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Danish Dough
By cuznvin
I make the butter mixture up the day before I am going to make the dough
- Butter To Roll Into The Dough: Cold Weather--Room temperatures below 75-80 degrees Fahrenheit
- 32 oz. unsalted butter
- 4 oz. King Arthur bread flour
- If the room temperatures are above 80 degrees Fahrenheit then add an additional 4 oz. of bread flour to the flour mix.This will give the butter / flour mix more mass and allow the baker to roll the do
- Wet Ingredients
- 17 oz. whole milk, 100 degrees Fahrenheit
- 13.25 oz. whole large eggs (1 1/2 cups by volume) (approximately 9 eggs) (room temperature)
- 4.75 oz. large egg yolks (1/2 cup by volume) (approximately 8 egg yolks) (room temperature)
- 8 oz. light brown sugar
- 1 tbsp. bourbon vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. orange oil
- Zest from 4 large oranges
- Dry Ingredients
- 48 oz. King Arthur bread flour
- 1/2 oz. fine sea salt, or table salt
- 2 tsp. ground cardamom
- 1 tsp. ground cassia cinnamon
- 3 1/4 tsp. SAF Gold instant yeast
Triple Chocolate Biscotti
By cuznvin
Line large baking sheet with double thickness of foil
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup white chocolate baking chips
Almond Sour Cream Pound Cake
By cuznvin
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
- 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter, plus more for pan
- 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pan
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 6 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon orange extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Cream cheese filling for crumb cake
By cuznvin
mix
- cream cheese mixture: (slightly adapted from david lebovitz)
- 8 ounces cream cheese, room temp.
- 1 large egg yolk
- 3 TB white sugar
- 1 TB fresh lemon zest
Amaretti Torta
By cuznvin
Combine the 20 amaretti cookies and the chocolate in a food processor
- 20 amaretti cookies, plus 8 amaretti cookies crushed for topping
- 2 ounces semisweet chocolate chips (about 1/2 cup)
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 5 large eggs, separated
- 2 tablespoons orange-flavored liquor (Triple Sec, Cointreau, or Grand Marnier)
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup orange marmalade
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 10-inch cake pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
GLUTEN FREE Peanut-Chocolate Cookies
By cuznvin
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds
- Makes 24
- 1 * 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3/4 * 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 * 1 large egg (lightly beaten)
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 * 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup roasted salted peanuts
Easter ricotta grain pie
By cuznvin
THE SCOTTOS
- • 4 (9-inch) premade pie crusts, 2 to line the sides and bottom of spring form pan, and 2 to make the lattice crust topping
- • 15 ounces whole-milk ricotta or impastata (a dryer ricotta)
- • 1 cup granulated sugar
- • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- • 1 tablespoon orange flower water (optional)
- • 6 eggs, separated (reserve 4 egg whites)
- • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- • 1/4 cup pearl barley, boiled until tender, about 30 minutes, refrigerate to cool, and set aside
Joe's Easy Chocolate Mousse
By cuznvin
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 cup Hershey's syrup in the can
- 1 tablespoon sifted cocoa powder
- splash of crème de cocoa
Chocolate Mascarpone Pound Cake
By cuznvin
For the cake: Place an oven rack in the center of the oven
- Cake:
- * Vegetable oil cooking spray
- 2 * 2 cups flour
- 3/4 * 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 * 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 * 2 eggs, at room temperature
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 * 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Gianduja Cream
By cuznvin
This recipe for gianduja cream is courtesy of Michael Laiskonis
- • 2 tablespoons sugar
- • 1 cup heavy cream
- • 1 star anise
- • Freshly grated zest of half an orange
- • 1 sheet gelatin
- • 1 large egg yolk
- • 4 ounces Amedei "Toscana Nut Brown" gianduja, chopped
- • Whipped cream, for serving
- • Hazelnuts, shelled, roasted, and lightly crushed, for serving
- • Honey, for serving