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Toll House Chocolate Chip Pie

thanks to John Rudy for this

Ingredients

¾ Cup(1½ sticks) Butter (melted)
2Large eggs
½ CupAll-purpose Flour
½ CupGranulated Sugar
½ CupBrown sugar (packed)
1 Cupsemi-sweet Chocolate Chips
1Regular 9“ pie crust – not deep dish; unbaked

Preparation procedure

Preheat oven to 325°F.

  1. Melt butter then set aside.
  2. Beat eggs in large mixer bowl on high speed until foamy (or beat with a whisk just well enough to see a few bubbles).
  3. Mix in granulated sugar, brown sugar, and flour.
  4. Slowly stir in butter and then chocolate chips.
  5. Pour mixture into unbaked pie shell.
  6. Bake for 55-60 minutes or until knife inserted half way between outside edge and center comes out clean.
  7. Cool on wire rack.

Serve warm with vanilla ice cream, if desired.
This pie freezes well.
(Recipe from John Rudy and Genius Kitchen )


Banana Bread

Healthy Moist Banana Bread

2eggs, beaten
½ cupolive oil or melted coconut oil
⅓ cuphoney (or maple syrup)
¼ cupgreek yogurt (or milk)
1 tspvanilla extract
1 cupmashed ripe bananas 2-3 (smi used 4)
1¾ cupwhole wheat flour (or white flour) (265 grams)
½ tspground cinnamon
1 tspbaking soda
½ tspsalt
½ cupadd-ins: chocolate chips; chopped walnuts; etc

Directions

Grease 9”x5“ loaf pan Preheat oven to 325˚F

  1. Mix dry ingreds (flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt) in a bowl
  2. Mix wet ingreds (eggs, oil, honey, yogurt, vanilla) for 2 mins in a large bowl. Stir in bananas.
  3. Stir dry ingreds into wet ingreds
  4. Stir in add-ins
  5. Pour in the greased pan
  6. sprinkle with cinnamon, raw sugar, or banana slices (optional).
  7. Bake 50-55 mins till toothpick comes out clean
  8. Cool 10 minutes, slice

Makes: 12 ¾” slices approx. 238 calories each.

From GimmeDelicious.com


Steve's bread machine recipes

You may need to make mods based on your machine.

2 pound loaf recipe

2 TbspVegetable oil
3 TbspHoney
2 eggsand water to make 12 ounces
3 Tbspdried milk powder
30gFlax Seed Meal
220gWhite flour (or, Flax Seed Meal and white flour to make 250g)
230gWhole wheat flour (approx 1½ cups)
1 tspkosher salt
2 tspdry yeast

Set machine on Whole Wheat
When machine beeps to add more ingredients, then add:

  • 100g quick oats
Pecan-Cranberry Modification

Modify the previous recipe as follows to make a pecan-cranberry bread.

  • When adding the flour, also add 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • Prepare ahead of time, and then when signaled, add:
    • 1 cup chopped pecans
    • 1 cup Craisins

3 pound loaf recipe

4 Tbsp Vegetable oil
4 Tbsp Honey
3 tsp kosher or pink salt
2 eggs and water to make 505ml
¾ tsp Guar gum
45g Flax Seed Meal
255g White flour (with Flax seed meal to make 300g, or 300g without flax seed meal)
250g Almond flour
210g Whole wheat flour
4 Tbsp dried milk powder
2 tsp dry yeast

Set machine on Whole Wheat
When machine beeps to add more ingredients, then add:

  • 140g quick oats

or

  • Pecan-Cranberry: Add 3 tsp cinnamon to batter above. When machine beeps, add 2 cups mixture of pecans, cranberries, etc.

or

  • Olive loaf. Reduce liquid 1.5 ounce. When machine beeps, add 22 olives sliced in halves.

Thanks to Laura London. You can store this batter in the refrigerator for up to a week, or in the freezer for up to 3 months. There is an option to make the cookies thicker (read on!)

