Filling: 3 cups chopped apples 3 cups chopped plums ¼ cup brown sugar ½ tsp ground ginger

Topping: ½ cup flour ¾ cup nut flour 1 cup rolled oats ¼ cup honey ¼ cup butter

Preheat oven to 375° F.

Stir together the apples, plums, brown sugar, and ginger. Put in a 9” baking dish. Stir together the oats, flour, and nut flour. Cut in the honey and butter until there are no more large chunks. Sprinkle the topping over the fruit.

Bake for 30 minutes.

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1 9” pie crust, baked 4 cups strawberries, sliced ½ cup sugar 3 Tbsp cornstarch or arrowroot powder ¾ cup water

Put half of strawberries in the baked pie crust.

Combine remaining berries with sugar in a medium saucepan. Place saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Mash the berries.

In a small bowl, stir together cornstarch/arrowroot and water. Gradually stir cornstarch mixture into boiling strawberry mixture. Reduce heat and simmer mixture until thickened, stirring constantly. Pour mixture over berries in pastry shell.

Chill thoroughly before serving.

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¾ cup cold buttermilk 2 Tbsp brown sugar or honey 1 egg 2 cups flour 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt ¼ cup butter ½ cup blueberries (fresh, frozen, or dried) sugar cardamom

Preheat oven to 375° F.

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt, in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk. Cut in chilled butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in the blueberries (if using frozen, bring them to room temperature and pat them dry). Add milk, brown sugar/honey, and egg, 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 cardamom and sugar on top. Bake until golden, 18-20 minutes. Serve warm.

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3 egg whites 2/3 cup sugar ½ tsp vanilla extract 1/8 tsp almond extract ¼ cup corn starch 1 1/3 cup finely chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 300° F. Warm egg whites over hot water. Combine egg whites, vanilla, and almond extract, and beat until soft peaks form. Slowly pour the sugar in while beating at high speed. Beat until stiff peaks form. In another bowl, mix together corn starch and nuts. Beat into the egg whites at low speed. Drop by spoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet. They don't spread, so you can place them close together on the sheet. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Remove from pan immediately and cool on a wire rack.

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1 cup fresh mint leaves ½ cup sugar 1 cup milk 1 cup heavy cream

Wash and dry the mint leaves, removing the stems. Crush the leaves with the sugar until it resembles wet sand. Stir in milk and cream until the sugar dissolves. Refrigerate for 2 hours. Strain out the leaves, then churn and freeze in an ice-cream maker.

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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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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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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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