Best Ever Coffee Cake by Chez la mere

Best Coffee Cake Ever Adapted from The Pioneer Woman Serves 6-8 Note: this is a half recipe and used a 9-inch square pyrex baking dish

MALAYSIAN FISH BALLS by Linda Tay Esposito

Bouncy meatballs! My good aunt, Shirley, shared this recipe with me - her secret ingredient is to add the egg (you must stir in in one directions, she says) to make the fish ball puff up during frying. The skin then collapses to a chewy bite, while the meat inside remains bouncy. Very few people really make this at home anymore…

Homemade Self-Rising Flour by myra byanka

Some cookbooks, particularly southern ones, list self-rising flour as an ingredient. Make up a batch of your own and keep it on hand.

Maryland Pot Roast by myra byanka

I made this in my new Roemerkoft, but it will do just as well in a Dutch oven, or crockpot. Secret ingredient: ale.

Pomegranate Molasses by Chez la mere

Snickerdoodles by Chef Chuck

Cookies with plenty of cinnamon and sugar!

Chili-spice peanuts by Chez la mere

This little snack delivers a lot for a little effort. The only trick is the timing when u toast the peanuts courtesy Cook Fight...Kim Severson courtesy NYtimes Adapted from “Simply Mexican,” by Lourdes Castro

Horchata by Chef Smith

Fajita Marinade # 1 by myra byanka

There are many delicious marinades for fajitas. Here's the first of several of mine. If you are grilling skirt steak, this marinade will penetrate and break down the muscle within a few hours. If you marinate too long, the meat will get mushy. If you are using flank steak, which I prefer, because there's no hassle of pulling the…

Stuffed Jalapeno Peppers by Brett Ede