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Sweet Potato Recipe

Category : America's Food

3 cups mashed Sweet potatoe, if using fresh, bake then mash
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. milk
1/3 c. butter
2 eggs beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
Mix all together & then put in baking dish.

Topping:

1 c. brown sugar

1 cup chopped pecans

1/3 c. flour

1/3 c. melted butter

Mix together & sprinkle on top of mashed potatoes bake at 375 for 30 minutes.

Triple Cranberry Sauce

Category : America's Food

Ingredients
1 cup cranberry-juice cocktail
¼ cup sugar
12 ounces fresh or frozen cranberries (rinsed and
drained)
½ cup dried cranberries
2 tsp honey
1 tsp lemon zest
¼ tsp ground allspice
Directions
In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, cook the cranberry juice cocktail and sugar stirring until the sugar dissolves. Add fresh and dried
cranberries and cool until fresh berries pop and dried cranberries begin to plump, 6 to 8 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in honey zest and allspice. Cool the sauce completely and transfer to serving bowl or jar. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

Roasted Turkey Recipe

Category : America's Food

Ingredients
1 (16 pounds) turkey
1 celery rib ( thinly sliced)
1 onion (thinly sliced)
7 garlic cloves (mashed)
8  sprigs Thyme
2  sprigs rosemary
salt, as needed and ground pepper
2 cups water
4 cups of  turkey stock
¼ cup plus 2 tsp. flour
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C. Set the turkey on a rack in a large roasting pan and scatter the turkey heart, gizzard and neck, the sliced celery, carrot, onion and garlic and the herb sprigs all around.
Season the turkey with salt and pepper. Roast for one hour. Add 2 cups of water to the pan and roast the turkey for about 3 hour longer.
2. Transfer the turkey to a cutting board and let rest 30 minutes. Strain the pan juices into a large heatproof measuring cup, pressing on the solids. Skim the fat.

Sauce

3. Pour the pan juices into a medium saucepan. Add 4 cups of the turkey stock and boil until reduced to 5 cups, about 5

minutes. In a bowl, whisk the flour with remaining ½ cup of stock, then whisk the mixture into the stock. Boil, whisking.

Hot Chocolate

Category : America's Food

Ingredients
6 T. Unsweetened cocoa
6 T. Sugar
Pinch of Salt
2 1/2 cup Milk
2 1/2 cup Light Cream
1/2 t. Vanilla (or more)
Pinch of Cinnamon Powder (optional)
Whipped Cream
Orange Zest

Directions
Mix cocoa, salt, and sugar.

Add milk. Heat to dissolve.

Add light cream, cinnamon, vanilla. Heat to just under boiling.

Mix very well and pour into warm mug.

Top with whipped cream, cocoa powder, and fine orange zest.

America’s Classic Cookie

Category : America's Food

• Bring all ingredients to room temperature
• Preheat oven to 200 degrees
Cream together:
300 g butter
200 g  white cane sugar
200 g brown cane sugar
Add & blend until mixed thoroughly:
2 tablespoons vanilla extract (or vanilla sugar mixed
with a bit of rum)
375 g   flour (sifted)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon soda

Add & blend until just mixed in:

2 eggs

Mix in:

100 g nuts (walnuts usually work best)

200 g dark chocolate pieces or chunks

• Drop cookies with a spoon onto a baking tray

• Bake for about 8 minutes or until cookies flatten and start

to turn brown

• Let them sit on the baking tray outside of the oven

• Remove and cool on a rack until they reach room tempera-

ture

•Eat & Enjoy!

Mashed Sweet Potatoe Recipe

Category : America's Food

Ingredients
4 medium sweet potatoes, peeled
1tbsp butter
¼ cup milk
3/8 cup brown sugar
1tsp. cinnamon
Directions
Boil water. Peel potatoes and cut into small cubes, put in boiling water. Let cook until potatoes are soft. Remove potatoes, place in bowl. Mash potatoes with a potato masher or mixer, add butter and milk, stir. Add brown sugar
and cinnamon, stir, Dish onto bowl or plate. Sprinkle cinnamon lightly over top.