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Ingredients:

• 3 eggs
• 4 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 4 cups cooked broad noodles
• ½ cup seedless white raisins
• ½ cup sliced blanched almonds
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 4 tablespoons melted butter or chicken fat
• 2 tablespoons bread crumbs

Beat the eggs and brown sugar until fluffy. Add the nutmeg, noodles, raisins, almonds, lemon juice and melted butter or fat. Turn into a well greased ring mold or baking dish. Sprinkle with the bread crumbs. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 50 minutes or until brown. Serve with meat or poultry dishes or as gourmet desserts with a sweet fruit sauce. Serves 6 to 8.

Need more pasta? Try some of these Italian recipes:

• Dairy Noodle Ring
• Noodle Kugel
• Green Noodle Pudding
• Flaishig Noodle Pudding
• Noodle-Apple Pudding
• Stuffed Noodles In Stew - Pancit Molo

Just like your mother always told you, eating your vegetables is important (as much as you tried to sneak cookies, she had a point). That's why this recipe makes for a delicious, yet healthy meal.

Ingredients

• 1 cup cooked rice
• 3 cups cooked spinach
• 3 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 6 tbs. olive oil
• 2 oz. grated Pecorino cheese
• 1/8 tsp. pepper

Mix all ingredients, except oil, thoroughly until well blended. Heat oil in skillet. Drop heaping tablespoonfuls of mixture into hot oil; fry about 3 minutes or until each side is golden brown. Serve very hot as a side dish or as a main dish with vegetables. Serves 4.

Looking for more healthy recipes? Try some of these:

• Frittata Di Carne E Vegetali - Vegetable-meat Omelette
• Pickled Vegetables - Atjar
• Vegetable Salad - Gado Gado
• Roasted Potatoes Brunch Recipe

Our usual recipes include cookies, trifles, bars, and many meal time recipes. This particular recipe is going to teach you how to make braided sesame ring. Mmmm!

Ingredients:

• 7 to 8 cups all-purpose flour

• 2 packages active dry yeast

• ¼ cup sugar

• 1 tsp. salt

• 1 ½ cups hot water (120 to 130 degrees)

• ½ cup mayonnaise

• 4 eggs

• 2 tbsp. sesame seeds

In a large bowl, combine 2 cups of the flour, the yeast, sugar and salt. Gradually beat in water until smooth. Add 2 more cups of flour, mayonnaise and 3 of the eggs; beat well. Stir in enough of the remaining flour to make dough easy to handle. Turn out onto lightly floured surface. Knead for 10 minutes or until the dough is smooth and elastic, adding as much remaining flour as needed to prevent sticking. Shape dough into a ball. Place in a large, greased bowl; turn dough once to grease surface. Cover with towel; let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.

Punch dough down; divide into three equal pieces. Cover; let rest for 10 minutes. Roll each piece into 24 inch rope. Place side by side on a large greased baking sheet; loosely braid the ropes. Shape braid into circle, pinching the ends together to seal. Cover; let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 ½ hours. In a small bowl, beat remaining egg; brush over surface of the dough. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake in preheated 375 degree oven for 40 minutes or until loaf is browned and sounds hollow when tapped. Remove to wire rack to cool.

If you liked making this treat, you'll love trying this recipe for homemade Bread Dough.

Sometimes homemade bread is delicious to add to your meal, other times you might be making a meal to give to someone in need. In this case, homemade bread is a great idea to add to any complete meal gift.

Ingredients:

• 3 lb. all-purpose flour

• 1 tbsp. salt

• 1 oz. yeast

• 1 tsp. sugar

• 3 cups warm water

• 1 tbsp. corn oil

Put 2 tbsp. of the flour into a large bowl, preferably wooden, and add the salt (a little more or less depending on the taste). Mix the yeast and the sugar to a smooth paste. Add the warm water and gradually add a little of the reserved flour until it becomes a thick batter. Lightly sprinkle the top with flour. Make a well in the middle of the flour in the bowl and pour the batter into this.

Cover the batter with a cloth and leave the dough in a warm place until it doubles its bulk. Add the remaining flour and knead the dough until it becomes silky and elastic. Knead for 10 to 15 minutes or until dough leaves the side of the bowl clean. Rub the top of the dough with the oil, cover it with a slightly damp cloth and let the dough rise for 1 hour to again double it’s bulk.

Turn the dough onto a well floured surface and divide into three pieces. Knead each piece again for a few minutes and make into compact shapes to two-thirds fill your loaf pans. Grease the pans with a little oil, add the shaped loaves (the top slightly raised and rounded), cover again and leave the dough in a warm place to rise to the top of the pans.

Bake in a preheated 450 degree oven for 15 minutes (mark 8), then lower the heat to 400 degrees (mark 6), and continue baking for 35 to 40 minutes or until the loaves are well browned and shrink slightly from the sides of the pan. Turn the loaves from the pans, tap the bottoms and if they sound hollow the bread is done. Cool on a rack.

For more bread recipe ideas, you might try some of the following:

• Banana Nut Bread
• Onion Herb Baked Bread
• Savoury Bubbly Cheese Bread
• Golden Apple Boston Brown Bread

This isn't a recipe for cookie bouquets, or anything sweet. No, it's a recipe for a scrumptious dinner idea that is sure to delight your taste buds, kind of like cookies.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups warm milk (105 to 115 degrees)

• 2 packages active dry yeast

• 3 tbsp. sugar

• 1 tbsp. butter

• 1/2 tsp. salt

• 4 1/2 cups all purpose flour

• 6 oz. Cheddar cheese, cut into 1/2 inch cubes

In a large bowl, combine milk and yeast; stir into dissolve yeast. Add sugar, butter and salt; stir until butter is melted. Stir in 3 cups of the flour; beat until smooth. Stir in the remaining flour and cheese; mix well. Pour batter into a well buttered 1 1/2 quart round casserole. Cover with waxed paper; let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Remove waxed paper. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 50 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool in dish on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Loosen edge; remove from dish. Cool slightly on a wire rack; serve warm with butter.

For more tasty bread, try these recipes:

• Banana Nut Bread
• Onion Herb Baked Bread
• Savoury Bubbly Cheese Bread
• Golden Apple Boston Brown Bread