Colleen's Kitchen

A place to post recipes I've tried and loved for you to use and share❤️

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Crinkled Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (Thin & Crispy)

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Hungarian Chicken Paprikash🌶🥘

This dish might be my new favorite meal!🤤 Chicken paprikash is a popular dish from Hungary which uses paprika, chicken broth and sour cream to make a roux. Traditionally it is served over nokedli noodles (similar to German spatzle), but you can use any egg noodles. It's also a pretty simple meal to make and super warm and comforting. Also note: you definitely want Hungarian-style sweet paprika for this dish. Enjoy!❤️🍴

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Creamy Mushroom, Chicken and Wild Rice Soup🍄‍🟫🫕

Wow, long time - no post!😅 Apologies for the absence but I'm going to try posting more recipes soon. Now that fall is here, I thought I would try a new soup recipe and it definitely did NOT disappoint! This is a hearty, comforting chicken soup with the additional flavor and texture of mushrooms and wild rice. You can just use button mushrooms if you wish, but I did what the recipe suggested and used a variety of shiitake, baby portabella and button mushrooms and I'm glad I did because they add a more interesting flavor. This soup goes great with toasted crusty bread - I opted for a rosemary olive oil loaf - YUM! Also the recipe is very easy to make so don't worry about being stuck in the kitchen for hours because, you won't be!❤️

Creamy Mushroom Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Creamy Mushroom Chicken and Wild Rice Soup Recipe : A warm and creamy mushroom, chicken and wild rice soup that is down right one of the bes

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Chocolate Zucchini Bread🍫🥒

What a great use for summer squash and a delicious treat to boot, right??😋 This quick bread is simple to make and has just the right amount of moisture and sweetness. Cinnamon and ground coffee add an interesting kick to the flavor that will keep you coming back for more.❤️

Directions:

Yields 2 loaves

-4 cups grated zucchini (3 large zucchini)

-2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

-1/2 cup unsweetened natural cocoa

-2 tsp. baking soda

-1/2 tsp. salt

-1 tsp. cinnamon

-1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

-2 eggs

-3/4 cup butter, melted

-1/2 tsp. ground coffee

-2 tsp. vanilla extract

-1 cup chocolate chips

1) Drain excess moisture from grated zucchini - place in a sieve or strainer over a bowl to catch moisture while you prep the other ingredients.

2) Preheat oven to 350F, with rack in the middle. Grease two 9"X5" loaf pans.

3) Whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl. Whisk until there are no more clumps and ingredients are well combined.

4) Beat eggs and sugar in a mixer. Add melted butter, ground coffee and vanilla extract and beat until smooth.

5) Stir zucchini into egg mixture. Add the flour in three additions, stirring to combine after each addition. Add in chocolate chips.

6) Work quickly and divide batter between two loaf pans (leavening has begun). Place in oven and bake for 50 minutes or until a knife in the middle comes out clean.

7) Cool on a rack. After 5 minutes, remove from pans and let cool completely. Enjoy with morning coffee or as an after dinner dessert!

Happy baking!😊🥣💕

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Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies🍪

These cookies are a tried and true favorite at picnics, potlucks and parties and I finally made them myself! I was pleasantly surprised that they were incredibly easy to make (no flour, no baking) and turned out so delicious as well. I will definitely be making these again sometime when I need a quick and easy dessert full of rich chocolate and peanut butter flavor!🤤❤️

Classic Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookie Recipe

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Greek Chicken Gyros with Tzatziki🥙❤️

This chicken gyro recipe is great if you want a light, healthy summer meal. The souvlaki marinade for the chicken is delicious - I only marinated it for an hour and it was enough time to seep in. The Tzatziki is delicious as well but I think next time I would get store bought Tzatziki because it was a lot of prep as well as the prepped veggies and marinade. However all that prep work is worth it for an amazing homemade meal!😋

Greek Chicken Gyros with Tzatziki

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Best Ever Apple Crisp🍎😋

I made this recipe in the summer but it would be perfect for fall as well. If you want an apple dessert that's easier to make than pie, this is the recipe for you. Perfect with a scoop of vanilla ice cream (and some caramel syrup on top🤤), this dessert is a definite crowd pleaser.❤️

The Best Apple Crisp Recipe

This Apple Crisp recipe is the best fall dessert! Sliced apples, a buttery oat topping, and a scoop of vanilla ice cream is pure bliss.

