This is best prepared in a stovetop popcorn popper; if you don’t have one, you can use a light saucepot with a snug lid and a handle that allows you to shake it vigorously while heating. Ingredients: • 1/4 cup vegetable oil • 1/4 cup popcorn • Scant 1/4 cup sugar (3-4 oz) • 1
This was the surprise winner of this year’s Christmas baking: a dense cookie with a rich flavor, suitable for dunking in coffee or nibbling with your after-dinner adult beverage. Adapted from Joy of Cooking. In a double boiler, over simmering water, mix 2/3 c honey, 1 c sugar, and 2 oz butter. When combined, thoroughly
1 lb. butter 2 c. superfine sugar 2 c. rice flour 2 c. flour Cream butter & sugar together, mix in flours well. Turn dough out onto a baking sheet or press into a baking dish, 3/4” to 1/2” thick. Prick with fork. Chill at least 30 min. Bake in moderate oven (375ºF) for 5
Marlborough pie is found in an English cookbook from 1660, and was popular in New England through the mid-1800s. Make a pie crust. Prick the crust with a fork, and/or cover it with a circle of parchment paper and sprinkle it with pie weights, then blind-bake the crust until it just starts to brown (10-15 minutes).
Make a pie crust. Prick the crust with a fork, and/or cover it with a circle of parchment paper and sprinkle it with pie weights, then blind-bake the crust until it just starts to brown (10-15 minutes). Prepare 1 pound of pumpkin puree. You can purchase this in a can, or make it fresh by roasting a
Preheat your oven to 350°. Cake pan: 9″ round, 9″ square, 9×12″ rectangle, two loaf pans, or equivalent. Butter the inside of the cake pan. 1/2 cup butter (1 stick, at room temperature) 1 cup sugar Combine the butter and sugar and beat until creamy. (Use a stand mixer if you have one, or an
The Evans family poundcake receipt. 2 sticks butter (1/2 lb.) 2 cups sugar 5 eggs 2 cups flour (240 grams) Cream butter & sugar together. Separate eggs. Beat in the egg yolks. Mix in flour. Fold in the egg whites. Do not over-beat. You should expect a sour-cream-like consistency to your batter. Line a ring
Chopped fruit, marinated in confectioner’s sugar and lime juice. Example: Fuji apple, chopped Bosc pear, chopped bing cherries, halved and pitted black seedless grapes banana, sliced confectioner’s sugar lime juice Eat right away, but also make enough to marinate overnight. Spoon over ice cream.
From butter sugar flour eggs, by Gale Gand, dessert goddess. 1/2 lb. butter (2 sticks) 2/3 cup sugar 1/4 vanilla bean scrapings 1/4 tsp. salt 260 g. flour jam of your preference Cream butter, sugar; vanilla, salt. Mix in flour, slowly. Roll dough into golf balls, place 2″ apart. Make a well, insert jam. Bake
2 pints sour cherries 1/2 cup sugar 1.5 Tablespoons cornstarch a dash of Aberlour (or kirsch or light rum, etc.) Mix together, let set for half an hour. Pour into piecrust; butter the top; bake (375ºF) 45? min (until done). Re: buttering the top — if you make a lattice crust, put butter pats on