Ingredients step 1: – 2 ½ cups all purpose flour – 1 tsp baking soda – 1 tsp ground cinnamon – ½ tsp pumpkin spice – ½ tsp salt step 2: – ¾ cup butter softened – 1½ cup sugar – 1/2 cup packed brown sugar – 2 eggs – 1 tsp vanilla extract step… Continue reading Recipe: Chocolate & Pumpkin Cake
Category: Baking
Personal Goat Cheese & Herbs Quiches
This recipe makes 24 personal quiches Dough Ingredients 1½ cups all purpose flour ¾ cup cold butter cut into small pieces ¼ cup “fancy” shredded hard cheese (Mexican blend) ¼ cup shaved parmesan cheese 3 tbsp cold water Quiche Ingredients 1 medium onion cut to small bits ½ tbsp canola oil 2 tbsp salted butter… Continue reading Personal Goat Cheese & Herbs Quiches
Recipe: Baked French Toast
Ingredients 1 loaf crusty sourdough cubed to 2” 8 eggs, beaten 2 cup milk ½ cup heavy Cream ½ cup granulated sugar ½ cup firmly packed brown sugar 2 tsp vanilla extract Sprinkle on top: ½ cup all purpose flour ½ cup firmly packed brown sugar 2 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp nutmeg a pinch of salt 1 stick of… Continue reading Recipe: Baked French Toast
Recipe: Cinnamon Bread Pudding
Ingredients Cinnamon bread, cut into 2-inch cubes (about 5 to 6 cups) 1 cup milk 1 cup heavy Cream 3 eggs, beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ⅓ cup brown sugar 1 tbsp cinnamon 2 tbsp brandy Pinch salt Sprinkle on top: 2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter, cut into small cubes 2 tbsp brown sugar… Continue reading Recipe: Cinnamon Bread Pudding
Recipe: Cinnamon Swirl Pound Cake
* 9” round cake (3 layers + sprinkle) Cake: 1½ cups all purpose flour ¼ tsp salt 1½ cups sugar ½ cup butter (softened) 4 eggs 1½ tsp vanilla extract ½ tsp almond extract ½ cup heavy whipping cream ¼ cup milk Cinnamon Swirl: 2/3 cups all purpose flour 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 tbsp… Continue reading Recipe: Cinnamon Swirl Pound Cake
Recipe: Israeli Bakery Cheesecake
One of the challenges of trying to make food from some other country is finding the “right” ingredients. Following is the fruit of many experimentation. You must follow the baking and cooling in the oven instructions. Do not open the oven before the cake had time to cool properly. The cake will collapse/lose its height. Ingredients Crust:… Continue reading Recipe: Israeli Bakery Cheesecake
Recipe: Caramel-Apple Upside-Down Cake
Ingredients Caramel Topping: 1/4 cup butter 2/3 cup packed brown sugar 2 tbsp Heavy Cream 1 medium Apple peeled, and cored sliced into thin slices Batter 4 medium apples, peeled, cut to thin slice Dry ingredients: 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder 2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp salt Wet Ingredients: 2… Continue reading Recipe: Caramel-Apple Upside-Down Cake
Recipe: Solo’s Hamantaschens – modified slightly
The original recipe is at: www.solofoods.com/recipes/hamantaschen Ingredients 2 3⁄4 cup all-purpose flour 1⁄2 cup sugar 1 tbsp baking powder 1 tsp grated orange peel 1 cup butter softened 1⁄2 tsp salt 2 eggs, beaten 2 tbsp milk 1 can of Solo Poppy Seed Filling or Apricot Filling 1 egg beaten with 1 tbsp milk for brushing Instructions Using the flour, sugar, baking powder, orange peel, and salt. Cut… Continue reading Recipe: Solo’s Hamantaschens – modified slightly
Recipe: Cream Cheese Pie Dough for Quiches
Ingredients 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup unsalted butter 4 oz. cream cheese (room temperature) Method In the mixer bowl with the pedal attachment mix all ingredients until small balls/crumbs form. Transfer the dough into a work surface and form a ball. You can use the dough immediately, or freeze/store in the… Continue reading Recipe: Cream Cheese Pie Dough for Quiches
Recipe: Nuts and Cranberries Bars
In the pursuit for the perfect Blondies I came across a recipe which I modified a lot.The result is just mind blowing. A special shout out goes to Trader Joe’s for selling ahd preparing the nuts in just the right way. Ingredients: 1 cup brown sugar 1 stick of butter 1 large egg 1/2 tsp… Continue reading Recipe: Nuts and Cranberries Bars