Banana Crepes
The sauce is divine. I made this for dessert on Christmas, made the crepes and sauce ahead of time. I'd like to play with the recipe next time, I had bought some praline liqueur that I was thinking about adding to the sauce. Or hazelnut. Just ... [... more]
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Easy Valentine Sandwich Cookies
I made over 400 Valentine Sandwich cookies for my dessert business clients this year using this recipe. I personally don't like crisp/cut-out sugar cookies, but everyone went NUTS over these cookies. My niece has me make them for softball games, ... [... more]
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Double Chocolate Pie
This pie came out great - It was wonderfully chocolaty! I made it for my husbands B-day and he loved it. I followed the recipe exactly and it was perfect as is and I even live in high altitude. I didn't have any problems with it setting or ... [... more]
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Coffee Liqueur I
I have a friend that made this for me and gave it to me as a gift a few years back. Very good! She recommends using the vanilla bean as the recipe states but a couple tsp of vanilla or almond extract can be used in its place, depending how strong ... [... more]
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Pastry Cream
An excellent recipe. I did scrape the seeds out of the halved vanilla bean, adding them and the scraped bean halves to the milk/sugar mixture prior to heating. Gave it a very intense vanilla flavor. I too was a little skeptical about the ... [... more]
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Shortbread Cookies Ii
Excellent shortbread ccokies!! But be prepared when making these, the recipe says it makes 2 dozen and that's WAY off unless you're using some super **huge** cookie press! I get at least 6 dozen cookies out of one batch every time I make ... [... more]
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Viennese Crescent Holiday Cookies
Let stand 1 minute, then remove from cookie sheets. With spatula, place hot cookies on large sheet of foil. Sprinkle with prepared sugar mixture. Turn gently to coat on both sides. Cool. Store in air-tight container. Just before serving, coat ... [... more]
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Vanilla Ice Cream V
This is a wonderfuly easy and delicious recipe! It is light and creamy without being too rich, I paired it with peach cobbler with heavenly results. I scaled it down to 8 servings to fit my machine and rounded the vanilla extract up a tad and ... [... more]
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Vanilla
One of the world's most identifiable and comforting flavors, vanilla continues to soar in popularity. Long revered for its taste and aroma, vanilla has become one of the world's most sought-after ingredients. Vanilla's appeal is universal, ... [... more]
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Homemade Liqueurs
Using extracts is the fastest way to make a batch of liqueur, and there are a few cases (e.g. with almond extract), where this is the best way to achieve the flavor you're after. More often than not, though, you will get the best results when you ... [... more]
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Poached Pears With Wine Vinaigrette
Trim flat the bottoms of pears, and stand them upright in the bottom of a large stock pot. Pour the wine and water into the pot, and turn the flame to high heat. Sprinkle with sugar, and add vanilla bean, star anise, cinnamon stick, and lemon and ... [... more]
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Salt Is Essential
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends that we limit our salt intake to the equivalent of about 1 teaspoon (2,300 mg) of table salt per day. Though most Americans get much more than this, the recommended amount is still more than three ... [... more]
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