Molasses Butter Cookies

Rose's

 Molasses Butter Cookies

are so easy to make.

As someone who loves molasses,

these cookies do not disappoint.

The are really the best

molasses cookie

I have had.

They have the perfect

texture

 and 

flavor combination.

They would be great

with coffee, glass of milk

or 

turned into an ice cream sandwich.

It's been 108 degrees

this week.

We opted for the ice cream.

~

The Baking Bible

by

Rose Levy Beranbaum

Mango Bango Cheesecake

Rose's Mango Bango Cheesecake

is really simple to bake 

once the ingredients are in hand.

Oddly enough, 

it was the full fat

Greek yogurt 

which was difficult to find.

Non-fat was everywhere.

Hunting down the canned

mango pulp from India

took me on a

fun journey.

I had no idea very near

to my house is an

excellent Indian grocery.

Vegetables I'd never seen before

but have probably eaten.

We love Indian food

in my family.

There was everything in this shop.

Rows of pulses

Packets of ready to make deliciousness.

Cooking pots, pans, utensils of 

all sorts.

Jewelry to go with sari's

The owner was so much fun

and completely amused

when I asked 

if he could have

cooking lessons in the store?

Indian DVD's and medicine galore.

The freezer 

was packed with amazing ice cream flavors,

desserts and candy of all sorts,

and everything else under the sun.

This is all I bought.

Mangoes from India sweetened with sugar.

Mis en place

First off prepping the pan

with Ladyfingers

and 

pulverizing the rest 

into crumbs

to fill in the space.

Onto the filling;

reduced 

mango pulp 

and while 

cooling mixed up

the filling.

Egg yolks, sugar, cream cheese,

yogurt, lime juice, vanilla, salt, cardamom

and the

Greek Yogurt.

Half the batter is poured over

the Ladyfingers

with dollops of the 

reduced mango pulp

whisked in.

The rest of the batter

is poured 

and again,

the reduced mango pulp

swirled into the batter. 

Hours of resting and chilling later,

a thickened mango sauce

is poured over the cold

cheesecake.

Voila!

Foil held and the springform

pan released.

This is mango heaven

on a fork!

~

The Baking Bible

by 

Rose Levy Beranbaum

Cherry Sweetie Pie

This pie is a sweetie, indeed!

While checking out at Trader Joe's

with sweet cherries,

the lady scanning my groceries

asked if I had tried 

the 

Rainier Cherries?

She said they were sweet,

sweeter than the dark red bing cherries,

with just a hint of tartness.

How could I pass them up?

Both kinds of cherries, plum puree,

sugar, cornstarch and salt 

all cooked together

until thickened.

I love this step

Rose devised 

to ensure thickened filling.

Lemon zest and vanilla are 

stirred into the cooled cherry mixture.

Popped into Rose's 

Cream Cheese Crust

for a nice chill before baking.

Baked until the juices started to bubble,

aroma filled the house.

And then the three hour wait!

We made it one and half hours

and cut into it.

Huzzah!

The filling had the perfect flow.

The flavor is amazing.

The crust flaky.

If ever there was a perfect

sweet cherry pie recipe,

this is it.

~

The Baking Bible

by

Rose Levy Beranbaum

Yorkshire Popovers

Yorkshire Popovers

What fun these light and airy popovers are

from 

Rose's Melting Pot

cookbook!

I have wanted to make these

ever since I started watching

All Creatures Great and Small

on PBS.

I didn't think I would ever come across

a recipe that used something besides beef fat.

I'm grateful Rose devised this recipe.

So simple with flour,

salt, sugar, butter,

milk and eggs.

After these are mixed together,

the batter is well chilled,

then poured into a very hot

buttered muffin pan.

I'm definitely ordering 

a proper popover pan.

  

Filled with cheese-y, herb-y

scrambled eggs

they are delicious.

~

Rose's Melting Pot

by

Rose Levy Beranbaum

Rum Raisin French Toast

This has to be the all time best

Cinnamon Raisin bread

which turns into

world class French toast.

Open 

The Baking Bible

and be happily surprised by a very easy recipe.

Sponge

Cinnamon Bread

can often be sickly sweet

with an overly spiced

 dense texture. 

Not this recipe.

Dough

The ingredients are simple enough: 

water, unbleached flour, 

yeast, honey, dried milk powder,

yeast, salt, raisins, brown sugar, granulated sugar,

cinnamon and butter.

A few warm risings with a cold 

refrigerator rise

And a lovely easy to work with dough

evolves.

Baked and cooled

Sliced soaking in the French toast custard

(cinnamon, eggs, cream, milk, salt, sugar,vanilla and rum)

This is hands down better

than any pricey

Sunday brunch. 

~

The Baking Bible

by

Rose Levy Beranbaum

Pecan Praline Scheherazades

Pecan Praline Scheherazades

If you never thought you

could make amazing

homemade caramels,

hold on to your hat

because you can

thanks to

Rose's recipe.

These are better than the 

sixty cents for one 

piece of 

Celtic Sea Salt Caramels

I might buy

at the neighborhood

box shipping shop,

when running errands.

Honestly, 

these caramels

are amazing.

The lady who owns the business

told me how she used to make

homemade caramel for Christmas

with her grandmother

and these

were the closest ones to those

childhood memories.

Rose's are better!

With these few simple ingredients,

butter, creme fraiche,

Lyle's Golden Syrup, white and brown

sugar, salt and pecans

and dash of vanilla-

you, too, can stir up

an amazing batch of candy.

All it takes is a great deal

of patience with a 

watchful eye on the thermapen.

(Thanks Nicola!)

Fold in the toasted pecans

and let cool enough

to spoon onto a 

lined baking sheet.

I rolled some around apple slices

because I love

caramel apples.

So good!

The rest are chilling in the frig.

Simply amazing.

It never ceases to amaze me

when I can make something out of 

Rose's books

that I never thought I could.

~

The Baking Bible

by

Rose Levy Beranbaum

Trifle

After giving away nearly all the 

Lemon Icebox cake,

my husband asked if there was any left?

No, but there was leftover luscious filling.

It was just calling out to be turned into

a trifle.

Back to the store

for a smaller angel food cake.

The cake was spread with

the filling

and sandwiched in the bowl.

Drizzled with Cara Cara fresh orange juice,

 then layered sweetened raspberries,

more cake and raspberry whipped cream.

I only wish I had more

of Rose's filling.

Somebody kept snitching spoonfuls.

~