Cooking With Love

This is my favorite Holiday dinner. In my opinion, there's nothing better than a nice medium rare piece of rack of lamb! I hope you enjoy this as much as I do! Creating the spice rub to marinade over night in the fridge. Combine: 1 TBS of Salt 1 TBS of fresh chopped rosemary 1 TBS of dried min 1 TBS of sugar I use either a mortar and pestle or use a coffee grinder to mix all ingredients together. Rub the meat with the spice mixture and place in an air tight bag and in the f

This bread is such a crowd pleasure and is great with some olive oil, parmesan cheese and balsamic vinegar dipping sauce! combine in a large bowl 3 Cups sifted flour, 2 tsp salt, 1 tsp rosemary, 1 tsp thyme & 1 tsp of sage. (you can change out the herbs as you see fit, add garlic or just have plain bread with no herbs) To activate yeast before putting in with the dry ingredients you will put 1 2/3 Cup 110*F water with 1 tsp active yeast, let it set for 5 minutes before adding

It's so easy a caveman can do it! 3/4 pound unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 cup sugar, plus extra for sprinkling 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (extract of choice) 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon salt Form the mixture into a ball and knead until smooth. Create you cookie design and bake in the oven on 325*F for 18-25 minutes. I use a cookie cutter hand machine to get these amazing designs. You can find them online for $15 and up. Bring them to room temper

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4 Cups of Flour 1/2 Cup 105-110*F water 1 tsp Active dry yeast 1 Cup 105-110*F Water 2 tsp Salt 1 TBS Olive Oil For the sponge, combine 1/2 Cup flour and 1/2 Cup warm water, and the yeast in a bowl, beath with a wooden spoon until smooth. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let the mixture stand overnight at room temperature to ferment. Gradually stir in the 1 Cup of warm water, the 2 tsp of salt, and just enough of the remaining flour to make a dough that pills away from th

This classic Chocolate cake is the same as the White cake but we're adding cocoa powder and using the whole egg instead of just the whites. First when making a cake you always want to sift all your dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl and follow the wet ingredients carefully to avoid any mess ups. When it comes to baking it's definitely a science and requires some level of patience. Luckily I have the patience, but for those that know me, know I'm not by any means good

An all time favorite of my Father's is this German Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Icing and a decadent coconut pecan filling. German Chocolate roots can be traced back to 1852 when American baker Samuel German who developed a type of dark baking chocolate for the Baker's Chocolate Company. The brand name of the product, Baker's German's Sweet Chocolate, was named in honor of Samuel German ... So, June 11 is National German Chocolate Cake Day in America. This frosting/filling i

If you're looking for a hearty meal with bold flavors, look no further! This Guinness Short Ribs will satisfy your appetite! Make sure you check the butcher area for short ribs because they can be hard to find and usually go quick. What you'll need: 4 lbs Beef short ribs 3 Cups Chopped Carrots 3 Celery Stalks Chopped 4 Cloves of Garlic 3-4 Sprigs of thyme 1 Large Onion Chopped 2 Cups Beef Stock 3-4 TBS Tomato Paste 3 TBS Brown Sugar 2 TBS Olive Oil 2 Bottles of Guinness Sto

For all you Onion lovers out there, here's 2 ways to make your French onion soup in around 1 hour! Some people will use red wine and some use white wine. I like both, so here's my French onion soup 2 ways! Let me know which one was your favorite! 4 Yellow Onions 3 TBS Butter 4 Cloves Minced Garlic 3 TBS Flour 1/2 Cup White Wine (only use what you like to drink) 6 Cups beef stock 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1 Bay leaf 3 Sprigs of fresh Thyme (1 tsp dried thyme) salt and pepp

1/2 Cup High Ratio Shortening 1/2 Cup unsalted room temperature butter 8 oz Room Temperature Cream Cheese 1 TBS Vanilla 8 Cups Sifted Powdered Sugar 1/2 tsp Salt Cream together butter and shortening for 5 minutes on high and then add vanilla & salt and mix for 1 minute slowly adding sugar until all combined and creamy. Store in an air tight container for a few weeks in the fridge, bring to room temperature before whipping and using. If you don't want to use 1/2 Cup of shorte

This is my husbands favorite kind of cake. Most people don't realize that Red Velvet is actually a type of chocolate cake.. ;) 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups granulated sugar 2 large eggs 1 3/4 cups vegetable oil 1 cup buttermilk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Drops of red food coloring until desired color. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter three 9-inch-round cake pan

