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A collection of the latest recipes I have found.

Potato Latkes

Potato Latkes

We make potato latkes every year for Hannukah. I use a Cooks Illustrated recipe using russet or yukon gold potatos. A food processor makes shredding the po...

Vanilla Sour Cream Cake

Vanilla Sour Cream Cake

Like this easy to make vanilla sour cream cake. The strawberry quick sauce is a really nice addition and is really nice on yogurt or ice cream. Makes a lot...

Squash Souffle

Squash Souffle

Squash souffle is a family favorite for Thanksgiving. I always have had trouble getting the souffle to be fluffy. One key is getting as much water out of t...

Sourdough pancakes

Sourdough pancakes

Liked this sourdough pancakes recipe. I found the pancakes fluffy and had good flavor with not too much of a sourdough taste. Also nice to not have to prep...

Sourdough Pizza

Sourdough Pizza

I have been making pizza about every other week using this sourdough recipe. I usually start the dough in the morning and by dinner it is ready to bake. Ma...

Sourdough focaccia

Sourdough focaccia

Fresh focaccia is so good and much less fussy than baking sourdough bread. I really like the salty and olive oil taste and adding rosemary and olives can ma...

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

Found this recipe on food52 as a quick meringue custard pie recipe using sweetened condensed milk. The pie filling can be lemon juice and lemon zest or subs...

Bacon

Bacon

I liked watching the youtube video below from food52 on bacon. I used to mostly fry bacon in skillet or cast iron. Sometimes I would bake on a wire rack. ...

Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwiches

Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwiches

I have been making chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwich from an Americas Test Kitchen recipe. The cookies recipe is modified from the normal recipe addi...