Apple Cider Caramels. I’ve been waiting to post this for…24 years.
The Day It Raind Candy One day it was raining out side. And then the rain started to get harder and harder because the rain got harder. Is thet it was candy. than a little girl. Saw the candy comeing down from the sky and then the little girl want outside with a big bag and got some of the candy that was … I wrote this story in the first grade (I think). I have always and will forever love candy.This is confirmation I have chosen the wrong career path. What a plot, but not a bad idea. These candies are chewy and buttery, everything you want in a caramel. Apple Cider Caramels (recipe adapted from David Lebovitz and here) Ingredients: 2 cups apple cider (I used spiced cider) 2/3 cup heavy cream 1/4 lb salted butter (1 stick) 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1½ cups granulated sugar 1/4 cup honey 1/4 cup water 1 teaspoon kosher salt Directions: Line an 8×8 baking dish with parchment paper.Boil the apple cider in a saucepan until it reduces to about 1/3 cup.
BBQ Chicken Pizza. Are you dreaming of a white Christmas?
Here, let me help. Oh, you meant this kind of white? Fine, you can keep dreaming, but trust me, after learning this recipe, you’ll want your grill accessible at all times. It all started about a year ago. We went to a pizza making class in DC. Finally, it was time to create our own pie. And then, to my surprise, before I could even make it over to the grill, Jon was there, giving his own lesson. This dough recipe is very basic and can be easily adapted to give many variations. This recipe comes with a warning though. Crust recipe from “How to Cook Everything” Ingredients: For the crust: 1 teaspoon instant or rapid-rise yeast 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 3 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons kosher salt 1 1/4 cup water 2 tablespoons olive oil Toppings: 1 chicken breast 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced 2 tablespoons olive oil 3/4 cup BBQ sauce Grated pepper jack cheese (1/2-1 cup, or to taste) Cilantro, chopped Crushed red pepper (to taste) Notes:
Sparkling Chewy Molasses Cookies. This is my favorite cookie this year.
They are easy enough to make to qualify as something to make for cookie swaps, especially if you’ve, um, waited too long to make them to allow a roll of dough chill long enough to do slice and bake varieties. I modified this recipe ever so slightly from the Chewy Molasses-Spice Cookies at MarthaStewart.com. I used sanding sugar to coat the balls of dough because it adds a nice bit of crunch. I didn’t have white sanding sugar in the house so I used demerara sugar, which is a light brown sugar. I suspect a white sanding sugar would be prettier, but I do like the extra molasses boost the demerara gives.
Here are some balls of dough before being plunked down on a baking sheet: Sparkling Chewy Molasses Cookies Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Makes three dozen cookies, more or less. Cooking Conversion Calculator. Food Timeline: food history & vintage recipes.