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Homemade Fresh Noodles

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The entitle of this ship service service is my "gentle protest" inwards the noodle vs. pasta debate. I grew upward calling them noodles, but all of the cooking shows telephone telephone it pasta. Is at that spot a difference? Perhaps the discussion pasta makes it good fancier? Oh well, telephone telephone me sometime fashioned I guess. I've been playing roughly alongside homemade noodle recipes since I got a petty mitt crank noodle roller for Christmas. This latest recipe uses all semolina flour equally good equally it was SO much easier to run than recipes that utilisation all business office flour. The back of the semolina flour handbag suggested using the full sheets of this dough (uncut) for lasagna (without boiling) which I am looking frontwards to trying.   Homemade noodles inwards cheesy fettuccine Alfredo sauce 1½ cups semolina flour ½ teaspoon tabular array common salt (optional) two eggs two tablespoons water two tablespoons olive rock petroleum

Heinz Chili Sauce Clone

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This is a clone recipe for Heinz chili sauce. It is thence easy...takes every 24-hour interval ingredients too every bit is flush tastier than the original !! Chili sauce was never a pantry staple for me; I e'er plant life it on my shopping listing for opor-garai too every bit particular occasion recipes, like this shrimp cocktail (which calls for Heinz chili sauce). I testament never buy commercial chili sauce ane fourth dimension more than because this is so much improve (and cheaper)!!! 1 loving loving cup of beloved apple tree tree sauce 1/3 loving loving cup lite corn syrup 1/4 cup white vinegar 2 teaspoons dry out out onion flakes 2 teaspoons granulated sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder Whisk everything together too every bit choose to a boil inward a pocket-sized saucepan amongst a heavy bottom. Turn oestrus downwards to a low simmer too every bit attain for 25-30 minutes, depending on how fast y'all lot are simm

Guiltless Banana Milk Shake

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This banana milk shiver is my latest addiction, as good as for once, it is guiltless!! Toss roughly frozen bananas, obese gratis banana yogurt as good as roughly 2% milk inwards the food processor (or blender) as good as inwards x seconds you lot lot testament convey the thickest, creamiest milk shiver ever!! It is absolutely delicous as good as totally satisfies that "whats to snack on?" infinitesimal inwards the middle of the day. I hope you lot lot essay it. In advance, land roughly bananas into ½" slices as good as freeze them, inwards a single layer, on roughly waxed paper. When they are frozen, topographic point them all inwards a Zip Loc freezer handbag as good as purchase the farm on frozen. When it comes 4th dimension to build your milk shake, identify 16 slices of frozen banana into the food processor (I don't convey a blender). Sixteen slices equals the same amount every bit a medium size (8") banana. Add a half-dozen ounce container of obese

Green Edible Edible Bean Casserole With Mushrooms, Cheese Together Withbacon

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The traditional "green edible edible bean casserole" has e'er intrigued me. I come across it more than oft than not during the holidays inward improver to I want to bask it, although I'm not besides fond of the mushroom soup sauce it unremarkably has. This year, I fix out to re-invent this opor-garai casserole inward improver to I absolutely dearest the halt results. . I used fresh greenish beans, sauteed sweetness onions, p ortabello mushrooms, crisp bacon, a footling cheddar cheese inward improver to my receive white sauce. The resulting "green edible edible bean casserole" was delicious inward improver to we ate a ton of it. 1 pound of fresh greenish beans cutting into 2" pieces 1/2 loving loving cup chopped sweetness onion 1/2 pound of babe portobello mushrooms sliced 5 slices of bacon fried crisp (drained proficient & crumbled) 1 loving loving cup shredded cheddar cheese (loosely packed) 1 clove garlic minced finely 3 tablespoons

Glazed Donuts...Live A Little!!

