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Strawberries and cream biscuits

Strawberries and cream biscuits
Did you go strawberry picking last weekend? Did you haul home too many and they are disintegrating faster than you are able to can, preserve, or pluck them individually into your mouth? Do you have strawberry-stained fingers and toddlers? Boy, do I have a treat for you. It’s like a strawberry shortcake, stuffed inside a single cake. I thought long and hard about this when I made these what I confess to be a year ago. One year ago: Roasted Peppers with Capers and MozarellaTwo years ago: Lamb Chops with Pistachio TapenadeThree years ago: Lemon Mint Granita and Pickled Sugar Snap PeasFour years ago: S’More Pie and Jim Lahey’s Potato PizzaFive years ago: Black Bottom Cupcakes and Spring Vegetable Stew Strawberries and Cream Biscuits Last year, I shared a cake in which strawberries would ideally almost melt into the batter, leaving jammy puddles in their wake. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In the bottom of a large, wide-ish bowl, whisk flours, baking powder, sugar and salt together.

Quinoa Cookies | Quinoa Cookie Recipe Quinoa Cookies Yep, you read the title right. I really put quinoa in my cookies. He requested Toasted Coconut, Toffee, & Chocolate Chip Cookies, but I said what about a quinoa cookie? I wanted a thick and hearty cookie so I used whole wheat flour, oats, and quinoa. The quinoa was a genius addition, if I do say so myself:) It adds a nice little crunch to the cookies. The Quinoa Cookies are irresistible right out of the oven, but they are also pretty tasty frozen too! Have a great weekend! Quinoa Cookies Yield: 3 dozen cookiesPrep Time: 15 minutesCook Time: 12-14 minutes Quinoa adds a nice little crunch to these thick and hearty cookies!

vidalia onion soup with wild rice I believe I owe you some soup. When the soup was promised, it was rainy, bleary, and insufficiently May-like to please me, though I doubt Deb Not Being Pleased ranks anywhere on near the top of the concerns list of whatever powers control the weather (or, for that matter, Deb’s toddler when he’s set his mind to emptying mama’s purse on the floor again), seeing as we have another week of it on order. Fortunately, this is a soup for exactly these trying spring times. My love of hearty crocks of hearty French onion soup is well-documented (it’s the rare recipe I’ve covered twice in the archives, and you just know I had to riff on it here) because I have to insist that nothing is so loud with flavor as onions, cooked for an hour with a meaty broth and cognac, then broiled with a charred cap of strong cheese. Oof, how long must we wait until it gets cold again? But to me, French onion soup is a deep-winter affair, for cold, bleak days, not these. Serves 4 Heat oven to 400 degrees.

Homemade Nutella Many years ago I worked in a restaurant in New York with a group of other cooks, who were mostly women and we were all friends. We’d gather in the cold morning kitchen, working around a communal wooden counter near the warm stove armed with cups of strong coffee as we set about our various tasks while engaging in conversations while doing all the repetitive work of chopping the piles of vegetables we used for soups, salads, and other things that we were going to prepare the rest of the day. One woman, who I’ll call Mary Smith (and who, for some reason, we all called her by her complete name, “Mary Smith”, rather than just “Mary”), was bookish and almost librarian in her demeanor, and she was attending a local Ivy league institution, getting her doctorate in Russian and Russian studies. She worked very efficiently with no unnecessary movements, and always had perfect posture, like a ballerina, along with pristine skin and straight brown hair pulled sharply back in a tight ponytail.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sandwich Cookies Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sandwich Cookies {Cookbook Giveaway} I usually do all of the cookie baking in our house. Not because Josh never offers to bake cookies, but I usually don’t let him:) The controlling side of me comes out when cookies are involved. If he starts to bake cookies, I usually run into the kitchen and take over. I can’t help myself. I LOVE baking cookies. Josh loves cookie dough and I love cookies. This recipe comes from Lindsay Landis’s new book, The Cookie Dough Lover’s Cookbook. The Cookie Dough Lover’s Cookbook is filled with with recipes using eggless raw cookie dough in candy, cakes, pies, brownies, ice cream and more. So back to the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sandwich Cookies-they are awesome! Experience a little chocolate chip cookie heaven and make these Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sandwich Cookies! Update-this giveaway is now closed. The giveaway is open until Sunday, June 3rd at 11:59 p.m.

bacon, egg and leek risotto Seeing as I once argued that rice pudding should be breakfast food (what? grains, milk, a bit of sugar, sometimes berries — just like oatmeal!) it shouldn’t be any surprise that I’m now wondering if risotto could also be welcome in the earliest parts of the day. I mean, what if contained bacon and eggs? What if I warned you that if you start making risotto with leeks and bacon and finish it with a fried egg that you might not be able to go back to eating it another way? You can’t say I didn’t give you a heads-up. I got the inspiration for breakfast risotto from an article I saw a few months back. Which is all the more reason that the risotto approximation of breakfast, replete with bacon, runny eggs, cheese and leeks is nothing short of brilliant. Bacon, Egg and Leek Risotto Yield: Six small or four large servings Place stock or broth in a small-medium saucepan over very low heat on a back burner. Heat a second medium saucepan (3 quarts) or skillet over medium heat.

Mandalinalı Sıcak Puding | snOw eggs Düşünüyorum da galiba şimdiye kadar geçirdiğim en mutlu yılbaşıydı. Hatta takip eden birkaç gün. Yeni yıl, yeni yıl, yeni yıl… herkese kutlu olsun…herkese mutlu olsun şarkıları eşliğinde dans ederken, bu keyifli anı bozmamak için birkaç gün daha bekleyen “grip”ten habersizdim. Yeni yılın kapıma bıraktığı bu davetsiz misafiri görünce “dileğimi” hatırladım:) her ne kadar kendisini sımsıkı kucaklayamadıysam da onun uzun bir süre gitmeye niyeti yoktu:) E haliyle onu misafir etmeye çalışan bedenim mutfağı ve dijital evreni ihmal ediverdi. Kaç gündür yapmak istediğim şeydi; mandalinalı sıcak puding. Suda pişme yöntemi sayesinde de altı puding üstü kekten oluşan nur topu gibi lezzetli bir “puding kek”iniz oluyor. Yeni yılın hemen öncesinde “ hediyeler “ sahiplerine gönderildi. Ve işte hayatımın renkleri blog’unun sahibesi Burcu:) Ve erkehan adlı blog’un sahibesi Neslihan:) Uyarlama: BBC Good Food, Lemon self-saucing pudding Servis: 4 – 6 kişilik, kullandığınız kapların büyüklüğüne göre Malzemeler:

Much more than sushi: Put*** 2 ans ! Aujourd'hui le p'tit sushi a deux ans. Deux ans !!! Sinon, c'est tout... Comme l'année dernière, je n'ai pas eu le temps de préparer dignement cette célébration et elle se trouvera décalée de quelques jours. On peut commencer à parler de tradition là, non ? A une nuance près. En 2011, j'avais oublié la date exacte de ma naissance. En 2012, je n'ai rien oublié. Ce à quoi vient s'ajouter une semaine de vacances bien méritées. :) Je te laisse donc déjà avec, à défaut de gâteau festif, de savoureux cookies amoureusement emballés dans une playlist spéciale 2 ans. Merci d'être là. J'espère te retrouver après avoir rechargé mes batteries solaires. 130 g de mix 20 g de farine de sarrasin (pour une version avec guten, 130 g de farine complète suffiront) 80 g de margarine végétale 75 g de sucre roux 50 g de chocolat blanc 1 cs de lait de soja 1cc de thé vert matcha 1/2 sachet de levure 1 pincée de sel Filmer la préparation et la laisser reposer une heure au frigo. Préchauffer le four à 160°C.

over-the-top mushroom quiche This one is personal. Four years, five months and 19 days ago, I was bested by this quiche and as noted by the detailed date count, I may not be over it. Worse, it wasn’t even the quiche that bested me, but the crust. A flaky shell with even more fragility-enhancing butter than a standard pie dough, it was twice as big as a regular quiche shell, and then, instead of letting you press it into a shallow tart pan, it was draped inside the towering (okay, three-inch) walls of an open-hinged 9-inch springform ring. I finally got back to it last week and here’s the point in the story where I’m supposed to tell you that four years later, I won. Nevertheless, if anything, that comment is the reason I’m here today because I could not possibly agree less. And that detail? The process for this dough is no different, but there’s just more of it: bigger volume, more rolling and a higher proportion of butter to flour. But why, Deb? Happy holidays, from all of us. Preheat oven to 325°F.

portakal ağacı: Profiterollü Pasta ve Mahlepli Kurabiye Geçen haftalarda yapıp da yazmaya fırsat bulamadığım tariflerden ikisi; Profiterollü Pasta ve Mahlepli Kurabiye. Hafta sonu yeni tanışmamıza rağmen çok çabuk ısındığım bir hanıma pastayı yazacağıma söz vermiştim, birkaç gün sonra meşhur kahve zincirlerinden birinde aynı pastayı görünce sözümü tutmakta daha fazla geç kalmamaya karar verdim. Daha önce de dediğim gibi pastanın bana kadar gelişinde 3 hünerli blog yazarının emeği var. Burcu, Hatice ve Zinnur sayesinde ortaya çıktı benim pastam. Hatta pastanın üstündeki profiterollerin tarifini Hatice'den aldım. En Güzel Çikolatalı Kek: Kek Malzemeleri: 200gr bitter çikolata200gr tereyağı, küçük parçalara kesilmiş1 yemek kaşığı granül kahve85gr kekun85gr un1/4 tatlı kaşığı karbonat200gr muscovado şeker*200gr kahverengi şeker25gr kakao3 yumurta5 yemek kaşığı buttermilk (yayık ayran) ** Krema Malzemeleri: 200gr bitter çikolata284ml çiğ krema2 yemek kaşığı kahverengi şeker Hazırlanması: 20cm'lik kek kalıbını yağlayın. Mahlepli Kurabiye: Malzemeler:

