Recipes
Below are some of my favorite recipes- go ahead and use them if you like. For ones which are from other websites, I have included direct links to the sites.
- Bread Recipes (for bread machines)
- Breakfast Dishes
- Main Dishes
- Side Dishes
- Desserts
- Holiday Recipes
- Instant Pot
Challah Braid
Recipe designed for bread machines
Ingredients:
Ingredients Regular Large Ex.Large
1 egg + enough water
to equal: 3/4 cup 1 cup + 1 tbl. (2 eggs) 1 1/2 cups
bread flour 2 cups 3 1/4 cups 4 1/2 cups
salt 1 tsp 1 1/2 tsp 2 tsp
sugar 1 1/2 tbl. 2 tbl. 2 tbl.
butter 2 tbl. 3 tbl. 1/4 cup
yeast 1 tsp 1 1/2 tsp. 2 tsp.
Wash:
Egg yolk, beaten 1 1 2
Water 1 tbl. 1 tbl. 2 tbl.
Topping:
Poppy seeds 1 tsp. 1 tbl. 1 1/2 tbl.
Instructions:
- Place dough ingredients in pot in order listed.
- Use dough setting.
- When dough is complete, remove dough from pot.
- Place on a lightly floured surface and punch down.
- Divide into thirds, making 3 10/13/16 inch ropes with tapered ends.
- Pinch ropes together at one end, braid together, pinching together at the other end and secure braid.
- Transfer to greased baking sheet; let rise until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
- Combine wash ingredients and brush onto braid.
- Sprinkle with poppy seeds.
- Bake in preheated 375 degree oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
Poppy Seed Egg Bread
Recipe designed for 1 1/2 or 2 lb bread machines
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3 large eggs
- 2 tbl. unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 1 tbl. sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp. salt
- 3 cups bread flour
- 1 tbl. gluten
- 2 tsp. poppy seeds
- 1 1/2 tsp. SAF yeast or 2 tsp. bread machine yeast
Instructions:
- Place all the ingredients in the pan according to the order in the manufacturer's instructions.
- Set crust on medium and program for the Basic or Tender cycle.
- Press Start. (recipe not suitable for use with delay timer)
- When the baking cycle ends, immediately remove the bread from the pan and place it on a rack. Let cool to room temperature before slicing.
Big Dutch Babies
Ingredients:
Pan Size Butter Eggs Milk & Flour
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2-3 qts. 1/4 cup 3 3/4 cup each
3-4 qts. 1/3 cup 4 1 cup each
4-4 1/2 qts. 1/2 cup 5 1 1/4 cups each
4 1/2-5 qts. 1/2 cup 6 1 1/2 cups each
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Instructions:
- Select the recipe proportions to fit your pan.
- Put butter in pan and set into oven, then preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Mix batter quickly while butter melts.
- Put eggs in blender and whirl at high speed for 1 minute.
- With motor running, gradually pour in milk, then slowly add flour; continue whirling for 30 seconds.
- Remove pan from oven and pour batter into hot melted butter.
- Return to oven and bake until pretty well browned- 20 to 25 minutes, depending on the pan.
- Dust with nutmeg if you wish and serve w/ toppings(powdered sugar and/or pancake syrup). These sizes make 3 to 6 servings.
Oven Fried Chicken
Ingredients:
- 1 cut up chicken
- 1 1/2 cups breadcrumbs (unseasoned)
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. pepper
- 1 tbl. paprika
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp. onion powder
- 2 eggs
Instructions:
- Mix flour, bread crumbs and spices together in medium sized paper or plastic bag.
- Dip chicken pieces in egg then shake two or three pieces at a time in bag.
- Put coated chicken skin side down in greased pan.
- Bake chicken at 400 for thirty minutes, then turn over, reduce heat to 350, and continue baking for another 20-30 minutes.
- Serve with mashed potatoes and gravy (if desired).
Sesame Chicken Breast
Ingredients:
- 2 large chicken breasts
- About 1/2 cup sesame oil
- 1 cup sesame seeds
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp. minced garlic
- 2 tbl. soy sauce
Instructions:
- Brush 2 lightly pounded large split chicken breasts with Oriental sesame oil and dredge in 1 cup sesame seeds seasoned with salt, pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper.
- Cook in 1/4 cup Oriental sesame oil over moderate heat until firm.
- Add 1 teaspoon minced garlic and deglaze pan with 2 tablespoons light soy sauce.
