Variations on Cooking

Ingredients Crust 2 cups unbleached flour 1 ½ stick on unsalted butter 2 large egg yolks 3 tablespoons raw sugar 1/2teaspoon vanilla salt Lemon Filling 2 cup...

I have been working on my 6th cookbook a sequel to my first cookie book when I came across this recipe written on the back of chicken recipe, it's from 2007,...

As I am going through my recipes I came across this one that was written in the margins of another recipe for Lemon Chicken with the heading for ESU event. I...

These are fun to make, a wonderful devil's food cake-like cookie. You can fill them with ice cream, a simple icing, or what I like to fill them with a white...

Chocolate Hazel Nut Cinnamon Rolls Ingredients 4 cups unbleached flour 1 cup whole milk or Half & Half 6 tablespoons of unsalted butter – melted, and cooled ...

Here is another recipe from 2005, I have not made this in a long while and with no flour in the stores and plenty of prepared frozen pie shells, I think this...

As I am sorting out all these recipes I am choosing which ones to post and which ones will go in my next few cookbooks. This recipe is from 2005, I created ...

Here is a variation on a recipe I posted back 2015 - Enjoy Ingredients 1 package of puff pastry dough - you will only need one sheet. 1 1/2 cups of fresh blu...

Ingredients 5 cups of fresh basil leaves, packed well 1 1/4 cups of sun-dried tomatoes, rinsed, dried and chopped 1 cup of fresh grafted Romano Cheese 3 tabl...

Ingredients 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 4 teaspoons, minced shallots 1 pound, chopped mixed mushrooms 1 teaspoon, chop...

Ingredients 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter - 10 tablespoons of the butter melted and cooled slightly 1 1/4 cups of unbleached flour 4 to 5 apples of choice, p...

A few years ago Michael asked me to make Rugelach for an event at work. There is a bakery in NYC that makes outstanding Rugelach, so I asked what the dough w...

I found this recipe in my Grandmother cookbook, it took me a while to translate her handwriting and to figure out the ingredients and take a guess on the one...

This biscuits recipe has many different variations based on the type of cheese, herbs, or olives you use. I have actually made them with dates instead of th...

I had this cake, it is so good, Ina made it a few times for me, It also has the same frosting as the Orange Cake. Ingredients Cake 2 1/2 cups of cake flour 1...

Another of Ina's signature desserts, come to think about she always was had a cake on hand at all times. Ingredients Cake 2 3/4 cup of unbleached flour 1 1/2...

I was going through old files and came across more than a dozen recipes from a good friend and neighbor, Ina, from when I lived in Jackson Heights. I have ...

INGREDIENTS FOR THE CAKE: 1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder ¾ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 1 ¼ stick...

Ingredients 2 1/2 cups of unbleached flour 1 1/3 cups of brown sugar 1 cup of peeled chopped apples, small dice 1 cup of chopped walnuts 1 cup golden raisins...

Raspberry Nut Blondies Ingredients 2 2/3 cups fresh raspberries 1 2/3 cup unbleached flour I cup chopped nuts, i use a mix of walnuts, pecans and almonds 1 c...