Ingredients

2 sticks of unsalted butter (at room temperature)
1 cup of sugar
½ cup of light brown sugar
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 eggs (at room temperature)
1 tsp of vanilla
2 cups of flour (use a bit over 2½ cups of flour to make cookies thicker)
1¼ cups of chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 350˚F

  1. Combine butter, sugar, light brown sugar, salt & baking soda with electric mixer for about 2 minutes (until creamy)
  2. Add eggs and vanilla
  3. Add flour gradually
  4. Mix in chocolate chips with a spoon
  5. Refrigerate dough for at least 1 hour (the longer the better, can be kept in refrigerator up to 1 week)
  6. Using about a teaspoon full of dough, roll into a ball
  7. Bake for 10 minutes
  8. Allow cookies to cool for 2 minutes before removing them from the pan

Jill Biden’s favorite cookies are big, chunky oatmeal rounds with cranberries and chocolate
From Boston Globe page

Makes 17

Very large, chunky oatmeal cookies with dried cranberries and chocolate chunks are favorites of Jill Biden. Only six mounds of dough go onto the baking sheet at once (the balls are 1/4-cup each), then they're flattened and baked until golden. The recipe comes from “Weeknights with Giada: Quick and Simple Recipes to Revamp Dinner,” by Giada De Laurentiis, who also made it for the Food Network.

1 cup flour
¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon fine sea salt
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
½ cup light brown sugar
½ cup granulated sugar
1 egg
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
1 cup dried cranberries
1 bar (4 ounces) bittersweet chocolate (60 percent), coarsely chopped into 1/4-inch chunks

1. Set the oven at 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Have on hand a 4-ounce scoop or a 1/4 cup measure.

2. In a bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt to blend them.

3. In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, if you have one, or the whisk, beat the butter and light brown and granulated sugar for 1 minute, or until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until smooth. With the machine on its lowest setting, gradually add the flour mixture, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.

4. Remove the bowl from the mixer stand and stir in the oats, cranberries, and chocolate just until incorporated; the dough will be stiff and a little hard to mix.

5. Use the scoop or measure to make 12 slightly rounded 2-inch mounds of dough. If any cranberries, chocolate, or oatmeal flakes fall out of the mounds, press them back in with your fingers. Place six balls of dough, spaced evenly apart, on each baking sheet. Using the heel of your hand, flatten the mounds to make even 3-inch rounds.

6. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, switching the position of the sheets from back to front halfway through baking, or until the cookies are lightly golden. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 20 minutes. Bake the remaining cookies in the same way. Store in an airtight container.


Chocolate Matzoh

Chocolate Covered Caramelized Matzoh

4 to 6 sheetsunsalted Matzohs
1 cup (230g)unsalted butter, cut into chunks (two sticks)
1 cup (215g)firmly-packed light brown sugar
big pinchsea salt
½ teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
1½ cups (240g) semisweet chocolate chips (or chopped bittersweet or semisweet chocolate)
1 cup (80g)toasted sliced almonds (optional)
  1. Line a rimmed baking sheet (approximately 11 x 17″, 28 x 42cm) completely with foil, making sure the foil goes up and over the edges. Cover the foil with a sheet of parchment paper.
  2. Preheat oven to 375˚F (190˚C).
  3. Line the bottom of the sheet with matzoh, breaking extra pieces as necessary to fill in any spaces.
  4. In a 3-4 quart (3-4l) heavy duty saucepan, melt the butter and brown sugar together, and cook over medium heat, stirring, until the butter is melted and the mixture is beginning to boil. Boil for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, add the salt and vanilla, and pour over matzoh. Working quickly, spread the caramel with a heatproof spatula.
  5. Put the pan in the oven and reduce the heat to 350˚F (175˚C) degrees. Bake for 15 minutes. As it bakes, it will bubble up but make sure it’s not burning every once in a while. If it is burning in spots, remove from oven and reduce the heat to 325˚F (160˚C), then replace the pan.
  6. Remove from oven and immediately cover with chocolate chips. Let stand 5 minutes, then spread with an offset spatula.
  7. If you wish, sprinkle with toasted almonds (or another favorite nut, toasted and coarsely-chopped), a sprinkle of flaky sea salt, or roasted cocoa nibs.