Note: this recipe can be easily adapted to a seafood stirfry- I like to make it with shrimp and scallops.
Pepper Lime Chicken
Ingredients:
- 2-2 1/2 lbs. chicken (or turkey if you prefer)
- 1/2 tsp. shredded lime peel
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1 tbl. vegetable oil
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1 tsp. pepper
- 1 tsp. thyme or basil (or 1/2 tsp. each)
- 1/4 tsp. salt
Instructions:
- Rinse chicken; pat dry.
- Place chicken pieces, skin side down, on the unheated rack of a broiler pan.
- Broil 4 to 5 inches from the heat about 20 minutes or till lightly browned.
- Meanwhile, for lime glaze, in a bowl stir together lime peel, lime juice, oil, garlic, black pepper, thyme or basil, and salt.
- Brush chicken with lime glaze.
- Turn chicken; brush with more glaze.
- Broil for 5 to 15 minutes more or till tender and no longer pink, brushing often with glaze during the last 5 minutes of cooking. (Note- you can stir fry instead, gradually adding the glaze while cooking)
Shrimp Scampi
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. medium shrimp (without the shells)
- 2 tbl. chopped parsley (optional)
- 6 cloves crushed garlic
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 tbl. lemon juice
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine (1 stick)
- 1 tsp. grated lemon peel
Instructions:
- Melt butter in 9 by 13 inch baking dish by putting it in oven while preheating oven to 350 degrees.
- Shell and wash shrimp.
- Add 1 tbsp. parsley, garlic and salt in dish.
- Spread shrimp in single layer in dish and cook for 8 minutes.
- Remove dish and turn shrimp over.
- Add rest of parsley, lemon juice, and lemon peel.
- Cook for 5 more minutes or until tender and serve.
Broiled Spicy Shark
Ingredients:
- 1 lb shark filets (3/4" thick)
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 1 tsp. dried basil
- 2 tbl. seafood sauce or chili sauce
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 1 tbl. chopped fresh basil
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tbl. light soy sauce
Instructions:
- Place fish filets in plastic bag
- Add lemon juice, parsley, basic, garlic, chili sauce and soy sauce
- Close top of bag and refrigerate for at least one hour, but not longer than 8 hours
- Remove fish from bag and save marinade
- Place fish onrack of pre-heated broiler about 3 inches from heat and broil for 3-5 min
- Turn filets over, brush top with marinade and broil an additional 5-8 minutes until fish flakes or is done to taste
- Boil rest of marinade until it's reduced by half and pour over filets when serving
Baked Tilapia
Ingredients:
- Butter cooking spray
- 4 (6 to 8-ounce) tilapia fillets
- Salt and freshly cracked black pepper
- 1 lime, finely grated zest and juice
- 2 tablespoons butter
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Coat a large cast iron pan with a nonstick butter spray.
- Rinse fish and pat dry; place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Season each fillet with salt, cracked pepper, lime zest and lime juice.
- Add fish to the pan.
- Place a pat of butter on each fillet and cook in the oven for 8 to 12 minutes.
Sweet Noodle Kugel
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. broad noodles (boiled)
- 1 pt. cottage cheese
- 1/2 pt. sour cream
- 4 eggs (beaten)
- 1/2 cup butter (melted)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tsp. salt
- 3/4 cup white raisins (optional)
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- Cinnamon
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Cook noodles in boiling salted water for 10 minutes and drain well.
- Combine all remaining ingredients and mix well.
- Add noodles to this and pour into well greased, large rectangular pan.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cut in squares and serve warm.
Apple Pie
Ingredients:
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 tbl. butter
- 2 tbsp. brown sugar
- 6 large baking apples
- 1 tbl. lemon juice
- 2 1/2 tbl. minute tapioca
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp. nutmeg
- 1 cup sugar
- milk (to combine w/ melted butter)
- melted butter
- 2 cups sifted flour
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Combine and sift together
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- Cut in
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 tbl. butter
- Add enough cold water to make pastry stick together using a fork to blend.
- Roll half of dough thin and ease into 10-inch pie plate.
- Trim edges.
- Over bottom crust sprinkle 2 tbsp. brown sugar.
- Pare core and slice thin 6 large baking apples
- Arrange apples in pie shell.
- Sprinkle with 1 tbsp. lemon juice
- Combine and sprinkle over apples
- 2 1/2 tbsp. minute tapioca
- 1/2 tsp. cinammon
- 1/8 tsp. nutmeg
- 1 cup sugar
- Roll remaining dough for top crust.
