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Best Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce

Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce

This is a rich bread pudding that everyone seems to enjoy (and coworkers requested be posted here), and it really doesn’t need the whiskey sauce to be delicious.  The bread pudding recipe is adapted from Best Recipes by Cooks Illustrated while the whiskey sauce is from Penzeys spice catalog.

Bread Pudding

2 tablespoons sugar

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

4 large eggs, [...]

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Panna Cotta w/Balsamic Strawberries

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This is wonderfully flavorful; yet it seems light, perfect for springtime.  You can serve Panna Cotta with just about any sweet or fruit topping; it doesn’t need to be strawberries - but the strawberries in balsamic are terrific with it.   You’ve got to try it, it doesn’t look all that sensational, but it’s delicious!

Panna Cotta is an old Italian dessert, and I [...]

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Carrot Cupcakes

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These cupcakes are light and moist, and the cream cheese frosting makes them just plain yummy.  The recipe is adapted from Barefoot Contessa Parties! by Ina Garten.  We’re serving these at a Superbowl party, so we colored the frosting appropriately for our favorite team, the Green Bay Packers.

2 cups granulated sugar

1 1/3 cup vegetable oil

3 extra large [...]

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Blackberries and Cobbler

Ripening Blackberries

Wild blackberries flourish on our farm, and they’re ripening now, so we’re picking, freezing (see Sealing In Summer Flavor), and making blackberry cobbler.  This recipe is quick, easy, and delicious - did I mention I love summer……

Blackberry Cobbler

Filling:

1/2 cup sugar

1 tablespoon cornstarch

1/4 cup water

4 cups fresh or frozen blackberries

Topping:

1 ½ cups flour

1/4 cup sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon [...]

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Luscious Lemon Bars

Finished Lemon Bars

These are a favorite, and everyone asks for the recipe.  Makes 24 squares.

2 cups flour          1 cup butter          1/2 cup confectioners sugar

Filling:

4 eggs, beaten          1/4 cup flour

2 cups sugar             1 tsp. baking powder

dash salt                  confectioners sugar

12 Tbsp. lemon juce

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9″ x 13″ pan (we use cast iron as it seems to make a [...]

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