Either: (a) Let cool completely, or (b) While still warm, break into pieces. (if warm put in cold place to cool) and store in an airtight container until ready to serve. It should keep well for about one week.


Pickles

Make your own pickles. Use cucumbers, green tomatoes, carrots, celery too.

¾ CupWhite Vinegar
¾ CupWater
1 TbspKosher salt
~1 Tbsp (optional) Chopped garlic
~1 Tbsp Peppercorns

It's fine to double or triple this recipe depending on how much you need to fill the jars

  1. Bring all ingredients to a boil
  2. Cut cucumbers in half or slices, depending on size
  3. Stuff them in a clean jar that has a lid
  4. After liquid has boiled, pour into jar containing cucumbers
  5. Cover with lid
  6. Let cool and refrigerate

Should be ready in a day.


Honey Wheat Chocolate Pecan Cream Scones

This is Steve's adaptation and summary of his cousin's recipe. It has less fat (i.e., no heavy cream), but is still quite tasty and satisfying. [03jan2021)

Ingredients
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 4 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch cubes
  • ¾ cup Greek yogurt (maybe more than ¾ cup; but may make result more bready than sconey – not bad IMHO)
  • 1 egg slightly beaten
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate baking chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven 390°F
  2. In a mixer, mix both flours, brown sugar, baking powder, salt
  3. Add the butter and continue to mix till nicely combined
  4. In a bowl, add the Greek yogurt
  5. In another bowl, put the egg, honey, and vanilla
  6. In yet another bowl, add chopped pecans and chocolate chips
  7. Prepare a dusted flour surface. Prepare baking pan(s) each with parchment paper.
  8. In mixer, switch to kneading paddle.
  9. Add yogurt and egg mixtures.
  10. Add pecans and chocolate chips.
  11. Off the mixer, remove the batter, and massage it in your hands. Form it into a ball.
  12. Place ball on dusted surface and flatten to a round 1“ (2.5cm) thick disk.
  13. Using a knife, cut the disk in half, then into quarters, and then into eighths, as you would a pizza.
  14. Place these eight pieces into the baking pans spaced about 1” apart.
  15. Sprinkle each with brown sugar.
  16. Place in oven for 16-18 minutes till bottoms are golden-brown.

If you're using two pans, and one is above the other in the oven, swap them at the 8 minute mark.

Optionally drizzle a white glaze over the scones.

White glaze
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tbsp Greek yogurt
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • approx 1 tbsp milk, more or less to desired thickness

Mix all ingredients in this order. Spread over cooked scones.

click to see original recipe from Barbara BenZvi

click to see original recipe from Barbara BenZvi

Adapted from http://savorysweetlife.com/2011/05/blackberry-honey-wheat-cream-scones/#more-8516

From the website:

Blackberry Honey-Wheat Cream Scones
Author: Savory Sweet Life
Recipe type: Bread
Prep time:  5 mins
Cook time:  18 mins
Total time:  23 mins
Serves: 8

Blackberry Honey-Wheat Cream Scones - Made with a combination of whole wheat and all-purpose flour, these scones have a touch of sweetness with a soft - melt in your mouth texture.
Ingredients

  • 1 cup whole wheat flour [Barbara: Spelt]
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 4 tablespoons brown sugar [Barbara: Sucanat]
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes
  • ¾ cup heavy cream maybe replace:
    • replace with nonfat half and half?
    • replace with 1C almonds & 1C water electric blender, till smooth; or less water for thicker; measure out ¾ cup?
    • replace with Greek yogurt?
  • 1 egg slightly beaten
  • 2 tablespoons honey [Barbara: honey w/more flavor eg wild berry variety]
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract [Barbara: Kahlua, 1½ tsp]
  • 1½ cups frozen blackberries [Barbara: Skip. Add 4oz toasted pecans & 4-5 oz chopped 70% chocolate]

