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Vanilla and Pecan Ring-a-Lings

Vanilla and Pecan Ring a Lings
These ring-a-lings have been around for a very long time.  I believe they originated back in the 1940′s when some of the very first Pillsbury Bake-Offs first started.  The original recipe has orange zest in them with an orange glaze, but my mother changed them to a vanilla frosting and deleted the orange zest.  I think either way, you cannot go wrong.  These little puppies just melt in your mouth and are the perfect treat to spoil your guests during the holidays with,.
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First melt your butter and milk together until very warm in a small saucepan.
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In your mixing bowl add 2 cups of the all-purpose flour, 1/3 cup sugar, salt and your yeast.  Mix together.
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Now add in the warm milk mixture…
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and your eggs.  I use my paddle attachment to my mixer.  Mix until all is incorporated.
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It will look very loose.  Now by hand……
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or a spatula, mix in the remaining flour.
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Once you have a stiff dough, grease a glass bowl and place the dough into the bowl.  Cover the bowl and let the dough rise in a warm place for about 45 to 50 minutes.
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It should have doubled in size and be nice and squishy.
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Put your dough on a well floured surface.
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Roll the dough out into a large rectangle.
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Spread half of the pecan mixture lengthwise on half of the rolled out dough, then fold over and cut into strips.
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(I made mine super tiny for a brunch, so this is not how small they will look when you make yours).  Now twist the dough
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Tuck the dough ends under and place on cookie sheet.
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Bake for about 12 minutes or until nice and golden brown.  Frost and pour yourself a nice hot cup of coffee and enjoy these decadent and delicious homemade sweet rolls.  They are sure to impress!!!

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Hot Corn Dip Served with Tortilla Chips

I first met this highly addictive dip in 2002, January I believe.  My dear friend, Karen, brought it to my house to enjoy while we watched the Super Bowl commercials (I’m not a sports fan….sorry).  I haven’t been the same since.  I dream about it, I make new recipes around it (yes, this is the dip that inspired my Southwestern Corn Quiche), I share it with all those I care about.  It’s really that good!  I’ve eaten many corn dips that are “cold”, surrounded by cold cheese and such, but please, don’t get me wrong, they are good too.  However, this dip takes it to the next 5 levels!  So if you are having a casual get together, please do yourself a favor and make this dip.  Your guests will swoon to your feet asking you for the recipe.  I must warn you that you will be asked to bring it to the next ten events that you attend!  This dip can be made one day ahead of time….even better, right!
First you will want to make sure that all your vegetables are chopped, your corn is thawed (if using frozen corn) and your cheese is grated.  In a 12″ skillet melt half your butter and saute all your vegetables, except for the corn.  Saute for about 10 minutes or until all the vegetables are nice and soft.  Season with salt and pepper.  Transfer vegetables to bowl.  In same skillet melt the remaining butter and saute the corn.  Salt and pepper to taste and saute for about 10-12 minutes.  Transfer to the bowl with the vegetables.
Mix all the vegetables together.  Let cool about 20 minutes.  Add your cheese, the mayonnaise and if you want a little extra kick, a sprinkle of cayene pepper.
Once all the ingredients have been stirred together place the mixture into your baking dish.
Top the dip with the remaining cheese.  At this point it can be refrigerated up to one day in advance, covered and refrigerated.  OR bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or so, until it is golden brown on top and bubbly. 
Serve with your favorite corn tortilla chips and enjoy!  (This dip is very forgiving….I usually use a bit more cheese than called for).
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Quinoa with Butternut Squash, Currants and Pear Vinaigrette


Quinoa is so yummy.  Paired with the roasted butternut squash and sweet currants make this dish extra special.  You can serve this as a main course vegetarian meal over a bed of lettuce, or as a side dish with your roasted chicken or fish.
This is how we do it…(that is a song that is stuck in my head :) )

I purchased a bag of butternut squash that was already diced.  I had a little harder time finding the pear vinegar.  I finally found it at my beloved Nugget Market.  It is a pear infused white balsamic vinegar.  On the sweeter side and just a little thicker.  Oh so tasty.

