Baked Snacks
Coconut Corn Samosas
As someone who runs in horror from any recipe featuring the word “pastry,” I decided that the best way to confront this fear was simply to refer to anything with dough AND a filling as “a samosa.” (Apologies in advance, to anyone who knows enough about samosas and Indian cuisine to find the glaring flaws in this recipe / logic.) I decided to try these “samosas” out for Thanksgiving dinner, serving dozens of them with a few different fillings (curried cabbage, cumin-flavored carrots & peas, and a coconut-creamed corn). The...
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Let’s get a few things straight:1) Pretzels (aka: salt delivery-methods) are one of the greatest snacks out there. Quick disclaimer: I spent a good portion of my life in Philadelphia, the unofficial birthplace of the soft, twisted pretzel. Regardless, I think this argument is pretty solid. Point #2: Mozzarella sticks are ALSO awesome. Point #3: A culinary mash up of mozzarella sticks and pretzels is… wait for it… DOUBLE awesome. Duh. Yes, indeed. I made this cheesy balls of wonderment for a football party and they were...
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