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. In a food processor, add both flours, baking powder, brown sugar, and salt.
  3. Pulsate the dry ingredients for a couple of seconds to mix everything.
  4. Add the butter. Pulsate again until a coarse meal forms.
  5. Transfer everything to a large mixing bowl. Add the heavy cream, egg, honey, and vanilla extract and knead the dough inside the bowl until it comes together.
  6. Add pecans & chocolate and work the dough with your hands and fast as you can into a large ball.
    1. You can use blackberries instead of pecans & chocolate; if you do, the less you handle the blackberries, the less purplish colored scones you'll have. Frozen blackberries also help the berries keep their shape instead of getting smoothed into the dough.
  7. On a floured surface, flatten the dough ball into a disk one inch thick.
  8. Cut the disk into eight equal pieces.
  9. Place the scones on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  10. Optional: Sprinkle w/Turbinado (raw) sugar
  11. Bake the scones for 15-18 minutes or until the bottoms are golden brown.
  12. Transfer scones to a wire rack to cool.
  13. Optional: drizzle a white glaze over the scones

NOTES

  • No food processor? Feel free to use your fingers. Work the dry ingredients and the butter by rubbing your fingers together until coarse meal forms.

Barbara's revisions – noted above
You can make these just as the recipe calls for or check out what I've done.

  • I used Spelt flour instead of whole wheat (it's a “cousin” of whole wheat with a really nice aroma).  You can find it at Whole Foods and other grocers.
  • Instead of brown sugar, I used Sucanat which is granulated instead of packed…nice flavor!  Also, can find this at Whole Foods.
  • Select a honey with some flavor to it.  I use a wild berry variety.
  • Instead of vanilla, feel free to use a liqueur…I use Kahlua…no reason other than I've used it with other recipes with chocolate.  (If I'm baking with almonds, I use Amaretto.)  Also, I use 1-1/2 teaspoons of the Kahlua.
  • I skip the blackberries and add 4 oz. toasted pecans and 4-5 oz. chopped 70% chocolate (NOT chocolate chips).
  • Once you've formed the scones, sprinkle them with Turbinado (raw) sugar.  It gives them a crunchy texture.  Yum!  Make sure to keep them spaced far enough apart on the baking sheet to allow them to brown.

OK, lots of work, but once you get in the rhythm, you'll be whipping these together without much effort.

MODIFICATIONS

  • Replace chocolate with crystallized ginger
  • Add grated orange and lemon rinds to the batter

Homemade White Castle Sliders

from The Takeout

1 medium white onion, halved and sliced very thin (on a mandoline if you have one)
2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1¼ lbs. ground beef
1 packet Lipton onion soup mix
⅓ cup Italian (not panko) bread crumbs
1 egg, beaten
American cheese, to top
Dill pickle slices, to top
12-pack Hawaiian dinner rolls, split

Get the sliced onions caramelizing while you prepare everything else. Heat the oil in a 12-inch skillet, add the onions, stir to coat, and enact the long, slow dance of adding water and scraping every time the onions start to sizzle.

Meanwhile, add the beef, soup mix, bread crumbs, and egg to a bowl. Fold together until the mixture is just firming up. You’re going to mix this a lot more than a typical burger, but do it as little as you can to keep it from going full racquetball on you.

Evenly spread the mixture into a 9-by-13-inch rimmed sheet pan, refrigerate, and preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. When the oven comes to temperature, remove the beef from the fridge and top it with the caramelized onions. Bake for 12-15 minutes. If you’ve sculpted correctly (yes, this is art), the entirety of the pan should come to temperature at the same time.

Drain the liquid (one of those drawbacks of heartland sheet-based cooking) and, if you’re serving immediately, top with cheese and pop under the broiler to melt. Remove from oven, slice into 12 even portions, and make some sliders.