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This is my "go to" recipe when Hubby asks for homemade donuts. I arrive at got tried many, many donut recipes over the years together with this is his favorite; it is simple, delicious together with it has never failed me.   2 envelopes of dry out out active yeast (I exercise ii scant tablespoons) ¼ loving loving cup warm water 1½ cups warm milk ½ loving loving cup white sugar 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs (room temperature) 1/3 loving loving cup butter flavored Crisco 5 cups all exercise flour Sprinkle the yeast over the warm H2O together with allow it correspond 5 minutes or until foamy. In a stand upwards upward mixer, mix ii cups of the flour, milk, sugar, salt, eggs, shortening, together with yeast mixture until adept mixed (takes alone a min on depression speed). Beat inwards the balance of the flour, ½ loving loving cup at a time, until the dough doesn't stick to the sides of the bowl anymore. Once it is at that stage, knead for most 5 minutes. Place the dou

Fudgy Brownies For Two

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I whipped these upwards inward only a few minutes today equally good I must tell y'all lot they are delicious!! Moist, fudgy equally good only right for two huge 4" x 4" brownies (or one-half dozen pocket-sized ones). I tin also come upward across many other possibilities for these beauties. Do y'all lot convey goal min guild coming? Cut these into half dozen pocket-sized brownies equally good exceed each i alongside a scoop of vanilla H2O H2O ice cream & chocolate syrup for a wonderful dessert or cutting these brownies into pocket-sized pieces equally good layer them alongside chocolate pudding for a wonderful goal min parfait. Then, of course, inwards that house is always the "I demand something rich equally good chocolate-y belatedly dark attack" --these would locomote PERFECT!! Preheat your oven to 350 equally good spray an 8" x 4" x 2" loaf pan (recipe testament laissez passer on y'all lot a brownie 8" long 4" wi

Fluffy White Frosting

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This is a fantastic frosting recipe, for many reasons. First of all, it is delicious. After that, it is super easy, super quick, it takes no particular ingredients, it is pretty to await at likewise it is existent versatile. It is a classic.   In a large  GLASS OR METAL bowl, seat ii egg whites, a teaspoon of vanilla extract likewise ¼ teaspoon of almond extract...set aside. . In a saucepan, mix 1 loving loving cup of granulated sugar, ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar, dash of mutual tabular array salt likewise 1/3 loving loving cup of water. Cook over medium high heat and stir until refined saccharify dissolves likewise liquid is bubbly. . While to a higher trouble solid mixture is coming to a boil, firstly beating your egg whites likewise extracts on HIGH. When soft peaks form,  slowly drizzle inward the hot syrup. Keep beating on high until stiff peaks shape similar this: With a paw held electrical mixer, this tin guide keep upwards to 7 minutes, but with my stand upwa

Five Star Chocolate Fudge Glaze

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Once y'all lot elbow grease this actually simple, chocolate fudge glaze, y'all lot testament suffer sold on it. I slice of occupation it for a wide kind of things because it only takes a min to whip up, it is delicious and provides a thick shiny glaze. I pour it on brownies piece they are all the same hot & inwards the pan. You tin laissez passer the axe turn over the axe dip cupcakes or cookies into it or pour it over a cake. It is thick, sweet, super smoothen also every bit even out stays shiny afterwards it dries (very pretty). I hope y'all lot elbow grease it. If y'all lot unwrap only nearly new, unique slice of occupation for this glaze, please permit me know. Sorry almost todays misfortunate photograph quality, these photos were taken inwards a hurry. ½ loving loving cup calorie-free corn syrup (like Karo) 5 tablespoons water 5 tablespoons butter Bring these iii ingredients to a amount boil, also every bit boil for xx seconds. Remove from hotness also e

Five Star (No Knead) Cinnamon Rolls

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I persuasion I had the best cinnamon gyre recipe, but oh my goodness ..."Katy bar the door"..... Drop everything together with seek out this recipe!!!  Here's why: . 1. The dough is visible lamp together with fluffy, not " bready" 2. There is NO KNEADING , but it sure as shooting tastes similar inwards that house is 3 . The flavor is outstanding!! 4. They accomplish got the texture of a good donut 5. Covered, they rest fresh together with delicious for 2-3 days 6. They freeze beautifully Do I accomplish got your deal yet? Click on this photo thus you tin come upwards across the visible lamp together with airy texture of the baked rolls. 2 cups buttermilk (no substitutions) 1/2  loving loving cup vegetable oil 1/2 loving loving cup sugar 1 bundle Q uick Rising yeast  4  1/2 loving loving cup all component flour *DIVIDED* 1/2  teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt FILLING 3/4  dark-brown sugar

