Andrea’s Recipes

We carved our family pumpkin on Sunday morning. The two older boys helped Michael scoop out the pumpkin guts and sorted the seeds into a bowl, and I cleaned and dried the seeds in preparation for roasting. Roasted pumpkin seeds are a tasty, healthy treat that we enjoy each year when we carve our pumpkins.
When [...]

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Four years ago my good friend artist Nancy DeJesus offered to pick up some of her father’s filled chocolate Easter eggs for anyone who was interested. She was going to see her family out of state and could bring the eggs back with her. Since her father is a retired chocolatier and confectioner, I just [...]

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Also known as dulce de leche, this dessert is divine. It’s thick and creamy and has a wonderful caramel flavor. Vendors on the streets of Colombia sell it along with a type of wafer known as obleas, which basically looks like an unrolled waffle cone. You smear the arequipe on the obleas and eat open [...]

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My mother has been making this for as long as I can remember. It’s my dad’s favorite Christmas treat, and it’s always been high on my list.
Equipment
4 quart pan
candy thermometer
2 (9×13) pans, greased
Ingredients
6 cups sugar

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This is a Midwest Christmas tradition that both our families enjoy. Buckeye candy is designed to look like the seeds of the Ohio buckeye tree and is quite popular during the holidays or during the Ohio State University football season. I have made the traditional recipe for years, then this year I decided to darken [...]

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