If you’re feeling fancy, pop the cardboard tray of split rolls out of the bag, cover with a dish towel or parchment paper, and steam them for a minute or two before assembling the burgers.

These taste great served immediately, but Mom’s secret trick was always to make extras, reassemble the rolls in neat order in the tray, and put that back into the bag so we’d have a second day (usually never a third) of slider leftovers. Just pop a few out, microwave, and enjoy. Thirty seconds wrapped in a damp paper towel and the leftovers are nearly good as new.


Gelato

Thanks to John Rudy for this discussion and recipe, September 2019

Gelato by John Rudy

We recently returned from Sicily and Rome where you never see the words “ice cream”. I don’t know why gelato has not caught on in the United States as most Americans who visit Italy fall in love with it. We did an important study and rated the gelatos at about 8 places. The best got a 9.5 on the Mir scale. The worst got a 7 (except for one at a hotel).

Good ice cream, as we all know, has a very high fat content. The best ice cream is about 2:1 heavy cream to milk, plus egg yolks and sugar, which is heated until the sugar dissolves. It is then cooled and beaten while kept cold which introduces air (sometimes a lot). Gelato is different. It starts out with a similar custard base but has a higher proportion of whole milk and a lower proportion of cream and eggs (or no eggs at all). Over-ripe fruit should be used for the best flavor. It is churned at a much slower rate, incorporating less air and leaving the gelato denser and smoother than ice cream. Vanilla gelato contains about 90 calories and 3 grams of fat, compared to 125 calories and 7 grams of fat in the average vanilla ice cream. Gelato is served at a slightly warmer temperature than ice cream, so its texture stays silkier and softer, yet dense due to the lack of air. Because it has a lower percentage of fat than ice cream, the main flavor ingredients really shine through. Rick Steves says that gelato should not be stored for a long time; preferably only a day or two. So eating a lot is emphasized. Here is a recipe for chocolate gelato, my favorite.

2¼ cupswhole milk
⅓ cupheavy cream
¾ cupsugar, divided
1 cupunsweetened cocoa powder
2 ouncesbittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
4extra-large egg yolks
2 Tbspcoffee flavor liqueur (recommended: Kahlua)
2 tsppure vanilla extract
pinchkosher salt
8chocolates, roughly chopped, optional but really good
  1. Heat the milk, cream, and ½ cup sugar in a 2-quart saucepan until the sugar dissolves and the milk starts to simmer. Add the cocoa powder and chocolate and whisk until smooth. Pour into a heat-proof measuring cup.
  2. Place the egg yolks and the remaining ¼ cup sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat on high speed for 3 to 5 minutes, until light yellow and very thick. With the mixer on low speed, slowly pour the hot chocolate mixture into the egg mixture. Pour the egg and chocolate mixture back into the 2-quart saucepan and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. A candy thermometer will register about 180°F. Don't allow the mixture to boil!
  3. Pour the mixture through a sieve (to remove any inadvertent lumps) into a bowl and stir in the coffee liqueur, vanilla, and salt. Place a piece of plastic wrap directly on top of the custard and chill completely.
  4. Pour the custard into the bowl of an ice cream maker and process according to the manufacturer's directions. Don’t over-beat. Stir in the roughly chopped chocolate, if using, and freeze in covered containers. Allow the gelato to thaw slightly before serving so it is not hard.

Roasting a turkey

Recipe was originally from Dave Maynard, a local Boston radio/TV celebrity, from over 20 years ago; received in the 90's from CarolP.

