Susan Ritts is the creator of Putting on the Ritts, a website with tons of tasty recipes.
Serves 8
4 Roasted red & yellow bell peppers (purchased roasted)
Caramelized onions (page)
2 yellow squash, sliced in ½ inch slices (discs or strips)
2 zucchinis, sliced in ½ inch slices (discs or strips)
Crazy Good Dressing (CGD) Original...
Today is national Peach Cobbler Day and the Cooking Mom has a tasty twist on the dessert. Plus a way to use peaches in your main course too.
Recipes:
Just Peachy Pork Tenderloin
Easy Peachy Dump Cake
Baking instructor Nancy Burgeson shows us how to make homemade macarons for beginners.
BASIC MACARON RECIPE
3 large egg whites at room temperature (100 grams)
¼ tsp cream of tartar
Pinch of salt
¼ cup granulated sugar
2 cups powdered sugar (fluff and measure)
1 cup almond flour
1 tsp flavoring (your choice)
In a large mixing...
Kelli Hanson is at Nadia Cakes in Maple Grove. She has turned to the experts to help her get ready for April Fool’s Day. Nadia Cakes unveils their 2021 Look Alikes, cupcakes they unveil every year around this day.
Inspired by her favorite musician, Prince, and his love of her culinary baking talent and her signature Turtle Cheesecake, Vanessa Drews started her business Cheesecake Funk. Vanessa shows off some of her favorite cheesecake flavors.
You can find Cheesecake Funk at these restaurants:
Crave American Kitchen & Sushi Bar...
Kelli Hanson has done her research and has found that home bakers are creating some of the most incredible baked goods and they deserve some recognition. She features four more:
Calypso Cookies, Prior Lake
Sugardust & Sprinkles, Prior Lake
Hala Sweets, Andover & St. Louis Park
Randy Pie, South Minneapolis
Zoë François is launching a new baking show on Magnolia Network. You'll see her bake, teach and highlight other talented bakers, chefs, farmers, and bee keepers from Minnesota. The first full episode is a on Discovery+.
Click here for the recipe on how to make Guinness Chocolate Cake with White Knight Frosting.
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Kid's Baking Championship winner Paige Goehner from Blaine, MN stopped by the TCL kitchen with her cupcake decorating tips.
With just two days lefgt to get something sweet for your sweetheart, TCL reporter Kristin Haubrich has just thing thing! She checks out Abdallah Candies in Apple Valley.
Eva Sabet, co-owner of Krown Bakery & Eatery in Anoka, creates a memorable Valentine’s Day breakfast for the ones you love.
Mini Crepe Cakes
Crepe batter recipe:
3 cups milk
1.5 cups flour
3 eggs
1 tsp salt
3 tbsp sugar
Directions:
Whisk milk & flour until lump free. Add eggs, continue whisking until a smooth batter...
We love featuring small businesses and you don’t necessarily have to have a store front to be successful! TCL reporter Kelli Hanson checked out some home bakers that have turned their love of baking into a business.
Kelli featured:
Oh Dough! A-Mazing Cookies
Oh Dough! Is still taking orders for Valentine’s Day 2020
Milly’s...
Chef and cookbook author, Robin Asbell stopped by with a recipe idea that combines your love for chocolate and a fun boozy cocktail into one delicious dessert. It's the perfect homemade gift you can surprise your sweetheart for Valentine's Day.
February should be renamed “Chocolate Month”...the holidays are over and we are ready for every Valentine’s treat we can get our hands on!
Our Health & Fitness Expert Ali Holman from Corecamper.com that was exactly what you have to do to burn off those treats… And some low-calorie indulgences you can try instead!
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Many folks are forgoing the restaurant dinner this year for Valentine’s Day with your sweetheart. But that doesn’t mean it can’t still be special. Baking Instructor Nancy Burgeson shares a recipe for making dessert “sweet”!
Cherry Chip Cake
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3/4 cup un-salted-softened butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla or...
You can brighten up your meals and make them more refreshing on a cold winter day by adding lemon, orange or grapefruit. sounds tasty. Laurie Crowell of Golden Fig stopped by with tasty citrus recipes.
Chef and cookbook author Robin Asbell shows us some recipes using oranges.
Orange Bundt Cake with Lemon Glaze
shortening and flour for pan
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
4 large egg
3/4 cup avocado oil
1/4 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons orange zest, zested and juiced to make 3/4...
We invited three bakers to come and present their baked goods in the hopes of taking home a blue ribbon! Of course, we had to bring in the Blue Ribbon Baker herself, Marjorie Johnson, to be the judge.
Cooking instructor Nancy Burgeson showed us her tricks for making a tasty buttercream frosting.
Ingredients:
2 cups Crisco (or any brand all-vegetable, solid shortening) - half butter and half Crisco make a great tasting frosting!
2 Pounds powdered sugar
1 Tsp. unflavored morton brand popcorn salt
1 Tsp. flavoring 1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp...
Crust
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tablespoon white sugar
1/2 teaspoon kosher or sea salt, finely ground
1/4 cup Crisco butter-flavored all-vegetable shortening, chilled and cut into small pieces
1/4 cup unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
1/4 - 1/2 cup cold water; use only as much as needed for a smooth, satiny dough...
Ingredients:
3 cups Cooked Beets (You can also use 2 cans of beets)
1 3/4 cup Heavy Cream, divided
2 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 cup Vegetable Oil
1/2 cup Sugar
1 1/4 cup Ghirardelli Sweet Ground Chocolate (you can substitute Sweetened Cocoa)
2 Eggs
2 1/2 cups Flour
1 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
Pinch of Salt
11.5 oz bag of Ghirardelli 60% Cacao...
