This is taken pretty much verbatim from an Alton Brown Recipe. I’ve played with some different stuff, but really the only difference is the amount of soy sauce I use. Also, I dip mine in chocolate before I sprinkle salt on top. Ingredients 14 1/2 ounces sugar (~2 cups) 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup light corn […]
Shortbread Cookies
My mom has made these every year at Christmas for as long as I can remember. So now we make them at Christmastime. Doesn’t get much simpler – or tastier! McSkimming recipe from Scotland: Ingredients: 1/2 lb. of room temp butter 1/2 C packed brown sugar 1&1/2 to 2 cups sifted flour Procedure: Mix […]
Crustless Cheesecake
This makes 1 9-inch cheesecake. Ingredients: (4) 8 ounce packages cream cheese (the regular variety, not light Neufchatel cream cheese) at room temperature 1 2/3 cups sugar (or use 1 1/6 cups xylitol for a sugar-free version. Or if you’re using swerve, I use 1 1/2 cups) 1/4 cup corn starch 1 tablespoon pure […]
Honey Lavender Ice Cream
Kristin had this one time at the Walk For Aidan and went gaga over it so I had to try and make it for her. This is basically a slightly modified version of a Martha Stewart recipe that I found. Ingredients: 2 cups whole milk 2 tablespoons dried lavender 1/3 cup honey 5 […]
Crab Cakes with Spicy Shrimp Sauce
Curt and I usually make these over 4th of July after we load up on dungeness crab at Mom and Dad’s house. Everyone loves these things – what’s not to like, really? Crab Cakes Ingredients: 1# crab meat chopped 1/2 finely chopped green pepper 1/2 finely chopped red pepper 1 stalks celerey finely chopped 1/2 cup […]
Coconut Macaroons
Not even a question. THE best coconut macaroon recipe ever. Straight from “The Joy Of Cooking“. Ingredients: 2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk 1 large egg white 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla 1/8 teaspoon salt 3 1/2 cups flaked or shredded sweetened coconut Directions: Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease or line 2 cookie sheets. Stir together […]
Buttermilk Pie
I first saw this on the food network – it’s from a cafe in Texas called Royers Round Top Cafe. It’s super rich and unbelievably good. This is from the Royers website: “When we took over the Café in 1987, the late, dear Garda Siptak, a local lady, would make one or two buttermilk pies […]
Pulled Pork
So far, this is the best pulled pork recipe I’ve found. Like a lot of my other favorite recipes, this one comes from Alton Brown Brine: 8 ounces or 3/4 cup molasses 12 ounces pickling salt 2 quarts bottled water 6 to 8 pound Boston butt Rub: 1 teaspoon whole cumin seed 1 teaspoon […]
Oven Braised Asian Short Ribs
These things are so good – and cheap! I found this recipe here and pretty much didn’t change a thing except I’ve done this with the ginormous package of boneless country ribs from Costco and they come out great! Another note – you can make these in the pressure cooker in a fraction of the […]
Lightning McQueen Chocolate Mint Birthday Cake
So for Chase’s 5th birthday I decided to make him a cool cake. Last year I did the Lego cake and was marginally happy with it, so I wanted to top it this year. I decided to go for broke and do a Lightning cake. I did some research on the ‘net and tried to […]