Recipe Exchange

Join me now to make gluten-free gingerbread cookies. Shhhh, we’ll hide some from the children to ensure they still taste like gingerbread even after they’re decorated! Combine the following ingredients in a bowl and set them aside: 2 1/4 cups King Arthur Gluten-Free Multi-Purpose Flour 1 cup almond flour 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves Beat 6 tablespoons softened butter and 1/2 cup brown sugar in the bowl of your stand mixer on medium speed. Beat until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add 1 large egg, 1/2 cup molasses and 1 teaspoon vanilla, and beat briefly on medium-low speed. You don’t want to stir too much air into the cookies or they’ll become puffy and lose their shape in the oven. Your goal is for everything to be well blended. Add the dry ingredients all at once, and stir until just combined. The dough will be quite soft at this...

So, did the title of the blog get you riled up? No worries, I’ve no intention of starting a turf war nor am I trying to stick labels on anyone. I was just pondering the other day where I fall in the baking scheme of things, and thought it was an interesting topic. As a baker, I definitely fall more into the cake category than the pie category. I love to  eat  pie and I’m pretty happy with my pie making skills, it just isn’t something that floats my boat the same way that making cake or cookies does. Maybe it’s a bit like fashion. I can admire and even desire to own a stunning pair of stiletto heels, but I just don’t want to wear them any more. Too much trouble on the tootsies. As a pie maker, I would tend to want perfect crimps and decorative borders. I’d want cutouts and colored sugars and more, more, more filling. Our pie making tools are getting fancier and more sophisticated all the time and that is definitely a boon to my pantry, but my heart as a baker l...

Ingredients: (makes 10-12 skewers) * 10-12 Chicken tenders (or breasts cut into 1 inch wide strips) * 2 tbsp Soy Sauce * 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder * 1/2 tsp Cumin powder * 1 tsp Coriander powder * 1/2 tsp chili paste, Sambal Oelek * Juice of one large lime * Salt to taste * 1 tbsp peanut sauce (optional) Method: - In a bowl simply mix together  all the ingredients for the marinade- soy sauce, turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, chili paste (if you want a little bit of heat, or you can skip it), lime juice and salt.  To tie together flavors of my dipping sauce to the chicken, I add one tablespoon of peanut sauce to my marinade as well, but  you can add a tablespoon  of brown sugar instead for a hint of sweetness. - Rinse your chicken tenders and toss them in a Ziploc bag. You can use chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch wide strips or cubed thighs/breasts, whatever cut you’d like. I prefer the tenders, as they are already the perfe...

Stuffed Pizza Cupcakes Author:  Pennywise Cook Recipe type:  Main Dish, Snack   5 simple ingredients lead to the tastiest of all cupcakes. STUFFED Pizza Cupcakes! Ingredients 1 pkg Store-Bought Pizza Dough ½ Jar Pizza Sauce 1 c. Mini Pepperonis, Divided ½ c. Shredded Mozzarella Cheese 6 Mozzarella String Cheese, cut into 1 inch pieces Instructions Preheat oven according to pizza dough’s directions. Begin by rolling out the pizza dough flat. Spread the pizza sauce over the dough, leaving 1 inch around the edges. Sprinkle with ½ c. mini pepperonis. Cut the dough in half. Lay 4-5 pieces of string cheese across the dough, adding more as you roll. Do this with both of the pizza doughs. Cut into 1 inch pieces and place in a greased muffin pan with the swirled side up. Bake according to your pizza dough’s directions checking after about 12 minutes. When tops begin to brown, remove from oven. Use a knife to separate from the pan and...

Why pay more for store-bought tortillas when you can make fresh, delicious ones at home? Surprisingly simple to make, they turn a basic meal into something special. So grab a rolling pin and get ready to enjoy homemade tortillas warm from the pan . Ingredients: 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus a little extra for rolling the tortillas 5 tablespoons vegetable shortening 3/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup very warm tap water Directions: 1 Step 1 Measure out your flour into a medium bowl. Make sure to fluff up the flour before putting it in the cup measure to ensure that it is not packed down in the cup. Stir in the salt. 2 Step 2 Place the shortening into the bowl... … and use your hands to squeeze and work all of it into the flour. There should be no large pieces of shortening visible when you are done. 3 Step 3 Make 3/4 cup of very warm tap water... ... and work it into the flour with a fork until it starts to form a dough. 4 Step...

DIY watermelon grill centerpiece Ingredients and supplies : 1 round watermelon 3 celery stalks (soak in cold water in the refrigerator overnight to stiffen) Blackberries (for the "charcoal") Assorted fruits for kabobs Small cucumber or zucchini Wooden skewers Toothpicks Directions: 1 Cut holes in watermelon for grill legs Make three holes, slightly smaller than the size of your celery stalk, in the bottom of the watermelon. 2 Slice and hollow watermelon Slice the watermelon. The bottom piece should be slightly larger than the top piece. Using a melon baller, hollow out the watermelon bowls. Save the melon balls for the fruit skewers. 3 Create the grill grate Insert wooden skewers into the top edge of the larger watermelon bowl, pushing them through the other side until they're flush with the rind. 4 Add charcoal Remove one of the skewers and place blackberries in the bottom of the watermelon for the "charcoal....