This week at I Heart Cooking Clubs we are cooking from this month’s featured ingredient; apples or pears. The recipe from Barefoot in Paris by Ina Garten is made with pears but I made mine with apples. A clafouti is a new French dessert for me. Ina describes it as a pancake-like batter poured over…
Kerrin’s Multigrain Chocolate Chip Cookies
Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies These multigrain chocolate chip cookies were a big hit even without the secret ingredient kasha. I was unable to obtain the correct brand and size that Dorie recommended so I just left it out. The substitution is finely chopped toasted nuts but I wanted my son to be able to…
Cranberry Orange Scones
Scones are a popular breakfast item in my house. These Cranberry Orange Scones from Ina Garten are a great way to usher in the flavors of Autumn, the theme of the week at I Heart Cooking Clubs. I made these on a Friday then popped them in the freezer before baking so I could bake fresh…
Two-Bite One-Chip Cookies
Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies These Two-Bite One-Chip Cookies were a big hit in my house. The dough is wonderful with some whole wheat flour and a little cinnamon. Dorie suggests chilling the dough for 2 hours before scooping. I found the chilled dough easy to work with. I have a one teaspoon cookie scoop so…
Pumpkin Cupcakes with Burnt Marshmallow Frosting
These burnt babies went with me to a pumpkin carving party we went to with friends. Everyone that had one liked them. I thought they were a lovely pumpkin flavor with all the spices; cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Of course the marshmallow frosting was the star of the dish. The recipe is available from the…
Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb and Pine Nuts
It is potluck week at I Heart Cooking Clubs and I chose to cook from Yotam Ottolenghi. From Jerusalem A Cookbook I made Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb and Pine Nuts. Not a photogenic meal and I was worried that the eggplant would not survive the move. We served this Turkish style meal with Basmati rice. This…
Babas au Rhum
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi I tried for the first time a babas au rhum on our cruise earlier this year and ever since I have wanted to make these. According to Dorie, “babas au rhum have been around for about three hundred years. The baba is a tight-grained yeast-raised cake that is soaked…
Potato Chip-Chocolate Chunk Cookies
These sweet and salty cookies from the Food Network were a big hit in my house. My son loves potato chips and this recipe has a whopping 8 ounce bag. I made a few changes to ingredients to what I had on hand. Instead of semisweet chocolate chopped I used chocolate chips. I don’t like…
Croque Monsieur
Croque Monsieur! How easy is that? This week on I Heart Cooking Clubs we were tasked with making something easy from Ina Garten’s recipes. I chose Croque Monsieur because how easy is a grilled cheese sandwich? My husband could not believe I have never had the famed French sandwich. The recipe starts with a white…
Caramelized Shallots
This week at I Heart Cooking Clubs we are cooking with alliums. What are alliums? They are garlic, onions, shallots, leeks, scallions or chives. I love caramelized onions so I figured I would like these caramelized shallots. I used Ina’s handy hint to boil the shallots for one minute to peel them. The peeled shallots…
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