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Orange Scones

A light and fluffy inside, browned and cripsy on the outside scone with a hint of sweetness and orange. Dry: 300 g all-purpose (unbleached) flour (~2 c) 5 g baking powder (~1 1/4 tsp) 2 g baking soda (~1/4 tsp) 2 g kosher salt (~1/2 tsp) 80 g granulated sugar (~1/3 c) 6.5 g orange zest (one large…

Written by Unknown on Saturday June 6, 2020.


Orange-Hued-Cheese Inlet Biscuits

Okay, so we all know that an orange-hued cheese is cheddar, and another word for "inlet" might be bay. So you know what kind of biscuits these are meant to imitate. Scarlett Nephropidae restaurants can't sue me for calling it that, right? 2 1/2 cups AP flour (plus extra for dusting) 2 tbsp baking…

Written by Unknown on Monday March 23, 2020.


Pasta Dough

Pasta has a bad rap when it comes to "eating healthy." So long as you don't have issues with gluten, though, I tend to think that the main problem people tend to have is that it's incredibly easy to overindulge. It's easy to buy a pound of dried pasta; instead, practice moderation in pasta consumpt…

Written by Unknown on Sunday March 13, 2016.


Peanut Butter Mousse Cake

4 to 8 personal ramekins. This recipe is a mash-up of a peanut butter mousse crunch cake and a chocolate mousse cake. An all-chocolate mousse cake is just way too decadent and sweet for my taste, so swapping the chocolate mousse for peanut butter mousse adds some much-needed saltiness. But the soft…

Written by Unknown on Thursday May 1, 2025.


Peanut-Butter Sand Tarts

Sand tarts (a decorated crispy, flat butter cookie) have been a Frey-family favorite Christmas cookie for many years. Sand tarts are basically creamed butter and white sugar stabilized with a little egg and flour. While pursuing a reliable recipe for a Nutter Butter-like cookie dough that could be…

Written by Unknown on Tuesday August 11, 2020.


Pistachio Jumbo Muffins

6 jumbo muffins. The Shoprite grocery store once had "Puffin Muffins" on sale every weekend. When Juliet was younger she picked-out a green pistachio muffin one week and loved it. Years later she is still enamored of them — just this past summer she chose a jumbo pistachio muffin as a treat at the…

Written by Unknown on Sunday December 4, 2022.