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Sweet Cheese Strudel. Make the dough Put the flour and salt in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.

Sweet Cheese Strudel

Mix the oil, vinegar, and 7 Tbs. water in a measuring cup. With the mixer on low speed, add the liquid to the bowl and mix to form a soft dough that cleans the sides of the bowl. If the dough seems stiff, add a bit more water, 1 Tbs. at a time; if it’s too loose, add more flour, 1 Tbs. at a time. Switch to the dough hook. Gather the dough into a ball, put it on a plate, and lightly oil the top of the dough. Make the filling Heat 3 Tbs. of the butter in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat.

Using a silicone spatula, work the cheese through a medium-mesh sieve into a medium bowl. Beat the remaining 5 Tbs. butter in a large bowl with a hand-held electric mixer on medium-high speed until creamy, about 1 minute. In another medium bowl with clean beaters, beat the egg whites on high speed until stiff peaks form, about 3 minutes. Stretch the dough Lightly flour your hands and forearms. Victuals. How to Make Pastry Cream. Previous image Next image My baking instructor in culinary school described pastry cream as "the most outrageously decadent pudding you will ever eat.

How to Make Pastry Cream

" And she's totally right. The sugar lab. Chef! Quick and Easy Gluten-Free Funnel Cakes. I am all in favor of making things from scratch.

Quick and Easy Gluten-Free Funnel Cakes

I don’t shy away from complicated recipes, and I love the challenge of coming up with new and creative dishes. That being said I don’t always have the time for all that, and it nice to be able whip up something delicious without investing much time. I don’t use many mixes but one mix I do use on a regular basis is the King Arthur Gluten-Free Pancake Mix. In my house we take waffles very seriously. Before we had kids I used to make a waffle brunch almost every Sunday. So what does this have to do with funnel cakes?

I am calling these funnel cakes, but they are more like funnel cake flavored fritters. Since I thought other people might also want a quick and easy way to enjoy the oil of Chanukah this is my addition to this month’s Kosher Connection linkup. Desserts. Learn to bake 6 different holiday cookies at our Italian Baking Workshop: Sweets for The Holidays.

Desserts

8 Sandwich Cookie Recipes to Make for the Holidays. Nutty Biscotti: Keep it or give it! Biscotti, the cookie that's so dry and hard ^^, but dip it into your coffee and let it soak, it will be soft and become so delicious that you might want more and more.

Nutty Biscotti: Keep it or give it!

It's one of the best cookie to eat with a cup of black (and delicious) coffee. There are a lot of recipe for this simple cookie, with or without butter, add some nut, dry fruits, chocolate, different kinds of flour or spice the possibility is endless.Mostly I make the one with some butter because my family don't like it to be very hard, but today I really yearn for some of the basic biscotti cookie the one that contains no butter at all. This cookie contains a lot of nuts (three kinds of it, almond, hazelnut and pistachio), you can use other kinds of nut if you like ^^. Because of the dryness, it has good keeping quality, and great for giving too but, that's for you to decide, keeping or giving, it's your choice, hehe. Nutty Biscotti Makes about 20 75g ................................ Technique-Basic. Making the Creamiest Rice Pudding. Creamy, vanilla-scented, soothing, and satisfying, rice pudding is one of my all-time-favorite comfort foods.

Making the Creamiest Rice Pudding

And I know I'm not alone. Just the mention of rice pudding elicits more "oohs," "mmms," and "aaahs" than other desserts seem to. (When I was testing recipes for this story, quite a few more neighbors than usual offered to come take the leftovers off my hands.) Yet rice pudding can be downright awful when not made the right way.

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How to Make Baklava Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn. Baklava is one of those desserts that has a reputation for difficulty, but is actually surprisingly easy to make.

How to Make Baklava Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn

I suspect this is because working with phyllo dough always seems tricky, but if you follow a few very simple tips, it's really not — and the results are irresistible. Read on for how to make a pan of sticky, sweet, buttery, flaky, nutty baklava! Baklava is a dessert of the Middle East and Mediterranean, and it has numerous variations depending on the country of origin.

Pot au Chocolat with Fleur de Sel. Recipe: Not Your Mother's Snickerdoodles. It "mayo" not be easy to improve on snickerdoodles, but this mayonnaise-infused recipe does it.

Recipe: Not Your Mother's Snickerdoodles

I recommend making it with the candy tucked inside (see note at the bottom). Doreen McCallister/NPR Makes 2 dozen cookies 1 cup mayonnaise 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup granulated sugar 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda Cinnamon sugar, to taste Preheat oven to 350 degrees.