Azoresgal~Life on an Island

This recipe for crab cakes is really easy and delicious! These savory cakes are made with simple ingredients, crab, mayonnaise, bread crumbs, eggs, seasoning and some green onion, gently mixed up and pan-fried. You can make them any size you like, large cakes are great to serve as a light meal with a salad, small cakes are great as an appetizer or finger food. The spicy sauce couldn’t be easier to make, and it’s the perfect topping to these tiny morsels. Garnish with some micro greens, and ta-dah... you have a smashing little bite! 1 pound crabmeat (500g) canned or fresh, shells picked out 4 green onions, white and green parts, minced 1 tablespoon fresh parsley leaves minced 2-4 tablespoons fresh bread crumbs, (pulse 2 slices quality white bread in food processor) ¼ cup mayonnaise 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce Salt and pepper, to taste 1 large  beaten egg  ¼ cup unbleached all-purpose flour...

This recipe makes a ton of buttery, slightly lemony, not to sweet cookies. My mother is a "pro" at making these without a recipe, seriously.no.recipe ! She just " uses the portuguese force " and every time it results in perfect cookies. Oddly enough, most of her baking is like that.. no recipe , just mixing things together. It's just something I can't do, bake without a recipe, I obviously didn't inherit " the force " from my mother! So after some searching and trial and error, I  now have a recipe for these little beauties. They are delicious, you can dip them in milk or tea, and trust me, your cookie jar will be empty before you know it! 1 kilo flour (reserve 300g) 3 tablespoons cornstarch 6 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder 250 grams butter pinch of salt 200 ml whipping cream 3 eggs grated peel of 1 lemon topping: sugar+milk In my stand mixer I whip everything up, till all combined ( using just 700 g...

These are definitely a favorite at our house. Packed with tons of chocolate chips and super-moist! Really easy to make and everything is whipped up in one large bowl! Perfect for the kiddos after school snack, but also great with a cup of coffee mid afternoon, after folding copious amounts of laundry! Everytime I make them, the vanish quickly, a sure sign it's a keeper of a recipe ! 3 eggs 1/2 cup canola oil 1/2 cup milk 1/4 cup water 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 Devil’s food cake mix 1 (3.9 oz) package instant chocolate pudding 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup sour cream ( greek yogurt works too!) 2 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips, Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line muffins tins with paper liners. In a large bowl, lightly beat eggs. Mix in oil, milk, water, vanilla. Stir in the sour cream, cake mix, pudding mix and cinnamon. Mix well. Stir in 2 cups of the chocolate chips. Fill muffin tins 3/4 full. Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips over the batter...