Simply Delicious Cheesecake

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Anna

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April 10, 2021

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Prep time: 20 min

Cook: 70 min

Ready in: 1 hr 30 min

Filling Ingredients

32 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
1 and 1/4 cups granulated sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
5 medium eggs plus 1 egg yolk
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup sour cream
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Crust Ingredients

1 and 1/2 cups Honey Cake cuttings or graham cracker
2 tablespoons granulated sugar if you used graham crackers
4 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Directions

1In a bowl, mix crumbs, sugar, and melted butter and mix until combined and moistened. Press Honey Cake cuttings crumb into the bottom of the pan to form an even layer of crumbs. Bake for 7 minutes until golden brown at 350 degrees. Allow cooling entirely on a wire rack. While the crust is cooling, we will work on the filling.

2Using a mixer, beat cream cheese until smooth and lump-free, 1-2 minutes, add sugar and beat until blended. Add cornstarch and beat until blended. Mix eggs one at a time to the mixture beat until thoroughly combined. Add cream, sour cream, vanilla extract, and beat until smooth. Pour batter over the crust, spread evenly.

3Bake cake for about 10 minutes at 425 degrees, lower temperature to 225 degrees, and continue to bake for another 60 minutes until the sides are set, but the center is still slightly wobbly. Turn off the oven and open the oven door slightly to let in cold air. Leave it in the oven for 90 minutes to cool. Doing this will help prevent the cake from cracking. The cake will remain creamy. Move your cake to a wire rack to cool completely. Cover the cake with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

Pirozhki With Eggs and Green Onions

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Anna

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April 10, 2021

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Prep time: 2 hr 30 min

Cook: 40 min

Ready in: 3 hr 10 min

Dough Ingredients

2 cups buttermilk
5 cups flour
1 1/4 water
1 tablespoon yeast
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoon sugar

Stuffing Ingredients

8 pouches green onion
8 eggs
1 stick butter
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1Set the bread maker to knead. If you don’t have one, use a big mixing bowl. Combine flour, salt, sugar, and yeast. Mix well, add water and buttermilk. Knead it into a dough and let it double in size twice.

2While the dough is rising. We will start on stuffing. Boil and peel eggs. Wash and towel dry green onions. Cut onions into small pieces and chop up the eggs like you would for an egg salad. I use a cheese shredder on the medium grid.

3In the frying pan put together onions and butter. On medium heat, when the butter melts and starts to seamer, saute onions for 5 minutes, take them off the heat, and add them to the eggs. Salt and pepper them to taste, mix well.

4Flour your work surface, and equally divide your dough into 50g pieces. (50 grams equals about 2 oz) Shape dough pieces into balls, cover with the kitchen towel, and let them rest for 20 minutes. Roll out the dough into a circle about 4.5 inches in diameter, put eggs and onions in the middle, and pinch the dough together. Look at the pictures for reference.

5Fill your frying pan halfway with oil. Heat oil on medium heat. About 6-7 minutes. Make sure that the oil is hot but not overheated. You can check it by pinching a little piece of dough and putting it into the oil. If the oil starts to bubble right away around the dough, it is ready for frying. Place Pirozhki with pinched side into the oil first. If you don’t do that, they might open, and you will end up with a mess. Fry your pirozhki (stuffed scones) till nice and golden brown on each side. Serve them with milk or sweet tea and whatever sauce you like. If you end up with leftover dough, not to worry. You can fry empty scones and enjoy them with butter and honey or your favorite jam. You can also keep the dough in the fridge for up to 4 days or freeze it till the next time.

Onions and butter going in the pan together at the same time.

Pirozhki with Mashed Potatoes and Ground Beef

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Anna

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April 10, 2021

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Prep time: 2 hr 30 min

Cook: 40 min

Ready in: 3 hr 10 min

Dough Ingredients

2 cups buttermilk
5 cups flour
1 1/4 water
1 tablespoon yeast
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoon sugar

Stuffing Ingredients

4 potatoes
1/2 lean ground beef
1 onion
3 tablespoon butter
1/4 cup heavy cream
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1Set the bread maker to knead. If you don’t have one, use a big mixing bowl. Combine flour, salt, sugar, and yeast. Mix well, add water and buttermilk. Knead it into a dough and let it double in size twice.

2While the dough is rising, we will start on stuffing. Peel and chop onions. Heat 2 tablespoons of butter on medium heat, add onions and fry them till golden, add lean ground beef. Fry it till golden brown, take it off the heat and set it aside. Peel and boil potatoes like you would for mashed potatoes. When potatoes are done, add cream and butter. Mashed potatoes well and add them to the ground beef. Add salt and pepper to taste. Mix it well.

3Flour your work surface, and equally divide your dough into 50g pieces. (50 grams equals about 2 oz) Shape dough pieces into balls, cover with the kitchen towel, and let them rest for 20 minutes. Roll out the dough into a circle about 4.5 inches in diameter, put potatoes and ground beef mixture in the middle, and pinch the dough together. Look at the pictures for reference.

4Fill your frying pan halfway with oil. Heat oil on medium heat. About 6-7 minutes. Make sure that the oil is hot but not overheated. You can check it by pinching a little piece of dough and putting it into the oil. If the oil starts to bubble right away around the dough, it is ready for frying. Place Pirozhki with pinched side into the oil first. If you don’t do that, they might open, and you will end up with a mess. Fry your pirozhki (stuffed scones) till nice and golden brown on each side. Serve them with milk or sweet tea and whatever sauce you like. If you end up with leftover dough, not to worry. You can fry empty scones and enjoy them with butter and honey or your favorite jam. You can also keep the dough in the fridge for up to 4 days or freeze it till next time.

The dough has doubled in size for the second time and not it is ready.

Scones

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Anna

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April 10, 2021

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Prep time: 2hr 30 min

Cook: 20 min

Ready in: 2 hr 50 min

Ingredients

5 cups flour
2 cups buttermilk
1 1/4 water
1 tablespoon yeast
1 small onion
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoon sugar

Directions

1Set the bread maker to knead. If you don’t have one, use a big mixing bowl. Combine flour, salt, sugar, and yeast. Mix well, add water and buttermilk. Knead it into a dough and let it double in size twice.

2Flour your work surface, and equally divide your dough into 50g pieces. (50 grams equals about 2 oz) Shape dough pieces into balls, cover with the kitchen towel and let them rest for 40 minutes. Cut each ball in half.

3Fill your frying pan halfway with oil. Heat oil on medium heat. About 6-7 minutes. Make sure that the oil is hot but not overheated. You can check it by pinching a little piece of dough and putting it into the oil. If the oil starts to bubble right away around the dough, it is ready for frying. Fry them till golden brown. Enjoy.