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Blondie Bars and Variations

02 Monday Feb 2015

Posted by The Gourmet Goddess in Chocolate, Cookies, Quickies (It's not what you think!)

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butter, chocolate chips, eggs, flour, margarine, peanut butter, sugar

003I felt after the lean Heathen Gypsy Soup, you needed something to snarf down that  would put some staying power into that snow shovel.  So here’s the second posting for today.  Enjoy these.

Don’t you just love making bar cookies?  They are delicious and usually they go together so easily that you can make them before you go to work.  Blondies are one of the best bar cookies.  They are a cross between brownies and chocolate-chip-type cookie batter.  They are dense, sweet, chewy, moist and rich…they are decadent and you simply cannot eat just one.  Remember…life is short.  Have the second blondie…. Continue reading →

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Perfect Pancakes

31 Wednesday Dec 2014

Posted by The Gourmet Goddess in Brunch, Quickies (It's not what you think!)

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baking powder, Breakfast, brunch, butter, buttermilk, eggs, flour, maple syrup

033My New Year gift to you is this recipe for pancakes.  You will never use a pancake mix again.  This is just too easy and simple to prepare.  It doubles and triples easily and no matter what, it makes light, fluffy, meltingly tender pancakes to slather in maple syrup.  As the aroma wafts through you house, sleepy heads (and hungover heads) will rise and shine.  Continue reading →

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Wrap-Around Apple Pielets

20 Saturday Dec 2014

Posted by The Gourmet Goddess in Bread, Brunch, Fruit, Quickies (It's not what you think!)

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apples, brunch, butter, cinnamon, orange juice, sugar

033These little bites of apple-pieness are warm, comforting, slightly gooey and entirely too easy not to make often.  Apples, bits of crispy, cinnamon-y dough, with just the right amount of gooey-ness..seriously, what’s not to lust after?  They have been in my life for decades, are a memory from my childhood and have become a tasty tradition for our sons.  Bake away!

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Boursin Cheese Spread (Almost!)

25 Tuesday Nov 2014

Posted by The Gourmet Goddess in Appetizers, Sauces

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appetizer, butter, cream cheese, Garlic, herbs, tarragon

021Boursin Cheese is wonderful.  It’s rich, creamy, herbaceous, with a nice hit of garlic and best of all, it’s incredibly simple to make.  In other words, it’s the holiday seasons perfect “little something special”; the little black dress of appetizers.  Oh yes, did I mention that it is a perfect hostess gift?   Continue reading →

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Hollandaise…Broken, but not Lost!

23 Sunday Nov 2014

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butter, eggs, hollandaise sauce, lemon juice, whisk

006I finally got around to making another Hollandaise sauce and as you can see, it’s broken!  But alas, we’ll bring it back to its perfect balance of unctuous, creaminess.  Continue reading →

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Hollandaise…it’s easier than you think!

18 Tuesday Nov 2014

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butter, eggs, sauce

089As the Mother sauces go, Hollandaise is perhaps the most misunderstood and intimidating of the bunch.  It is unctuous, silky, rich, buttery, like velvet on your tongue and just so versatile. You need this sauce in your repertoire.  You need to make this sauce over the holidays.  You need to make this sauce today.  Continue reading →

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One “Mother” of a Sauce….Béchamel

04 Tuesday Nov 2014

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butter, flour, herbs, lemon juice, milk, nutmeg, sauce, whisk

Béchamel SauceThe Mother Sauces are the building blocks of all sauces, gravies, soups, etc.  Once you master these basic sauces, the sauce world will be you oyster…so to speak.  We’re going to begin with Béchamel Sauce.  Continue reading →

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