Dee’s Beef Short Ribs

 

Flour, salt, pepper and Brown

Remove from pan

Sauté Carrots, celery, onions, season with garlic powder, adobo, parsley. cook and deglaze pan with tomato paste and about 2 cups beef broth and red wine

Cook 3 hours fall off bone

350 degrees

Use Dutch oven

Italian Butter Cookies by Monday Night Baking

 Classic Italian butter cookies

Ingredients

For the cookie dough 

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• ⅔ cup granulated sugar
• 2 large egg yolks, at room temperature
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• 2–3 tbsp whole milk, if needed for piping 

For optional decorations 

• Melted semi-sweet or white chocolate
• Seedless raspberry or apricot jam
• Rainbow sprinkles
• Candied cherries
• Chopped nuts (pistachios, almonds)

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream the softened butter and granulated sugar together on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 to 4 minutes.
3. Add the egg yolks and vanilla extract to the creamed butter mixture and continue mixing until just combined.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture, mixing on low speed until the dough comes together. If the dough is too stiff to pipe, add milk one tablespoon at a time until it reaches a thick, pipeable consistency.
5. Transfer the dough to a piping bag fitted with a large star tip. Pipe the dough onto the prepared baking sheets in various shapes, such as rosettes, S-shapes, or strips.
6. If using candied cherries, press a half-cherry into the center of the rosette cookies before baking.
7. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies are lightly golden. The cookies will be pale in the center.
8. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely. 

Decorating ideas

Once the cookies are completely cool, you can decorate them in several ways: 

• Chocolate-dipped: Dip half of a cooled cookie into melted semi-sweet or white chocolate. Immediately add sprinkles or chopped nuts before the chocolate sets.
• Sandwich cookies: Spread a small amount of raspberry or apricot jam on the flat side of one cookie and top it with another cookie. For a bakery-style touch, dip half of the assembled sandwich in melted chocolate.
• Ganache-filled: For a richer sandwich cookie, use a thick chocolate ganache instead of jam.
• Powdered sugar: Keep it simple by dusting cooled, plain cookies with a sprinkle of powdered sugar. 

Italian Biscotti by Grandma Jackie

 Mama Jackie's traditional almond biscotti recipe

This recipe was posted by TikTok user @momma.jackie65.
Ingredients: 

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup almonds
• 3 eggs
• 1 splash almond extract 

Instructions:

1. Combine the ingredients to form the dough.
2. Shape the dough into logs.
3. Perform the first bake.
4. Remove the logs from the oven, slice them, and return them for a second bake to achieve the classic hard, crunchy texture. 

Grandma Jackie's biscotti recipe

This is a slightly different recipe posted on the website grandmajackiesrecipes.com.
Ingredients: 

• Dry: Flour, baking powder, salt, roughly chopped slivered almonds.
• Wet: Softened butter, sugar, and eggs. 

Instructions:

1. Prep the almonds: Roughly chop the slivered almonds and set them aside.
2. Combine dry ingredients: In a bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, and salt.
3. Combine wet ingredients: Cream the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time.
4. Finish the dough: Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and stir until just combined. Fold in the almonds.
5. Bake: Form the dough into logs and perform the two-step baking process to create a crispy finish. 

How to find the recipes

If you need additional detail on these recipes, you can:

• Search for the specific videos: Look for TikTok videos from @momma.jackie65 or YouTube videos linked to the family recipes.
• Visit the website: Check the recipe on grandmajackiesrecipes.com for the "Grandma Jackie" version. 

Stabilized Whip Cream

  

Use whip it. 1 packet per 1 cup heavy cream, 1/4 cup confectioners sugar, 1/2 tsp vanilla. 

Double the recipe. 

Dave’s Chicken and Peppers

 Chicken thighs

Red peppers

Fresh mushrooms

Tomato sauce - small can

Crushed tomatoes - 18 oz

Flour the chicken, season with salt and pepper. Brown the chicken in hot oil but don’t cook all the way. Take the chicken out and sauté the vegetables and add the tomatoes, season with salt and pepper.

Put everything in baking dish, cover with foil and bake at 350 for about 40 minutes. 

Perfect Apple Crisp Topping

 

FOR THE CRUMB TOPPING:
1 ⁄3 cup light brown sugar
1 ⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
1 ⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon butter , melted

Mom’s Spaghetti Sauce

 1 can - 28 oz crushed tomatoes

1 can - 28 oz tomato sauce

1 can -28 oz tomato purée

2 small cans tomato paste

3 big cans water

2 onions, chopped small

6-8 cloves minced garlic

Bone in country style spare ribs

Your favorite meatball recipe

Seasonings: salt and pepper, fresh parsley if available, or dry,  a little bit crushed red pepper, fresh basil if available or dry, a little red wine, a handful of pecorino Romano cheese, a few tablespoons sugar

You can add more or less to your taste  

For the sauce:

Sauté onions and garlic in olive oil until transparent in a large kettle.

Add the purée and sauté in the onions and garlic. 

Add the water and seasonings. 

Brown the ribs on both sides, season with salt and pepper and add to the sauce. Bring the sauce to a boil and simmer stirring occasionally so it doesn’t stick to the bottom. 

Cook on low, 2.5 to 3 hours with the cover half off. The last hour take the cover off to thicken. I make this the day before we eat so the flavors can meld together.