Ingredients 1-2/3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup water 1/3 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 1 small, very ripe banana) 1/3 cup canola oil 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract or paste Confectioners’ sugar Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350F. In a bowl, combine flour and baking soda. In another…
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Read More How to Convert Measurements in Baking Recipes — and Why You Might Want To5 cups corn 1/2 cup whole or 2% milk 1/4 cup heavy cream 1/2 stick butter (1/4 cup), melted heaping tablespoon sugar 2 dashes salt 1 dash pepper Combine all ingredients and cook on low heat on your stovetop, watching and stirring periodically so it doesn’t stick. Cook until everything is hot and bubbly, and…
Read More The Best Creamed CornBy Pamela Vachon It started, as many mornings do, with a bowl of cereal. It was October 2020, and I was having a simple, quick breakfast while contemplating weight loss. The early months of the coronavirus pandemic had created a weight challenge for many people, as baking fads and stress-eating occupied our waking, quarantined hours…
Read More I Lost 25 Pounds Relying on This One Kitchen ToolIngredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups sugar 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon healthy dash of nutmeg or to taste 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 large eggs, room temperature 1.5 cups canola oil 2.5 cups finely grated carrots 1 teaspoon vanilla paste or extract (not the imitation) 1 cup well-drained canned crushed pineapple…
Read More Carrot Cake (I love this recipe)Pecan Streusel 1 cup chopped pecans 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1 cup all-purpose flour 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces Cake 2 teaspoons baking powder 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 3/4 cup heavy cream 2 teaspoons vanilla paste or extract 1…
Read More Peach Coffee Cake with Pecan Streusel RecipeIngredients 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 large onion, chopped (1 1/2 cups) 2 garlic cloves, minced ¾ teaspoon salt, divided ½ teaspoon pepper, divided 1 ½ tablespoons Worcestershire sauce ⅓ cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth 3 tablespoons ketchup, divided 1 ¾ pounds ground turkey, 97% lean ¾ cup dry breadcrumbs 1 large egg, lightly beaten 1 large…
Read More Turkey MeatloafTOTAL TIME: Prep: 10 min. Bake: 1-1/4 hours YIELD: 10-12 servings. Ingredients 2 large eggs, beaten 2 cans (20 ounces each) unsweetened crushed pineapple, undrained 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup cornstarch 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon butter Directions Preheat the oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine eggs and pineapple. In another bowl, combine sugar, cornstarch,…
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Read More Can You Eat Sprouted Potatoes?Lisa Kaminski & Nicole Doster We don’t want to say that Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Cake Mix was better than homemade, but the Taste of Home Test Kitchen thinks it gives scratch-made cakes a run for their money. This cake hit all the marks: It was moist and tender—exactly the texture you want when you think chocolate cake. It…
Read More Best Chocolate Cake Mix Overall: Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Cake Mix2 cups of flour, sifted 2 eggs 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (only if using buttermilk) dash salt 1/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups plain whole milk or whole milk buttermilk OR 1 cup cream and 1 cup milk 1/2 stick melted butter neutral cooking oil or cooking spray Sift…
Read More Pancakes from scratchIngredients: 1.5 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup granulated sugar 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1/3 cup bland cooking oil (not EVOO or anything fancy, just regular oil) 1 Tbsp vinegar (plain white vinegar, again nothing fancy) 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup water, warm to hot but not boiling Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease or line a 9 inch round cake pan or…
Read More Chocolate Crazy CakeBy Randi Mazzella February 4, 2022 Engagement Roast Chicken Courtesy Ina Garten; adapted from Food Network) Ingredients 1 (4- to 5-pound) roasting chicken Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 lemons 1 whole head garlic, cut in half crosswise Good olive oil 2 Spanish onions, peeled and thickly sliced ½ cup dry white wine ½ cup chicken…
Read More The Chicken Recipe That Will Bring On A Marriage Proposal — Really!They’re small changes that, in perspective, really upped my cooking game. By Margaret Eby I got a chance to get a taste of that culinary school life myself thanks to a hundred-hour Culinary Techniques program at the International Culinary Center. What I found in the six weeks I participated in the program—a kind of accelerated, compressed version of…
Read More 11 Tips from Culinary School That Changed the Way I CookIngredients 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 1/2 pounds trimmed, skinless, bone-in chicken thighs Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 large onion, thinly sliced 3 large garlic cloves, minced One 28-ounce can diced tomatoes 2 canned chipotles in adobo, coarsely chopped 1 cup chicken broth 24 corn tortillas 2 ounces Cotija…
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