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[Jen4]

Dragonfly Ranch... I try one ones too... but heres the one I've used alot and we like it and I'm making it today... Homemade Pizza Dough

 

[SunnyDawn]

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Thank you for the link! My DH loves anything with peanut butter and chocolate so I think I will make these for him with a chocolate filling. He will love it!

Sandee that cheescake looks divine! I love lemon desserts they are my favorite! I am trying to resist lately since lemons are so expensive but I may have to give in since I have a wonderful recipe for lemon cheescake and haven't indulged for a while. Unfortunately this is one dessert I hate to part with so giving most of it away (I usually do this too, glad to see I'm not the only one feeding everybody!) doesn't usually happen.

Newchickgal how do you make that? I have a wonderful recipe for banana cake that would be fantastic with a banana filling.

 

[Kim_NC]

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What recipe do you use for pizza dough? I have been cheating and buying mine at Trader Joes but decided I needed to make again. I have a recipe that you make ahead and store in the refrigerator for up to 12 days but always interested in trying others.

Sandee

I have our favorite pizza dough recipes posted here: [URL]http://millriverfarm.com/recipes.cfm?catname=Pastas and Pizza[/URL]

The ones we make most frequently are the Whole Wheat Crust and the Egg Crust.

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

Thanks for all the piza dough recipes. I'm going to have to try them all and have friends over for a pizza dough tasting party. Of course we will have to have our favorite toppings on them.

Well, my taste buds where watering all day

to get home and try the new Lemon Curd cheesecake.

They sure were disappointed

On our rating scale I gave it a 4 and Mark gave it 7 1/2 (I think he was being kind). I thought the texture was grainy and I could single out the Ricotta cheese, so it wasn't a smooth blend of cheeses and the lemon flavor was lost. Then there was the crust rated about a 2 - really hard and you couldn't even cut it with a fork

Then to top it off I shared - before tasting - with my boss and my neighbor - why does that always happen!

Think you have a winner and embarrass yourself by sharing something that is - well lets just say - not to my standard

OK so what went wrong - well here are some may be reasons:

1) bought cheap ingredients - Off brand of Villa Wafers, store brand cream cheese and least expensive Ricotta
2) made it in stages (got too late after work to finish) - let the cheeses/sugar sit over night then continued recipe.
3) too much sugar in the crust and most of the butter melted out when browning - then sat in the refrigerator overnight.

Mark said stop analyzing it and just make another one with better ingredients and see if there is a difference.

With all that said we really like the Tiramisu one made off the same basic recipe only it had Mascarpone cheese instead of the Ricotta may be that was the difference.

So like they say - Practice Makes Perfect - Try. Try, Try again. Oh! one last thing the Lemon Curd on top was divine!

Sandee

 

[Jen4]

Dragonfly Ranch - Awww man! I hate when that happens to me... makes me sooooooo mad

I just wanna throw it all out! Then I get all upset with myself, lol Make another one and see what happens........ Good Luck

 

[TipsyDog]

Dragonfly - I would think reasons #2 and 3 are at fault. The store brand ingredients for cheese wouldn't matter and the nilla wafers just taste different. Did you bring the ingredients back to almost room temperature? I have much better luck with everything (eggs, butter, cheese, etc.) when it's all at room temperature.

Wish I could make a cheesecake, BUT I just got back from a trip overseas and need to loose the 10lbs I put on!!!

 

[newchickgal]

Sunny Dawn, here is my recipe for banana/plantain butter:

16 medium size, very ripe bananas or about 10 very ripe plantains

1/2 pear juice (but I use any juice I have on hand, orange, mango, or...

1/2 lemon juice (or any citrus fruit juice)

4 C sugar (more or less to taste)

1 TBSP margarine

1 tsp each of the following
nutmeg
cinnamon
cloves ( I just use cinnamon and allspice since I don't have the others on hand)

Mash the bananas in a large pot (I put it and the juice in the blender), add juice and then bring to a boil Reduce heat and stir constantly, simmer about 30 min.

Add margarine and seasonings. Stir to blend. Add citrus juice and sugar, Bring to a boil, stir constantly until desired thickness. Keep in mind though that as it cools down it will thicken up just a tad bit more.
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I love it on crackers.

 

[SunnyDawn]

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Thank you. I can't wait to try it.

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

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I would say they were almost at room temperature. I had asked Mark to take them out at 3:00pm and he was busy putting the door on the new chicken coop and forgot. That's OK I would have rather had the door on the coop!

So I pushed the issue and had them out for about 45 minutes and they might have been a bit cool.

But you are right things do go together better when at room temperature. Oh well - like I said before practice, practice to make perfect.

Sandee

 

[Kim_NC]

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Awwhhh....sorry to hear that. So disappointing when things don't turn out. It looked fab though!