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Happy Holidays! Recipes, Decorations, Holiday Traditions, Party Ideas - BHG.com

Happy Holidays! Recipes, Decorations, Holiday Traditions, Party Ideas - BHG.com

Bread Recipes: Method In a large bowl mix 3 cups of flour, 1/4 tsp of instant yeast and potato water. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to sit for 2-3 hours. After, mix in remaining yeast, honey, olive oil and salt. Then mix in mashed potatos. Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cakes Recipe : Paula Deen Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine the cake mix, egg, and butter and mix well with an electric mixer. Pat the mixture into the bottom of a lightly greased 13 by 9-inch baking pan. To make the filling: In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and pumpkin until smooth. Add the eggs, vanilla, and butter, and beat together. Serve with fresh whipped cream. Variations: For a Pineapple Gooey Cake: Instead of the pumpkin, add a drained 20-ounce can of crushed pineapple to the cream cheese filling. For a Banana Gooey Cake: Prepare cream cheese filling as directed, beating in 2 ripe bananas instead of the pumpkin. For a Peanut Butter Gooey Cake: Use a chocolate cake mix.

Steakhouse Pizza Earlier this summer, I made a bunch of different pizzas for my new cookbook. In the spirit of impatience, I’m sharing one of them with you today. Hello, I’m Pioneer Woman. And I can’t sit on recipes and not share them here. Hi, Pioneer Woman. I love this pizza. Here’s the step-by-step. (You think I can’t hear you, but I can.) Slice up a couple of red onions and saute them with a little butter and balsamic vinegar until they’re nice and deep and caramelized. I thought right. Grab a steak. Season it well with salt and pepper… And grill it until it’s medium rare. Amen. Remove the steak from the grill and keep it warm on a plate while you get everything else ready. Roll out the pizza dough as thin as it will go. I’ll just say it: I’ve made pizza for years, and pizza dough never ceases to have a mind of its own. Next, I used some good jarred marinara sauce, then drizzled in a little balsamic and Worcestershire to give it some richness. Evenly distribute the balsamic red onions all over the sauce…

Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Spicy Caramel Apple Sauce and Vanilla Bean Creme Anglaise Recipe : Bobby Flay Directions Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Combine the cream, milk, vanilla bean and seeds in a small saucepan over medium heat and bring to a simmer. Whisk together the yolks, sugar, maple syrup, and pumpkin puree in a large bowl. Slowly whisk in the hot cream mixture until combined, remove the vanilla pod, and whisk in the bourbon. Strain the custard into a clean bowl. Scatter the pumpkin bread cubes in a buttered 9 by 13-inch baking glass baking dish. Place the pan in a larger roasting pan and pour hot tap water into the roasting pan until it comes half way up the sides of the glass dish. Remove from the oven and water bath and cool on a baking rack for at least 30 minutes before serving. Spoon some of the Vanilla Bean Creme Anglaise into a shallow bowl, top with some of the bread pudding and drizzle with the Spicy Caramel Apple Sauce. Pumpkin Bread: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Add the pumpkin puree and mix until combined. Vanilla Bean Creme Anglaise: Spicy Caramel Apple Sauce:

Sausage, Potato, and Kale Soup Yay. It’s soup weather! This is a make-at-home version of Olive Garden’s “Zuppa Toscana.” But if you’re like me and don’t like to leave your house, making it at home is the next best thing. By the way, my kids pretty much think Olive Garden is the best restaurant on the face of the planet. First up, tear the kale into pieces and rinse it in cold water. Drain it in a colander and set it aside for a bit. By the way: kale. Next, slice up a bunch of red potatoes and boil them in a pot. When they’re tender, throw them into a colander… And set them aside, too. I’m cooking the potatoes ahead of time because I’m weird. I can not emphasize this enough: don’t be like me. Grab some Italian sausage. Throw it in a pot with a little olive oil… And crumble it up as it browns. Brown it completely, then drain off as much of the fat as you can. Add in the crushed red pepper, the ground oregano, and the chicken broth… Then add the milk and the half-and-half. Mmmm. …followed by the cooked potatoes. Ingredients

Bobby’s Pumpkin Bread Pudding Any of you who tuned in to watch my Throwdown against Bobby Flay this week likely saw the part when my precious daughter Petunia sold me down the river and told the camera that she preferred Bobby’s dessert to mine. I think her exact words were “Don’t tell my mom, but I really think Bobby’s recipe is the best.” Doh! Turns out, though, homegirl knows her stuff. “Honey, you want a piece of chocolate cake?” “No, I’m waiting for more of that pumpkin bread pudding.” “Sweetie, you want a chocolate chip cookie?” “No, I’ll just have some of that pumpkin bread pudding of Bobby’s.” “Sugar Lump, would you like this bag of Skittles?” “I want Bobby and his wife to adopt me.” My point is, the dessert raised the bar for desserts as far as my sweet girl is concerned. Throwdown Recipes Friday afternoon, my daughter made it all by herself. She started by making the pumpkin bread. I wandered into the kitchen from time to time to lick bowls and steal cubes of pumpkin bread out of the oven. And neither can Petunia.

