Pulled Brisket

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Anyone for some barbecue shredded brisket?? Can you smell the amazingness??

I love that it’s a plan-ahead hearty supper without too much effort-

Pulled Brisket 

Ingredients

• 2 lb. beef brisket

• 1/2 medium onion

• 1 garlic clove, minced

• ½ bottle of Dr. Pepper or any regular soda

• Salt and pepper

• 1 tbsp. brown sugar (optional)

• 1/2 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce • 1 tbsp soy sauce

• 1 tsp of red wine vinegar

• Toasted buns 

Instructions

1. Chop the onion into wedges, and toss into the crock pot with the minced garlic.

2. Generously salt and pepper the meat, and place meat atop the onion/garlic.

3. Pour in Dr. Pepper.

4. Sprinkle in brown sugar.

5. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 7 hours.

6. Take meat out and tear off/ cut all the fat.  Start shredding the meat by using two forks.

7. Remove almost all of the liquid from the crock pot and place shredded meat back into it, add the BBQ sauce, soy sauce and red wine vinegar and cook on low for a few minutes until hot

8. Serve immediately

Brownie Bars

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Brownie bars anyone??

Ok – so this came about by looking at extra chocolate cake that I had put away- I remembered seeing a recipe for bear claws that used crumbles chocolate cake. So in an effort to use it I figured I’d try to make this work. I probably should have left this dilemma for another day, but if Shabbos is made and the kitchen is clean why not right??

Let me warn you – that unless you have to feed a massive amount of people please do yourselves a favor and at least half the recipe!!

Recipe

Dough:

3/4 cup sugar

1 lb ( yes you read right!!) margarine softened

8 oz nondairy whip ( un-whipped)

1 tsp vanilla

6 cups flour

Filling:

8 cups crumbled cake scraps ( ever had a Bundt cake that didn’t come out…)

1/4 cup total of liquid ( I combined chocolate liqueur, kafùa and hot water)

1/2 egg

2 tbsp melted margarine 

Directions for the dough:

Cream the margarine and sugar

Add the whip and vanilla

Slowly add the flour one cup at a time

Refrigerate for a while

Directions for filling:

Place everything in mixer together

It will almost resemble a dough

Assembly:

Preheat oven to 350

Divide both the dough and filling into 8 sections

Roll a piece of dough to about 16″x4″ 

Then take one of the filling pieces and roll into a thin log and press into the center of the dough

Fold over the top and bottom of dough to cover the filling

Then place it seam side down on parchment and score the logs every inch and a half

Bake about 20 minutes then slice where it was scored

To drizzle, melt about 5 oz chocolate and pour into a  ziploc bag

Snip the end a bit and design as desired

Chocolate Chip Cookies

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I am not sure, but I think these are a recipe from the Whisk, by Ami

By the time Pesach comes around I manage to have multiple recipes for the same thing, forgetting which variation we liked best the previous year. Here’s to hoping THIS YEAR we actually write it down

Here Goes:

1 cup oil

3/4 cup light brown sugar

1/4 cup white sugar

2 eggs

1 egg yolk

1 package vanilla pudding (not instant)

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp kosher salt

4 cups almond flour (feel like I see dollar signs every time I use a cup of it…)

2 cups mini chocolate chips

Directions

Mix everything together except the almond flour, mix well

Then add the almond flour and from into small circles

Bake on 350 for 11 minutes

Two Tone Pretzel Bark

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When you need a dessert but have no time and and are missing the main baking staples… Yes, its happened to me so many times… Out of eggs AND margarine… This recipe is the one to use

Not sure you can even call it a recipe because of its simplicity but here goes.

1 bar semi-sweet chocolate

a few cups of pretzels (yes, even a few snack bags worth are just fine- I won’t tell 😉

1 bar of white chocolate

Directions:

Melt the semi sweet chocolate in a microwave safe bowl for 30 second intervals, stirring occasionally, until melted

Pour the melted chocolate onto a parchment lined sheet pan and spread somewhat evenly with the back of a spoon, making sure not to spread the chocolate too thinly

Sprinkle the pretzels over the melted chocolate

Next, melt some of the white chocolate the same way as before and drizzle over everything

Let it harden completely before cracking the bark into perfectly imperfect pieces

Peanut Butter Squares

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This recipe originated from my sister’s sister in law. It comes together really fast, making it perfect for being a last minute dessert, for last minute company or a simcha you just heard about.

Rows and rows of peanut butter gooey goodness…

Recipe:

16 oz jar of peanut butter

1 container marshmallow fluff

5-6 cups Rice Krispies 

Semisweet chocolate 

Directions:

Combine pb and fluff in a pot over a low flame

Once combined add Rice Krispies 

Flatten onto sheet pan (so it’s nice and thin) and slice into small squares 1 inch x 1inch

Melt chocolate, dip the squares and decorate to your liking

Deli Knishes

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Deli knishes – inspired by @hungrymom

Recipe:

1 pkg turkey

1 pkg pastrami 

1 large onion sautéed 

1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce

Drizzle of honey

2 tsp brown sugar 

2 tbsp duck sauce

1 package pastry dough squares

Directions:

Defrost pastry dough

Mix all remaining ingredients and spoon onto dough when ready

Tightly seal the edges ( I think no matter what u do they will open a bit )

Bake at 400 for 15-20 minutes or until golden

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Wow, how a simple conversation changed so much!

July 19, 2015

My younger sister in law told me I should have an instagram account. I told her no, that’s for fancy people. The conversation went back and forth a few times and by the end of it unbeknownst to me she set one up!!

The name was @cs_heinz57 , because I am a ketchup finatic, yes I’d rather not eat fries then eat them without ketchup… Ketchup is a necessity but does NOT belong with eggs OR macaroni!!

I had no idea what to do so I posted the cake I had made for Shabbos, a chocolate layer cake with vanilla buttercream, chocolate ganache and chocolate flakes… The rest was history.

Each time I baked I could not wait to share the pictures with the 20, 30, 50 followers I had

Years of pictures and recipes, I now have a place to put them… the excitement continues ;