- Arrange on top of pie and slash to allow escape of steam.
- Brush with mixture of milk and melted butter.
- Bake in 400 degree oven for 10 minutes then reduce to 350 degrees and bake about 45 minutes longer.
- When done, brush w/ butter and milk mixture again.
Chocolate Chip Mandel Bread
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup butter or margarine (2 sticks)
- 4 eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 4 cups flour
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- Cinnamon
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix sugar, butter, and eggs well.
- Add vanilla, baking powder, flour, and chocolate chips. Mix well.
- Spread by hand on cookie sheet in three lines of dough (lengthwise).
- Sprinkle cinnamon on top.
- Bake at 350 degrees about 20 to 25 minutes.
- Slice immediately and put back into oven to toast (5 min.).
Chocolate Brownie Dominoes
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine (1/2 stick)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup chocolate-flavored syrup
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- Butter Frosting or canned vanilla frosting
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease an 8 by 8 by 2 inch baking pan with a little shortening.
- In a small mixer bowl beat butter or margarine with electric mixer on medium speed till softened (about 30 seconds).
- Add sugar and beat till fluffy.
- Add eggs and beat well.
- Add chocolate-flavored syrup and flour. Beat till well mixed.
- Spread the batter in the greased baking pan.
- Bake in the 350 degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes or till a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
- Let cool in pan on cooling rack.
- When cool, spread w/ Butter Frosting or canned vanilla frosting.
- Cut into 24 rectangular bars.
- To make them look like dominoes, draw a line across each bar w/ a toothpick to make 2 squares, then give dominoes dots by putting up to 6 tiny chocolate chips, point down, in each square. Makes 24 bars.
Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies (Shortcakes w/ Strawberries)
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine (1 stick)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 1/2 tsp. grated lemon peel
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tbl. milk
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Thoroughly cream margarine and sugar.
- Add egg and beat well.
- Add vanilla and grated lemon rind.
- Sift the remaining ingredients together and add alternately with milk. Mix well.
- Roll 1/8 inch thick on lightly floured surface.
- Cut with floured cookie cutter. (For cookies: you can decorate if you wish). (For shortcakes: cut in the shape of circles with the top of a mug and place on the bottom of a well greased muffin pan.)
- Bake in 350 degree oven 6 to 8 minutes (watch to see if ready).
- For shortcakes: put strawberries in the shortcake cups when done and serve.
Poppy Seed Cake
Ingredients:
- 1 yellow cake mix
- 3 3/4 oz. vanilla pudding mix
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1/2 cup sherry (or apple cider)
- 1/3 cup poppy seeds
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine all ingredients (a very thick batter).
- Pour into a well greased bundt pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes to 1 hour (test w/ knife blade near center). (cooking time varies)
Crimsel (kosher for passover muffins)
Ingredients:
- 2 cups matzo meal
- 1 1/2 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup melted shortening
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 tbsp. sugar
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Dissolve salt and sugar in boiling water; pour over matzo meal.
- Mix well and let stand for 5 minutes.
- Add melted shortening and eggs; mix well.
- Pour into greased muffin tin (like cupcakes) and bake for 15 to 20 minutes in 450 degree oven.
- Let cool somewhat and serve (tastes good hot & cold).
Passover Brownies (kosher for passover)
Ingredients:
- 18 oz. Nestle's chocolate chips
- 1 1/2 sticks margarine
- 6 jumbo eggs
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- 2 1/4 cups sugar
- 3 tsps. vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups matzah cake flour (meal)
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease 9 by 13 inch pan.
- Melt chocolate chips with margarine. Cool.
- Beat eggs, salt, and sugar till light.
- Add vanilla.
- Add matzah cake flour and mix well.
- Bake 35 min.
Matzo Meal Pancakes (kosher for passover)
Ingredients:
- 2 eggs well beaten
- 1/2 cup matzo meal
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 3/4 cup milk
Instructions:
- Mix the dry ingredients (matzo meal, sugar, salt) together.
- Add milk to dry ingredients and stir well.
- Gradually add the well beaten eggs to the matzo meal mixture blending gently.
- Drop by spoonfuls onto well oiled pan and fry until brown on both sides (flip when one side is done).
- Serve w/ sour cream, apple sauce, or jam.
Cari D. Burstein - cdaveb AT anybrowser DOT org