  • Take a turkey, wash and remove giblets. Dry.
  • Take weight of turkey, determine total cooking time based on 13.5 minutes/pound
  • Put turkey in pan on its breast (note that it is not stuffed) and roast at 425˚F:
    • Turkey weighs less than 20 pounds: 1 hour 15 mins
    • Turkey weighs 20 pounds or more: 1 hour 30 mins
  • Remove from oven, turn over (so it's on it's back), stuff it with dressing
  • Put in pan and put aluminum foil tent over it (snug to the pan so it's completely enclosed)
  • Back in 350˚F oven for remainder of cooking time
  • Remove foil and juices 30 minutes before cooking time is complete (and put back in oven) to brown the turkey
  • When cooking is complete, remove from oven and let sit 20 minutes or so

Cooking time/temp examples:
25 pound turkey: total cooking time 5.6 hours, 1 hour 30 mins at 425˚F, 4 hours 12 mins at 350˚F
12 pound turkey: total cooking time 2.7 hours, 1 hour 15 mins at 425˚F, 1 hour 30 mins at 350˚F

I have put the neck in the pan along with the turkey with success; put extra stuffing over the neck to cover it (optional)
I've tried various time/pounds. Original recipe called for 15 mins/pound but I found that to overcook the turkey, and over time determined that 13.5 mins/pound worked the best. (Depends on many factors including the accuracy of oven temperature.)


In-a-Cup microwave recipes

Muffin in a cup

Whisk 1 egg in the cup then add

  • 2 Tbsp vanilla yogurt (or 2 Tbsp Greek unflavored yogurt + couple drops of vanilla)
  • 2 Tbsp chopped walnuts
  • 1 Tbsp flour
  • 1 Tbsp flax seed meal
  • 1 Tbsp quick cook oats
  • 1 Tbsp honey
  • 1 tsp cinnamon (or try 2tsp)
  • ½ tsp baking powder

Microwave 90 seconds

Brownie in a cup

  • 3 Tbsp sugar
  • 3 Tbsp flour
  • 1½ Tbsp cocoa powder
  • pinch salt
  • 2 Tbsp chocolate chips
  • 1½ Tbsp oil
  • 3 Tbsp milk
  • ¼ tsp vanilla

Drop more chips on top of batter then microwave 60 seconds


Puppy Chow Party Mix

from Bon Appétit. Made first time by MTY (thanks!).

Ingredients

1 12-ounce boxRice Chex cereal, abt 10 cups
7 ouncesbitter sweet chocolate (70% cacao) chopped (abt 1¼ cups)
3/4 cupcreamy peanut butter
¼ cup(½ stick) unsalted butter
1½ tspkosher salt
1 tspvanilla extract
2½ cupspowdered sugar, divided
2 cupsplain M&M's (ok to use peanut)
2 cupsroasted, salted peanuts
2 cupsthin pretzel sticks

preparation

  1. Place cereal in large bowl.
  2. Heat chocolate, peanut butter, butter, and salt in medium heatproof bowl set over saucepan of barely simmering water (don't let bowl touch water), stirring, until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.
  3. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
  4. Pour chocolate mixture over cereal and toss with 2 spoons or spatulas until coated.
  5. Let cool slightly, about 10 minutes.
  6. Transfer cereal mixture to a large clean bowl (so powdered sugar doesn't absorb into chocolate coating from original bowl).
  7. Sift ½ cup powdered sugar through a fine-mesh sieve onto cereal, coating entire surface. Toss to coat. Repeat 2 more times.
  8. Transfer cereal mixture to two parchment-lined sheet trays, spreading evenly.
  9. Sift ½ cup powdered sugar over both trays (do not mix).
  10. Chill 2 hours or let sit at room temperature overnight. (If sitting out overnight, break into individual pieces but leave some clumps.)
  11. Transfer cereal mixture and powdered sugar from sheet trays to a large clean bowl and toss to coat.
  12. Sift remaining ½ cup powdered sugar over and toss to coat again.
  13. Add M&M's, peanuts, pretzels; toss to combine.

This puppy chow can be made 2 days ahead. Store in airtight container at room-temperature (or in refrigerator).


