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Offline merigayle

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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #200 on: December 27, 2017, 08:27:26 AM »
I ended up making a simple gingerbread cake in a brownie pan and it is delicious.
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #201 on: December 27, 2017, 11:05:03 AM »
That's the fun thing about infusions-- they seem so impressive-- but it's the simplest thing. Now I want to infuse everything.  :d

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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #202 on: December 27, 2017, 11:36:19 AM »
That's the fun thing about infusions-- they seem so impressive-- but it's the simplest thing. Now I want to infuse everything.  :d

Infuse vodka with coffee.  Then drink it with A&W cream soda.  You're welcome.

If you infuse vodka with jalapeno, don't overdo it.  It doesn't take much and it doesn't take long.  Jalapeno vodka is good for bloody marys and good with pineapple. 
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #203 on: December 28, 2017, 12:56:50 PM »
We don't drink much vodka. But, I am excited to infuse rum with pineapple! and coconut, maybe. And gin with cucumber, dill, and maybe something spicey.

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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #204 on: December 28, 2017, 04:05:05 PM »
I don't drink much vodka either, but alcohol that tastes like coffee is the shizzle. I'll bet a coffee whisky would be good, but with the vodka, you really mainly taste the coffee.
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #205 on: December 29, 2017, 07:32:10 AM »
I'd love that gift!

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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #206 on: December 24, 2018, 07:35:23 AM »
annual bump so we don't lose the thread

We are cooking the bon appetit cookies this year... have not yet got to the chocolate-tahini linzer cookies, but so far the big star are the double pecan thumbprints

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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #207 on: December 24, 2018, 09:50:31 PM »


Spawn the Elder's cranberry kringle-babka.



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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #208 on: December 25, 2018, 12:00:39 PM »
That's gorgeous, Doc!

I made this bread for breakfast today:

https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/cranberry_nut_bread/

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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #210 on: December 04, 2019, 08:38:15 AM »
bumping for 2019 contributions! what's new on deck?

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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #211 on: December 04, 2019, 08:56:34 AM »
Was just going to sit down today to start my list for my annual cookie exchange which is next weekend the 15th.
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #212 on: December 21, 2019, 08:33:38 PM »
I'm making my traditional sticky buns for xmas morning and a blueberry pie for xmas eve dinner at my sister's house. Other than that, I don't have a whole lot of baking planned. Sis is making the xmas eve dinner and for the next day it is just DH and I so there will be charcuterie and bloody marys and we will cook up something for dinner. DH wants a lamb chop. I hate lamb so will probably do a steak. I debated making cookies but don't have many people to pawn them off on and don't want them in the house.

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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #213 on: December 22, 2019, 08:13:16 AM »
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #214 on: December 23, 2019, 07:22:32 AM »
last night I made a custard for salted eggnog ice cream, which I will freeze tonight... if the custard is anything to go by, this may end up being my best homemade ice cream yet

9 egg yolks
1/2 c. sugar
1 c. cream
2 c. eggnog
seeds scraped from 1/2 vanilla bean pod
1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 tsp kosher salt

I made a custard with the yolks, sugar, cream, eggnog, and vanilla (whisk yolks and sugar together, add the rest, heat up slowly until thick), then stirred in the nutmeg and salt... it's super rich but amazingly delcious... as a hot custard, it would be really good poured over christmas pudding or pretty much any cake, or served with red wine poached pears.

I am using it for ice cream sandwiches made with molasses and ginger spice cookies.

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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #215 on: December 23, 2019, 08:31:13 AM »
I'm picking up 12 (!) pounds of prime sirloin (6 pound roast for Xmas dinner and the rest cut into steaks to be frozen) later this morning from this neighborhood treasure: Tony's Market.  I missed his opera night the week before last because of a scheduling conflict.

Plans include baking a sweet potato-pecan pie (adapted from a Paul Prudhomme recipe) later today.



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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #216 on: December 23, 2019, 12:27:48 PM »
I have half a loaf of French bread that went stale, so I will probably make a bread pudding.  Not for anything in particular though.  I just have to decide when I'll make it because I think you have to soak the bread overnight.
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #217 on: December 23, 2019, 04:32:46 PM »
I absolutely adore Paul Prudhomme  :-*  He and Alton are my faves  :heartbeat:

RG I love making bourbon bread pudding.  Now I may have to do that this weekend.
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #218 on: December 24, 2019, 07:55:17 AM »
Needing inspiration on dessert!
Tonight, we are having lobster tail and steaks, fried cabbage, broccoli and not sure what else.
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #219 on: December 24, 2019, 08:14:10 AM »
Ooh we are doing surf and turf, too, Jan. Lobsters and ribeye! Plus New England clam chowder.

We don’t have a dessert game plan. I told BIL to bring dessert, but he is already bringing a LOAF OF BREAD so it seems his work is done this holiday season.

 

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