4 1/2 to 5 1/2-ounce) chicken cutlets, pounded thin
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 6 sage leaves
- 3 ounces grated fontina cheese
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, halved
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1 (28-ounce) can whole San Marzano tomatoes
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Special Equipment: toothpicks
Bat Cookies
By kmad
These cute cookie sandwiches were sold in the Williams Sonoma catologue
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup canned pumpkin puree
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (found in the spice aisle)
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2/3 cup cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- Chocolate Bats make or buy
Martha's Famous Baked Alaska
By kmad
Moist cake is topped with three layers of ice cream and fluffy meringue in this old-fashioned dessert
- Nonstick cooking spray
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled
- 3 large egg whites, room temperature
- Pinch of salt
- 4 1/2 pints chocolate ice cream
- 3 pints vanilla ice cream
- 1 pint coffee ice cream
- 1/4 cup chocolate sprinkles
- Swiss Meringue
Pound Cake
By kmad
This is the best pound cake we have ever tasted
- 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened, plus additional for buttering pan
- 3 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising; sift before measuring) plus additional for dusting
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups sugar
- 7 large eggs, at room temperature 30 minutes
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup heavy cream
- Special equipment: a 10-inch tube pan (4 1/2 inches deep; not with a removable bottom) or a 10-inch bundt pan (3 1/4 inches deep; 3-qt capacity)
Chocolate Frosting Recipe
By kmad
Decadent indeed, this frosting is a chocolate lover's dream come true
- 12 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 4 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- Salt
- 1 pound two ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted and slightly cooled
- 1 1/2 cups creme fraiche or sour cream
Swiss Meringue
By kmad
This meringue works well for piping shapes and baking them until crisp
- 4 large egg whites at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 pinch cream of tartar
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Stained Glass Window Tree Cookies
By kmad
Stained Glass Cookies are really easy to make and yet look so impressive
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 8 oz hard candies such as Life Savers or Jolly Ranchers in assorted colors