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Chocolate Chip Cookies (Gluten-Free)

Chocolate Chip Cookies (Gluten-Free)

These gluten-free chocolate chip cookies use sweet rice flour, also known as glutinous rice flour. Don’t be fooled by the name; there’s no gluten in glutinous rice flour (or any rice flour, for that matter). This flour, like most gluten-free…

Chili Cornbread Casserole

Ingredients Chili 4 strips bacon, cut in small pieces 1½ tablespoons brown sugar 1¼ teaspoons chili powder 1 teaspoon instant coffee 2 teaspoons cumin 1 tablespoon diced jalapeños (canned) 1 teaspoon oregano 1½ teaspoons paprika 1 large onion, diced 1¼…

Carrot Pudding

Carrot Pudding

This recipe originates from Ida Geller Weiner (1912–2008), of New Haven CT, who made it Thanksgiving and other family gatherings. Ingredients 1.5 lbs (1.25 kg / about 4–5 ea.) carrots 1¼ cups flour 1 tsp salt ½ tsp baking powder…

Caramel Coffee Cake

Caramel Coffee Cake

Ingredients Cake 3 eggs 400 g (14 oz) white granulated sugar 355 ml (12 fl oz) vegetable oil 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 375 g (13.2 oz) all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda Topping 115 g (4.1 oz) butter or margarine 60 ml…

Brown Sugar Nutmeg Cookies

Ingredients 375 g all-purpose flour 3 g cream of tartar 2 g baking soda 0.8 g ground nutmeg 205 g shortening, melted and cooled slightly 440 g packed brown sugar 2 eggs 5 ml vanilla extract Procedure Combine flour, cream…

Bran Muffins

Bran Muffins

A delicious bran muffin recipe that makes an excellent breakfast. Ingredients 1 cup (240 ml) natural wheat bran ¾ cup (180 ml) cultured buttermilk 1 egg 2 tablespoons margarine 1 cup (240 ml) all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder ½…

Boxty (Irish Potato Cakes)

Boxty (Irish Potato Cakes)

Variant of the traditional Irish fried potato cakes recipe. An old Irish rhyme goes as follows: > Boxty on the griddle, > Boxty in the pan, > If you can’t make boxty, > You’ll never get your man. Ingredients 2…

Boiled Yellow Split Peas

Boiled Yellow Split Peas

These legumes are flavorful and healthy, but require soaking. Ingredients ½ pound (225 grams / 1¼ cups) dry yellow split peas 3–4 cups (¾–1 liter) potable (drinking) water ⅛ teaspoon baking soda, if needed (see tips) Procedure Quick method Pick…

Blueberry Pancakes

Blueberry Pancakes

Ingredients 1¾ cup all-purpose flour 2 Tbsp white granulated sugar 2 tsp baking soda 1½ tsp cream of tartar (or baking powder) ½ tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 cups buttermilk 4 eggs,…

Æbleskiver (Danish Spherical Pancakes)

Æbleskiver (Danish Spherical Pancakes)

Æbleskiver or ebleskiver (literally “apple slices”) are traditional Danish cakes, somewhat similar in texture to American pancakes. Æbleskiver are cooked in a special æbleskive pan, a cast-iron pan with several hemispherical indentations in the bottom of the pan. Ingredients 2…

Apple Raisin Oat Muffins

Apple Raisin Oat Muffins

Muffins are one of many traditional breakfast quickbreads; unlike biscuits, muffins usually contain some form of fruit or other garnish. These muffins are especially healthy because they are made with whole wheat flour and oats. See the notes at the…

Apple Cake

Apple Cake

Ingredients ½ cup (118 ml / 108 g) butter 1 cup (237 ml / 225 g) white granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 cup (110 g) white all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg…