Month: September 2018

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Easy French Meringue Cookies

These light cookies are chewy on the inside and crispy on the outside. They are as simple as they can be and require only two ingredients.

You can obviously add vanilla extract or any other flavor to it. Meringue can be a base for Pavlova or Vacherin.
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Easy French Meringue Cookies

Course Dessert
Cuisine French
Keyword Meringue
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings 30
Author LDS’s Mom

Ingredients

  • 3 egg whites
  • ยพ cup granulated sugar

Instructions

  1. Put the egg whites in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment.

  2. Whisk on medium speed for a minute, then increase the speed to high. Whisk until foamy.

  3. Lower the speed of the stand mixer to medium and add sugar gradually (1 tablespoon at the time), while whisking continuously.

  4. Once the sugar is completely added, whisk on high speed until meringue is stiff, smooth and glossy.

  5. Spoon the meringue into a piping bag fitted with a star tip or a round tip.

  6. Pipe onto a baking sheet, lined with parchment paper.

  7. ย Bake in a 200ยฐF preheated oven for about 1 hour and 10 minutes.

  8. ย Let cool.

  9. ย Store in airtight container.

Recipe Notes

  • You can add food coloring to the meringue once the meringue is stiff.
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Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits


We have been eating biscuits for the whole week. After testing several recipes, I ended up with this one, that I believe is the best recipe!
Once the biscuits ingredients areย  justย combined (make sure to not overwork the dough), place dough onto a floured work surface..

Shape the dough into a rectangle form and start the folding process, in order to obtain flaky biscuits. After 4 or 5 times ofย flattening and folding the rectangle dough, pat it into 1/2 inch thick (circle shape or rectangle, it does not matter at this step).


Cut out the dough into circles, using a cookie cutter.


Place cut out biscuits dough in a baking sheet that is lined up with parchment paper.


Bake in a 450 ยฐF preheated oven for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately brush them with melted butter.

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 18
Author LDS's Mom

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 5 tbsp unsalted butter, frozen
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ยผ tsp baking soda
  • ยผ tsp salt
  • 1 cup cold buttermilk plus more for brushing the biscuits
  • 2 tbsp melted butter to brush biscuit after baking

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 450 ยฐF.
  2. In a large bowl, sift in flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and mix them well with a spoon.
  3. Grate the frozen butter and add it to the flour mixture.
  4. Use your fingertips to incorporate the butter to the flour mixture, until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  5.  Add buttermilk and mix until just combined.
  6. Flour a working board and place the dough on it.
  7. Flatten the dough with hands or with a rolling pin. Shape a rectangle form and start folding the rectangle in half.
  8. Repeat the operation of flattening and folding the dough for 4 to 5 times (the layering process helps form flaky biscuits). Make sure to lightly flour the dough before folding it.
  9. Roll out dough to about ยฝ inch thick and cut it out into circles, using a cookie cutter(I have used a 2 inches diameter cookie cutter but the size is your choice). Make sure to dip the cookie cutter into flour to prevent it from sticking to the dough.
  10. Place cut out biscuits dough on a baking sheet that are lined up with parchment paper.
  11.  Brush the top of the biscuits with buttermilk.
  12.  Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown (rack placed in the center of the oven).
  13.  Immediately brush biscuits with melted butter.

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