HOLIDAY HONEY DOUGHNUTS

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Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Breakfast Brunch

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 pk Yeast
2 tb Water
2 tb Honey
2 c Flour
1/2 ts Salt
2 tb Butter
1 Egg
1/4 c Milk
Vegetable oil
Honey Nut Filling

Dissolve yeast in warm water; stir in honey. Combine
flour and salt; blend butter. Add yeast mixture, egg
and milk to form a soft dough. Beat well and knead 5
minutes on a greased baking sheet. Cover and let rise
in a warm place about 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.
Deep-fry in 350 F oil 2 to 3 minutes or until browned
on both sides; turn dough over halfway through cooking
time. Drain on paper towels. Slit one side of doughnut
and fill each with 2 to 3 teaspoons Honey Nut Filling.

Honey Nut Filing: Combine 1/4 cup each chopped dried
apricots, apples and walnuts; stir in 2 tablespoons
honey and mix well. Makes 3/4 cup.

Serving tip: Serve with honey to drizzle on filled
doughnuts.

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Popularity: 4% [?]

Title: CHINESE BARBECUED BABY BACK RIBS
Categories: Chinese, Pork, Appetizers
Yield: 6 servings

2 tb Sugar
1 tb Dry sherry
3 tb Hoisin sauce
1/2 ts Finely chop garlic
1 ds Salt optional
1/2 c Ketchup
3 lb Pork back finger ribs cut 1
-inch wide by 3 inch long

Place ribs in nonreactive, plastic, bowl with a lid.
In a separate bowl, combine marinade ingredients;
sugar, sherry, hoisin sauce, garlic, salt (if desired)
and ketchup. Mix well and spoon over ribs. Place cover
on bowl and shake to coat ribs thoroughly with
marinade. Place in refrigerator and marinate for 4
hours or longer. Shake once or twice while marinating
to coat again.

To avoid mess, cover cookie sheet with aluminum foil.
Take ribs from refrigerator and shake to coat again.
Place ribs on their sides on cookie sheet. Don’t
crowd, or they won’t be crispy. Bake at 350 degrees
for 30 minutes. Turn over with tongs and bake
additional 20- 30 minutes. Check carefully last 10
minutes of baking to prevent burning.

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Popularity: 4% [?]

Title: Linguine with Crab and Mushrooms
Categories: Seafood, Pasta, Corky, Good
Yield: 2 servings

1/2 c Chicken broth or
-clam juice
1/4 c White wine
1/2 ts Turmeric
8 oz Mshrooms; sliced*
1 tb Tomato paste
2 ts Tarragon; fresh,
-or 3/4 ts dried
1 ts Olive oil
2 ea Green onions; thinly sliced
8 oz Krabmeat; in bite-size
8 oz Linguine;[or other pasta]

Combine chicken broth, wine and tumeric in small
bowl. Heat oil in heavy medium skillet over medium
heat. Add mushrooms, sprinkle with salt and pepper
and cook until beginning to soften, about 3 minutes.
Add the green onions and 1 tablespoon tomato paste and
stir to blend. Add broth mixture and simmer 2 minutes.
Add Krab and tarragon and stir until heated through.
Season with salt and pepper.
Meanwhile, cook linguine in large pot of boiling
salted water until just tender but still firm to bite,
stirring occasionally. Drain well.
Return pasta to same pot. Add sauce and toss to
coat. Divide pasta between 2 plates. Sprinkle with
remaining green onions and serve. Serves 2, can be
doubled or tripled.

* any type of mushroom may be used. It is very good
with fresh shitaki but works just fine with white
buttons.

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Popularity: 18% [?]

Title: Shaker Sugar Pie (Kh)
Categories: Pies
Yield: 1 servings=7F

1 Unbaked 9-inch pie shell
1 ts Vanilla extract
1/4 c Firmly packed light brown
Sugar
Few grains ground nutmeg
1/2 c Butter or margarine,
Softened
1/4 c Flour
2 c Cream

Prick pie shell and bake at 450 F 5 minutes. Set aside. Reduce oven
temperature to 350 F. Mix the brown sugar with flour until blended.
Spoon over bottom of partially baked pie shell. Combine the cream,
extract, and nutmeg; pour over sugar in pie shell. Dot with the
butter. Bake at 350 F about 55 minutes, or until crust is lightly
browned and filling is set.

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Popularity: 4% [?]

