Recipes

I enjoy cooking and especially baking! Here are some of the recipes that I've collected and keep coming back to. All of these come from somewhere else, links back to the original have been included where possible, but I have made some changes or clarifications or abbreviations from the original source where appropriate. A basic level of cooking knowledge is assumed, there aren't tutorial on techniques or how this recpie changed my entire outlook on life. That being said there are notes on additions or modifications from the base recipe that have worked out well (or didn't work and should be avoided).

• Cider Braised Pork - A nice braising recipe with a fall-ish twist

• Polar Bear Paws - A easy modification on chocolate turtles

• Beijing Beef - A copy of the Panda Express dish

• Beer braised short ribs - Similar to a common wine braised short ribs, but with beer!

• Salted Caramels - Home made caramels, soft and chewy and sweet! And maybe a bit salty.

• Turkey Verde Soup - Have a lot of leftover turkey? Try this soup!

• Pie Dough - A flaky all butter pie dough

• Cranberry Almond Tart - A sweet almond tart topped with cranberries.

• Cranberry Apple Sauce (a.k.a. Crapple Sauce) - A basic apple sauce recipe with some cranberries thrown in for some holiday cheer.

• Egg Drop Soup - A simple soup with vegetables, chicken broth, and eggs

• Cheese Coins - Homemade cheese crackers, with lots of possible variations

• Beer Cheese - Cheese spread to be served with crudités

• Peter Reinhart's Bagels - Great but non-trivial bagel recipe, not for the faint of heart

• Caramelized Onion Quiche - A typical quiche, but with a bunch of yummy onions!

• Yule Log - It's a cake that looks like a piece of wood, what else can I say?

• Gingerbread Biscotti - Gingerbread flavor in the form of a biscotti

• Fudge - Simple candy recipe from the back of the jar

• Biscochitos - A New Mexico classic, think cinnamon sugar shortbread but better

• Ice Cream Base - No-frills starting point for homemade ice cream