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Reuben Danish. [Photograph: Donna Currie] If you've never made pie dough or puff pastry and you're a little afraid of the recipe, let me put you at ease.

Reuben Danish

If you mess up and the butter gets incorporated into the dough rather than forming thin layers, you'll end up with a really buttery rye bread, which isn't such a terrible thing. And if you don't want to make all four danishes, you can let the dough rest another day, or make croissants from the dough. Yes, rye croissants. About the author: Donna Currie has been cooking for fun and writing for pay since the days when typewritten articles traveled by snail mail. Egg Custard Brûlée. One of the best ways to get an idea is going through family recipe cards and being reminded of the things that were at the table when you were a child.

Egg Custard Brûlée

This egg custard is based on one of my grandmother's cards and is attributed to her friend Dot. Egg custard makes a wonderful pie, but here, brûléeing it and peppering it makes it a standout all on its own. Egg Custard Brûlée 1 1/2 cups whole milk 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 3 large eggs (beaten) 1/2 cup cane sugar plus 4 teaspoons 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg scant 1/8 teaspoon cracked black pepper Preheat oven to 325 degrees and bring a pot of water to boil on the stovetop.

Red Velvet Cake - Recipes. Peanut Butter Bacon Cookies. Make-Money-From-Your-Teenager Salted Butterscotch Blondies. How often does your child offer to pay YOU to make something?

Make-Money-From-Your-Teenager Salted Butterscotch Blondies

It really doesn't happen often, um, ever, around here. A few weeks ago, I volunteered to provide a tray of blondies for an event. Now, if your house is like my house, all sweets must be "tested" before leaving the premises. Kiddo was 2 bites in and announced, "I will PAY you to make more of these. " Ok. Kiddo is right about these...they are one of our new favorite recipes for spring. The dangerous thing about these bars is...they are SO easy to make. Now, you will be using Imitation Butter Flavoring. I know, it sounds a little scary. Here's the recipe...you don't even have to pay me. Salted Butterscotch Blondies ingredients: 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter 2 cups dark brown sugar, lightly packed 1/2 tsp. kosher salt 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. butter flavoring 1 & 1/2 cups unbleached, all-purpose flour 3 eggs, lightly beaten 12 ounces butterscotch chips 1/4 tsp. flaky sea salt Instructions: Preheat oven to 350.

Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe. Slices of this chocolate bundt cake spent the better part of the past week in the car with me.

Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe

Each piece, wrapped in parchment, tucked between the Ak-Mak crackers and a jar of almond butter. It is a fine travel cake. One that can handle a day or two in the car - blizzards, bumps in the road, hairpin turns, and all. Topped with not much more than a sweep of icing, it's unfussy, and ready to go straight from the pan. I make it with a blend of whole wheat and all-purpose flours, lots of yogurt, and the darkest brown sugar I can get my hands on. This cake gets sweetness and moisture from maple syrup and the darkest of brown sugars. I'm keeping this post short (making my way home) - but for those of you who don't have a bundt pan, I bake this batter in a wide range of pans. Thank you to my Portland friends for the warm welcome. I use less butter here, than most other cakes of this sort. Preheat oven to 350F / 180C, with a rack in the center. Spring Flower Lollipops. Happy first day of spring!

Spring Flower Lollipops

To celebrate I've made a special treat for you with colorful spring flowers. I've been enamored with edible flowers ever since making candied rose petals earlier this year. By doing a little research (that includes taste-testing) I've found that just because a flower is non-poisonous, doesn't mean it is also yummy.

Cheesecakes

Chocolate Wasted Cake. Brownie Waffles With Peanut Butter Icing [Breakfast Time] Peanut Butter Kahlua Brownies. How To Bake a Death Star Cake [Recipes] Pull-Apart Turtle Cupcakes Recipe from Betty Crocker. White Chocolate Bread Pudding. Nutella Shot Recipe. Nutella Cinnamon Rolls. May 10, 2011 | Print | E-mail | Filed under bread, nutella There are some days that I just lose my appetite.

Nutella Cinnamon Rolls

It might be because of my mood, or that nothing sounds good, or that I’m in a food rut again and need to spice things up a bit. When my appetite comes back though, what I’m inevitably craving is some sort of comfort food. Yesterday happened to be one of those days, and by the end of the day all I could think about was a warm cinnamon roll fresh from the oven. Nutella Cinnamon Rolls. Nutella Waffle Sandwich Cookies.