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Wedding Cookies
By Dixie8686
Cream butter; stir in flour and nuts
- 1 cup butter or margarine
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup broken pecan meats
- 1/2 cup 4X confectioners' sugar
Biscuits
By Dixie8686
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F
- 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 1/3 cup powdered milk
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 5 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 stick cold butter, cut into bits
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1/4 cup melted butter
Charred Corn Salad with Basil and Tomatoes
By Dixie8686
Recipes & Menus | recipes Charred Corn Salad with Basil and Tomatoes No room on the grill? Cut the kernels from t...
- 12 ears of corn, husked
- 6 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 cup thinly sliced red onion
- 2 large tomatoes, chopped
- 1 cup (loosely packed) fresh basil leaves, large leaves torn
- 1/3 cup (or more) fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
- Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper
Broiled Tilapia with Mustard-Chive Sauce
By Dixie8686
For the fish: Preheat a broiler
- Vegetable oil cooking spray
- 4 (5 to 6-ounce) tilapia fillets
- Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup plain, full-fat Greek yogurt
- 2 teaspoons agave nectar or honey
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup lemon juice (from 1 large lemon)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Baked Fontina
By Dixie8686
Preheat the broiler and position the oven rack 5 inches from the heat
- 1 1/2 pounds Italian Fontina Val d’Aosta cheese, rind removed and 1-inch-diced
- 1/4 cup good olive oil
- 6 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme leaves
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary leaves
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 crusty French baguette
S'more Brownie Bites
By Dixie8686
Directions Cook's Note: Quinoa flour is available at health food stores
- 1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups mini chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup quinoa flour
- 3/4 cup mini marshmallows
- 1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs or 4 large graham crackers, finely crushed
- Special equipment: a 24-count mini-muffin pan, 24 mini-muffin cup liners, such as Betty Crocker mini-size baking cups
Shrimp and Cucumber Salad with Horseradish Mayo
By Dixie8686
Recipes & Menus | recipes Shrimp and Cucumber Salad with Horseradish Mayo Small, sweet wild Maine shrimp are sol...
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup (or more) prepared horseradish
- 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons kosher salt plus more
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon
- 1/2 bunch dill
- 1 shallot, halved
- 10 whole black peppercorns
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 lemon, halved
- 1 pound frozen, thawed shelled wild Maine shrimp or small shrimp (preferably wild American) cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1/2 cup unpeeled English or Persian cucumber cut into 1/4-inch pieces
Classic Margarita with Espelette Salt
By Dixie8686
Directions Combine the salt, pepper and sugar on a plate
- 1/4 cup coarse salt
- 1 teaspoon espelette pepper or chile powder
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 cups fresh lime juice, plus more for rimming glasses
- 3 cups tequila
- 1 1/2 cups orange liqueur
- 1/2 cup agave syrup
- Lime slices, for garnish
Red Velvet
By Dixie8686
In a champagne flute or coupe glass, mix the champagne and lambic
- 2 1/2 ounces Champagne or sparkling wine
- 2 ounces framboise lambic (Belgian raspberry beer)
- Fresh raspberries, for garnish
Strawberry Love Cake
By Dixie8686
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
- Nonstick cooking spray, for the baking pan
- 1 box strawberry cake mix (plus ingredients indicated on the box, such as eggs and vegetable oil)
- 32 ounces part-skim ricotta cheese
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs
- 16 ounces mascarpone
- One 3.4-ounce box instant strawberry creme pudding
- 1 cup milk