Homemade Corn Dogs

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Homemade Corn Dogs
Spring is in full swing, and there are certainly more opportunities for festive food and parties.  These corn digs are a bit daintier and fluffier versions of the fair and rodeo behemoths, and they still go great with mustard and ketchup.
So, put on some cut offs and sunscreeen and let us begin:
1 cup cornmeal
1/4 cup flour
pinch kosher salt
3/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp Cayenne pepper
3 tbl sugar
Combine the dry ingredients with a wooden spoon.  Mix 1 1/4 cups buttermilk with 4 tbsp water, add to the dry mixture and set aside.
Heat 4 cups vegetable oil to 375, check this with a candy thermometer, in a high sided 8 quart pot.
Insert a toothpick into the end of mini sausages, or larger sausages chopped into 3 inch sections.
Dip each sausage into the batter, holding the toothpick end, then carefully drop into the oil, frying only 3 at a time.
Turn with a slotted spoon until golden. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels.
Now invite the entire team over to enjoy!

Lemon Cream Pie

Pink Flowering Almond Bush

Pink Flowering Almond Bush

Pink Flowering Almond Bush

Pink Flowering Almond Bush

Suede Frye Oxfords

So many pretty things in the garden, and the berries and summer fruits are still a little ways away. This pie is light an fresh, and a good excuse for a celebration. Have you you read As Always, Julia? It is the correspondence between Julia Child and Avis Devoto - both fun and informative.

LEMON CREAM PIE

10 ounces crumbled biscotti

6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

2 large eggs

14 ounces sour cream

3 large lemons - for 1/2 cup lemon juice, zest

1 cup heavy cream

2 tbl powdered sugar

Heat oven to 350. In blender, crumble the biscotti, add butter and sugar. Press into pie pan, bake for 10 minutes, let cool.

Whisk together eggs, sour cream, lemon, pour into crust and bake for 20 minutes. Let cool until at least 2 hours.

Whip the cream and confectioners sugar until soft peaks form, spread on the pie and garnish with more lemon zest. 

Invite some one ot share it, and wear the suede oxfords. Suede is so luxe, it shows you aren't out stomping through rain. And a pot of Earl Grey tea is the best with lemon!