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CNYEats A Taste of Utica Fluffy Chocolate Butter Frosting

A favorite frosting for many. Sweet, soft and fluffy, melt in your mouth scrumpdillyitious! Posted by Chris and found on page 182 of our book A Taste of Utica, this is a recipe for frosting you will use time and time again. Be careful because if it gets too warm, as out in the hot summer heat, it will simply melt away. It’s light and delicious…or rather ScrumpDillyitious! Makes about 1 3/4 cups to 2 cups 1/2 cup butter, softened 3 oz. unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled 2 1/2 cups un-sifted confectioners sugar 4 TBS hot water 1 tsp. water [...]

By Joanne|2012-09-02T12:28:14-04:00September 2, 2012|Baking|5 Comments

A Monday "Turkey" Roast

Where's my energy? Has anyone seen it? It never came to me today. Was it the heat? Was it the busy weekend? Was it just because it was Monday? What ever the reason, it was a rare event since I'm typically never lacking for energy. Tonight's meal had to be simple. My mind was even having trouble keeping up, so nothing creative came out of it. Ted did his own barbecue of cube steak and I used a Quorn Turkey Roast I mixed 1 TBS olive oil with fresh herbs of basil, rosemary and flat leaf parsley. The mixture was [...]