September 16th, 2009 by alice
Tags: Butter, Cookies, Peanut, Soft

INGREDIENTS
- 1cupcreamy peanut butter
- 1cup packedbrown sugar
- 1cupwhite sugar
- 1cupbutteror margarine, softened
- 2eggs
- 1teaspoonbaking soda
- 1teaspoonbaking powder
- 1teaspoonvanilla extract
- 2 1/2cupsflour
DIRECTIONS
- Cream butter, peanut butter and sugars together.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well.
- Add baking soda, powder and vanilla.
- Stir in flour.
- Roll into balls, roll in sugar. Flatten cookies, using a fork, in a criss-cross pattern.
- Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 6-7 minutes.
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July 13th, 2009 by alice
Tags: Butter, Pepperberry
INGREDIENTS
- 2teaspoonsnative pepper berries, dried(available from online shops, or substitute 1 tsp black pepper corns and 1 tsp Sichuan pepper)
- 3garlic cloves
- 1 1/2inchesfresh ginger(1 piece 4 cm or 1 1/2 in)
- 1teaspoonsea salt
- 1/2teaspoonground cinnamon
- 1teaspoonground cumin
- 125gunsalted butter(4 oz.)
DIRECTIONS
- Pound pepperberries, garlic, ginger, salt and ground spices in a pestle and mortar until well combined.
- Mix in the butter until well combined.
- Chill until ready to use.
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June 8th, 2009 by alice
Tags: Butter, Crunch, Crust, Pie
INGREDIENTS
- 1cupflour
- 1/4cupbrown sugar, packed
- 1/2cuppecansor walnuts, finely chopped
- 1/2cupbutter, cold
DIRECTIONS
- Mix flour, sugar and nuts.
- Cut in the butter with a pastry blender until the texture of coarse crumbs.
- Spread in a 9×13 pan.
- bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and stir with a spoon.
- Reserve 3/4 cup of mixture for topping if desired and immediately press the remaining into a 9 inch pie plate.
- Cool.
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May 12th, 2009 by alice
Tags: Butter, Fudge, Grama, Nellies, Peanut
INGREDIENTS
- 3cupssugar
- 3/4cupbutteror oleo
- 1cupevaporated milk
- 1cuppeanut butter
- 1 (7 ounce)jarmarshmallow cream
- 1teaspoonvanilla
DIRECTIONS
- 1) Combine sugar , milk and butter; bring to a boil and cook to soft ball stage. Remove from heat.
- 2) Beat in Peanut butter, marshmellow cream and vanilla by hand or hand mixer.
- 3) Pour into9X13 buttered pan.
- 4) Enjoy.
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April 23rd, 2009 by alice
Tags: Brown, Butter, Hazelnut, Sauce
INGREDIENTS
- 1/4cupbutter
- 1/3cuphazelnuts, lightly toasted and chopped
- 1/2cupwhite wine
DIRECTIONS
- In a small saucepan, brown the butter over medium heat until it is nutty-smelling and golden-brown.
- Add the wine and hazelnuts and let reduce slightly.
- Serve over pasta or other dish of your choice.
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