In a medium sized saucepan add the can of chicken broth (or you can use vegetable broth if you want it to be a vegetarian dish) and one cup of water.  Bring to a boil then add the quinoa.  Let boil on medium high heat for about 15 minutes or until most of the liquid is absorbed.  Remove from heat and put the lid on.  Set aside.

Place the diced butternut squash on a foil lined baking sheet.  Lightly drizzle olive oil over the top and lightly season with salt and pepper.  Toss to coat evenly.
Place in a pre-heated 400 degree oven for about 12 to 15 minutes.  We want them to have just a little crisp to them and not be totally mushy.

Just showing you how small the butternut squash was cut.  Perfect bite sized.

Whisk together the oil and pear vinegar.  Lightly season with salt and pepper.  I can totally see myself getting addicted to this vinegar.  It has a great aroma and taste to it.

Fluff the quinoa with a fork.

In a large bowl toss all the ingredients together, tossing the vinaigrette into the mix.
Best if served chilled, but I thought it was delicious warm, too.  Enjoy!
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Asian Beef Tostadas

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Please, don’t faint.  I know it has been a while since I have posted a new recipe.  Life has served up a big bowl of crazy for me lately….leaving my poor blog unattended and unloved.  But I am baaaack! I am back with an easy and delicious week night meal.  You can serve these as Asian Tostadas, or amp up the coleslaw and crumble the fried egg roll wrappers on top like a crouton and serve as a salad OR you could even use the small egg roll wrappers and bake them in mini muffin tins, then fill the mini wontons with the coleslaw and beef for a fun and hearty appetizer. I also love recipes like this one that use pre-made store bought items.  No one will ever know what little effort these fun Asian Beef Tostadas are to make.  All they will notice is the amazing flavors.
grill marinated steak
Let’s get started…. I have never used the Veri Veri Teriyaki marinade before, but I have to tell you I am SOLD!  I marinated my flank steak overnight.
Here is another little gem of a product.  This has to be the best Asian dressing I have found.  You can find it in the refrigerated section of Trader Joe’s.  Yummy!! While the flank steak is grilling toss together the Asian Style Spicy Peanut Vinaigrette with the coleslaw and then toss in the cashews.  Set aside. Chop the cilantro and green onions. Fry up the egg roll wrappers and allow them to drain on paper towels. Let the flank steak rest for about 5 minutes. Cut the flank steak at a diagonal, against the grain into strips, then cut into bite-sized pieces. Assemble the tostadas by placing 1/4 of the coleslaw mixture onto the fried egg roll wrapper, top with the beef and garnish with the cilantro and green onions. I think you are going to like this fun, new dish!
spicy peanut vinaigrette
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Penne in Cream Sauce with Sausage


This may not look like much but this is one heavenly dish.
I do believe that about seven years ago this recipe was the most searched, downloaded and read recipe on Epicurious (my most favorite foodie website).  What’s not to love.  Cream, parmesean cheese, sausage.  Oh my, excuse me, but I do believe I am becoming weak in my knees.
You can lighten this up just a little by using spicy chicken sausage and half and half but just don’t skimp on using a good quality Parmesan cheese.  Here is to a quick and easy week night meal.  Manja!!

Oh, I know what you’re saying right now…..what, heavy cream?  Doesn’t she realize swim suit season is right around the corner?
Just remember, an indulgence every once in a while isn’t really so bad for you!!  Hey, we only live once!

Now in a large 12″ skillet add your garlic, chopped onions and your sausage.  I recommend hot Italian sausage, but if you’re not into spicy then use a mild or sweet.  The better quality your sausage, the better your sauce will be.

Once the sausage has browned, drain off any extra fat (we want all those calories to come from the cream :) )
Over medium high heat add the wine.  Stir until most has evaporated.

Now add in the tomatoes and cream.  I have to puree my tomatoes because of those pesky picky eaters in my house.

