47 miniature s Recipes

dried cheese tortellini, zucchini, halved and sliced, italian salad dressing, grape tomatoes, water-packed artichoke hearts, rinsed, drained and quartered, pitted greek olives, drained, carton (8 oz) miniature fresh mozzarella cheese balls, drained

cupcakes and miniature of your choice, vanilla frosting (16 oz each), new paint brush , pencil, paper and waxed paper, fruit roll-ups, sour fruit hard candy balls, alphabet cinnamon-graham cookies, life savers gummies and circus peanut candy, candy-coated sunflower kernels, red shoestring licorice, tootsie roll small midgees, fruit roll-up, dragee, fruit roll-up, dragees, fruit roll-ups, starburst candies, tootsie roll small midgees, fruit roll-up, cream-filled sponge cake, sprinkles of your choice, candy-coated milk chocolate miniature kiss and black licorice coin, vanilla wafer and miniature peanut butter-filled sandwich crackers, dragees, white and chocolate candy coating, ivory and blue paste food coloring, red and green sprinkles, red shoestring licorice, candy-coated sunflower kernels, starburst candies, marshmallows, corn syrup, white nonpareils, dots candies and m&m s brand chocolate candies, ready-to-use white rolled fondant, food writing pen

cream cheese, softened, sugar, eggs, vanilla, semi-sweet miniature chocolate chips, divided, extra-serving size packaged graham cracker crumb crust (9 oz), whipping cream

ground beef, chopped onion, chopped celery, chopped carrot, king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour, dried thyme, salt, ground nutmeg, pepper, beef broth, frozen petite peas, frozen puff pastry, thawed, mashed potatoes

butter, rice krispies, marshmallow creme (about 7 oz), salt, m iniature & s chocolate candies or 1/2 cup iniature & baking bits

any liquid can be reduced just by heating it - but why would you want to do that, answer comes back to two of our old friends, flavor and consistency (texture)., by reducing any flavored liquid you intensify its flavor and at the same time thicken it. you can continue this process until what you have left is a syrup if it contains sugar, or a sauce if it does not., this is 1 of the most important tools in the kitchen , believe it or not, because a great sauce can rescue an indifferent meal., literally any liquid can be reduced ., a few uses, wine is frequently used in cooking , both as a marinade and as an addition to sauces for meat., there are some problems with it though, 1 of which is that you need a really good wine and quite a lot of it to produce a reasonable sauce for, say, six people., on the other hand , if you use pure grape juice and reduce it to a syrup, that syrup, added to any sauce (or gravy if you prefer) will lift it into the realms of gourmet ., more , you don tsp have to make your reduction on the night you prepare your meal. you can reduce a liter of grape juice at any time to the consistency and flavor you want; then just store it in the fridge., you can do the same thing with any fruit juice - prune is sensational - and store it until needed. just about all of them will do things for ice cream, pies or tarts that will have your guests demanding the recipe, pork with apple sauce use a carton of fresh apple juice from the supermarket and reduce it. and if you want a real sensation add in a glass of apple brandy during the reduction process., are you getting an idea of how simple this is, take any carton of fresh stock straight of the shelf and reduce it. you will transform it into something even the manufacturer won tsp recognize. but beware, you need to start out with good quality in the first place, because when you reduce a liquid you intensify all the flavors, and not just the good ones., if it s salty to start with, for example, it will be salty beyond belief by the time you ve reduced it even by half. so if you are going to use a supermarket stock, make sure it s an extremely good 1., believe me when i tell you that stock cubes should not be used for reduction sauces., thickeners, because you will be tasting as you go (won tsp you ), you may find that you get the flavor you want before the desired consistency is reached., a couple of hints right now for your sauces., sweet ones can be thickened successfully without loss of color by adding in liquid glucose early on in the reduction process. surprisingly, this will add little in the way of sweetness and produces a beautiful velvety sauce when whisked., if you get it wrong and add too much, no problem. stir in a little extra water to thin it., reduction pans, reductions need to happen rapidly in serving to preserve flavors. and the greater the surface area of the liquid the faster the water will evaporate., however you may want to whisk something into the sauce while its cooking - such as butter or olive oil for example - and for that i find a small wok is best; 1 with a handle., a wok is less likely to reduce so fast that the sauce is burnt while your back is turned. but try both methods and see which you prefer. you may even end up using something totally different., no magic to this. whatever works for you, that s what you should use, in this and everything else to do with cooking., just bear in mind that what you re after is speed and ease of use. as well as a great tasting result, of course. :>), keeping, if they should dry out , simply add a little water and heat through., sauces containing meat juices of any kind must be frozen if you re going to keep them, and should be brought to boiling point before being used again. there is no need to thaw them out to do this, in fact it s better not to. simply drop the frozen cubes into a saucepan, melt them over a gentle heat, and then bring swiftly to the boil., why do you do this to avoid food poisoning, that s why. you are making sure that any bugs introduced into the sauce during the preparation process are killed off., worry , this will not be because of anything you have done wrong (i hope!), but because bacteria are part of our everyday lives and they exist in every kitchen, however clean., in fact your food , and especially your meat, is crawling with wildlife that you will never see. don tsp worry about them. careful handling and simple precautions will ensure that these miniature monsters can never multiply enough to harm either you or your guests.

yellow cake mix (regular size), vanilla frosting, divided, yellow, red and blue paste food coloring, ice cream sugar cones, assorted candies : m&m s miniature baking bits, red shoestring licorice and cherry sour ball candies

sweet potatoes (about 5 large), philadelphia cream cheese, softened, brown sugar, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, post selects cranberry almond crunch cereal, crushed, butter, melted, jet-puffed miniature marshmallows

pineapple chunks, drained, mandarin orange segments, drained, maraschino cherry, drained & halved, colored miniature marshmallows, shredded coconut, cool whip

margarine, brown sugar, white syrup, salt, vanilla, baking soda, crispix cereal, peanuts, pretzels, m iniature & baking bits, butterscotch chips

butter, softened, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, egg, vanilla extract, baking soda, salt, flour, milk chocolate chips, m iniature & baking bits

brown sugar, sugar, margarine, softened, peanut butter, vanilla, egg, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, snickers miniature candy bars

m iniature & baking bits (150g), butter, softened, granulated sugar (150g), light brown sugar, egg, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour (675g), baking powder, salt, powdered sugar (1350g), egg whites

frozen athens miniature phyllo cup, fat-free liquid egg substitute, brown sugar (not packed), light whipped butter, room temperature (like brummel and brown), drop vanilla extract, salt, roughly chopped pecans, divided, fat, free reddi-wip

sweet potatoes, butter, cinnamon, vanilla extract, dark brown sugar, caramel sauce, white miniature marshmallow

chicken, cut up (skin on is best , i use 2 whole cut-up chickens), sweet potatoes (cut into quarters ), heads garlic (unpeeled with the top and bottom of the heads thinly sliced off), onions, quartered, ripe tomatoes, quartered, ears miniature corn cobs (i use birdseye mini corn on the cob), baby carrots, rosemary sprigs (fresh is extremely important!), salt and pepper, butter

margarine, creamy peanut butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, baking soda, baking powder, snickers miniature candy bars, the bite size ones, powdered sugar, unsweetened cocoa, milk

all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, butter, softened, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, eggs, chopped hershey s chocolate caramel kisses, chopped reese s miniature peanut butter cups