Cream Cheese Filled Chocolate Chip Brownies

Thanks to Diana Stahl; this adapted from https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/257270/easy-chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-cheesecake/

2 (8 ounce) packagescream cheese
1 cupwhite sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoonsvanilla extract
2 (16 or 18 ounce) packagesrefrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough
Keep one (the crust) at room temp, keep the other (the topping) in refrigerator till topping the cream cheese mixture.
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray the bottom and sides of a jelly roll pan with cooking spray or line with parchment paper.
  2. Mix cream cheese, sugar, eggs and vanilla in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle until smooth and well blended
  3. Spread 1 roll of cookie dough to completely cover the bottom of a 9×13-inch baking pan to form the base.
  4. Spread cream cheese mixture evenly on top.
  5. Pinch off small pieces of the remaining cookie dough and distribute them on the cream cheese mixture to cover it as much as you can.
    Alternative: slice the remaining cookie dough into discs and distribute these on the cream cheese mixture.
  6. Bake in the preheated oven until cream cheese mixture is set and cookies on top are golden brown, 30 to 45 minutes.
  7. Let cool before serving, about 30 minutes.
20220813

Substituted Ghirardelli brownie mix for the refrigerated dough.

2 packages of mix made to recipe: 2/3C oil 2/3C water 2 eggs. Half in 9×13 glass, cheese mixture on top, rest of brownie mix on top of that. 325F 55min.

Brownies were very cake-like, I was preferring fudge like. Next time, let's try:
9×9 metal pan; 1 pkg mix with 1/3C melted butter, 1/4C water, 1 egg.

Black Bean Brownies

The following from https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/no-flour-black-bean-brownies/.

15.5 oz canBlack beans, rinsed and drained, 250g
2 TbspCocoa powder, 10g
½ Cupquick oats, 40g
¼ tspsalt
⅓ Cupmaple syrup, honey, or agave, 75g
2 Tbsp Sugar, or omit this and increase honey to ½ Cup
¼ Cupcoconut or vegetable oil, 40g
2 tspvanilla extract
½ tspbaking powder
½ - ⅔ Cupmilk chocolate chips
Optional, more chips for presentation
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F
  2. Combine all ingredients except chips in a good mixer, best may be Vitamix; blend till completely smooth; really, blend it well
  3. Stir in the chips
  4. Pour into greased 8×8 pan
  5. Optionally, sprinkle extra chocolate chips over the top (may need to press them into batter)
  6. Cook 15-18 minutes
  7. Cool at least 10 minutes before trying to cut

Nov 2022: Used 9×9 pan and baked for 15 minutes. Used Vitamix to blend in step 2.

Salmon Pate

Original recipe from Linda Gilmore 11/27/2022 and she's been making it to rave reviews for years.

11 pound can salmon (I prefer the red but you can use pink)
2envelopes unflavored gelatin
2cups mayonnaise (I like Hellmann’s) (DO NOT use fat free or low fat – it will not firm up)
1/2cup bottled chili sauce (can use more)
2 Tablespoonslemon juice
2 TablespoonsWorcestershire sauce
1 Tablespoondried dill weed (adjust to your taste… less or more)
¼ TablespoonEACH black pepper, Tabasco (I have used 1+ tablespoon Tabasco…I like spicy!)
17 ounce can tuna, drained & flaked (you can use more salmon instead)
4hard-boiled eggs, finely chopped
½ Cuppimento-stuffed green olives, chopped (I use salad olives & chop finer)
⅓ Cupminced onion (or 3 tablespoons dried minced) (I actually use a while small Onion)
  1. Drain Salmon, reserve liquid. Add water to reserved liquid to make ½ cup. Bone & finely flake the salmon. Set aside.
  2. In a heatproof measuring cup, combine gelatin & reserved salmon liquid. Place cup in a pan of hot water & stir to dissolve gelatin.
  3. Transfer dissolved gelatin to mixing bowl & slowly blend in mayonnaise.
    Stir in chili sauce, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, dill weed, pepper, & Tobasco.
  4. Fold in flaked salmon, tuna, chopped egg, olives, & onion.
  5. Turn into greased 6 cup mold.
  6. Chill until firm (about 3 hours).
  7. Unmold pate onto platter, Garnish with sliced olives, pimento, parsley, sliced egg (or nothing). Serve with crackers, celery sticks, or whatever you like.

