the boring thread

[Anna]

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[MoJoRiSin]

Hey everyone,

This is not really that boring
just a couple of recipes for Thanksgiving
ps i have never made the toppping for the first one and
have made the second one always just leavinf out the
chestnuts (and occasionally even the apples)
they are both super easy and get rave reviews.
Does anyone have anything to sahre
along the same lines?
Gracias in advance
ox L,Mo
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Elegant Pumpkin Cheesecake

Recipe of the Week Contest Winner steph22063 says this dessert is always very well received during the holiday season.

Serving: 12
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1.5
Total Time: 43 minutes


Crust
1 3/4 cups of graham crackers, finely crushed
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup pecans, finely chopped

Filling:
2 pounds cream cheese @ room temp
1 ½ cups sugar
1/3 cup flour
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon ginger
edit: mo uses 2-3tea of pumpkin pie spice in lieu
pinch of salt
6 large eggs
2 cups pumpkin puree

Cinnamon Nut Topping:
1 cup graham crackers, crushed finely
1/2 cup pecans, finely chopped
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

Garnish:
Pecan halves, whipped cream, and Cinnamon Nut Topping


First, make the crust:
1. In a medium mixing bowl, combine crumbs, butter, sugar and pecans.

2. Press on bottom and 1 1/2 inches up side of 9-inch spring form pan. Chill crust until time to fill.

Next, prepare the filling:
3. In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy. Incorporate sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger and salt until thoroughly blended.

4. Beat in eggs (one at a time), beating well after each addition. Fold in pumpkin puree and pour into prepared pan. Bake @ 325' (on the middle rack), for 1 1/2 hours. Cheesecake will appear firm around edges, but soft in center. Turn off heat; open oven door. Let cake stand in oven for 30 minutes.

5. Remove and let cool completely in pan. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

While the cheesecake is in the oven, prepare the topping:
6. In a small mixing bowl, combine all topping ingredients together and store in covered container. Refrigerate until ready to use for topping. Can be refrigerated up to 3 weeks.

Serve:
7. When ready to serve, remove sides of pan. Arrange pecan halves around top edge of cake and slice. Place cake slices on festive dessert plates. Next to cake piece, place a small spoonful of whipped creme. Sprinkle over all with Cinnamon Nut Topping and serve. ENJOY!
source ::
http://food.ivillage.com/recipefinder/display/0,,gdwh,00.html
************************************************** **************Hi VVV This may be a bit late but just saw the post today. I have been making a Rum Glazed Sweet Potato Side dish from a recipe culled from Gourmet over twenty years ago!! Besides the Sweet potatoes it also has chestnuts and apples. This recipe has never failed to wow anyone who has tried it and its with much confidence that i offer it here. To save time, i do as the recipe suggests and use jarred roasted chestnuts which are really good. The combination of ingredients is unbeatable and sure to please the "sweet" lovers as well as the more "sophisticated" savory loving types. Follow the ingredient amounts carefully and you will have made a side that everyone will be asking the recipe for through the next year If this recipe hadnt been the hit it always has been all these years i wouldnt have thrown my two cents in here to offer it. You wont go wrong with this one. :)

RUM GLAZED SWEET POTATOES (Serves 6)
3 lbs Sweet Potatoes (pricked in a few places with a skewer)
3 Golden Delicious Apples, (Cored, peeled, and cut lengthwise into eighths)
1 Cup Vacuum-packed Roasted Chestnuts, (halved or quartered)
½ cup (1 stick) Unsalted butter
½ cup Light Brown sugar, (firmly packed)
½ cup Honey
2 Tbsp. Dark Rum
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp. Ground Ginger
¼ tsp. Ground Mace
¼ cup fresh Lemon juice
Directions:
After peeling apples toss them in the lemon juice and set aside. Preheat oven to 400* and bake the sweet potatoes for 45 min- 1 hr, or until they are tender. When cool enough, peel them and cut diagonally into ¼ in slices. Arrange the apple slices and sweet potato slices in a buttered 14 inch gratin dish and sprinkle the mixture with the chestnuts.
In a stainless steel saucepan combine the butter, the brown sugar, honey, rum cinnamon, ginger, and the mace. Cook the mixture over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the sugar is completely dissolved. Spoon the syrup over the apple and sweet potato mixture and bake in a preheated 400* oven, basting occasionally with the pan juices for 30 min, or until the sweet potatoes are heated through and the apples are just tender. Run the dish under a hot broiler for a min or two, until the edges of sweet potatoes and apples are lightly browned and serve.
source ::
http://www.epicurious.com/recipesmenus/gourmet/menus?pageNumber=3&pagesize=10&offset=20

[zero]

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[brightpearl]

Friday night study time.

[zero]

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[brightpearl]

Bread's moldy.

[brightpearl]

Finally got around to brushing the dog.
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[brightpearl]

It's Clean off your Desk Day AND Static Electricity Day (http://news.yahoo.com/jan-9-static-electricity-day-aviation-america-anniversary-002200388.html).

I'm actually kind of excited about the apricots.

[brightpearl]

Here comes number 9 (http://smp.uq.edu.au/content/pitch-drop-experiment).

AAaaaaaany minute now....

Yessiree.

[MoJoRiSin]

the other day i googled
Indian goddesses
and clicked on images
and i noticed somewhere in the middle
there was a guy and gal that looked wasted (??? :confused: )
what i really meant to find (search for) was
ganesh holding his pen

(then i got
sidetracked)
and forgot that i wanted to post it
and the correct moment had
past