INGREDIENTS Dry Ingredients: 1 cup sugar ¼ cup flour 1 cup Trader Joe’s chopped dry toasted pecans (or walnuts pieces) Pinch of salt ½ cup cocoa ½ cup butter (1 stick) 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla PREPARATION Preheat oven to 325°F. butter/Line with parchment paper a 12 muffin tin. Measure into a medium bowl sugar,… Continue reading Recipe: Natalie’s Brownies “muffins”
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Recipe: Lily’s Homemade Granola
This is my version of a recipe I got from Dr. Julia Nordgren. Ingredients: 1 cup rolled oats ½ c Unsalted Dry Toasted Pecan pieces (Trader Joe’s) ½ c Unsalted Dry Toasted sliced almonds (Trader Joe’s) ½ c Unsweetened coconut chips (Trader Joe’s) [optional] ½ c Dried berry medley (Trader Joe’s) [optional] 3 tbsp maple syrup 1 tbsp… Continue reading Recipe: Lily’s Homemade Granola
Recipe: Rolled Oats Squares
Preheat oven to 400ºF. Line 9×13 with parchment paper Fruit “preserve”: Fresh Fruits cut to small bits [At least 3 cups fresh fruits + 1.5 cup sugar (ratio 2:1)] sugar [At least 3 cups fresh fruits + 1.5 cup sugar (ratio 2:1)] 1 tbsp cornstarch 1 tsp lemon juice Microwave until fruits are well cooked… Continue reading Recipe: Rolled Oats Squares
Recipe: Cornbread Muffins
Ingredients Dry ingredients 1 cup all-purpose flour ½ cup whole wheat flour ¾ cup cornmeal ½ tsp baking powder ¼ tsp salt ½ cup butter 1/3 cup white sugar 1/3 cup (golden) brown sugar ½ cup honey 2 eggs ½ cup milk 3/4 cup canned whole kernel corn (I use salted) Directions: Preheat oven to… Continue reading Recipe: Cornbread Muffins
Recipe: Chocolate & Pumpkin Cake
Ingredients step 1: – 2 ½ cups all purpose flour – 1 tsp baking soda – 1 tsp ground cinnamon – ½ tsp pumpkin spice – ½ tsp salt step 2: – ¾ cup butter softened – 1½ cup sugar – 1/2 cup packed brown sugar – 2 eggs – 1 tsp vanilla extract step… Continue reading Recipe: Chocolate & Pumpkin Cake
Personal Goat Cheese & Herbs Quiches
This recipe makes 24 personal quiches Dough Ingredients 1½ cups all purpose flour ¾ cup cold butter cut into small pieces ¼ cup “fancy” shredded hard cheese (Mexican blend) ¼ cup shaved parmesan cheese 3 tbsp cold water Quiche Ingredients 1 medium onion cut to small bits ½ tbsp canola oil 2 tbsp salted butter… Continue reading Personal Goat Cheese & Herbs Quiches
Recipe: Baked French Toast
Ingredients 1 loaf crusty sourdough cubed to 2” 8 eggs, beaten 2 cup milk ½ cup heavy Cream ½ cup granulated sugar ½ cup firmly packed brown sugar 2 tsp vanilla extract Sprinkle on top: ½ cup all purpose flour ½ cup firmly packed brown sugar 2 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp nutmeg a pinch of salt 1 stick of… Continue reading Recipe: Baked French Toast
Recipe: Cinnamon Bread Pudding
Ingredients Cinnamon bread, cut into 2-inch cubes (about 5 to 6 cups) 1 cup milk 1 cup heavy Cream 3 eggs, beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ⅓ cup brown sugar 1 tbsp cinnamon 2 tbsp brandy Pinch salt Sprinkle on top: 2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter, cut into small cubes 2 tbsp brown sugar… Continue reading Recipe: Cinnamon Bread Pudding
Recipe: Cinnamon Swirl Pound Cake
* 9” round cake (3 layers + sprinkle) Cake: 1½ cups all purpose flour ¼ tsp salt 1½ cups sugar ½ cup butter (softened) 4 eggs 1½ tsp vanilla extract ½ tsp almond extract ½ cup heavy whipping cream ¼ cup milk Cinnamon Swirl: 2/3 cups all purpose flour 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 tbsp… Continue reading Recipe: Cinnamon Swirl Pound Cake
Recipe: Israeli Bakery Cheesecake
One of the challenges of trying to make food from some other country is finding the “right” ingredients. Following is the fruit of many experimentation. You must follow the baking and cooling in the oven instructions. Do not open the oven before the cake had time to cool properly. The cake will collapse/lose its height. Ingredients Crust:… Continue reading Recipe: Israeli Bakery Cheesecake