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Mac n Cheese for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Macaroni and cheese 1 lb. Cascatelli pasta or small shells 1 lb. Shredded Extra Sharp Cheddar cheese divided into 2cups and the rest 1/2 lb. Shredded Santa Rita cheese from Schoch dairy 1/2 lb. Shredded Junipero cheese from Schoch … Continue reading

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Chocolate Cutout Cookies

This is the recipe for the cookies I brought to the Marcums’ house on Monday December 25th. I rolled it 3/8 of an inch thick and cut it into cookies that were about 4 inches wide and 2 inches high … Continue reading

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Spinach Souffle Two Ways for a Crowd–Three if you make it as a Kugel.

 If you want just plain Spinach Kugel, substitute egg beaters or similar for the eggs.  It doesn’t rise, but tastes just as good Since some people can’t eat dairy, I always make a large batch of plain spinach soufflé, and … Continue reading

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The Apple Cake Pleases, as Always.

  Passover Apple Cake This recipe is for a 9″x 13″ pan. The cake has a batter that goes under and around the apples and a streusel topping that goes over the apples. The batter gets its lightness from beaten eggs, … Continue reading

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My favorite hamentashen recipe!

This is the dough recipe I make most often.   2 cups flour 1 cup sugar 1 stick butter 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1 egg 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract Cream the butter and sugar well. … Continue reading

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Gluten-Free Recipe!

There were some delicious gluten-free hamentashen we made, thanks to Aimee Lysaght. This was the recipe she used, and judging from the amount of dough we had to work with, she doubled or tripled it: 2 cups gluten-free flour–Aimee used … Continue reading

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Recipes!

March 1 at Etz Chayim was a big day for Purim. Donna Munic and I made batches of dough for Hamentashen, and many hands rolled, cut, filled and shaped for 2 hours. This was the recipe Donna used:   2 … Continue reading

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Yes, MY RECIPE IS ON MY BLOG!

Originally posted on Onecakebaker:
So I taught my Striped Hamentaschen workshop at Etz Chayim yesterday, with the primary goal of passing along my secret, and the secondary goal of getting at least 5 dozen cookies baked for the Etz Purim…

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Hai Jew kus for Halloween

Hai Jew Kus, which I am writing for the Jewish Year 5775, are like haikus, but with a second 7 syllable line, so the meter is 5-7-7-5 I wrote a bunch of them on the theme of candy. One Sweet, … Continue reading

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Epiphanies #1-3 watching bees

So here’s a quick recap of my bee story. So far it has  one hive given to me in 2012 with bees,  at least three epiphanies, submissions to and nice rejections from two editors, two bee suits, 36 jars of … Continue reading

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