When lush, creamy dishes seem a little over the top but you’re in the mood for something special, consider adding the crunch and crackle of crisp phyllo layers to the mix. We’ve used these sheets of paper-thin Greek pastry to add structure to a honeyed mix of nuts and chocolate.
- * 3 tablespoons honey
- * 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- * 1 cup half-and-half or light cream
- * 2 beaten egg yolks
- * 1 cup ground pecans
- * 4 teaspoons granulated sugar
- * 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
- * 3/4 cup sifted powdered sugar
- * 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- * 2 to 3 teaspoons hot water
- * Cocoa powder
- * 1/2 cup whipping cream
- * 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Makes 8 servings
Prep: 25 minutes
Bake: 30 minutes
Cool: 1 hour
Stand: 1 hour
- * Nonstick cooking spray
- * 1/2 cup water
- * 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- * 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- * 2 eggs
- * 1 4-serving-size package instant chocolate pudding mix or reduced-calorie regular chocolate pudding mix
- * 2 cups fat-free milk
- * 1/8 teaspoon peppermint extract
- * Sifted powdered sugar
- * 1 tablespoon water
- * 1 teaspoon vanilla
This dish comes out golden, chewy and crunchy on the sides and creamy in the middle," says longtime mac-and-cheese maker Barbara Henry. "It’s positively addictive, and anybody can make it.
- pasta shells or corkscrews
- eggs
- milk
- * 1 cup whole blanched almonds
- * 1/2 cup sugar
- * 2 tablespoons butter
- * 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- * 3/4 teaspoon salt
Prep: 25 min.
Bake: 35 min.
- * 3/4 cup pure maple syrup or maple-flavored syrup
- * 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- * 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- * 1/2 cup milk
- * 1 teaspoon vanilla
- * 1 cup flaked coconut
- * 3/4 cup rolled oats
- * 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- * Pastry for Single-Crust Pie*
- • 1 pkg. yellow cake mix
- • 1 cup peanut butter
- • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- • 1 cup water
- • 3 eggs
- • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- • 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- • 1/3 cup peanut butter flavored chips
- • 1 cup chopped peanuts
When you tell people how you made it, at the table, they look in dismay!
- Eagle Brand milk
- Cool Whip
- miniature marshmallows
- nuts
Made this for Jen and she loved it, has been asking for the recipe to be posted here. Of course, I lost it and it’s taken me 3 months to find it online again. So, saved here for all time…Ropa Vieja. Carribean/Cuban Beef Stew in the Crockpot. So named because when done right, the meat should ‘fray’ the way old clothes do in the wash.
- red wine vinegar
- Worcestershire
- bay leaves
- fresh ground pepper
- skirt or flank steak
- reduced sodium vegetable or beef broth
- bay leaves
Wonderful mild chocolate brownie like dessert.
- sugar
- flour
- soda
- salt
- margarine
- cocoa
- water
- buttermilk
- eggs
- vanilla