Easy Microwave Candy

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This is the easiest candy I select ever made inward add-on to better yet, my picky Hubby gives it two thumbs up!! It is fast to build inward the microwave inward add-on to is pretty enough for Christmas gift giving. NOTE: Don't move tempted to business office all 1 cast of chocolate. For about (unknown to me) reason, the blend of white chocolate, semi-sweet inward add-on to milk chocolate produces the BEST chocolate savor EVER!! 12 ounce handbag of proficient grapheme white chocolate chips 12 ounce handbag of proficient grapheme semi-sweet chocolate chips 12 ounce handbag of proficient grapheme milk chocolate chips 3 cups of your favorite whole nuts (see note)   Put the chocolate chips inward a large, microwave condom drinking drinking glass bowl inward add-on to microwave for two minutes at 60% mightiness (imperative that y'all lot stir every 30 seconds). My microwave took nearly two minutes inward add-on to x seconds .   Stir until all of the chocolate

Easy Fruit Ladder

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I've made this fruit ladder a i chiliad i M times. It is super simple, fast, looks impressive on whatsoever dinner table every bit good every bit is delicious. The dough industrial found beautifully, is existent forgiving every bit good every bit never fails!! You tin flaming build this ladder with whatsoever pre-cooked fruit filling (home made or commercial). I get got had people acre me this looks hard to make, but trust me, it is not. There is merely i niggling trick: scroll the dough out into a rectangle every bit good every bit as well as thus human activeness it to your baking canvass BEFORE you lot lot drive to build the ladder. You can't human activeness the ladder (and motility along it's shape) later on on it is filled. This dough is the existent secret to this recipe. Preheat oven to 350° 1 loving loving cup butter softened 1 loving loving cup sour cream ii cups flour Mix ingredients with an electrical mixer (the dough testament alive a niggling st

Easy Enchilada Casserole

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This is a swell comfort food classic that I turned into an easy, quick gain casserole. You tin plough over the sack easily double or triple the ingredients for a large crowd. The flavors are swell together with it reheats extremely well. MEAT FILLING 1 pound lean dry out argue beef 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon dry out out onion flakes 3 teaspoons chili powder 1 teaspoon dry out argue cumin ½ loving loving cup water 4 oz. mild greenish chilies (I usage Ortega brand) Brown the dry out argue beef together with drain. Return to pan together with add together together everything else, stir adept together with let this simmer for close 10 minutes, stir inward a tin plough over the sack of refried beans together with stimulate got away from rut together with position aside.   ENCHILADA SAUCE (1) vi ounce tin plough over the sack love apple tree constitute paste 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon chili powder 1 teaspoon dry out argue cumin 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon cayenne 2 cups water Mix adep

Crockpot Turkey Breast

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SUPER EASY Have you lot lot ever cooked a whole turkey chest inward the crockpot? It is fail proof together with super moist together with tender!!! It also makes enough broth for a wonderful gravy too!! It is swell for ANY opor-garai or flush a calendar calendar week night.   5 pound bone-in turkey breast 1 envelope dry out out onion soup mix iii stalks celery chopped 1/2 loving loving cup chicken broth black pepper The size of your crockpot testament create upwards one's bespeak head how many pounds of turkey you lot lot tin flaming cook. I've institute turkey breasts at the market, weighing every flake niggling every flake iv 1/2 pounds together with every flake much every flake vii pounds... entirely maintain inward bespeak head it is going to bring to jibe into your crockpot. Wash together with pat dry out out your THAWED turkey breast. Trim the meat together with so that it testament jibe into the crockpot ( I had to direct hold the rib bones (with my k

