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Use it to bring the ones you love together for every occasion.

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Food for thought; all forms of baking/cooking are an expression of yourself, bake/cook to your liking. Mix and match your favorite recipes to create unique personal recipes you can hand down through the generations.

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 Home Baked Chocolate Chip Cookies
 Chocolate Candy Making Recipes
 Home Baked Chocolate White Chip Cookies
 Janet's Ultimate Pumpkin Pie
 Eggnog, Eggnog and More Eggnog!
 Sausage Stuffing

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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How To Make Home Baked Chocolate Chip Cookies From Scratch

 

I love making home baked chocolate chip cookies from scratch. The scent of cookies baking in the oven fills the house with happy memories of childhood family and friends.

 

Everyone loves eating cookies. Home baked chocolate chip cookies make wonderful gifts during the holiday season, or for any special occasion. What could be a better snack to accompany a tall cold glass of milk, than fresh hot home baked chocolate chip cookies?

 

Baking and holidays go hand in hand; memories of loved ones are always based around food and festivities. Start to create your own family traditions baking. Warm kitchens always seem to bring out the best in most people.

 

I have put together an easy and delicious, can’t miss recipe for fresh home baked chocolate chip cookies. So whip up a batch for the ones you love today.

 

Hardware Required:

 

1 Large mixing bowl                             1 Metal whisk

1 Medium mixing bowl                         1 Tablespoon

1 Electric mixer                                    1 Rubber spatula

1 Wooden spoon                                   1 Rubber heat resistant spatula

1 Measuring cup                                  1 Wire rack

1 Baking sheet

 

 

Ingredients:

 

4 ¾ cups flour                                      1 ¾ cups packed brown sugar

2 tsp. baking soda                               3 tsp pure vanilla extract

2 tsp. salt                                             4 eggs

4 sticks salted butter                          4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 ¾ cups white sugar                           

 

Instructions:

 

Preheat oven to 350º

 

In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt; mix with a wire whisk to combine dry ingredients.

 

In a large bowl, beat softened butter, white sugar, brown sugar and pure vanilla extract with an electric mixer until al ingredients are combined and creamy. Remember to scrape down the bowl with a rubber spatula at least once during beating.

 

Add one egg at a time and beat with electric mixer after each addition, until blended well.

 

Beat in flour mixture gradually, about ¼ mixtures at a time, until all dry flour mixture is combined.

 

Mix with a large wooden spoon, stir in semi-sweet chocolate chips until all cookie dough and chips are combined.

 

When oven is preheated to 350º and cookie dough is mixed, it is time to bake. Drop dough onto cookie sheet using a tablespoon and a mini rubber spatula. *Do not grease cookie sheet.

 

Bake raw cookie dough for about 12-14 minutes if you desire smaller cookies, cook time will be less.

 

Bake until cookies turn golden brown and remove from oven.

 

Leave cookies on baking sheet for at least 1 to 2 minutes. This gives the cookies time to set and prevents breakage when its time to transfer them to wire racks for cooling.

 

After 1 or 2 minutes, the cookies are ready to cool on wire racks. Remove cookies from baking sheet using a heat resistant rubber spatula, metal spatulas will potentially scratch the baking sheet and if it is a dark coated non-stick baking sheet there is a potential threat of chipping the non-stick surface, which isn’t good for your baking sheet, nor is it something that should be ingested. Place cookies face up on a wire rack and cool completely.

 

Before dropping anymore cookie dough on baking sheet, wipe off any remaining baked on cookie dough from backing sheet with a clean dry towel or paper towels if you prefer. I try to use a cloth towel to cut back on paper waste.

 

When the baking sheet is wiped clean, continue to drop raw cookie dough the same as before and continue to follow the previous directions until all raw cookie dough is baked and your cookie jar is filled to the brim with fresh warm home baked chocolate chip cookies.

 

*Safety Tips:

 

  • Never leave cookies in oven unattended.

 

  • Never let children lick electric mixer beaters, they may find themselves face to face with tasty beaters that are still plugged into an electrical outlet. Little fingers and tongues can get caught up in beaters. Instead, give them a special sample of cookie dough as a topping on some vanilla ice cream. This will also help to prevent over eating of the cookies while baking.

 

  • Never leave children unattended when using an oven, stove or any electrical equipment.

 

 

*Recycling Tip:

 

  • Don’t toss away empty cookie tins and baskets, recycle them. Your delicious home baked treats deserve a decorative storage container and the environment will stay a little cleaner.

 

*Other Tips:

 

  • Remember, any form of baking is an expression of yourself, bake to your liking. Mix and match your favorite recipes to create unique personal recipes you can hand down through the generations. Food brings people together; use it to bring the ones you love together for every occasion.

 

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Janet’s Ultimate Pumpkin Pie

 

1½ cups canned pumpkin                     2/3 cup brown sugar packed

1 teaspoon cinnamon                            ½ teaspoon ginger

¼ teaspoon ground cloves                   1 teaspoon salt

2 eggs                                                      2 cups milk

 

 

Pre-heat oven to 450 º F

In large bowl mix all ingredients in the order given. Pour into a frozen pie crust and bake for 15 minutes.

Reduce the temperature and continue cooking at 325º F. until a toothpick inserted in the center of pie will come out clean. Do not let pie boil, as that will make it watery.