Quinoa With Roasted Butternut Squash This recipe for quinoa with roasted butternut squash was shared by FitSugar reader prepel in our Healthy Recipe community group. Anyone up for making this for Thanksgiving? I made risotto using quinoa, so is it called quinotto then? It sounds cool so I'll call it that! This is probably the tastiest dish I have ever made, especially for the first time making it and not having a recipe to follow, so I had to share it right away! It only took about 35 minutes to make . . . definitely something I will be making again, and for you who live in America — maybe you could use this recipe on Thanksgiving if you're worried about calories and fat! See the recipe when you read more. Ingredients 1/2 cup uncooked quinoa 500 grams butternut squash, peeled, cubed 1 small carrot 5 mushrooms 2 garlic cloves 1 small onion 1 1/2 cups vegetable stock, low sodium a few parsley leaves, chopped 2 tbsp olive oil Directions Preheat oven to 350 °F. Cook quinoa according to instructions. Information Category Main Dishes

Banana Bread: Chocolate Banana Crunch Bread Method Prep all your ingredients ahead of time, this will help to make sure you have everything you need and to make things move faster. In a large bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Using a wire whisk mix the dry ingredients together. In a separate bowl peel and mash your very ripe bananas.

Korean Style Tacos with Kogi BBQ Sauce Sunday, July 12, 2009 Korean Style Tacos with Kogi BBQ Sauce My parents live in Los Angeles and until just recently, so did my brother. About three times a year, I go back to LA to hang out with the family, get my In-N-Out Burger fix and get the very important big dose of smog and traffic. It’s important because it gives me that fantastic talking point when the Los Angelenos ask me, “why the heck did you move to Bradenton, Florida?” Hmmm…well, let me cough the reasons! Just a few days ago, my brother, Jay, packed his bachelor belongings in a moving truck and moved to Wichita, Kansas to start a brand new fancy job as a Doctor of Cardi-$dollar$-gy. Not that I have anything against the good state of Kansas, it’s just that it’s a totally different lifestyle than the fast-paced, Botox’d, diamond-studded city of Angels. Last night, Jay called. As I’m sure you’ve heard, Kogi is the hottest thing to hit the streets of Los Angeles (literally!) This recipe is mid-west meets Los Angeles. Dr. serves 4

{Recipe: Light as air banana cupcakes with salted caramel frosting} « Chocolate & Ginger Happy Saturday all! It was a frosty looking day when I woke up this morning to go to the gym. I stayed over my mom’s place and enjoyed my pre-workout breakie (a slice of toasted cinnamon raisin toast along with a large mug of green tea) and watched the sunrise. Beautiful, but oh so chilly… So I have some good news! Anyways, today I thought I’d switch up the posts from my trip to San Fran and share a delicious recipe I made recently. The key ingredient is a few heaping tablespoons of this deliciousness. These cupcakes are mini, so it’s totally ok that I ate like 4 of these in one seating (or at least that’s what I tell myself). I have to say frosting cupcakes is one of my favourite things to do when it comes to baking. And those little sprinkles on the top is vanilla infused salt. These cupcakes got the seal of approval from my co-workers and the boy. Mini Banana Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting (adapted from Bon Appetit) Cupcakes: Caramel Frosting: Like this: Like Loading...

Tiramisù Ice Cream I woke up the other morning wanting nothing but a nice slice of Tiramisù--cake, cream, coffee, and chocolate--mmm, a great way to start the day:) Funny how those urges come over you at 4:30 in the morning. Unfortunately, I did not have one made and I did not have the time to make one--sigh. Later in the day, I was running errands with my children and we passed a local ice cream stand. The first time I made this recipe, I told my children that I needed them to taste test something. This is a mascarpone based ice cream layered with a mocha ripple syrup.

How to Make Pie Crust - Homemade Pie Crust Video Home» Recipes & Menus»How-To Cooking Videos»Video: How to Make Pie Crust Perfect Pie Crust Making flaky and light pie pastry is not hard but it does require a little patience. Perfecting your pie crust takes a little time, patience, and practice, but it makes all the difference in your product. Mastered the dough and feeling adventurous? » More from How-To Cooking Videos Top Features in Recipes & Menus: » See More Recipes & Menus 12 Chicken Dinners Under 500 Calories » Affordable, versatile, and lean, chicken is a useful protein to have on hand. Almighty Green Bean » These recipes prove green beans are perfect for a fancy holiday meal or a simple weekday dinner. Butternut Squash Upgraded » Put these extraordinary butternut squash recipes at the top of your recipe priority list and make the most of the season. Stuffed Chicken Breast Recipes » Stuffed chicken breasts pack your favorite ingredients into a quick and easy recipe that makes chicken desirable again.

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