Category: Food and Recipes
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Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew (Starbucks Copycat)
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 2 grande (16 oz) drinks Prep Time: 15 minutes (plus 12–18 hours steeping for cold brew) Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 12 hours 30 minutes Quick Ingredients 12 oz (360 ml) cold brew concentrate, well chilled 4 oz (120 ml) cold water 2 tbsp (30 ml) caramel syrup, plus…
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Copycat Panera Autumn Squash Soup with Pepitas
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 6 servings (about 1 1/3 cups each) Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 60 minutes Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes Quick Ingredients 1 large butternut squash (about 3 lb), halved and seeded 3 tbsp olive oil, divided 1 medium yellow onion, chopped 2 medium carrots, chopped 2 garlic cloves,…
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Copycat Jimmy John’s Gargantuan Sandwich Recipe
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 big servings (from a 16-inch loaf) Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 5 minutes (optional to toast bread) Total Time: 20 minutes Quick Ingredients 1 (16-inch) French loaf or Italian sub roll 3 tbsp mayonnaise 6 slices provolone (about 5 oz) 2 oz each: Genoa salami, capicola, turkey breast,…
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Garlic Parmesan Breadsticks (Papa John’s Copycat)
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 12 breadsticks Prep Time: 25 minutes Cook Time: 12 to 14 minutes Total Time: 1 hour 59 minutes Quick Ingredients 1 1/4 cups warm water (300 g), 105–110°F 2 1/4 tsp instant yeast (7 g) 2 tbsp sugar (24 g) 3 1/4 cups bread flour (400 g) 1 1/2 tsp…
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Domino’s-Style Stuffed Cheesy Bread with Garlic Butter
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 8 breadsticks (about 4 servings) Prep Time: 25 minutes Cook Time: 16 minutes Total Time: 41 minutes Quick Ingredients 1 lb (450 g) pizza dough 1.5 cups (170 g) shredded low-moisture mozzarella 3/4 cup (85 g) shredded sharp cheddar 3 tbsp (42 g) unsalted butter, melted 1 tbsp (15 ml)…
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Chocolate Iced Kreme-Filled Doughnuts (Krispy Kreme Copycat)
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 12 doughnuts Prep Time: 40 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 3 hours (includes rising and cooling) Quick Ingredients Dough: 1 cup (240 ml) warm whole milk; 2 1/4 tsp (7 g) instant yeast; 1/4 cup (50 g) sugar; 2 large egg yolks; 1 tsp vanilla; 3 1/4 cups…
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Homemade Nando’s-Style Peri-Peri Chicken
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 20 minutes (plus 12 hours marinating) Cook Time: 35 minutes Total Time: 12 hours 55 minutes Quick Ingredients 3 lb (1.4 kg) bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs and drumsticks 10–12 red African bird’s-eye chiles (30–40 g), stemmed 1 red bell pepper, chopped 1/2 small red onion (about…
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Sbarro-Style New York Pepperoni Pizza Slice
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: Two 16-inch pizzas (16 large slices) Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 16 minutes (8 minutes per pizza) Total Time: 48 hours (includes cold ferment) Quick Ingredients High-gluten or bread flour, 530 g (about 4 1/3 cups) Cold water, 327 g (1 3/8 cups) Instant yeast, 1/2 tsp (1.6 g)…
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Extra-Smooth Moe’s-Style White Queso Dip
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 14 servings (about 3 tablespoons each; roughly 3 1/2 cups total) Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 12 minutes Total Time: 22 minutes Quick Ingredients 1 can (12 fl oz / 354 ml) evaporated milk, divided 1 tsp sodium citrate or 1 tsp cornstarch + 1 tbsp cold evaporated milk…
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Detroit-Style 8 Corner Pepperoni Pizza (Jet’s Copycat)
Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 8 corner slices (2 Detroit pans; serves 4–6) Prep Time: 30 minutes active (plus rising) Cook Time: 45 minutes (sauce 25 minutes + bake 18–20 minutes) Total Time: 4 hours (including rises and preheat) Quick Ingredients Bread flour 480 g (about 4 cups) Warm water 360 g (1 1/2 cups,…
