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How To Make The BEST ITALIAN BAKE

Ready for a culinary adventure into the heart of Italian cuisine? The Best Italian Bake offers a fusion of flavors and textures that will transport your taste buds straight to a rustic Italian trattoria. Combining the heartiness of pasta, the richness of cheese, the freshness of vegetables, and the savory goodness of chicken and sausage, this dish is perfect for family dinners, potlucks, or any occasion that calls for a satisfying meal.
What Makes It Special?:
What sets the Best Italian Bake apart is its combination of ingredients that scream comfort and indulgence. The cheesy topping, tender chicken, and flavorsome sausage nestled amidst a bed of perfectly cooked pasta and enveloped in a rich sauce promises a delightful eating experience.

Ingredients:

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How To Make Butternuts

Ingredients:

3/4 cbutter, room temperature + 1 Tbsp.

1/2 cpowdered sugar

1/4 tspsalt

1 3/4 call purpose flour

6 ozpackage butterscotch chips

1 cfinely chopped pecans

RUM GLAZE

3 cpowdered sugar

1 tsprum extract

1/2 cchopped pecans

3 to 4 Tbsp milk or water

Directions:

1-Cream butter with powdered sugar and salt til light and fluffy.

2-Blend in flour, mix well.

3-Add butterscotch chips and 1 cup finely chopped pecans.

4-Shape dough, a scant teaspoonful at a time, into balls.

 

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How To Make CHRISTMAS SUGAR COOKIES

Quick and easy Christmas Sugar Cookies are so good either plain or decorated with royal icing!
These Christmas Sugar Cookies are soft and buttery, keep their shape while baking AND everyone loves them. The best part? No big mixer needed!

If you’re looking for a great sugar cookie recipe, whether you’re decorating or not, then this is the recipe for you!

What are sugar cookies made out of?
Simple ingredients you’ll find in your kitchen! You’ll be relieved to know there are no weird ingredients in this recipe. You’re just 5 ingredients away from the best sugar cookies of your life!

Butter ✓
Sugar ✓
Pure vanilla extract ✓
Egg ✓
Flour ✓

How do you get sugar cookies to keep their shape?
What sets this recipe apart from the rest is no baking powder or baking soda. During testing, we found the addition of either of those or a combination of the two ingredients made for puffy sugar cookies that lost their shape while baking from puffing up too much. We also found that we preferred the flavour of these cookies without those two ingredients. They are absolutely not needed in this sugar cookie recipe.

Also, we chill the dough before rolling so that after you’ve cut them out, they’re easier to lift off of your bench and arrange onto your baking sheet, maintaining their shape while baking.

Ingredients:

For the Cookies:

  • ½ C butter
  • ½ C shortening
  • ½ C sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tsp vanilla
  • 3 Tbsp milk
  • 3 C flour
  • ½ tsp baking powder

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How To Make No bake Chocolate Eclair Cake

Ingredients:

2 (3.5 oz) package of instant vanilla pudding mix

1 (8 oz) container of whipped topping (COOL WHIP) thawed

3 cups milk

2 sleeves graham cracker squares

1 (16 oz) tub chocolate frosting

 

Directions:

  1. In a medium bowl, mix together the pudding mix, milk and Cool Whip.
  2. In an 9 x 13 baking dish, arrange a single layer of graham cracker squares on the bottom. You may have to break them up a bit to get enough crackers to cover the bottom of your dish.
  3. Spread half of the pudding mixture on top of the crackers.
  4. Layer another layer of graham crackers over the pudding mixture.
  5. Then layer the other half of the pudding mixture on top of crackers.
  6. Top with a final layer of graham crackers.
  7. Put plastic wrap over dish and put in fridge for about 30 min to an hour to allow pudding to set.

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How To Make Farmer’s Casserole

Farmer’s Casserole is an excellent way to start your day! It combines great ingredients in every bite and is a delicious breakfast!
My mom brought this recipe with her while they were visiting for Thanksgiving and we made it on their last morning here. Everyone loved it! Potatoes, eggs, cheese, ham and onions make a great meal and I’ll make them again on Christmas Day.
I like not spending extra time in the kitchen on Christmas morning so I can outlay every min with my family & enjoy watching my kids open their present and see what Santa Claus getting them !

Ingredients :

3 cups frozen hash browns

3⁄4 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese

1 cup diced cooked pork

1⁄4 cup finely chopped green onion

4 eggs, beaten well

1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk

1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper

1⁄2 teaspoon salt

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How To Make Christmas Baklava ? Must Try This Recipe

Ingredients :

1/2 pound chopped pecans

1/2 pound chopped walnuts

2-3 tbsp. ground cinnamon

1 pound package of phyllo dough

1-1/2 cup butter, melted

2-1/2 cups of honey

1 C. vanilla

1 C. Grated lemon zest

Mix the nuts together in a large bowl and mix with the ground cinnamon. Put aside.

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How To Make Homemade Caramel Corn

I think the only time I ate caramel corn (before that) was from the huge popcorn jars that people give as Christmas gifts. Did you know, with the cheese flavor section, the butter section, and the caramel corn section? I’m sure I’ve eaten it other times at carnivals and fairs, but it’s definitely not something I find myself eating often. It’s also not something that I thought of making at home.

 Ingredients :

1 cup chopped popcorn beans

2 cups unsalted butter 2 sticks

Half a cup of light corn syrup

2 cups light brown sugar

1 tsp. Kosher salt

½ tsp Baking soda

1½ tsp vanilla ext

Instructions :

Preheat Oven to 250 degrees F ,baking sheets on line 2 with parchment paper; Sit apart .

Place popcorn in 2-3 extra large bowls. (You will need enough space to toss the caramel popcorn.)

To prepare the caramel, melt the butter over medium heat in a 2-liter saucepan. Once dissolved, add corn syrup, brown sugar, and salt. Raise the heat to medium-high and bring the mixture to a boil, with constant stirring.

Once the mixture has reached a boil, let it boil for an additional 5 minutes without stirring. Removing from heat also adding baking soda & vanilla. (The mox will burst a little.)

Divide the caramel sauce evenly between the popcorn and stir to coat well using a rubber spoon, salad tongs, or tablespoons.

Spreading popcorn equally on prepared baking Sheet. The lumps are fine and will spread out while baking.

Bake for 40-50 minutes, turning and redistributing the caramel sauce every 10 minutes. Test a chilled popcorn after 40 minutes. It should be crunchy, and if not crunchy, return the pans to the oven for an additional ten minutes of baking. 8. Remove the baking sheets to a wire rack and allow the popcorn to cool completely before packing. Store in airtight containers.

Enjoy !

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How To Make Christmas Breakfast Casserole ?

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Baking Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Refrigeration Time: 8 hours

Total Time: 9 hours and 40 minutes

Yield: 6 servings

Immerse yourself in the festive spirit with this delightfully scrumptious Christmas morning breakfast bake. Brimming with holiday-inspired flavors, this comforting casserole is sure to win over your guests.

Ingredients:

1 lb of ground pork sausage

1 tsp of mustard powder

½ tsp of kosher salt

4 large eggs, beaten

2 cups of whole milk

6 slices of white bread, toasted and cubed

1 cup of mild Cheddar cheese, shredded

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