Desserts
Lemon Angel Food Cake
October 10 is … National Angel Food Cake Day! This is a lemon version from Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa Family Style cookbook. Lemon Angel Food Cake Serves 8 2 cups sifted superfine sugar, divided 1 1/3 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising) 1½ cups egg whites, at room temperature (10 to 12 eggs) ¾ tsp kosher salt […]
Continue ReadingSalted Caramels
A Holiday Gift Michael Laiskonis, executive pastry chef at New York City’s Le Bernardin, gave us the recipe for these caramel candies. Be sure to wrap them individually in wax paper to store them. These make a great hostess gift. Salted Caramels Makes about 50 1¾ cups heavy cream ¾ cup glucose or light corn […]
Continue ReadingA Heavenly Bread
This heavenly bread recipe comes from the Monastery of the Angels, Los Angeles, California. It is delicious!! The nuns sell this homemade bread in their gift shop. The bread freezes well and makes a good make-ahead holiday gift. It’s been a best seller at the nuns annual Holiday Boutique, a fund-raiser with the proceeds going […]
Continue ReadingMonastery of the Angels Pumpkin Bread
3½ cups flour 3 cups sugar 2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp nutmeg 1½ tsp salt 4 eggs 1 cup oil 2/3 cup water 2 cups pumpkin, cooked & mashed or 1 (15 oz) cans pumpkin puree 1½ cups walnuts, chopped walnut halves, for decoration Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In […]
Continue ReadingCaramel Custard
Serves 6 ¼ cup granulated sugar 3 cups milk, scalded 4 beaten eggs ¼ cup granulated sugar ½ tsp vanilla Butter 6 custard cups. Melt 1/4 cup of sugar in a small heavy skillet, stirring constantly, until a caramel syrup forms; pour immediately into prepared custard cups. Add a small amount of the hot milk […]
Continue ReadingMaple Madeleines
Perfect for Autumn I love maple syrup. Here is a recipe from Martha Stewart Living for Maple Madeleines. Maple Madeleines ½ cup pure maple syrup 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking powder Coarse salt 6 large eggs, room temperature 1 cup granulated sugar 2 Tbs packed light-brown sugar 2 sticks unsalted butter, melted, plus more, softened, […]
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A Festive Jewish Cake for Rosh Hashanna Honey cake and the related ginger cake have been favorite Jewish cakes since the early Middle Ages in Germany. Although the earliest recorded German recipe for Lebkuchen (honey-sweetened gingerbread) is from the sixteenth century, there are much earlier mentions in Jewish records—some as early as the twelfth century, […]
Continue ReadingCrêpe Suzette
Happy birthday Julia! Today would have been Julia Child’s 99th birthday. Happy birthday Julia! Below is a classic Crêpe Suzette recipe to celebrate. Crêpe Suzette Serves 6 3/4 cup milk 3/4 cup water 3 egg yolks 1 cup sugar 1 cup flour 1/2 lb unsalted butter 2 orange peels 1/2 cup orange juice 4 Tbs orange […]
Continue ReadingJoe Froggers
Old Aadages I was looking through my mother-in-laws’ cookbook cupboard and found a cookbook from 1956. The first thing I noticed was a heading that says “It’s smart to be careful” and “There’s no substitute for accuracy”. I guess if I had known these two simple things, I could have averted a lot of problems […]
Continue ReadingFruit Tart
Your Favorite Fruit A homemade fruit tart is a satisfying way to finish a meal. Save time in the kitchen by using a pre-made pie crust. Here is a super simple way to use your favorite summer fruit. Fruit Tart Serves 6 1 ready to bake puff pastry sheet, thawed at room temperature for about […]
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