Duff:

2 eggs, separated ½ cup brown sugar ¼ cup butter ¼ cup cream cheese 2 cups plums, pitted and quartered 1 cup flour ½ tsp salt

Warm the egg whites in a double boiler with a bit of the brown sugar, whisking. When they are warm, remove from heat and beat until stiff peaks form.

Beat egg yolks and a bit of the brown sugar. Cream in the rest of the sugar, cream cheese, and butter. Stir in plums. Fold in the egg whites.

Fold flour and salt into plum mixture. Pour into a well-greased 1-quart mold or bowl, and tie waxed paper loosely over the mold, or cover with foil scrunched around the edges. This is to prevent water from dripping onto the pudding when it condenses on the lid of the steamer. Place mold in steamer and steam for 1 hour or until pudding tests done.

If you don't have a steamer, you can place the mold in a large pot with water. The pot needs to be large enough that the pudding mold doesn't stick out the top. If it floats, that's fine, if not, use something underneath to stabilize it and keep it off the bottom of the pot. Place a well-fitting lid on top of the pot.

When done, remove from steamer and let cool slightly. Loosen the edges of the pudding by running a knife between the pudding and the bowl. Turn out onto the serving plate.

Sauce:

½ cup water ¼ cup honey 2 Tbsp fruit juice (or other sweet, non-dairy drink) 2 tsp arrowroot powder 2 tsp water

Mix ½ cup water and honey in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil. Boil steadily for 5 minutes. Add fruit juice to taste. Reduce heat. In a cup, mix the arrowroot with 2 tsp water until smooth. Stir into the hot liquid. Increase heat to medium-high. Heat gently for 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly as the sauce thickens. Remove from heat reaches a boil.

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Crust: 1 ¼ cup flour ¼ tsp salt ¼ cup cream cheese ¼ cup butter about ¼ cup cold water

Filling: 2 ½ cups seedless grapes, different varieties, stems removed 1 Tbsp butter 2 Tbsp flour 1/3 cup honey

Stir together flour and salt. Cut in cream cheese and butter until it forms fine crumbs. Sprinkle in some of the water and shake the mixture in the bowl. Remove large clumps that form and continue until it is mostly formed into large clumps. Press the clumps and the remaining crumbly dough together, forming a ball. Wrap in plastic and chill.

Preheat oven to 425° F.

Place the grapes in a pan over medium heat. Use a potato masher to gently mash the grapes and separate the skin and pulp. Let cook until it's about to simmer, and the colors change.

Meanwhile, stir together the honey, flour, and butter. Add the grapes when done, stirring until the butter is melted.

Roll out the crust onto a piece of plastic wrap, waxed paper, or thin cloth. Roll into a thin circle and place into a pie tin. Cut off excess around the edges. Pour the grape filling in. The filling bubbles and expands while baking. Leave some room for it so it doesn't overflow and burn. Use extra pie crust to create a crumbled topping.

Bake for 25 minutes (or until the crust is done).

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For the topping: 1 1/3 cup flour 3 Tbsp brown sugar 1 Tbsp ground ginger ¼ cup butter

For the filling: 2 cups rhubarb, chopped into ½-inch pieces 2 cups strawberries, stems removed and cut into quarters ¼ cup honey 3 Tbsp cornstarch 1/8 tsp salt

Heat oven to 375° F.

In a mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, brown sugar and ginger. Cut in the butter until the texture is crumbly. Refrigerate until needed.

Toss rhubarb, strawberries, honey, cornstarch and salt in a 9” deep-dish pie plate.

Remove topping from refrigerator and cover fruit thickly and evenly with topping. Place pie plate on a baking sheet, and bake until crumble topping is golden brown in places and fruit is bubbling beneath, about 40-50 minutes.

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1 cup flour ¾ tsp baking powder ¾ tsp baking soda ½ tsp ground allspice ½ tsp ground cardamom 1/8 tsp salt ¼ cup butter 1 egg ¾ cup plain yogurt, or sour cream, or a mixture 1 Tbsp honey 2 cups apples, core removed, diced small about ½ cup honey

Preheat oven to 400° F.

Stir together the dry ingredients. Cut in the butter. In a separate bowl, beat the egg, yogurt/sour cream, and honey. Gently stir the wet mixture and apple pieces into the dry mixture.

Grease a muffin tin. Spoon 1-2 tsp of honey into each cup. Spoon the batter into each cup, dividing evenly.

Bake for 15 minutes.

