Recipes by Shoshana Ohriner
United States Chef
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Chanukkah Sugar CookiesChanukkah Sugar CookiesAlthough I am someone who loves to bake all kinds of cookies, I rarely make decorated sugar cookies. In fact, before this week, the last time I made decorated sugar cookies was for my childbirth class reunion when my son was 6 weeks old. A crazy undertaking with a 6 week old baby, I know. Maybe that’s why it… |
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Pumpkin PieIn my mind, it wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without pie, often several. And one of those pies has to be pumpkin. Creamy and lightly spiced, it makes the perfect end to a turkey dinner, especially when topped with cinnamon ice cream. Over the years I have made different versions of pumpkin pie, but it is hard to objectively compare one… |
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No Stress ChallahNo Stress ChallahWhen people ask me for my challah recipe I don’t have a quick easy answer. I have my favorite challah recipe which is the one my family made when I was growing up. That is the recipe I always have to use for my holiday challah. It is a bit of a timing challenge because it needs to rise three times, and it uses… |
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Chocolate ScotcheroosChocolate ScotcheroosButterscotch is one of my favorite flavors, so when I stumbled across the recipe for Chocolate Scotcheroos a few weeks ago on David Lebovitz’s site they immediately caught my eye. Peanut butter, rice cereal, chocolate, and butterscotch chips, what could be better for the perfect late night treat?Wanting to make… |
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Mexican Chocolate Ice CreamMexican Chocolate Ice CreamSometimes great recipes come about by accident. I was experimenting with making cinnamon ice cream using a mimiccreme base and the custard turned out tasting very egg-y with almost no cinnamon flavor. Never one to throw out food that could be salvaged I threw in pinch of this and a few ounces of that. The… |
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Roasted Pear Amaretto TrifleTrifle is one of my favorite desserts. A layered dessert consisting of sponge cake, fruit, and pastry cream, there is something both elegant and comforting about it at the same time. I love the interplay of textures and flavors, and the beauty of layers in a clear glass bowl gets me every time. Until recently I had been known to make… |
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Easy Apple TartsEasy Apple TartsSometimes it is nice to make a tasty dessert worthy of company with very little effort. I always think that the dessert is as important as the meal, but when there is lots of cooking to be done there simply aren’t endless hours to spend on the dessert. These simple apple tarts are perfect for that. They come together… |
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More Non-Traditional HamentashenCranberry and White Chocolate HamentashenThe fall of my senior year of college my roommate went to a New England Cranberry festival and returned with a ten pound crate of cranberries. We, of course, took one look at that huge crate, decided it was not enough, and ordered two more. Then we spent the rest of the year coming up with new… |
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An Ice Cream for Any SeasonCinnamon Ice Cream, Perfect for Any SeasonFor my birthday a few weeks ago my wonderful husband got me a new ice cream maker. And not just any ice cream maker. This one has a built in compressor so I can turn it and make ice cream any time I want without having to have freezer space for the canister at all times, an important feature… |
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The Sweetest Apples and Honey for a New YearApple and Honey Marshmallows: A Different Way to Usher in a Sweet New YearOne of the most traditional foods for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, is apples dipped in honey. Sure no holiday meal would be complete without sweet round challah, but the flavor that most epitomizes this holiday season for many people is the combination of… |
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