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Oven-Baked Churros Recipe. Cannellini Bean Vegetarian “Meatballs” with Tomato Sauce Recipe. Palmiers. Crescent Cinnamon Rolls. Sleep overs call for yummy breakfast treats.

Crescent Cinnamon Rolls

Easy yummy treats. I planned on making homemade cinnamon rolls, but I forgot to thaw out my cinnamon roll dough that I made a couple of months ago. Focaccia. Focaccia (Italian pronunciation: [foˈkattʃa]) is a flat oven-baked Italian bread product[1] similar in style and texture to pizza doughs, consisting of high-gluten flour, oil, water, salt and yeast.

Focaccia

It is typically rolled out or pressed by hand into a thick layer of dough and then baked in a stone-bottom or hearth oven. Bakers often puncture the bread with a knife to relieve bubbling on the surface of the bread. It may be topped with herbs or other ingredients. Focaccia is popular in Italy and is usually seasoned with olive oil and salt, and sometimes herbs, and may be topped with onion, cheese and meat, or flavored with a number of vegetables. Focaccia can be used as a side to many meals, as a base for pizza, or as sandwich bread. Composition[edit] Bobby’s Lighter Baked Spaghetti. Bobby’s Lighter Baked Spaghetti 194 Fewer Calories 13g Less Fat Ingredients: 6 ounces whole-wheat angel hair pasta 2 teaspoons olive oil 1 onion, finely chopped 1 green bell pepper, diced 1/4 cup water 1 pound sweet Italian chicken sausage, casings removed 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes 1/2 teaspoon Paula Deen Seasoned Salt 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning 1 cup reduced-fat shredded cheddar cheese Instructions: Prepare pasta according to package directions; drain.

Bobby’s Lighter Baked Spaghetti

Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Add the cooked pasta to the skillet, tossing well to combine. Pumpkin Doughnuts: BAKED to perfection. If you’re going to bake just ONE THING this month (or this week, or today – choose your preferred frequency)… Let it be these cinnamon-y pumpkin cake doughnuts.

Pumpkin Doughnuts: BAKED to perfection

As a test baker here at King Arthur Flour, I clearly do a lot of baking. And I enjoy most of it. Oh sure, there’s the odd failure now and then. But on those occasions I simply sigh, walk out back to the treeline, and leave what’s sure to be a nice meal for the squirrels, birds, and other scavengers who might appreciate a change from their usual bugs and seeds. Glazed and Cinnamon Sugar-Coated Donuts.

Tim Horton's is dead to me.

Glazed and Cinnamon Sugar-Coated Donuts

A few months ago my cousin had a fiesta-themed baby shower, and we got to make some really delicious desserts. One was lime cupcakes, which were great, but the other was churros. I love fried food, and I love churros. They remind me of Disneyland, of the PNE, of fun childhood summers where you get to eat those iconic fair foods in context. And sure, context is everything, but why not bring the fun home? Although the churro-making experience was really fun, and the end result amazing, we didn't properly ventilate the kitchen and the smell haunted me for days. Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting. This is the time of year I start getting out my pumpkin recipes, like so many of you.

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

But one thing I hadn’t tried making yet was pumpkin cupcakes. Since I’m a big cupcake fan, I thought it was about time to try this out! So I did some experimenting and was very happy with the results! The cupcakes puff up nicely with a rounded top and taste great with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting. If you love pumpkin-flavored goodies, you’ll want to make these! PUMPKIN CUPCAKES WITH CINNAMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING by Nancy Creative Makes 22 cupcakes 2 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour1 teaspoon ground cinnamon1 teaspoon ground nutmeg1 teaspoon ground ginger1 teaspoon ground allspice1 Tablespoon baking powder1/2 teaspoon baking soda1 teaspoon salt1/2 cup canola oil1 cup granulated sugar1/3 cup brown sugar, loosely packed2 eggs3/4 cup milk1 (15-oz.) can pure pumpkin puree (not canned pumpkin pie filling)Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting (see recipe below) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Crispy Baked Parmesan Green Bean Fries. Recipe for Spinach and Mozzarella Egg Bake. (For Phase One Fridays I highlight Phase One recipes from the past that have been my personal favorites, and this delicious Spinach and Mozzarella Egg Bake is something I'd love for breakfast.