This light and fluffy sugar cake is very popular and addicting when you start eating it. You just don't want to stop. This goes great with my Berry Sauce I made in the Sauces category! First in a large bowl sift 1 1/2 Cups powdered sugar and 1 cup cake flour 3 times and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, mix together 1 1/2 Cups of room temperature egg whites (make sure you don't get any yolks in this and make sure your bowl isn't greasy! - you can use the inside of a lemon

4- 2 inch filet mignon's or if you want to substitute with your favorite cut of meat. 2 TBS canola Oil 1 1/2 TBS fleur de sel (If you can't find this you can use regular salt and it will be fine) 2 tsp fresh cracked pepper 2 TBS unsalted butter 12 oz cremini mushrooms, stemmed and sliced. 2 TBS dry sherry wine 1 TBS Olive Oil 1/2 Cup minced shallots, 2 TBS Cognas or Brandy, 1 1/4 Cups heavy cream, 1/4 Cup dijon mustard, 1/2 tsp whole-grain mustard, 2 TBS chopped parsley leav

2 Cups Sugar 1 Cup Butter 5 Eggs 2 Cups Flour 6 TBS Milk 2 tsp Baking Soda 2-3 Ripe Bananas 1 tsp Nutmeg 1/2 tsp Ground Cloves 3 TBS Cinnamon. Whip the butter to a fluffy texture and then mix all other ingredients until all combined. Pour into a baking loaf and bake at 350*F for 30-45 minutes. :) wrap in wax paper and aluminum foil right after baking when it's cool enough to handle to lock in the moisture and freeze or enjoy right away.

This recipe will take at the earliest 2 hours and 15 minutes before use, but for best results make the dough the night before using. Summer time is the best time to make Pizza on the grill. Yes, I said on the grill.... Here's my recipe on the best pizza dough. This can also be a Peta bread as well. :) In a large bowl put 7 Cups of "type 00" flour, you can use all purpose if you can't find type 00, but type 00 is the best for pizza dough! In a large bowl with your flour add

8 Roma tomatoes, diced 1/3 Cup chopped fresh basil 1/4 Cup shredded parmesan cheese 2 cloves garlic minced 1 TBS balsamic vinegar 1 tsp olive oil 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper 1 loaf of French bread sliced and lightly grilled with olive oil and then rubbed with garlic before mincing up garlic to put into bruschetta mixture. Toss all the ingredients in a bowl and top the bread before serving. Drizzle more balsamic over the top if desired.

So, most of us would agree that fried chicken is amazing, but how do we get rid of the oily fried part? We baked it in the oven! This works best with convection ovens. Soak your chicken in buttermilk for at least an hour before starting. prep ingredients 2 Eggs 2 Cups Buttermilk 1 1/4 Cups Bread crumbs (panko or regular) 1/2 tsp paprika 1/4 Cup flour 1/8 tsp Black pepper, 2-3 lbs chicken with skin on, 4-6 TBS melted butter. Combine the egg and milk in a dish, bread crumbs in

1 Cup Water 1/3 Cup Sugar 3/4 Cup Raspberries 3 Limes Juiced (doesn't matter if you get pulp) 1 1/2 oz Spiced Rum 4 Limes sliced 4 1/2 Cups Ginger Beer/Ale 1 3/4 Cups Spiced Rum Combined Water, Sugar, Raspberries & 1 1/2 Oz Spiced rum in sauce pan and cook 8-10 minutes until raspberries and soft and liquid is combined well. Strain through mesh strainer and put into a pitcher to cool in the fridge. Once cold, add 4 limes sliced, 4 1/2 Cups Ginger Beer/Ale, 1 3/4 Cups Spiced R

Cook 5 Strips of bacon and remove from the pan once cooked. Add 1/2 Cup of diced onions to the pan and cook for 5 minutes then add 2 cloves of garlic minced and 8-12 oz of artichoke hearts (I use the jarred ones from the store, just try and get all the juices off before putting in the pan. Cook for 5 minutes and then add 4 Cups of spinach to the pan and put a lid on it for 1 minute, then stir until all the spinach has wilted and combined with the other ingredients. Then re

Pre-heat oven to 350*F and prep your ingredients. Get 3 separate plates for Egg wash, crumbs and flour. Slice your chicken breast in half so they're all about the same thickness. Salt and pepper both sides and dip in the flour first and stack all together on a tray. Then dip in your egg wash and then immediately after your crumb mixture (I use Italian Bread Crumbs) then place on a separate sheet pan ready for cooking. Once you have completed this process for all chicken sli