CooksCountry.com

December 2009


Recipes
Tips & Techniques
Taste Tests
Equipment Ratings



RECIPES

Reduced-Fat Bread Pudding
Spumoni Bars
Cherry Cheesecake Cookies
Boozy Biscotti
Pecan Triangles
Gingery Maple Thins
Slow-Cooker Red Wine-Braised Short Ribs
Make-Ahead Sweet and Sour Cocktail Meatballs
Crunchy Spiced Nuts
Cranberry Pork Loin
Sweet Potato Biscuits
Duchess Potatoes
Chicken and Rice Pot Pie
Pork Scaloppini
Pasta with Spicy Tomato and Olive Sauce
Pan-Roasted Chicken with Root Vegetables
Honey-Glazed Pork Chops with Sweet and Tangy Slaw
Roasted Carrots with Sage and Walnuts
Herbed Roast Beef
Maple-Glazed Brussels Sprouts
Flank Steak with Shallot-Mustard Sauce
Skillet Carbonara Casserole
Braised Hearty Greens
Quick Beef Burgundy
Cracklin' Cornbread
Hoppin' John
Oven-Baked Chicken Chimichangas
Swiss Steak with Tomato Gravy
Spicy Beef and Bean Enchiladas
Stuffed Onions
Apple Cider Chicken
Eggnog Bundt Cake
Tourtiere
Wellesley Fudge Cake
Pecan Kringle
Mushroom-Spinach Stuffed Onions
Deluxe Peanut Butter and Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
Apple Cobbler Bars
Smoky Apricot-Almond Stuffed Onions
Sausage-Apple Stuffed Onions
Chili-Lime Spiced Nuts
Orange-Cardamom Spiced Nuts
Asian Spiced Nuts
Rosemary-Lemon Spiced Nuts
Cream Cheese Kringle
Double Berry Kringle


TIPS & TECHNIQUES

Clear Spice Storage
Oil Doily
Softening Winter Squash
Slick Spritz
Single-Serving Savvy
Efficient Egg Salad
Easy Potato Cleaning
Softening Butter for Preparing Bundt Pans
Cutting Across the Grain Explained
Freezing Leftover Egg Whites
Evaporated Milk as Milk Substitution
Making Pan Sauces in Nonstick Skillets
When to Remove Bay Leaves
Soaking Dried Beans
Flouring Fruit and Nuts
Basil Herb Pastes
Surprise Anchovy Substitute
Seasoning Cast Iron
Halving Brussels Sprouts
Tuber Tutorial
Crimping Pie Dough Primer
Rolling Perfect Single-Crust Pie Dough
All About Baking Spices
Cutting Up a Whole Chicken
Three Common Pie Dough Mistakes and How to Avoid Them


TASTE TESTS

Creamy Italian Dressings
Decaffeinated Coffees


EQUIPMENT RATINGS

Hand-Held Mixers
Electric Knives

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