Recipe for Spinach and Mozzarella Egg Bake

If you ever buy those big packages of spinach from Costco and end up letting some of it go bad, keep this recipe in mind as a good way to use up the spinach!) If you look at my recipe category section for Eggs, you'll see that I've come up with a lot of variations for South Beach Diet friendly breakfast casseroles through the years. I make breakfast casseroles on the weekend, cut into individual servings, and keep in a container in the fridge to eat for breakfast all through the week. “Baroness” potatoes (aka the poor cousin of the Duchess) When I saw that Jen had challenged us to work with potatoes this month for Kitchen Bootcamp, I knew immediately what I wanted to make.

“Baroness” potatoes (aka the poor cousin of the Duchess)

Lately, I have been craving little golden baked puffs of potato-ey perfection – I was reading a vintage cookbook and came across a picture and it brought me back to the 1970s dinner parties my mum and dad used to throw with all sorts of fancy eats like Duchess Potatoes. Chapter 26 of The Professional Chef does, indeed include instructions for these but I felt I might modernise them a little by making flattened discs of potato rather than fancy schmancy piped out ones.

They didn’t exactly come out as elegant as I had hoped so I dubbed them “Baroness” potatoes – a Baroness being the lowest rank of nobility at the opposite end of the scale from the Duchess. “Baroness” potatoes (aka the poor cousin of the Duchess) Author: Mardi Michels. Easy Parmesan Knots.

I Am Now In The Muffin Loop. I am so sick.

I Am Now In The Muffin Loop

Of myself. Do you know what I mean? I'm just fed up TO HERE with me. I feel boring, uninspired, whiny, ridiculous, apathetic, and just TOTALLY BLEH. Carnation Café Closes Thursday for Renovations at Disneyland Park. A Disneyland park favorite will close its doors this week – but only until summer, when Carnation Café will re-open with more seating (adding the indoor seating that disappeared in the 1990s) and a spruced-up menu.

Carnation Café Closes Thursday for Renovations at Disneyland Park

And no worries – if you’re looking for cast member favorite Oscar Martinez, you’ll find him over at the Jolly Holiday Bakery Café opening this month, but only until Carnation Café re-opens. Then you’ll find Oscar back at Carnation Café. When Carnation Café re-opens, look for breakfast, lunch and dinner favorites, along with new dishes and some Walt Disney favorites. So, ‘til the doors open this summer, here’s the recipe for the decadent Loaded Baked Potato Soup just in case you have a hankering. Miniature Monte Cristos. Appetizers. 30 Before 30: Pretzel Bites with Spicy Cheddar Cheese Dip. I’d been eyeing these from the moment my sweet friend Jess posted them on her blog. And what a coincidence that it just happened to be one of the last things on my ’30 Before 30′ list. Granted, it’s not a ‘true’ pretzel, but it’s even better… you can eat lots of little bites and feel okay about it!

They’re super-simple to make and super-tasty, as well. Great for parties and after-school snacks… heck, I might even make a batch for next week’s road trip! Another goal bites the dust! Watermelonade Recipe at Epicurious.com. Photo by Roland Bello yield Makes 1 gallon (serves 16) active time 30 min total time 30 min You would be hard-pressed to find something more refreshing than watermelon. This cooler is easy to make, beautiful to behold, and not too sweet. Garnish: lemon slices; mint sprigs Preparation. Crusty Bread Recipe. There’s just something about the smell of fresh baked crusty bread that makes you feel at home. If you like fresh baked bread but don’t like all the elbow grease that goes into it then keep reading. Bread makers were all the rage a few years ago and took a lot of the work out of fresh homemade bread.

But what if I told you you could get the best homemade crusty bread ever without needing any gadgets, machines or even kneading the dough? That’s correct, NO KNEADING! The trick is to let time do the work – 24 hours to be exact. Crusty Bread Ingredients 3 cups all-purpose or bread flour, more for dusting ¼ teaspoon instant yeast 1¼ teaspoons salt Cornmeal or wheat bran (optional) Directions 1. Thousand Dollar Bars: King Arthur Flour. Baked Buffalo Chicken Taquitos. In words and pictures: Candy is Dandy: Cooking Peanut Butter Cups. Recipe Favorites: Egg Muffins Revisited, Again. Roasted Potato Stacks. Get the whole Christmas Breakfast menu here . These roasted potato stacks are impressive looking and tasty. They get crispy little edges and a soft, almost creamy center. They’re pretty easy to make, but require a little bit of assembly time.