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Chicken Tikka with Cucumber Raita

In a large glass or stainless steel bowl, combine the yogurt, garlic, ginger, cumin, coriander, cardamom, cayenne and turmeric. Season with salt and pepper. Using a sharp knife, make a few shallow slashes in each piece of chicken. Add the chicken to the marinade, turn to coat and refrigerate overnight. Preheat the broiler and position

Sour Cream Apple Pie With Streusel Topping

Charles Islander/ E+/Getty Images A tasty spiced streusel tops this sour cream apple pie. With no top crust, it eliminates much of the pastry work. This recipe includes an easy food processor pastry recipe, but you can cut prep time significantly with a frozen crust or refrigerated pastry sheet. Feel free to add about 1/2

Homemade Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

Cook Mode (Keep screen awake) Ingredients This recipe was developed at its original yield. Ingredient amounts are automatically adjusted, but cooking times and steps remain unchanged. Note that not all recipes scale perfectly. Original recipe (1X) yields 12 servings 2 (18.25 ounce) packages devil’s food cake mix 4 eggs 1 cup shortening Directions Preheat oven

Quick and Easy Canned Tuna Fish Tacos

The Spruce  Since taco refers more to a way of serving something (wrapped in a warm tortilla) than to specific ingredients, tacos can be made from almost any type of food—meat, beans, vegetables, or (as in this case) canned tuna fish. This is a great recipe for a busy day because you probably already have

Date, Fig, and Walnut Panettone

Makes 4 small panettoni Author Notes It takes time more than anything else to make panettone. But don’t let this put you off — most of it is rising time, where you let the dough do it’s thing in a nice, warm place while you get other things done. You may want to consider doing

The Best Broccoli Salad of My Life Inspired by Smitten Kitchen

Makes 4 cups Author Notes In planning my wedding reception, I discovered a wonderfully enchanting venue called Limestone Bay Trading Co. in the historic Mooresville, Alabama. Tucked away in a quiet spot off of the highway, sat the tiny, unforgotten old trading company, chockfull of vintage charm. Shelves full of old-fashioned kitchen tools don the

Lemon Creams

You won’t believe how easy it is to make these smooth lemon creams. Whip them up in the mixer, dunk them in chocolate, and people will think you bought them from a candy shop. You can also make other citrus flavors with this recipe.  Cook Mode (Keep screen awake) 5 cups confectioners’ sugar 1/4 cup