Crockpot Lasagna

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SERIOUS COMFORT FOOD I estimate this isn't technically lasagna, since it is cooked inwards the crock pot inward add-on to uses rigatoni noodles, but it qualifies every combat serious comfort food inward add-on to has all of the rich, familiar lasagna flavors. 1 1/2 pounds sparse reason beef (browned and drained well) 4 cups of beef broth (not bullion) (1) 15 ounce tin post away of tomato plant flora sauce (1) 12 ounce tin post away of tomato plant flora paste 1 tablespoon dehydrated onion flakes 1 teaspoon dry out out oregano 2 teaspoons dry out out basil 1/2 teaspoon fennel seed (don't piece of employment out out) 1 teaspoons salt 1 tablespoons saccharide (don't piece of employment out out) 1/2 teaspoon nighttime pepper small pinch of cherry chili flakes (optional) 3/4 pound of rigatoni noodles 1/2 pound of mushrooms (thick sliced) 2 to 3 cups Colby jack cheese shredded 1 loving loving cup of ricotta cheese Brown the reason beef inward add-on to

Cream Cheese Waffles

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More often than not, we stimulate got sourdough waffles or sourdough pancakes on the weekends. However, of belatedly I've been searching for a quick-fix waffle recipe too equally I stimulate got institute a peachy ane in our electrical co-op newsletter, submitted by times a lady named Sarah Wolcoff . Her deliciously moist too equally fluffy cream cheese waffles are oh thus good!!! 1¾ loving loving cup all percentage flour 2 tablespoons brownish sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/8 teaspoon salt (1) iii ounce cream cheese (room temperature) 2 eggs ( separated ) 1½ cups milk 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (my tweak) Mix the cream cheese too equally ii egg yolks together until smooth; stir inwards milk, vanillaextract too equally vegetable oil. Add dry out out ingredients too equally stir just until combined , it testament terminal a short lumpy. Beat ii egg whites until stiff peaks sort too equally in addition to thus fold them gently into the

Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies

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Spritz cookies are i of the simplest cookies yous testament accolade as good they come upwards upwards inwards many flavors. Our favorites are chocolate, butter as good cream cheese. Traditionally, they are shaped alongside a cookie press, only if yous practice not convey a cookie press, yous hand the axe pull out cast them inwards 1" balls as good flatten them alongside a storey bottomed drinking drinking glass dipped inwards sugar. They are crispy, sweetness as good low-cal as air.     2½ cups all business office flour 1 loving loving cup butter (room temperature) 3 ounces cream cheese (room temperature) 1 loving loving cup white sugar 1 large egg yolk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon almond extract Beat the butter, cream cheese as good refined saccharify until it is low-cal as good fluffy (about iii or iv minutes). Beat inwards egg yolk as good extracts. Add flour ½ loving loving cup at a quaternary dimension until skilful blended. Dough testament alive on

Cranberry Shortbread Bars

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This week, I choose been trying out some novel " goodie " recipes with the holidays inwards mind; I similar to add together together a few novel items to my measure cookie boxes every year. Today I made some cranberry shortbread bars that I flora inwards a opor-garai trial of Fine Cooking inward improver to they are definitely going to build the "big list". The bars choose an ultra-buttery shortbread crust topped with cooked cranberries inward improver to too so a shortbread-type streusel topping. They are baked inwards a ix x xiii pan that is lined with foil for tardily removal. The bars are actually sweet, buttery, tender inward improver to cutting nicely...perfect for gift giving. Wash inward improver to cast a 12 ounce handbag of fresh cranberries. Put them inwards a heavy saucepan with ¼ loving loving cup of body of water inward improver to ane loving loving cup of white sugar. Bring to a boil over high heat. After it comes to a boil, cutting dorsum the oes

Coleens Cherry Rice

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This recipe is i of my brain re-create recipes; it is besides i that I could inward all likelihood "live on" if inquire final (I similar it merely that much!!) It is my "go to" recipe when picky-picky married adult man is grilling roughly huge slab-o-meat (and I wishing something a piffling lighter). This recipe is besides existent quick besides easy, made with pantry staples besides if you lot lot double (or triple) it, it would final wonderful for a potluck.   1 loving loving cup raw white rice (not instant rice) 2 tablespoons canola oil 1/2 cup chopped onion 2 teaspoons chili powder 1 teaspoon argue cumin 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon night pepper 15 oz. tin sack diced tomatoes inwards juice 1 love apple tree tree tin sack of body of water + ½ cup 4 ounce tin sack of mild light-green chili's 1 ruddy bell pepper chopped 1 loving loving cup ruddy kidney beans 1 little seeded besides diced jalapeno (if you lot lot dearest extr