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Beef Jerky
David made this beef jerky per my request and it is the best jerky I've ever had. He used good quality beef bottom round marinade in a...
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Easy Thai Sukiyaki Soup
Sarah and I love this soup. I made this soup often especially during winter months. I used to make the additional sauce to add to the...
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Cannoli
It's hard to find good cannolis even in New York City. It was David's request to make them. After a long search, David found this recipe...
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Sachertorte
"Sachertorte" in German means Chocolate Cake, originated from Vienna, Austria, invented in 1832 by Franz Sacher. It's a chocolate sponge...
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Chinese Dumplings
I had Kurt over to make dumplings and egg rolls together one weekend during Chinese New Year. I got egg dumpling wrappers instead of the...
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Baked Egg Rolls
I don't usually order egg rolls at the Chinese take-out, sometime they came with the meal and they're always so greasy. For the spirit of...
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Hot and Sour Soup
I love Hot and Sour soup, every time I go to the Chinese Take-out I always order a quart of it. I'd crossed my fingers that it will taste...
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Empanadas
Empanadas are very easy to make and they freeze well baked or unbaked. You can make any kind of filling you like as long as it's not too...
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Sourdough Brioche Cardamon Buns
Even though I already have my favorite sourdough brioche recipe, I wanted to try a new recipe and method when I came across the Sourdough...
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Salted Caramel
I love salted caramel! I made other recipes in the past but this recipe came out really good, soft and buttery, I will definitely make...
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Homemade Marshmallow
I got this recipe from sugargeek.com with the details instructions and video in this link. I found her video very entertaining and...
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Apple Cake
I got this recipe from What for Dessert Cookbook by Claire Saffitz, I followed her YouTube video and it was very easy to make. The cake...
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Dark Chocolate-Cherry Sourdough Bread
All I can say about this bread is WOW! I was so happy with the result of this recipe from The Perfect Loaf site. The bread tasted like a...
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Cheddar Cheese Sourdough Bread
I made sourdough breads with cheddar cheese many times but this time came out so perfect that I want to make sure I recorded what I did...
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Vanilla Cake with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
I finally figured out a perfect vanilla cake recipe. It came from 1-2-3-4 vanilla cake recipe but reduce the sugar to 1 1/2 cups instead...
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Sourdough Brioche Bread
I wanted to make sourdough brioche bread but couldn't commit to the long process but one day I felt like I had to try. I got this recipe...
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Linzertorte
David asked me many times to make linzertorte for him and I finally made it for the first time. It was hard picking the recipe to try for...
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Walnut Cranberry Sourdough Bread
I love any bread with dried fruits and nuts specially the sourdough version. I often made walnut raisin sourdough bread but I wanted to...
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Croissants
I watched many YouTube videos of how to make croissants before I settled for this one, I made them once a year ago but didn't like the...
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Black Forest Cake
This cake was on my list of things to bake for the first time. I thought it would be a perfect time to make for New Year 2023 when we had...
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Soft Dinner Rolls
I wanted to make dinner rolls for a while but never got a chance. A day before New Year Eve I decided to make them for a dinner party we...
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Holiday Cookie Box
My Christmas cookie boxes this year were filled with five different kinds of cookies. Rugelach, Vanilla-Chocolate Shortbread Swirls,...
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My Best Oatmeal Raisin Cookie
Oatmeal raisin cookies are my favorite cookies and I perfected this recipe to be exactly what I am looking for in the cookies. Chewy and...
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Glazed Spiced Snow flakes
I made these cookies for my Christmas cookie boxes simply because of how festive they look and a chance to try new recipe. The recipe...
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Vanilla-Chocolate Shortbread Swirls
I made the recipe for the first time and they became instant favorite. They were crispy, thinner than regular shortbread. The recipe came...
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Jamaretti Cookies
For this year Christmas cookie box I tried some new cookie recipes and this was one of them. David said they reminded him of Stella D'oro...
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Spicy Chocolate cookies
Chewy, fudgy brownie like, crispy top cookies with a spicy hint of chili, these cookies are so yummy specially when they are still warm....
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The Best Rugelach!
This is my in-law recipe that I made so many times and I've never had any rugelach that taste better than these. They are light, crunchy,...
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Panettone 3 Ways
I always wanted to make panettone by using stiff sourdough starter instead of yeast. It was a long process in making but the results were...
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Rustico Sourdough Bread
After I got The Perfect Loaf book by Maurizio Leo I was on the mission to try some new sourdough bread recipes and I picked this...
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Sourdough Baguettes
I made sourdough baguettes a few times in the regular oven with added water pan for steam and the results were not so great, perhaps...
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Chocolate-Glazed ’Shmallow Grahams / Homemade Mallomars
David loves Mallomars but now he is more conscience about the ingredients that go into the store-bought version ones and when I saw this...
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Mocha Cake with Coffee-White Chocolate Ganache
I made this cake because of its name, it sounds like my cup of tea kind of cake. I got the recipe from "The Fearless Baker" cookbook by...
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