April 6th, 2013 by alice
Tags: Brownies, Chocolate, Walnut | 
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INGREDIENTS
- 1cupunsalted butter
- 6ouncesunsweetened chocolate, chopped
- 4largeeggs
- 2cupssugar
- 1teaspoonvanilla extract
- 1/2teaspoonsalt
- 1/2cupall-purpose flour
- 1/2cup coarsely choppedwalnuts
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 325°F Lightly butter 13x9x2-inch metal baking pan.
- Melt butter and chocolate in heavy medium saucepan over low heat, stirring until chocolate mixture is smooth.
- Cool.
- Using electric mixer, beat eggs and sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy.
- Beat in chocolate mixture, vanilla and salt.
- Add flour; beat just until blended.
- Pour batter into prepared pan, smoothing top.
- Sprinkle top with walnuts.
- Bake until tester inserted into center comes out with crumbs attached, about 35 minutes.
- Transfer pan to rack; cool completely.
- Cut brownies into squares; serve.
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April 5th, 2013 by alice
Tags: Cake, Karithopita, Olympic, Walnut | Print This Post
INGREDIENTS
- 5eggs, separated
- 6tablespoonssugar
- 2tablespoonsorange juice
- 2tablespoonsbrandy
- 1teaspoonvanilla
- 6tablespoons finely choppedwalnuts, plus
- 9walnut halves
- 1/2teaspoonnutmeg
- 1orange, zest of, grated
- 6tablespoonsfine semolina
- 2teaspoonsbaking powder
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For the syrup
- 1 1/4cupswater
- 1cupsugar
- 1fresh lemon rind, cut into strips
- 1cinnamon stick
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 325°F Grease an 8- or 9-inch round pan.
- Beat egg yolks with sugar until pale yellow.
- Stir in orange juice, brandy and vanilla.
- Combine semolina and baking powder and fold into egg yolks.
- In separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff.
- Fold in walnuts, nutmeg and orange zest.
- Fold 1/2 of whites into yolk mixture, then fold in remaining whites.
- Spread in pan and bake for 30 minutes.
- Cool on rack.
- While cake is baking, combine water, sugar, lemon rind and cinnamon in a small saucepan.
- Bring to a boil, then lower heat and cook until sugar is melted.
- Set aside to cool slightly.
- Pour hot syrup on cake, place 8 walnut halves around the top outside edge and 1 in the center and serve.
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March 11th, 2013 by alice
Tags: Blue, Cheese, Creabacon, Dip, Walnut | Print This Post
INGREDIENTS
- 1 (8 ounce)package softenedcream cheese
- 1 (8 ounce)cartonsour cream
- 6slices finely choppedcooked bacon
- 2tablespoons finely choppedgreen onions
- 1/2cup crumbledblue cheese
- 1/3cup choppedwalnuts
DIRECTIONS
- In a mixing bowl, beat together cheese, sour cream, and onion with electric mixer until fluffy.
- Stir in blue cheese, walnuts, and bacon.
- Mix well.
- Chill up to 24 hours.
- If dip thickens after chilling, stir in 1 to 2 tablespoons milk.
- Serve and enjoy.
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March 1st, 2013 by alice
Tags: Bars, Shortbread, Walnut | Print This Post
INGREDIENTS
- 1cupbutter
- 1 (8 ounce)packagecream cheese
- 1cupbrown sugar
- 1/2cupwhite sugar
- 1egg, plus
- 1egg yolk
- 1 1/2teaspoonsvanilla
- 2 1/2cupsflour
- 1teaspoonbaking powder
- 1cup finely choppedwalnuts
DIRECTIONS
- preheat oven to 350 degree.
- beat the butter and cream cheese till smooth.
- Mix in the brown sugar, white sugar until well blended.
- Add egg and the egg yolk.
- mix well.
- add vanilla.
- Combine the dry ingredients together.
- Add the dry into the creamed butter mixture.
- stir in the finely chopped walnuts.
- spread into a greased 15 x 10 jelly roll pan.
- Bake 20 minutes or till light brown.
- Cool.
- You can drizzle a chocolate glaze on these or dust with powered sugar.
- Cut into bars.
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February 23rd, 2013 by alice
Tags: Bars, Chewy, Strawberry, Walnut | Print This Post
INGREDIENTS
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FOR CRUST
- 2cupsall-purpose flour
- 1/2cup firmly packedbrown sugar
- 1/2cupbutter, softened
- 3/4cupstrawberry preserves
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Topping
- 1cup choppedwalnuts
- 1cup sweeetenedflaked coconut
- 1cup firmly packedbrown sugar
- 1teaspoonvanilla
- 2tablespoonsbutter, melted
- 1egg
DIRECTIONS
- FOR CRUST- Heat oven to 350°F Combine flour, brown sugar and butter in medium bowl; mix until crumbly.
- press into abottom and 1/2 inch up sides of 13×9 inch baking pan.
- bake 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
- spread preserves over the hot crust.
- For topping- combine topping ingrdients; mix well.
- spoon over preserves.
- so not too completly cover preserves.
- Bake 35 minsutes or until browned and bubbly all over.
- cool completely.
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