Cool on wire rack until pie plate is cool to the touch. Refrigerate and when ready to serve, top with whipped cream and enjoy.

This pie is a modification of every pumpkin pie recipe that failed. I have perfected it over the years and found it to be the best pumpkin pie I have ever eaten. I hope you find it to be just a wonderful as I do.

 

 

 

 

Eggnog, Eggnog And More Eggnog!

 

Eggnog, just hearing this word makes us visualize a warm holiday setting overflowing with the joy of family and friends.

Eggnog recipes can be found the world over. Below I have compiled a few twists on this popular festive beverage that I have customized to my personal tastes.

Serve in festive holiday mugs, garnish with cinnamon sticks, grated dark chocolate, grated nutmeg, crushed peppermint sticks, caramel sauce or vanilla bean.

Remember if there is something about one recipe that you like or don't like, mix and match to accommodate your own personal tastes.

Basic Eggnog


1 egg

Pinch of salt

Milk

1 tablespoons powdered sugar

2 tablespoons fruit-juice

Add salt to the egg-white and beat to a stiff froth. Add the sugar, the well-beaten yolk of the egg and the fruit-juice. Fill the glass with ice-cold milk. Sprinkle top with chopped nuts. The egg-yolk and white may be beaten together rather that separately, if desired.

Alcoholic Eggnog (Whiskey)


4 eggs

½ cup whipping cream

4 tablespoons whisky

3 tablespoons powdered sugar

Beat the yolks till thick and lemon colored. Slowly beat in the brandy and sugar. Fold in the stiffly beaten whites and the whipped cream. This must be eaten with a spoon, excellent.

Alcoholic Eggnog (Brandy/Rum)


4 eggs

4 tablespoons powdered sugar

4 tablespoons brandy/rum

3 cups milk

Grated nutmeg

Beat the egg white to a dry froth. Beat into the egg white the sugar and then the yolks of the eggs combined with the brandy/rum. Add the milk and a slight grating of nutmeg. Serve at once. Perfect at New Year's and Christmas.

Eggnog (Old Country Variation)


4 egg yolks

3 tablespoons honey

Cinnamon

2 tablespoons Marsala wine

Beat egg yolks with honey until thick and lemon colored in the top of a double boiler. Add whine gradually. While it heats continue to use rotary beater. Serve as drink or dessert sauce with a dash of cinnamon.

 

 

 

 

 Sausage Stuffing

 

Sausage is the perfect ingredient for any stuffing recipe; it adds flavor and variety to the everyday stuffing recipe. Here is a simple recipe for holiday stuffing. I created this recipe because I was tired of my turkey being dry all the time, sure it looked great, but when you get to the white meat, dry to the bone.

The following is my personal recipe guaranteed to help make your holiday dinner a success, by keeping your turkey juicy and delicious. The amount of ingredients listed below is required for a turkey over 20 lbs. Reduce ingredients to suit your needs.

Remember, cooking should be catered to your tastes, don't be afraid to mix and match ingredients as you see fit.

5 lbs sausage (Italian, hot or both)

½ stick butter

2 boxes instant stuffing mix

4 onions pulverized in a processor

4 stalks of celery pulverized in a processor

Bake sausage at 350 ◦ for about 45 minutes or until sausage is brown on all sides, turn during cooking to achieve this result.

Let sausage cool, dice all the sausage.

Melt butter in a pan and simmer pulverized onions and celery until they become translucent, remove from heat.

Prepare instant stuffing mix according to the manufactures directions on the box.

When you have completed preparing all the ingredients, mix them all together in a large bowl until well combined.

Stuff the two chambers of the turkey, (inside body cavity and inside neck cavity) tie or pin turkey skin flaps closed, to retain stuffing.

Bake turkey as described on packaging, remember cook time varies for size of each bird, and be aware that a stuffed bird will take longer to cook. These variations will be stated on the poultry packaging cooking

If you have extra stuffing that will not fit in the bird, simply bake it in a loaf pan covered with aluminum foil for 25 to 30 minutes. If you don't want to stuff the bird, or just want to make stuffing, you can bake all the stuffing in loaf pans as well.

 

Quick tip: Rub the uncooked bird with olive oil, cover entire bird with aluminum foil for ½ the cook time prior to cooking. Following these steps will assist to seal in the juices and help make your turkey a nice crispy, golden brown. The olive oil will also help prevent the skin from sticking to the aluminum foil.

Enjoy your delicious meal and pass the recipe on to friends and family, everyone should be privy to a juicy tip now and then.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pina Colada Sherbert  / *Alcoholic

 

1 (15- or 16-ounce) can cream of coconut

1 (15-1/4-ounce) can crushed pineapple, un-drained

1 cup orange juice

*1/4 cup light rum

 

In a blender container or food processor bowl combine cream of coconut, un-drained pineapple, orange juice, and rum.

(If using a food processor, process only half of all the ingredients at a time.)

Cover; blend or process until nearly smooth. Pour into a 9x5x3-inch loaf dish or a 2-quart baking dish. Cover; freeze about 4 hours or until firm.

* If you are like me, you might want to add a little extra rum, (whats the point of adding alcohol if you not going to catch a buzz) if you do, split the recipe and blend two batches.

(Please note) a half bottle of rum won't mingle nicely in one blender.