I Heart Cooking Clubs Potluck Week Butternut squash is one of the few foods my husband does not like to eat so on his recent business trip I invited his best friend over (he eats everything) for a dinner of butternut squash soup. The recipe calls for one pound of butternut squash, I went the…
Devil’s Food Wafflets
Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies We love waffles, mostly for breakfast and they are only yeast-raised waffles, light and crisp. We own a VillaWare waffle maker which is considered an essential gadget in our house. My husband and I both cook and bake but we have divided duties in the kitchen, waffles come under my…
The Paris Cheesecake
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi We love Dorie’s cheesecakes and this recipe was no exception. Dubbed the Paris Cheesecake due to the addition of certain ingredients. Traditional New York cheesecake is made with a graham cracker crust, this cheesecake is made with speculoos and almond flour. Dorie also suggested using LU Cinnamon Sugar Spice…
Fannie Farmer’s Classic Yeast -Raised Waffles
I Heart Cooking Clubs Pantry Gourmet Waffles are the most requested breakfast item in our house and not just any waffles but yeast-raised waffles. This takes planning, you have to make the batter the night before. These waffles come out light and airy with a crisp outside, the ultimate in waffles in our house. The…
Applesauce
I Heart Cooking Clubs Snacks and Beginnings Nothing says Fall like a dish of homemade applesauce. This is not a dish I normally make but it sounded like a fun idea. Ruth states “applesauce practically makes itself” so I figured it would be pretty easy. The recipe calls for 6 apples, I used a variety…
Spiced Pumpkin Jammers
Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies This is the second Jammers cookie we have made in the group. My comments for the Classic Jammers were “good but a lot of work”. These Pumpkin Jammers were also a lot of work. This is a cookie recipe that benefits from doing some of the work in advance but…
Bettelman
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi I have never heard of the dessert Bettelman but I do know bread pudding. This is France’s version of a bread pudding. Dorie says “Its texture falls somewhere between a cake and a pudding.” “…the egg whites are beaten until stiff and then folded into the mixture, so the…
Pumpkin Pancakes
I Heart Cooking Clubs Monthly Featured Ingredient Orange Squash These pumpkin pancakes were a delicious Sunday morning breakfast. Flavored with warm spices cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves, they really hit the spot. Pumpkin can be a heavy ingredient but the secret to this recipe is the whipped egg whites which keep them light. We used…
Maple-Star Anise Cookies
Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies So if I named these cookies I would name them Orange-Star Anise Cookies. I couldn’t really taste the maple syrup. It is pretty hard to have maple shine through when orange rind and star anise are such strong flavors. We love sandwich cookies so I went that route. My husband…
Lamb Chops, Baked Potato and Brussels Sprouts
I Heart Cooking Clubs Welcomes New Chef Ruth Reichl There is nothing fancy about this meal but sometimes it takes a recipe to get me out of my cooking rut. From Ruth Reichl’s latest book, My Kitchen Year 136 Recipes that Saved My Life. The book is part memoir and part cookbook which is organized…
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