Title: Filo Wrapped Miniature Egg Rolls
Categories: Appetizers, Oriental, Lo fat
Yield: 32 servings

1 oz Shiitake mushrooms, dried
Water
1/3 c Green onions; sliced
2 ts Ginger root; grated
1/4 c Bell pepper, green or red;
-seeded and minced
1 c Cabbage; chopped
1 c Bean sprouts; chopped
2 ts Sesame oil, dark
2 ts Soy sauce
8 Filo dough sheets
Hot mustard

Place mushrooms in bowl with hot water to cover. Let stand 10
minutes.
Meanwhile, bring 2 tbsp of water to boil in a nonstick skillet over
medium-high heat. Add green onions, ginger root, bell pepper and
cabbage. cover skillet and cook mixture 2 minutes. Remove from heat,
add bean sprouts, sesame oil and soy sauce.
Drain mushrooms, cut off and discard stems, chop caps into small
pieces and add to vegetable mixture. Place in colander to drain for
10 minutes.
Use 1 sheet of filo dough at a time, keeping other sheets covered
so they won’t dry out. Lightly coat top with vegetable oil cooking
spray, then fold in half. Coat again with spray.
Cut into four pieces, about 6 1/2 X 4 1/2 inches. Place 1 tbsp
filling on short side of each rectangle, fold in long sides and roll
up. Place roll, seam side down, on nonstick baking sheet. Repeat
until all egg rolls are assembled.
Lightly coat tops of egg rolls with cooking spray and bake at 450
degrees until golden brown, 7 to 10 minutes. Serve at once with hot
mustard.
Source: Los Angeles Times food section.

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Popularity: 7% [?]

Shashlik

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Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Greek Lamb
Meats

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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3 Pounds Lamb, Cubed
1 Cup Olive Oil
3 Whole Onion — chopped
1 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Ground Pepper
2 Cloves Garlic — chopped

You can use cubed leg or shoulder of lamb. Combine oil, onion, garlic, salt
a
nd pepper and marinate lamb for at least one day in refrigerator. Skewer the
meat and broil until brown all over. Serve with Rice Pilaf and broiled
tomatoes.

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Popularity: 5% [?]

BALTIMORE EGGNOG

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Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Beverages Holiday

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 oz Brandy (1 pint)
1 oz Rum (1/2 pint)
1 oz Madeira (1/2 pint)
1 Egg (12)
1 t Sugar (2 cups)
3/4 c Milk (3 pints) -OR-
2 oz Heavy cream (3 pints)
Nutmeg

Shake with ice, and strain into a collins glass or a highball glass. If
heavy cream is used, you may want to top the drink with milk. Dust the
surface with lots of nutmeg

The recipe above is for one drink only, but the measurements in
parentheses will make about 30 servings.

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Popularity: 5% [?]

Title: Impossible Greek Spinach Pie
Categories: Easy, Cheese, Pies
Servings: 4

1/2 c Green onions;chopped
1 tb Butter
1 pk Spinach; thaw drain
1/2 c Cottage cheese
1 c Milk
1/2 c Bisquick
3 Eggs
1 ts Lemon juice
1/4 ts Pepper
3 tb Parmesan cheese
1/4 ts Nutmeg

Layer spinach, onions and cottage cheese in greased dish. Put rest in
Blender. Pour over cheese. Bake at 350 for 35-45 min until tests clean with
knife.

Joan Mershon, F-Cooking
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Popularity: 8% [?]

Title: Snickerdoodles
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 1 servings

1 c Shortening
1 1/2 c Sugar
4 ts White vinegar
2 c All purpose flour
2 ts Cream of tartar
1 ts Baking soda
1/4 ts Salt
1 tb Sugar
1 ts Cinnamon

Cream shortening sugar for 30 seconds. Beat in the vinegar. Add
flour, tartar, soda salt. Mix well. Form into 1 inch balls roll
in the combined cinnamon-sugar mixture. Place 2 inches apart on an
ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350F for 10 minutes. Cool on wire
racks.

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Popularity: 11% [?]

Title: Cuban Navy Bean Soup
Categories: Soups, Cuban
Yield: 8 servings

1 c Navy beans, soaked
2 1/2 qt Water
1 ea Bay leaf
1/4 c Olive oil
2 ea Garlic cloves, chopped
1 md Onion, chopped
2 c Tomatoes, chopped
1 md Potato, diced
Saffron threads
Salt pepper
1/2 ts Cumin
1 c Cabbage, shredded
1 c Butternut squash, diced
2 tb Fresh parsley, chopped

Drain beans, combine with water bay leaf simmer 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Add
additional water if necessary.

In a skillet, heat olive oil cook garlic onions 6 minutes. Add
tomatoes cook for 10 minutes.

When beans are tender, add tomato mixture, potato, saffron, salt, pepper,
cumin, cabbage squash cook for another 30 minutes. Add more water as
necessary. Serve garnished with parsley.

Adapted from Randelman Schwartz, “Memories of a Cuban Kitchen”

Popularity: 7% [?]