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*Bread Tips & Tips

Perfect dough deserves a perfect shape. Forming smooth and shapely dough rounds is one of the most important skills for a baker to have. Dough rounds are the basic form used in a wide variety of baked goods like dinner rolls, pizza crusts, bagels, and monkey bread. Properly forming dough accomplishes two things: it stretches the thin sheet of gluten on the outside of the round to form an attractive spherical shape for the loaf or rolls; and it tightens the gluten strands within the dough. Loaves that lack this structure will be dense and heavy rather than light and airy. The goal of this method is to form a very tight, smooth, and round ball.

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*Gravey Tips & Tricks

Reducing a sauce is an excellent way to thicken sauce naturally without adding any thickening agents such as a roux or a cornstarch slurry. Reducing also concentrates the flavors of the sauce because water that would otherwise dilute the intense flavors your sauce can contain are diluted while the reduction occurs.

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About Butternut squash

Butternut squashes range from about two to four pounds in weight; the size you buy will depend on your needs. There is no such thing as an "overgrown" winter squash; and the longer the squash grows, the sweeter it will be.

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Butternut Squash

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Scrub Acorn squash (I prefer butternut). Cut in half lengthwise, scrape out seeds and stringy portion. Place cut side down in

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Butternut Squash Soup

Cook and stir onion in margarine in 4-quart Dutch oven until tender. Stir in broth, squash, 2 sliced pears, thyme, salt, white pepper, and coriander. Heat to

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Coffee Liqueur

Coffee Liqueur Coffee Liqueur Ingredients 4 cups white sugar 4 cups water 3/4 cup instant coffee granules 2 tablespoons vanilla extract 4 cups vodka Directions 1 In a 3 quart saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar an

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Cranberry Pear Upside-Down Cake

Cranberry Pear Upside-Down CakeCranberry Pear Upside-Down Cake Ingredients 2/3 cup caramel ice cream topping 1/2 cup chopped pecans 1 (15 ounce) can pear halves 1 (16 ounce) package cranberry quick bread mix 1 cup

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Eggnog

Eggnog 1/4 cup white sugar 1 pinch salt 2 cups milk 2 tablespoons rum 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream 1 pinch ground nutmeg Directions

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