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Super Fluffy & Moist Coconut Cake!🥥🎂❤️

If you love coconut desserts, this is the recipe for you. This cake is deliciously fluffy, light and moist and I loved it! I will definitely be making it again. The only tweak I would do next time is to make a little extra frosting because I didn't quite have enough for the middle layer. Otherwise this recipe is perfect💯

The Best Coconut Cake Recipe

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Vanilla Bean Scones✨

It's been a while since I've posted on this blog but I wanted to share this recipe because it's one I've made many times because it's SO GOOD! If you've ever had the Petite Vanilla Bean Scones from Starbucks, these are basically just a larger version. Great for breakfast, with coffee or tea, these are a definite crowd pleaser. 😋☕🫖

Ingredients (yields 8):

-2.5 cups all-purpose flour

-1/2 tsp salt

-1 Tbsp. baking powder

-1/3 cup granulated sugar

-1 egg

-1/2 cup milk

-1 Tbsp. pure vanilla extract

-3/4 cup butter, cubed

Vanilla glaze:

-1.5 cups confectioners sugar

-4 Tbsp. water (may need more)

-2 Tbsp. butter, melted

-1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

1) Preheat oven to 425 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.

2) In a stand-alone mixer filled with a paddle attachment mix together the flour, salt, baking powder and granulated sugar. Add cold cubed butter and mix on low-speed until coarse crumbs form - careful not to overmix.

3) In a small bowl, whisk together the egg, milk and vanilla then add it to the mixer and mix until dough comes together. It will be crumbly.

4) Flour a clean surface and knead dough just a bit until it comes together. Form it into a circle about 1 inch in thickness. Use a knife or pizza cutter to cut scones into 8 wedges. Use your fingers to smooth down any sharp edges or corners.

5) Place on baking sheet and sprinkle with granulated sugar. Bake for 10-14 minutes or until edges are slightly golden. Remove from oven and place on a cooling rack.

6) While scones are cooling, add all the glaze ingredients into a bowl and whisk - glaze will be slightly thick but should drizzle off a spoon. Use a spoon to spread glaze over cooled scones. Let stand until glaze is set.

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Pumpkin Spice Sugar Cookies🎃🍪

These sugar cookies are an autumnal take on classic sugar cookies and they are soooo soooooo good!❤️ I opted for store-bought vanilla frosting instead of making the pumpkin spice frosting because I thought it would taste better. Also I didn't add pumpkin spice extract because the cookies already have pumpkin pie spice in them which was actually plenty of extra flavor. You can add sprinkles, candy corn or candy for decoration but either way, these cookies are the BOMB.

Pumpkin Spice Cut-Out Sugar Cookies

No dough chilling necessary for these pumpkin spiced, soft cut-out sugar cookies that are perfect for decorating with icing and sprinkles. C

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Salted Caramel Tartlets😋✨

These delicious cookie-cup tartlets are filled with salted caramel and then chilled. You need a mini muffin tin for this recipe but if you don't have a mini one, you could use a regular muffin tin and make the cookie cups a bit bigger. If you've made sugar cookies before these are very easy to make and a tasty treat for any party or fall gathering. Oh yeah and they're to die for!🤤

Salted Caramel Tartlets

These salted caramel tartlets will make you weak at the knees. Bite sized cookie cups filled with buttery salted caramel and they’re so easy

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Maple Vanilla Walnut Pear Pie🍁🍐🥧

This is not my recipe but it's one I found online that's actually SO GOOD!😋If you're looking for a tasty fall pie to make this season, look no further. The only tweak is that the baking time took twice as long as the recipe said, almost 2 hours. But it is well worth the wait. Great with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream or just by itself, this pie is so good you'll wish there was more once it's all gone!❤️

Maple Vanilla Walnut Pear Pie Recipe - Word From The Bird

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Lazy Cake (Romanian Salam De Biscuiti Inspired)

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Times are tough and mental health is not easy to deal with. Sorry it's been a while but here's a recipe I made this week. I've shared it before but it's delicious AF and semi easy to cook if you have the time. I will mention that the Tunisian spice blend is something I had to Google but it includes paprika, tumeric, chili powder, cayenne pepper, garlic powder and black pepper. Also the recipe I had is different than the linked recipe because it didn't call for pistachios.

Yogurt-marinated Chicken and Garlic sauce with lemony Couscous and Chili-roasted Carrots😋🍗🥕🌶️

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Fluffy Japanese Pancakes (aka. Souffle Pancakes)