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JUNE 2020 / SUMMER FUN GUIDE 14 bowl. Add the egg and vanilla. Scrape down the bowl. Add flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Spread the mixture into a 9x13 pan lined with parchment paper. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the edges are slightly golden brown. Wait for it to completely cool before adding frosting. Frosting: Ingredients: 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 2-3 tbsp heavy whipping cream 1/4 tsp salt Sprinkles for decorating Directions: Beat butter with an electric mixer until smooth. Add the salt and vanilla. Add powdered sugar by the cup and cream by the tablespoon alternately. Beat on medium high for three to four minutes until fluffy. Spread it evenly onto your cool cookie base, and add sprin- kles to your liking. It's cleaner if the whole thing is cooled again and removed from the pan before cutting your bars. Enjoy! Date night at home Chef Pam recommends recipes for couples By Quinn Clark Special to Conley Media WAUKESHA – Date nights may have been put on hold for months, but Pam Dennis, owner of Chef Pam's Kitchen in Waukesha, recommends creating your own date night at home. Normally, Dennis teaches couples cooking classes at Chef Pam's Kitchen, but because she had to cancel classes until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she has some recipes for couples to try at home. For the main course, she recommends stuffed pork ten- derloin. What is fun about this meal is that in order to get the pork tenderloin stuffed and trussed for the oven, couples need to work as a team, Dennis said. One person holds in the stuff- ing as the other is trussing. Dennis also recommends making Chocolate Decadence with chocolate ganache, that requires few ingredients, but creates a delicious dessert. It is a flourless cake, so it is also good for the gluten-free people, Dennis said. Stuffed Pork Tenderloin 8 oz sliced Portabello mushrooms 4 slices bacon, chopped 2 tbsp cream cheese 2 tbsp butter 2 tbsp olive oil 1/4 cup crushed butter and garlic croutons 1 clove garlic, minced 1/4 cup chopped onion 1/4 cup minced shallot 1 tsp chopped thyme 2 tbsp chopped Italian parsley Salt and pepper to taste Directions: 1. Heat a sauté pan on medium heat. Add about 2 tbsps of olive oil and let it heat up. 2. Add chopped bacon (or can cut with kitchen shears into small pieces) and cook until browned. Remove from pan into another bowl. 3. Add butter and about 1 tbsp of olive oil and let it heat up, then add the onions, shallots, garlic and thyme. Sauté until onions are translucent. 4. Then add the mushrooms and cook until softened. Take off the heat and add the cream cheese and the crushed croutons. Sprinkle in 1 tbsp of parsley

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