Double Berry Puff Pancake Double Berry Puff Pancake Got red, white and blue on your mind yet? We’re starting to think ahead to 4th of July already. My son is most excited about lighting sparklers. They’re not allowed in California, but luckily we’ll be on the E. coast for the big day so we can easily locate them! My husband is most excited for the food I’m going to make, and I’m most excited about utilizing berries to make some patriotic treats! It’s definitely a fun summer breakfast treat if you find that you have access to some wonderful, fresh berries. The recipe starts in the blender. Move the skillet to the oven, and bake the pancake until it’s puffy and cooked through. Serve slices with fresh cream or a sprinkle of powdered sugar. Enjoy this special treat.

The Best Tomato Soup You'll Ever Have New York is having a surprisingly chilly week, so we've been craving comfort foods, like tomato soup with a gooey grilled cheese sandwich. There's nothing cozier and more bolstering on a cool day, or a lazy Sunday evening at home, don't you agree? Luckily, Helene from Tartelette has agreed to share her recipe for the perfect warm-you-up-and-hit-the-spot tomato soup... The Best Roasted Tomato Soup With Tomato Parmesan Croutons By Helene from Tartelette Home is Provence. Even if I left France over fourteen years ago, my ex-pat heart still calls it home. My days can go from very calm to completely hectic, and if there is soup that I can reheat when lunch comes around, then I know I can go on working all day without hearing my stomach talk in another octave. I usually make a big batch of soup in the evening while I am cooking our dinner. This soup is one my husband asked me to recreate after one of our favorite restaurants closed a few years into our marriage. Preheat the oven to 400F. P.S.

thick, chewy oatmeal raisin cookies I woke up Sunday morning craving oatmeal raisin cookies something fierce, so I tried to make myself eat oatmeal with raisins and brown sugar in it for breakfast but that didn’t work, and so there was nothing left to do but to bake cookies. My life is so hard, innit? I have very specific tastes in oatmeal raisin cookies. I start with the standard recipe on every can of Quaker oats and then start making it better. And then I try not to eat them for breakfast. Thick, Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies The last trick to getting a really thick, chewy cookie is to chill the dough before you bake it. This is a half recipe. New note, 2/2/13: We’ve gotten in the habit (terrible habit, heh) of making these lately, Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip-style. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, egg and vanilla until smooth. The cookies should be two inches apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

Twix: galletas de chocolate y caramelo Twix caseros El otro día me quedé pensando en lo del abrefácil, y la verdad es que he descubierto que vivimos rodeados de cosas que no son lo que prometen. Y no estoy hablando de políticos, que no entran dentro de la categoría de “cosas”. Estoy hablando por ejemplo del ordenador. No sé si es que el mío es vaguete, pero yo le digo: “Ordenador, ordena los juguetes de los niños!” Así que aquí os traigo unos Twix que tampoco son los de verdad, pero que están muy ricos. Pero quietoparao, antes de ir a preparar la receta de los Twix, hoy se publica mi foto de este mes en 1080 Fotos de Cocina… huevo, aceite, sal, zumo de limón y una pizca de magia… no te la pierdas! Descripción: Receta de Twix caseros: barritas de galleta, chocolate y caramelo. Preparación: 30 min Cocción: 30 min Raciones: 24 Valoración 5 sobre 1 Ingredientes Para la base de galleta: 175 gr. de harina125 gr. de mantequilla fría, cortada en dados4 cucharadas de azúcar (moreno o normal)1/2 cucharadita pequeña de sal ul> Preparación

chocolate swirl buns A few years ago, I conquered one of what has to be one of the seven wonders of my culinary world, chocolate babka. Babka, if you’re new to it, poor you, is a brioche-like sweet yeast cake, usually rolled thin and spiraled around a filling of chocolate, cinnamon, sweet cheese or fruit, and is often studded with streusel. And I know that most people save their gushing prose for lemon meringue pie, 8 inches high, or brownies with swirls of peanut butter, candied bacon and candy bars inside, I know that most people hadn’t heard of babka before it became a punch line, but Alex and I fondly remembering the grocery store chocolate babkas — with endless spirals slicked with bittersweet chocolate — of our childhood and I couldn’t rest until I cracked the code at home. But it still has its limitations. I found the solution to this crisis — are you allowed to call the irregular appearance of homemade chocolate babka in your life a crisis? Yield: 12 muffin-sized buns Set buns on cooling rack.

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