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Bourbon Slush
By GratefulSea
A little competition for mint julips on Derby Day
- 9 cups water, divided
- 3 black tea bags
- 2 cups sugar
- 12 ounces frozen lemonade concentrate
- 6 ounces frozen orange juice concentrate
- 2 cups bourbon
- 2 liters ginger ale, chilled, for serving
Brown Sugar Lemonade
By GratefulSea
I keep hearing about how good lemonade is when made with brown sugar
- 6 lemons, juiced
- 1-1/2 cups water
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup ice cubes
French Toast & Variations
By GratefulSea
Adapted from the wonderful blog, SimplyRecipes
- 4 eggs
- 2/3 cup milk or half and half
- 2 teaspoons of cinnamon
- 8 thick slices of 2-day old bread
- Butter
- Maple Syrup
Bacon and Butternut Pasta
By GratefulSea
Preheat oven to 400°. Combine squash and oil in a large bowl; toss well
- 5 cups (1/2-inch) cubed peeled butternut squash
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- Cooking spray
- 12 ounces uncooked ziti, campanile, or other short pasta
- 4 cups chopped kale
- 2 bacon slices
- 2 cups vertically sliced onion
- 1 teaspoon salt, divided
- 5 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 cups fat-free, lower-sodium chicken broth, divided
- 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 cup crème fraîche
- 1/3 cup (about 1-1/2 ounces) shredded Gruyère cheese
Hard-Baked Eggs
By GratefulSea
This method is supposed to result in "hard boiled" eggs that are especially easy to peel
- Eggs
Slow Cooker Honey-Garlic Chicken Thighs
By GratefulSea
source: http://allrecipes
- 4 skinless, boneless chicken thighs
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/3 cup honey
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
Cream-filled Cupcakes
By GratefulSea
Someone had to post this, too
- FOR THE CAKES:
- Nonstick vegetable oil spray
- 80 grams (1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons) cake flour
- 30 grams (1/3 cup) Dutch process cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- Pinch of salt
- 2 large eggs, separated
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 110 grams (1/2 cup) plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- FOR THE FILLING:
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 165 grams (1-1/2 cups) confectioners’ sugar
- 3/4 cup Marshmallow Fluff
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- FOR THE FROSTING:
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, at room temperature.
Coq au Vin
By GratefulSea
Don't be put off by the large number of steps– you're really just sautéing batches of ingredients, then putting ...
- 6 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
- 1 pinch kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 8 ounces bacon, sliced crosswise into 1/2-inch pieces
- 10 large button mushrooms, quartered
- 1/2 large yellow onion, diced
- 2 shallots, sliced
- 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons butter
- 1-1/2 cups red wine
- 6 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 cup chicken broth
Creamy Mushroom Sauce
By GratefulSea
This is from Tyler Florence, the Food Network
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 garlic cloves, finely minced
- 5 sage leaves, chopped
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 6 ounces portobello mushrooms, sliced
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 leek, roughly chopped
Pumpkin Cheesecake Monkey Bread
By GratefulSea
Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 6-cup fluted tube cake pan with cooking spray
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
- 4 cans (7.5 oz each) Pillsbury® refrigerated buttermilk biscuits (sold in a 4-pack)
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/3 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
- 1 package (3 oz) cream cheese