DAY Recipe

INGREDIENTS

1 cup butter or margarine , softened
1 cup golden brown sugar , firmly packed
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk chocolate chips
1 cup nuts (optional)

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 375º F.

In large bowl mix butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.

Mix in eggs, milk, and vanilla.

Gradually mix in flour, baking soda, and salt until incorporated.

Add chocolate chips (and/or optional nuts) and stir well with spoon.

Drop by rounded teaspoons 1 [...]

INGREDIENTS

1 (15ounce)container ricotta cheese
1/2 cup unsalted butter
22 1/2 ounces non-fat powdered milk
22 1/2 ounces sugar
2 pinches saffron

DIRECTIONS

fold and mix together, in a glass container.Microvave till light brown, and keep mixing every minute.After it gets some color stop mixing and microvave it until it sets.

INGREDIENTS

1/2 loaf day old bread (about 250g)
1/4 cup walnut pieces
1/4 cup sliced almonds
1/4 cup dried apricots, diced small
1/4 cup pistachios
1/4 cup sultanas
1 pint milk
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
2 eggs , beaten
1 teaspoon butter , to grease dish
2 tablespoons sugar , to sprinkle over

DIRECTIONS

Cube the bread - about 1cm or 1/2 inch - no need to remove crust.

In large bowl stir bread together with nuts and fruit then tip into greased ovenproof dish (mine was about 7"x11"x2").

Heat the milk, stir in sugar, [...]

INGREDIENTS

1 cup cake flour
1 cup cornstarch
1 cup powdered milk
1 cup corn oilor sunflower oil (I prefer corn oil)
sugar syrup
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 cups water

DIRECTIONS

Sugar syrup: Put sugar and water in a small saucepan on medium heat.
Stir mixture until sugar dissolves.
Bring the mixture to a boil and let it boil for about 2 minutes; set aside.
Halawa: Put all the halawa ingredient in a medium saucepan and put it on medium [...]

INGREDIENTS

4 cups milk , plus
2 tablespoons cold milk
1 cinnamon stick (2 in.)
3-4 whole cloves
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
ground nutmeg

DIRECTIONS

Combine 4 cups milk with cinnamon stick and cloves in a saucepan; cook over medium heat 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. (Heat thoroughly, but do not boil.)Remove and discard cinnamon and cloves.

Combine sugar and cornstarch; add 2 tablespoons cold milk, stirring until smooth.Add to hot milk mixture, stirring constantly; cook 2 [...]