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Nutella Mug Cake. Bring Your Child's Favorite Characters to Life with These Disney-Themed Lunches.

Nutella Mug Cake

Sucre a la creme. Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos. Evil Shenanigans - Baking & Cooking Blog. I am really quite a tamale snob.

Evil Shenanigans - Baking & Cooking Blog

Let me explain. You see, the ratio of well prepared tamales to terrible tamales is currently around 1 to 100. What makes a bad tamale? First, the masa. A bad tamale has either dry, crumbly masa, or gooey, undercooked masa. This tamale recipe is an amalgamation of different recipes I have tried over the years, combined with an amalgamation of different techniques for preparation to create, at least to my mind, the perfect tamale.

Day 1 – Braise the short ribs. Day 2 – Soak the corn husks, prepare the masa, make up the tamales. Day 3 (optional, since you can do this on day 2) – Steam the tamales, cool, re-steam and serve. Yes, it is a process but the first day is 8 hours of doing nothing. Beef Short Rib Tamales Yield 20 Heat a medium skillet over medium high heat. Don’t Forget Delicious! » Blog Archive » Fastest Cinnamon Rolls. Heat the oven to 400°F.

Don’t Forget Delicious! » Blog Archive » Fastest Cinnamon Rolls

Grease the sides and bottom of a 8 or 9″ baking pan with cooking spray. Combine the ricotta cheese, buttermilk, sugar, melted butter, and vanilla in food processor and process until smooth, about 10 seconds. Add the flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda and pulse in short bursts just until the dough clumps together (don’t overprocess). The dough will be soft and moist. Dump the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead it with floured hands 4 or 5 times until smooth (it really only takes 4-5 times). Brush the dough with the melted butter, leaving a 1/2-inch border unbuttered around the edges. Starting at a long edge, roll up the dough jelly-roll style. With a sharp knife, cut the roll into equal pieces (I got 8).

Bake until golden brown and firm to the touch, 20 to 28 minutes. In a small bowl, mix the softened mascarpone cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla to make a smooth glaze. The Whimsical Cupcake. Animal prints is something I never really got behind.

The Whimsical Cupcake

Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread. I’m sorry.

Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread

I know it’s Monday morning and you probably came here for some pretty pictures of food that you could glance at, and then move on with your day… and here I go thrusting warm, soft cinnamon sugar bread in your face. It’s not fair. Elephantine: the baked mac and cheese. My favorite thing to eat, hands down, is noodles.

elephantine: the baked mac and cheese

Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Thai... whatever way you make it, I like it. But mac and cheese is high up there on the list, especially baked mac and cheese. Is there anything more comforting? First things first: cook the pasta. Kitchen Window — Fresh, Feisty Arugula: More Than A Salad Green. Susan Russo for NPR It was 1985, and I was starting high school.

Kitchen Window — Fresh, Feisty Arugula: More Than A Salad Green

Red Beans And Ricely Yours: The Culinary Habits Of Louis Armstrong : A Blog Supreme. Hide captionLouis Armstrong tucks into a plate of spaghetti in Rome with his wife Lucille in 1949.

Red Beans And Ricely Yours: The Culinary Habits Of Louis Armstrong : A Blog Supreme

Slim Aarons/Getty Images Louis Armstrong tucks into a plate of spaghetti in Rome with his wife Lucille in 1949. Louis Armstrong was arguably the greatest artist of the 20th century. Cel's Eggnog Pie Recipe - Food.com - 191109. Food - Collections : Healthy recipes for kids. Little House on the Prairie Recipes. General Tso’s Chicken…possibly the best food ever. A recipe!

General Tso’s Chicken…possibly the best food ever.

Can you believe it? The last couple of posts were just chatting chatting chatting. What happened to the food on this food blog? It is here. Waiting. I must warn you…they are coming for my ghetto computer today. Ok, enough bitching and moaning. How about now? Ingredients: 2 pounds (1kilo) boneless skinless chicken, cut into bite sized cubes 2 eggs 1/4 cup cornstarch (or a little more) salt and pepper to taste 1/3 cup soy sauce 5 cloves garlic, minced a generous knob of ginger, minced (about 2-3 tablespoons or so, to taste) 1/4 cup hoisin sauce 2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons rice vinegar 1 tablespoon mirin or sherry or white wine (whatever you have on hand) 1 cup cornstarch thai birds’ eye chilies to taste 1 bunch green onions, chopped 1 head broccoli florets, steamed 6 cups steamed rice (more or less) Preparation: Beat the egg with the salt and pepper and cornstarch until thoroughly combined.

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