Tres Leches Cake

Tres Leches Cake by Barefoot Contessa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_2yy6oEq9E   Ingredients 1-1/4 cups heavy cream 12 oz. can of evaporated milk 14 oz. can of sweetened condensed milk 1/2 tsp. almond extract seeds of one vanilla bean 3 eggs, room temperature...

Grilled Eggplant and Goat Cheese Salad

Ingredients 3 Tbl. olive oil (for grilling eggplant) 7 Japanese eggplant or 2 medium eggplant, ends trimmed & cut into 1-inch slices 1/2 cup toasted pecans 3 oz. goat cheese, crumbled (could also use feta or queso fresco) 1/3 cup fresh basil, chiffonade cut 2 Tbl....

Moist Bread Stuffing

From my mother-in-law’s 1960’s Good Housekeeping cookbook she got when she got married. It is a very traditional stuffing that both of my son’s think shouldn’t be messed with, not even one little bit. Not on the holeyest of food holidays. Bring...

Bread Pudding With Whiskey Carmel Sauce

Adapted from Gourmet Magazine Ingredients For the Bread Pudding: 3/4 cup raisins 2 Tbl. dark rum 1 loaf (16 oz.) french bread, cut into 1″ cubes 3 cups whole milk 1 cup half-n-half  3 eggs, beaten 2 cups sugar 3 Tbl. butter, melted 2 Tbl. vanilla 1/2 tsp....

Cinnamon Pecan Almond Butter

Ingredients 2 cups (16 oz. bag) pecan halves 2 cups (16 oz. bag) whole almonds, roasted & salted 2-3/4 tsp. cinnamon 3/4 tsp. fine sea salt (optional) 1-1/2 tsp. vanilla extract   Instructions Preheat oven to 375°F. Place nuts in single layer onto a rimmed...

Rx Cookies

Make Butter 1 oz flower 4 sticks butter   Oven to 240 degrees Put flower on a cookie sheet and bake for 45 min. While the flower is baking, set up a double boiler, with water in the bottom, and melt the butter. When the flower comes out of the oven, put it into...