Eggs Benedict, Meatloaf, Turkey leftovers & Pfeffernusse

[kevin313]

Ralph and I have been doing our recipe thing but life has been so crazy - not a subject for this thread - and the recipes have only made it as far as youtube.

Here's the last month's worth of culinary creations:

EGGS BENEDICT

 

[kevin313]

Meatloaf Florentine

 

[kevin313]

Turkey Leftovers Benedict

 

[kevin313]

Pfeffernusse

 

[mattl]

Always good to see you and Ralph. Cookies look good, I might try a half recipe.

Hope all is well....

 

[miele_ge]

welcome back!

Was thinking just the other day that I hadn't seen a post of yours for a while.  Hope all is well for you.

 

Hugs,

 

Alan

 

[logixx]

I like your recipes; it all looks so good. The last video was kinda funny, though.

 I have to watch the fuffernuss over and over again. 

 

[logixx]

I like your recipes; it all looks so good. The last video was kinda funny, though.

 I have to watch the fuffernuss over and over again. 

 

[petek]

Wow. I'm hungry just from watching all three right now..

I was thinking those cookies might go well with a brandy , sherry or rum. ,, either dipping or a bit of drizzling. Yummy.

 

[tolivac]

Pferffernuse cookies-If I were to TRY to make these-I would have eaten some of the dough RAW(To heck with the scary poisoning scares)And others just out of the oven-so good when HOT before the sugaring stage!These are sort of the like the Ginger cookies I usually make-but without the Ginger-If you put in the Ginger-guess they are now Ginger cookies-either way--SO GOOD!!!Will have to try this one.How many can you eat RAW or cooked just out of the oven??

 

[58limited]

Glad to see you back Kevin and Ralph. I have an old recipe for this too, I've made it for many years and really enjoy it. My recipe does not call for them to be dusted with sugar. I found a little history on pfeffernuesse on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfeffernüsse  (Mine look like the second picture).

 

I first had these in my high school German class, it is pronounced (German members correct me if I'm wrong) Feffer-noose-eh. The 'E' at the end of German words is usually pronounced /eh/.

 

Here is my recipe:

 

2 C sugar

1 C butter

3/4 C shortening

1 C molasses

1/2 C milk

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp ground cardamom

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground cloves

1 tsp ground nutmeg

1/2 tsp allspice

1/8 tsp ground black pepper

6 C flour

1/2 tsp Oil of Anise (note - do not measure with a plastic measuring spoon, the oil will melt it)

 

Mix all ingredients in usual order: cream butter, sugar, and shortening, then add rest. Freeze overnight (or even longer - the spices will really blend well over time). Thaw and form into 3/4" diamter ropes and refreeze. slice into thin wafers and bake at 350 for about 9 minutes.

 

Have you ever made Lebkuchen? It is wonderful. I got my recipe from my German teacher who was third generation American and was taught by her Oma.

 

[logixx]

David, that sounds almost perfect. Google Translate has a pronounciation feature and it works well for Pfeffernüsse. Let's see if this links works:

http://translate.google.de/#de/en/pfeffern%C3%BCsse

 

[58limited]

Neat! I've never noticed the audio feature before.

 

[mixguy]

Salt

There is sodium in the recipe from the baking soda. The acids in the molasses reacts with the baking soda to leaven the cookie.

 

[frigilux]

Kevin, once again all your recipes look great, and the videos are fun and instructional. I've been on the planet 54 years and have never had Eggs Benedict, so I'll give your recipe a try on Sunday. Thanks for sharing your videos with us, and have a great holiday season! One more thing: I love your Westinghouse range.