M's Egg Muffins

Specialty egg muffins, from a 6-year-old aspiring cook

Ingredients

  • eggs
  • milk
  • salt
  • oil
  • cheese

You will need muffin tins with liner

optional ingredients

  • tomato
  • mushrooms
  • spinach
  • broccoli
  • surprise ingredient (you choose)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°
  2. Mix eggs with salt and milk (like scrambled eggs)
  3. Put liners into muffin tins
  4. Oil the liners
  5. Put mixture into tin
  6. Bake until done

Oatmeal Recipes

Oatmeal recipe 1

In a bowl:

  • 1 Cup instant oatmeal
  • 2 eggs
  • pinch salt (to taste)
  • pinch pepper (to taste)
  • 1 Cup warm milk

Let this sit for 20 minutes, meanwhile prepare

  • Parsley chopped
  • 100g (~4 ounces) cheese, grated

Add this to oat mixture

  • Pour over some olive oil
  • Mix it all up

Cook

  • In frying pan heat olive oil
  • add the oat/etc mixture
  • Sprinkle sesame seeds atop
  • Cover, fry on medium/low heat till brown
  • Using plate, remove from pan, flip, and brown the other side

Cut into wedges and enjoy!

Oatmeal recipe 2

In a bowl #1

  • 2 eggs
  • 150ml milk
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • pinch pepper
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • Stir
  • 100 grams oat flakes that take a long time to cook
  • 1 teaspoon (5 grams) baking powder
  • Stir and set aside this bowl #1


On cutting block

  • Slice 400 grams (about a pound) cabbage, like for cole slaw, set aside


In another bowl #2

  • 1 egg
  • 40 grams (about 1½ ounce) any hard cheese, grated
  • Stir and set aside
  • Add cabbage to bowl #1 and stir this cabbage/oat mixture
  • In a round pie or baking pan about 12“ diameter, cover with parchment paper
  • Pour the bowl #1 into this parchment paper covered pan
  • Spread evenly
  • Pour bowl #2 egg/cheese mixture over the baking pan with cabbage/oat mixture and spread it to cover as best you can


Bake at 180°C (350°F) for about 35 minutes, let it cool
cut in to wedges and enjoy!

Oat Milk

In mixer:

90 gramsOats (1 Cup)
4 cups water
3 Dates
¼ tsp. Salt
1 Tbsp Canola Oil
½ tsp Guar Gum
  1. Mix high speed 60 seconds
  2. Strain
  3. Cool

Modified Pumpkin Brownie Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 1 box of Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Bread and Muffin Mix
  • 1/2 cup almond flour (48 grams)
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil or melted butter
  • 2 large eggs (use 1 if the batter seems too wet)
  • 1/4 cup water or milk (adjust if batter is too thick or dry)
  • 1/2 cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips (optional)
  • 1/4 cup pumpkin puree (optional, for additional moisture)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional, for extra flavor)

Instructions:

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease or line a 9×9-inch baking pan with parchment paper.
  2. In a large bowl, combine the pumpkin bread mix and almond flour. Stir well to ensure the almond flour is evenly distributed.
  3. Add the vegetable oil or melted butter, eggs, and water or milk to the dry ingredients. If using, also add the pumpkin puree and vanilla extract. Mix until just combined. The batter should be thick and somewhat sticky; adjust with more water/milk or almond flour as needed.
  4. Fold in the chocolate chips if using.
  5. Pour the batter into the prepared 9×9-inch pan, spreading it evenly. Bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with a few moist crumbs.
  6. Allow the brownies to cool in the pan before cutting into squares.

Baking for 25 minutes, result is cake-like. Trying 22 minutes baking.


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recipes.txt · Last modified: 2024.09.15 14:14 by Steve Isenberg