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¾ cup cold buttermilk ¼ cup brown sugar 1 egg 2 cups flour ½ tsp salt 3 Tbsp cold butter ¾ cup oats cinnamon

Preheat oven to 375°. Combine the first three ingredients in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk until the egg is beaten.

Combine flour and salt in a large bowl. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in the oats. Add milk mixture, stirring just until moist.

Place dough onto a floured surface and knead lightly until the dough is all together. Place on a baking sheet that is either greased, or lined with parchment. Form dough into an approximately ¾” thick, 9” circle. Cut dough into 12 wedges all the way through. Sprinkle cinnamon on top.

Bake until golden, 18-20 minutes. Serve warm.

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Crust: 1 cup flour 3 Tbsp powdered sugar ¼ cup butter ¼ cup yogurt

Filling: 1 cup (8 oz) cream cheese 2 Tbsp honey 1 large egg

Topping: 2-4 apples, cored and cut into ¼” slices 1/8 tsp cardamom 1/8 tsp allspice 2 Tbsp honey

Preheat oven to 450° F. Grease 9” pie pan.

Crust: Stir together flour and sugar. Cut in butter and yogurt until the dough forms. Press the dough onto the bottom and one inch up the sides of the pan.

Filling: Beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the honey and mix well. Blend in the egg. Pour the filling into the crust.

Topping: Toss the ingredients together, to coat the apple slices. Place apple slices in a decorative fashion on the top of the tart. You want it to be about double layered with apple slices.

Bake 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 400° F and bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown (apples are soft when pierced with a fork), and filling is almost set. Remove from oven and let cool before serving.

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3 ¾ cups milk ½ tsp salt ¾ cup sugar ¼ cup + 1 tsp cornstarch 3 egg yolks 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract 1 ½ Tbsp butter

Put 3 cups milk and the salt in a saucepan over med-high heat. Sprinkle sugar on the milk, without stirring.

In a separate bowl, whisk the cornstarch into the remaining milk. Add egg yolks and mix well.

When milk comes to steaming, right before a boil, remove from heat and stir in the cornstarch mixture. Keep stirring as the mixture begins to thicken. Return to heat and cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla. It will continue to thicken as it cools. Serve warm.

Makes 6 servings.

For variations, replace ½ tsp of vanilla extract with another extract, like orange or lemon.

Serve alone, or with fruit or cake.

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¼ cup popcorn kernels ½ cup butter ¾ cup sugar ¼ cup corn syrup ½ tsp vanilla extract

Pop the kernels into plain popcorn.

Melt butter over medium heat in a saucepan. Add sugar and corn syrup. Let it simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or less. Do not let it come to a full boil, as that will burn the caramel. It should end up a medium brown caramel color. Lighter caramel brown makes a softer caramel. As soon as it gets a reddish tint, it will create a hard caramel that tastes more like the storebought caramel popcorn. Don't let it get darker than that.

When it's done, remove from heat and add vanilla extract, stirring in well. Pour over the popped popcorn in a large bowl. Turn the popcorn gently with two spoons or rubber spatulas until it's all covered with caramel.

Eat it while it's warm, or spread it out on waxed paper for the caramel to harden.

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1 Tbsp butter 6 eggs ½ cup milk ½ tsp ground pepper ½ cup grated cheese

Put the butter in a skillet over low heat. As it melts, beat the milk, eggs, and pepper together until mostly homogeneous. Stir in the cheese.

Increase heat to medium high. Pour the eggs into the skillet and let sit for about a minute. Gently scrape along the bottom of the skillet with the flat edge of a spatula. Let sit again for about 30 seconds, then scrape again. As it loses liquid, stir it more frequently until it is all cooked.

For larger clumps and a stronger egg flavor, reduce milk to ¼ cup.

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2 cups flour 2 Tbsp sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt ¼ cup butter 1 cup buttermilk 1 Tbsp melted butter

Preheat oven to 375° F. Lightly grease a small baking sheet or dust with coarse cornmeal.

In a large bowl, sift flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut in the butter with pastry blender or fork until mixture looks like fine crumbs. Add buttermilk. Mix with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened. Turn out on a lightly floured board and knead gently until smooth, about 1 minute.

Shape into a ball. Place on the prepared baking sheet. Flatten into a 7” circle. Dough will be about 1 ½” thick. Press a large knife into the loaf, almost cutting through to the bottom, dividing it into quarters.

Bake 30-40 minutes, or until the top is golden and the loaf sounds hollow when tapped. Remove to wire rack to cool. Brush top with melted butter.

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