The recipe calls for Parmesan cheese but I like Grana Padano better.  Not as tangy and the husband likes it better.  I MUST please the king!
The recipe also calls for parsley, but I don’t like parsley and I am the cook.  It also suggests to put mozzarella cheese and the Parmesan cheese mixed into the pasta and sauce.  I just like sprinkling the Grana Padano on top, and hey, I’m the cook.
It’s good being the cook!
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The party with rustic dishes - why not?

Moments later I heard a sizzling echoing from the kitchen , the nose smells vicious leg scissors as a child I ran down . Those panels will be cleaned banana leaf preparing the cake first , including a bowl of chili garlic sauce for the whole family . She turned to her side told me to bring a little more over the bread taken at foreign posts draft ...
Buổi tiệc với món dân dã – tại sao không?

Growing up , my Saigon keep on clinging to the amphitheater and busy at work doing home visits sparse . Lookin 'for a little taste on what does not she become easy . Yet once she Ba Vung Tau to flutter in my many emotions .


Also my favorite dish pancakes , Vung Tau Ba She is also known for creating cakes Khot brand for 10 years . Besides , the rustic three regions have converged to set foot feeling distant lands of Vietnam country .


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Some popular dishes
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The party with rustic dishes - why not ? - 2
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Enjoy food , I always enjoy the space of Vung Tau Ba She 's the way my own mind

Enjoy the sparkling lights on the street
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Drop soul in every scene with blooming flowers , stir draughty

Partying , meeting friends and colleagues in a separate area this generous dishes are eaten Vietnam - why not?

Certainly the Vietnam Women's Day 20/10 I would invite her three sisters to eat Vung Tau " traditional " one day I will have a chance to express feelings and his admiration for women around me .

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From 9:00 to 15:00 on October 17 to 18 , 100,000 gift voucher for customers to book at least 10 people in the party system Khot Co Ba Vung Tau Cake City branch . Ho Chi Minh City

Besides , on 10/20/2013 , Khot Co Ba Vung Tau cake in 2 branches 258B and 102 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Cao Thang spa will donate 30 interest free for the lucky female customers from the selection random number table computer .

Vietnam Women Have more health , beautiful , successful in every way !


Wish you have the delicious meal and pleasant experience from Khot Co Ba Vung Tau cake !

Banh Khot Co System Quan Ba Vung Tau


102 Cao Thang Street, Ward 4 , District 3 , HCMC - Tel : 3832 3312


R1 - 72 Hung Gia 1 , Phu My Hung , P. Tan Phong , District 7 , HCMC . - Tel : 5410 2027


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01 Hoang Hoa Tham Street , Ward 3 , Vung Tau City . - Tel : 064 352 6165 .


2 star hotels : 12/1 Hoang Hoa Tham Street , Ward 2 , Vung Tau City . - Tel : 064 352 6162


Website : www.cobavungtau.com
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Cozy evening with lemon cream yellow cake

This cake is suitable for diners enjoy bitter sweet aroma of lime and dust of wheat and fresh eggs . It is soft , fragrant but not dry , appropriate to bring a picnic or gathering friends .


Ingredients:


- The base cake : 100gr flour , 30gr sugar or flour in diameter , small grains , 75gr soft butter to melt , 1 teaspoon salt .


- The lemon jam : 2 chicken eggs , 170gr sugar, flour 18gr , 2 lemon yellow


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Cozy evening with creamy lemon yellow cake - 1


Perform 45 minutes / 2 servings


Implementation:


• Cut the peel of 1 lemon yellow , smooth move . The rest will be squeezed juice 60ml lemon juice around .


• Mix the base ingredients of cake. The mixture should now be quite soft , wet . Mix half of the lemon zest into the flour mixture . Place in refrigerator for about 30 minutes to harden powder .


• Lot stencils on campus , overextended and baking powder in 1700 to less than 15-20 minutes until crust is golden edges . While cake is baking prepare the base lemon marmalade .


• Beat eggs , sugar and lemon juice . Then the flour and the remaining lemon zest and mix well . When cooked base , open the oven and pour the POV lemon mixture over base while hot . Bake for 20 minutes , take the cake cutting each thumbnail sprinkle sugar, flour .
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Lemon Sauce - no side dishes side dishes Main


The sauce Vietnamese dishes are sometimes more sophisticated western sauce . Without it , the body ( main dish ) made ​​with game , forlorn . And do you believe , a place cooks French capital light fun post hooks 1,000 kg , after making a few tablespoons church lemon sauce in the Asian taste ?


