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and decorate (Bauer). When creating an edible gingerbread house, the first step that needs to be completed is to gather all of the materials needed to build and decorate the house. The materials needed are: half a cup (1 stick) of room temperature butter, half a cup of dark brown sugar, one fourth of a cup of light molasses or dark corn syrup, one tablespoon of cinnamon, one tablespoon of ground ginger, one and a half teaspoons of ground cloves, one teaspoon of baking soda, two cups of white all-purpose

Crawfish Mac and Cheese My daughter had sent me Truffle Oil from Belgium while living overseas, I then set out to find a recipe or recipes where I could use the oil. It seems there are recipes all over the net using this product. This recipe is an adaptation from FoodNetwork. Although not original to Cajun culture but definitely French; we are incorporating this recipe in our Nouveau Cajun selection.In addition, you can still make this recipe and omit the truffle oil as mac and cheese always seems

A smile appears on your face when you smell something delicious nearby. You rush down the stairs faster than lighting as you are starving.You sense the smell getting closer. You eye the stove to see your favorite treat waiting for you. It's a frosted treat and a big smile is on your face now. You can't wait to dig in! Can you guess what this treat is? Its a cake! And boy do cakes have an interesting history! You could say you're in for a treat. One of the very first cakes ever made was the Indian

room temperature 1 cup of semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips 1 cup of confectioner’s sugar ½ cup of dark brown sugar ½ cup or 1 stick of unsalted butter, cut into cubes 1 ½ teaspoons of vanilla 1 small pinch of salt Directions: In a medium sized saucepan combine and stir the butter, brown sugar and salt together until the sugar dissolves into the melted butter. Remove the pan from the stove and stir in the

What are saturated fats? List three examples of saturated fats. Fats belong to a group of mostly nonpolar, hydrophobic macromolecules known as lipids. The non-polarity of lipids is due the carbon-carbon or carbon-hydrogen bonds. Furthermore, fats (and oils) are also known as triglycerides because of their structure which consists of three fatty acids and one glycerol. What property a triglyceride has depends on the type of fatty acids it is made of. Saturated fats are fats whose carbon-carbon

Title: What was the Effect of Temperature on Butter Yield? Purpose: The purpose was to determine if temperature has a direct effect on the formation of milk fat, and whether or not it effected the yield. Background Information: Milk Fat, more commonly known as butter, is comprised of different fats, specifically triglycerides. When using organic, unpasteurized milk, one will notice after sitting stagnant for a number of hours, the milk will start to separate within itself, with clumps of fat

Reese's recipe Well I was a mean kid at the time, when I told my siblings what Reese’s where made out of I had told them now don’t be eating my reese’s because they’re made out of Hershey's now i know what you’re thinking hershey’s yumm but there are a lot more ingredients are in there. These Reese's are not allowed in stores I have to pay 50 dollars for 25 resse’s. These Reese’s have 4 ingredients total. They consist of 20 hershey’s bars, 1 cup of sugar, a bottle of louisiana hot sauce and 50

It is common knowledge that many different types of candies exist. Some types of candies may look the same, but have a completely different taste than the ones beside it. They can be small or large, soft or hard, or gooey or crumbly; although, some features can exist in certain sweets that others cannot. Though they may all seem the same in most aspects, milk, dark, and white chocolates actually have many differences. Milk chocolate includes certain facets that the other types of chocolate do not

on how to make the lemon curd it was a simple process of lemon juice, an egg, granulated sugar, a stick of butter and lemon zest over a simmer of 6 minutes in a small pot and an extra 20-30 minutes for the curd to cool down. As soon as that was finished I moved onto my vanilla sponge cake. I grabbed all my ingredients that consisted of eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, self rising flour, butter and confectioners sugar. I sifted in my sugar and added my eggs and beat it with an electric mixer for about

Classified as a sheet cookie, brownies are an American dessert favorite for chocolate lovers. Brownies are commonly a mixture of flour, fat, sugar, salt, vanilla, eggs, and some form of chocolate that is baked then cooled and cut. Brownies are commonly denser than the common cookie and this causes it to have a richer texture. Some people like there brownies with a more cake like structure and to be airy. However, traditionally brownies are made for the consumers who like the fudgy and decadent because