Decadent Flourless Chocolate Cake- Jill Lutz

Mix in a microwave safe bowl:

 

1 1/2 C. semi sweet chocolate chips

1 C. Butter

 

Melt, stirring every minute until smooth.

Then Mix in:

 

1 1/4 C. Sugar

1 C. Cocoa Powder (unsweetened)

6 Large Eggs

 

Beat with a spoon until thick and smooth.

Pour into a greased 10" round spring form pan

Bake 45 minutes or until raised in the middle.

 

Cool completely in pan. Remove and pour ganache over. Refrigerate for several hours or days. Can be frozen. It actually tastes better after a day or two in the fridge or freezer.

 

Ganache

 

In a small sauce pan heat 1 C. cream until bubbly around the edges. Remove from heat and add 1 C. semi-sweet chocolate chips. Stir with a whisk until smooth and melted and completely incorporated. Allow to sit 2 hours or until cool and thickened.

Claim Jumper's California Citrus Salad

5 oz romaine-iceberg lettuce mix
2 oz citrus dressing
1 ½ oz Mandarin orange sections
1 ½ oz pecan brittle
1 ½ Pippin apples cut 1/4" dice
¾ oz raisins
¼ avocado cut 1/4" dice
¾ oz dried cranberries
1/8 oz green onions sliced 1/4"
¾ oz blue cheese crumbled

Toss ingredients together. Serve chilled.
This recipe yields 1 serving.

Citrus Dressing

3 cups soybean oil
2 cups apple cider vinegar
1 cup corn syrup
3/4 cup honey
3 tbsps sugar
1/2 oz dehydrated onion
1 1/2 tsps dry tarragon
2 tsps dry thyme
2 tsps fresh garlic
2 tsps Kosher salt
2 tsps ground black pepper
1/4 tsps onion powder

Combine ingredients well and refrigerate to meld flavors.

Before serving, whisk well to combine again.

Creamy Alfredo Sauce

1/2 c. butter
1 8 oz. package cream cheese
2 t. minced garlic
1 1/3 c. milk
6 oz. parmesan cheese
1/4 t. pepper
a couple dashes of nutmeg

Melt butter in medium saucepan and add fresh garlic, sautee over medium heat. Add cream cheese and stir with wire whisk until smoothe. Add milk a little at a time, whisking to smoothe out lumps. Stir in parmesan, pepper and nutmeg. Remove from heat when sauce reaches desired consistency. This recipe makes quite a bit. Enjoy!

The Best Granola Ever!

Ingredients:

4 C old-fashioned rolled oats
2 ½ C sliced almonds (1/2 lb)
1 ½ C sweetened flaked coconut
¼ tsp salt
½ C vegetable oil
½ C honey
1 C dried cranberries (5 oz)
1 C golden raisins (5 ½ oz)

Instructions:

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375 F. Line a large shallow baking pan with foil and oil foil.

Toss together oats, almonds, coconut, and salt in a large bowl. Whisk together oil and honey (takes awhile to mix together well), then stir into oat mixture until well coated. Spread mixture in baking pan and bake, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, 15 to 30 minutes. Stir in cranberries and raisins, then cool completely in pan on a rack.

Makes about 10 cups.

Apple Toffee Dip

1 pkg (8 oz.) cream cheese softened
1/2 C packed brown sugar
1/4 C sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 pkg almond brickle chips (7 1/2) or English toffee bits (8 oz)

Beat first four ingredients together with a hand mixer. Fold in toffee chips. Serve with apples. Yummy!!