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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¼ cup corn starch ¼ cup chopped raw nuts 2 cups milk, cream, buttermilk, or nut milk 1 ½ cups chopped apples 1 ½ cups chopped pear ¼ c honey ½ tsp cinnamon 1/8 tsp ginger pinch of ground cloves pinch of salt pinch of nutmeg

Mix the corn starch, nuts, milk, apples, pears, and honey in saucepan and bring slowly to a simmer. Cook, stirring for 5-8 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and salt. Can be served warm or chilled.

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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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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 cups milk 2/3 cup sugar ¼ cup cornstarch 3 egg yolks 3 Tbsp unsweetened dark cocoa 1/8 tsp salt ½ tsp vanilla extract ½ cup dark chocolate chips

Put 2 ½ cups milk, the cocoa, 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 beat well.

Right when milk comes to 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 constantly as it thickens. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate chips and vanilla. Serve warm.

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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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Pastry for double-crust 9-inch pie ¼ cup sliced almonds 3 Tbsp arrowroot powder ¼ tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp ginger ¼ tsp allspice ¼ cup honey 3 cups cherries, a mixture of different varieties, with pits removed. If using canned, drain syrup

Preheat oven to 350º F. Prepare the pie crust in the baking tin. Line the bottom of the crust with a layer of sliced almonds.

Mix arrowroot and spices in large mixing bowl. Stir in cherries and honey. Pour into the pie crust. Cover with the top crust.

Bake for 35-40 minutes or until crust is brown and juice begins to bubble.

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¾ cup sugar ½ tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp grated nutmeg ¼ tsp allspice 1/8 tsp salt 1 egg 4 egg whites 1 ½ cups milk 1 ½ cups half-and-half

Combine sugar with the spices in a large bowl. Add the egg and egg whites and beat on high speed for 5 minutes.

Heat 1 cup of milk, stirring constantly, until it is steaming (not boiling). Slowly mix half of that into the egg mixture. Stir the egg mixture back into the hot milk in the pan. On medium heat, cook for 5-8 minutes, stirring constantly, until it is steaming again and thickened enough to thinly coat the back of the spoon. Do not boil it.

Remove from heat and stir it frequently as it cools for 5 minutes. Stir in the remaining milk and half-and-half. Cover and chill.

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2 ¼ cups flour 1 ½ tsp baking powder ¾ tsp salt ½ cup sugar 1 Tbsp lemon zest ¾ cup butter ¾ cup milk 3 eggs

1 medium-large lemon 2 Tbsp sugar

Preheat oven to 350° F and grease a bread pan.

In a large bowl mix flour, baking powder, salt, ½ cup sugar, and lemon zest. Cut in the butter.

In a small bowl, beat eggs and milk together. Then stir into the flour mixture.

Squeeze juice from the lemon. Reserve 4 tsp for the glaze and mix the rest into the batter (there will only be a little)

Pour into greased bread pan. Bake 1 hour 15 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes.

Mix 2 Tbsp sugar and lemon juice together in a small pan. Heat until boiling. Boil for 5 minutes. Brush over the top of the loaf.

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