I hope you enjoy my Blog which includes family recipes and favorite foods: tested, tweaked, or created!
Monthly Archives: November 2010
CHOCOLATE-ALMOND TORTA
12 oz. dark chocolate, mildly sweet 1 C unsalted butter (2 sticks) 1/4 C cocoa powder 1 T almond extract 1 1/4 C granulated sugar 1 3/4 C ground blanched and toasted almonds (I recommend buying the almonds already blanched) … Continue reading
Posted in Desserts
Tagged ALMOND, CAKE, CHOCOLATE, chocolate-almond, flour less cake, recipe, recipes, TORTA
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PUMPKIN CRISP
1 – 15 oz. canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling) 3 eggs 1/2 C sugar 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk 1 box yellow cake mix 1 C chopped pecans 1 C butter, unsalted, melted and cooled … Continue reading
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Tagged CAKE, dessert, dump cake, PUMPKIN, pumpkin cake, PUMPKIN crisp, recipe, recipes
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JASON’S BEER CAN or APPLE CIDER CHICKEN
Our son Jason, is the griller in the family. I recently had a delicious chicken at his home he grilled in his new “Big Green Egg”, I asked him to adapt his recipe for others to use, here it is! … Continue reading
Posted in ENTREES
Tagged apple cider chicken, Beer can chicken, CHICKEN, entrees, recipes
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BLUEBERRY PANCAKES
Here is a make-ahead basic pancake batter that you make and store in an airtight container and use as needed. PANCAKE MIX: 4 cups all purpose flour 3 T baking powder 2 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. salt 3 T … Continue reading
Posted in Sides & Misc.
Tagged blueberry pancakes, breakfast, pancakes, recipe, recipes
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CHILI AL FRESCO
2 T olive oil 1/2 onion, chopped 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped 1 large tomato, chopped (1/4 C set aside for garnish) 1 – 8 oz. can tomato sauce plus 1 can water 1 – 15.5 oz. can Bush Chili … Continue reading
I just completed my first family cookbook, called "Mary's Joy of Family Cooking". I decided to add the recipes to this blog. I will be adding new recipes along the way. I hope you enjoy it! Fondly, Mary
