tried and true recipes from spice n spirit ( purple)

willow

Thu, Dec 01 2011, 5:50 am

Can I have the mocha oatmeal cake recipe that sounds really interesting.
Also I would love to try the Coffee Crunch Cake if someone would not mind

runninglate

Thu, Dec 01 2011, 7:43 am

thank you everyone! I have so many yummy sounding recipes to try now. Cant wait! Willow, if no one posts those recipes for you, I will try to do it tonight bn.

farfromhome

Thu, Dec 01 2011, 11:10 am

steamed vegetable medley
creamed spinach
israeli salad (everyone just says to eyeball the amounts of lemon juice, salt etc but this gives the actual amounts to use!)

tikva18

Thu, Dec 01 2011, 1:08 pm

Frankly, I haven't found any recipes in that cookbook that don't come out great! I'm on my second copy Smile

queen

Mon, Dec 05 2011, 11:31 pm

creamy potato soup
cinn. buns

both recipes I've made more times than I could possibly count!

Lalu

Tue, Dec 06 2011, 12:45 pm

Best ever Bannana Cake is fabulous!! perfect to make ahead and freeze

Also, the stuffed cabbage is excellent

JAWSCIENCE

Tue, Dec 06 2011, 12:57 pm

the curry chicken was one of the first things I ever made for my husband. we both really like it.

if anyone has copies they want to sell, please pm me!

baskrox

Tue, Dec 06 2011, 1:04 pm

Knaidlach

Basic Cookie Dough - use this for sholom zachurs with blue crystal sprinkles and for our chanukah cookies - shapes really nicely, really easy dough to work with

apple pie recipe with their basic pie crust recipe - DHs FAVORITE!!!

sunny90

Tue, Dec 06 2011, 1:59 pm

My family has been making the basic sponge cake for YEARS. It is the men in our family's favorite cake!
Also the basic pancakes, easy pizza dough, matza balls, the vegetabe quiche recipe is also delish.

Ima'la

Tue, Dec 06 2011, 2:12 pm

middy wrote:

mocha oatmeal cake is awesome

Agreed! And btw, the note by that recipe that says "Do not substitute oil for shortening"? Don't believe it! Comes out great with oil! (Do not adjust the amount when using oil.) I even use the oil in the icing. And I find it only needs about 2/3 of the icing recipe.

I also love the oven fried chicken recipe (maybe it's called breaded baked chicken). I use the same coating for my schnitzel (and I fry that in the oven too) and I always get compliments on it.

I can't believe this cookbook is out of print - that's like challah going out of style!

granolamom

Tue, Dec 06 2011, 5:13 pm

this is my oldest and fav cookbook
only one recipe flops for me.
my ds found a recipe in there for caramel squares, and asked me to make it for shabbos.
awful is not the word. so I thought I made a mistake and tried twice more. same same.
has anyone else tried this recipe?

other than that, everything I've made from there (probably tried 90% of the recipes) has come out perfect.

SS6099

Tue, Dec 06 2011, 5:34 pm

farfromhome wrote:

steamed vegetable medley
creamed spinach
israeli salad (everyone just says to eyeball the amounts of lemon juice, salt etc but this gives the actual amounts to use!)

farfromhome, could u post these recipes please?
TIA!

est

Sun, Dec 18 2011, 9:06 am

I also love this cookbook but so many of the recipes in the cakes, cookies and dessert sections call for marg or shortening.

please post which recipes you have tried with oil only and have been happy with the results. thanks.

farmom

Sun, Dec 18 2011, 9:32 am

est wrote:

I will have to take out my cookbook and look it up, but I never cook with margarine. I always substitute oil, and it always works out.

off the top of my head:
choc chip cookies (use a bit less oil than marg)
brownies (I also substitute cocoa for chocolate)
knish dough

granolamom

Sun, Dec 18 2011, 3:32 pm

est wrote:

I never use margarine or shortening, always substitute with oil. has worked in everything except sugar cookies. for those, I use the earths balance vegan sticks.

hmmm maybe thats what went wrong with my caramel squares...

runninglate

Tue, Jan 17 2012, 9:41 pm

just wanted to report back that I tried the italian dressing based on ra moms recommendation, and it was great! Any other suggestions are welcome.

red_velvet

Wed, Feb 01 2012, 1:45 pm

I LOVE this cookbook! I actually only bought it because lot's of people on here swear by it, and I bought it when they went back in print chanukah time. Everything I tried from there came out perfect! I always wanted a cookbook that had a lot of "staple" recipes that I needed...