Notes about Recipes in this book

• Ultimate cream of tomato soup

  • dbuhler on March 22, 2024

    Wonderful! I like this just a tad better than our usual tomato soup from Slow Cooker Revolution. I loved the touch of allspice and I loved the caramelized sweetness from the roasted tomatoes. My kids love this soup...I will definitely make this again!

• Simple cranberry sauce

  • anya_sf on November 29, 2019

    This is our favorite cranberry sauce recipe, as the cranberries really shine. It's quick and easy to make too. Reduce the sugar if you prefer a tart sauce.

• Cranberry-orange sauce

  • ashallen on November 29, 2019

    I love this classic cranberry sauce. Very, very easy to make. Holds well if made several days ahead of time. Handles variations well. Orange liqueur is great (Triple Sec's good) but it's also fine without - it'll seem a bit sweeter. Natural orange extract or a few drops orange oil substitute well for orange zest. Using light brown sugar instead of white sugar adds some more complexity to the flavor. Recipe gives a recommended cooking time, but this is easy to cook to taste - the longer it cooks, the more it'll have the dark purplish color of canned jelly (very pretty!) - flavors also mellow a bit more. Making a half-batch works fine. Leftovers can be frozen and are great stirred into oatmeal!! [Cross-post for Annual Edition/Magazine/Cook's Ill. Cookbook.]

• Thin, crisp gingerbread cookies

  • ashallen on September 16, 2019

    These cookies are nicely crispy and have a good, solid spicy flavor - more flavorful than some other gingerbread men recipes I've tried. [Cross-post for Annual Edition/Magazine/Cook's Ill. Cookbook.]