And remember , try the Red Seven talented chefs , served as " sunglasses " her teacher " dress " , with tips quickly defrost meat still maintain the original flavor . And David Thai hands and singing in the pentagon game , the game show Super Chef , Vietnamese version . Apparently , they are contributing to the small stature of the yellow people , more than the big high .


Mesmerized !


" Stink Opera - xi - Security ! - Really Special! It is both familiar and marvelous " , pale blue eyes sparkling chef Jean Claude . His mouth constantly accept accept every drop of lemon sauce .

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Merciful God , but not sweet, but not dominant .



Remember, sauce processing industry of France , had been more world-renowned chef admiration. Yet , with the western chef , merit a nod of one lemon sauces . Unexpectedly !


Lemon bars radiating momentary escape . It makes the sharp tongue along the sensitive head to think hard to resist acidity . Sourness can dictate your craving strikes immediately , leaning super typhoon strength level 14 . And people ... violent , with incredibly cheery mood , because of citrus oils always hovering in the nose .


That is the difference of lime . Lemon sauce Europe only eye-catching , thanks to orange juice , but not aromatic .


Kept pace with the smell . Here, the dominant type of sauce is just as sweet and sour taste . However, not a single substance acidity , in order to avoid the harsh and not overdone , making people feel afraid to eat , gut aches . To control tomato ... exclusive chef has quietly blow at switch ripe fruit , shell . Thus , following the rhythm of the sour lemons will be followed : the warm , slightly bitter , to support consumption , and create a stepping stone flavors mix - create a new feel for export god .


Level sweet too. In still a little salty sweet , so not helping the obesity , excess protein ... circulating chance . Nor sweeteners strips of refined sugar , which is deep and sweet honey . A raw sugar , crystallized from the fullness of how flowers are serving distressed yellow sun , with hard mental labor of small bees . Of course , it is a source of nutrition for good health .


As one of five spices sauce meets , intensely charismatic and highly nutritious main dish sometimes they become side dishes .


But the problem always has two sides , base , side dishes Main dishes are always consequences . Therefore , I have directed that kitchen skill - an art and sophisticated .


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Anh Ly Anh Tu , 48 chef cum owner , in District 1 , Ho Chi Minh City revealed that , to control the acidity of the sauce does not exceed 3 % . To do so , the only way to use boiled water to warm freshly brewed . And best of all, necessary for the old lemon , for many countries and for the taste ... honestly .


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Ethereal lemon marinade for salmon , although cold , the steaks .



On the other hand , usually the sweetness of the ingredients in the dish are not identical . For example , other shellfish fresh beef . So chefs have that cup blending sauces and main dishes at the " adhesive " harmonious , close as sam .


For example , lemon sauce with bits dishes - salmon braided sweet Canada will excel . As for Australian beef steaks are slightly more sour .


At the same time , as well as a skilled painter , he always subject layouts that are more prominent context . Here, although the sauce ingredients are transformed , but can not drown out the natural flavor of the fish or meat . Evidence , the meat is still pink salmon peach, sweet - fat characteristics . Or pieces of beef tenderloin soft , slight smell of milk . The evolution of this class , who wrote fortunate experience .


As a flexible tip another experiment , the sauce first seduced the years here is the comparison . The same rate as the meat , but the dish turned golden dove is always less than the natural sweetness America plump beef tenderloin pieces . Call prosaically , the meat drier . Meet chef experience , they will mix thinner sauces for dishes pigeons . Dilution for clearing and not break the golden rule : but the substance of change seems unchanged .


Not to mention, components : protein , sugar ( starch ) , vegetable dish to balance in accordance with the Vietnamese constitution . This knowledge , the kitchen is often lacking . So do not be surprised to hear from sharing chef : " The solution is now my best try delicious dishes prepared with healthy . So , main dish or side are equally important ! "
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