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Giant Sugar Cookies
By cuznvin
# Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with one rack in upper third and another in lower third
- Makes 10
- * 2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- * 1 teaspoon baking powder
- * 1/2 teaspoon salt
- * 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- * 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- * 1 1/2 cups sugar, plus more for sprinkling
- * 1 large egg
- * 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- * 1/4 cup sour cream
Marzipan
By cuznvin
Mix corn syrup and almond paste using dough hook
- 2 pounds almond paste(910g)
- 2 pounds conf sugar(910g)
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup
Mashed Potato Doughnuts
By cuznvin
* How do you add dry and wet ingredients "alternately?" In this case, you want to add the flour mixture and li...
- Doughnuts
- 2 1/2 * 2 1/2 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 * 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 * 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 * 1 cup sugar
- 2 * 2 large eggs
- 3/4 * 3/4 cup mashed potato
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup milk
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 quarts (3 pounds) lard, shortening, or vegetable oil, for frying
- Coating
- * granulated sugar or cinnamon sugar, for coating
- OR
- Doughnuts
- 10 1/2 * 10 1/2 ounces King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 * 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 * 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 3/4 * 1 3/4 ounces vegetable shortening
- 7 * 7 ounces sugar
- 2 * 2 large eggs
- 6 * 6 ounces mashed potato
- 4 * 4 ounces milk
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 quarts (3 pounds) lard, shortening, or vegetable oil, for frying
- Coating
- * granulated sugar or cinnamon sugar, for coating
All-In-One Holiday Bundt Cake
By cuznvin
Posted by Dorie Greenspan
- 2 * 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 * 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 * 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- * Pinch of salt
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger root (or 1 teaspoon ground ginger)
- 1 1/4 * 1 1/4 sticks (10 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 * 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup (packed) light brown sugar
- 2 * 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 * 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 * 1 1/4 cups canned unsweetened pumpkin puree
- 1 * 1 large apple, peeled, cored and finely chopped
- 1 * 1 cup fresh cranberries, halved or coarsely chopped
- 1 * 1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
Almond Irish Soda Bread
By cuznvin
Grated Almond Paste makes an extra moist Irish soda bread and combines wonderfully with caraway for the best flavor...
- 1 (7 oz) box Odense Almond Paste
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1 Tbsp caraway seeds
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 egg, beaten
- 4 Tbsp (1/2 stick) butter, melted
Caramel
By cuznvin
Prepare an ice-water bath
- Makes enough for 1 small croquembouche
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Almond Pasticiotti
By cuznvin
Yields: 24 Pastries
- For the dough:
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) sweet butter
- Grated rind of 1 lemon
- 3 egg yolks
- For the filling:
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 pound almond paste
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- Flour as need for rolling dough
- Confectioner's sugar for dusting, if desired
Ginger- Lemon Thumbprints
By cuznvin
Heat the oven to 350°F. Line one large or two medium cookie sheets with nonstick liners
- Here’s what you’ll need:
- Yield: 22 cookies
- For cookies:
- Unsalted butter 8 tablespoons (4 ounces), softened
- Confectioners’ sugar 2/3 cup (2 2/3 ounces)
- Ground ginger 1 1/4 teaspoons
- Table salt 1/4 teaspoon
- Yolk from large egg 1
- Crystallized ginger, finely chopped 3 tablespoons
- Pure vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon
- All-purpose flour 1 1/3 cup (6 ounces)
- For rolling:
- Granulated sugar 3 tablespoons
- For filling:
- Lemon Curd 1/2 cup
- (see recipe below or use store-bought)
Yule Logs
By cuznvin
This buche de Noel, the French Yule log cake, is richly detailed with a wood-grain pattern
- Makes 2; Serves 12 to 16
- FOR THE CAKES
- Vegetable oil cooking spray
- 6 large eggs, separated
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup best-quality unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- FOR THE ASSEMBLY
- Caramel Cream
- Cornstarch or confectioners' sugar, for surface
- 1 pound rolled fondant
- Best-quality unsweetened cocoa powder, for dusting
- Sugared White Pine Needles, for serving (optional)
- Milk-Chocolate Pine Cones, for serving (optional
PB & J Muffins
By cuznvin
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
- # 2 cups all-purpose flour
- # 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- # 2 tablespoons baking powder
- # 1/2 teaspoon salt
- # 1/2 cup plus 1 teaspoon creamy peanut butter
- # 1 cup milk
- # 1 egg, lightly beaten
- # 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- # 1/4 cup thick jam, such as seedless raspberry
- # 1/3 cup honey-roasted peanuts, choppe