Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Starting your wood fired oven: After pushing the coals to the back of the wood fired oven near the wall, brush the ashes off of the floor. The chunks of glowing hardwood coals should have little or no flame when the Oatmeal Raisin Cookies goes in. After 5 minutes, turn cookie sheet so the other end faces the fire.

Makes about 4 dozen

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt (optional)
3 cups Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
1 cup raisins

- Heat wood-fired oven to 350 F.
- Beat together butter and sugars until creamy.
- Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
- Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well.
- Stir in oats and raisins; mix well.
- Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden.
- Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to wire rack.

Wood Burning Oven Veggie Casserole

Starting your wood fired oven: After pushing the coals to the back of the wood fired oven near the wall, brush the ashes off of the floor. The chunks of glowing hardwood coals should have little or no flame when the Veggie Casserole goes in. After 15 minutes, turn casserole disk so the other end faces the fire.

ALL KINDS OF VEGETABLES SUCH AS:
CARROTS
POTATOES
ZUCCHINI
BROCCOLI
CAULIFLOWER
BELL PEPPERS
MUSHROOMS
ONIONS
GARLIC

OLIVE OIL, SALT, AND COOKING SPRAY

Wash and dry the vegetables thoroughly and cut them into large pieces. Spray a large casserole dish with cooking spray and put veggies into the dish. Season with olive oil and salt and cook uncovered at 350 until all the vegetables are tender and golden.

This recipe is not only delicious but very healthy as well!!

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What is a Indirect Wood Burning Oven?

This indirect wood burning oven isn't just perfect for pizzas. You can also cook a variety of foods link roasts, porchetta, breads, desserts, and delicious Thanksgiving turkeys. The indirect heat system reduces wood consumption and oven preparation time. The Forno Classico 80 or Forno Premium 100 wood burning oven is a great choice if you are starting on your path to cooking with wood fired ovens!  It has a stylish design and a premium stainless steel interior!

The Forno Classico 80 wood burning oven offers three cooking surfaces and doubles as a convection oven if you don’t need a real fire.    It’s perfect for the beginning food connoisseur.

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Turkey Cranberry Wreath

Baking in a Wood Fired Oven: After pushing the coals to the back of the wood fired oven near the wall, brush the ashes off of the floor.  The chunks of glowing hardwood coals should have little or no flame when the apple pie goes in. Every 15 minutes, turn apple pie so the other end faces the fire.


2 packages (8 ounces each)
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons honey Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper.
2 cups cooked turkey, chopped (about 12 ounces)
1/2 cup celery, sliced
3 tablespoons fresh parsley, snipped
1/2 cup dried cranberries
4 ounces Swiss cheese, shredded (1 cup)
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
1 egg, separated



1. Heat Pizza Oven to 375F. Unroll crescent dough; separate into 16 triangles. With wide ends of triangles toward the center, arrange 8 triangles in a circle on Large Round Stone. Corners of wide ends will touch and points will extend 1 inch beyond edge of Baking Stone. Match wide end of each remaining triangle to wide end of each outer triangle; seal seams using Dough and Pizza Roller. (Points will overlap in center, do not seal.)

2. Measure mayonnaise, mustard and black pepper into classic batter bowl. Chop turkey using Food Chopper. Slice celery using Chef's Knife. Snip parsley using Kitchen Shears. Add turkey, celery, parsley and cranberries to Batter Bowl. Grate cheese into Batter Bowl using Deluxe Cheese Grater. Mix filling using Mix 'N Scraper®. Using Medium Scoop, scoop filling over seams of dough, forming a circle.

3. Coarsely chop walnuts using Food Chopper, sprinkle over filling. Beginning in center, lift one dough triangle across mixture. Continue alternating with outer strips, slightly overlapping to form wreath. Tuck last end under first.

4. Separate egg over Small Batter Bowl using Egg Separator. Beat egg white lightly; brush over dough using Pastry Brush. Bake 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Cut and serve using Slice 'N Serve®.

Yield: 10 servings
Recipe found in Season's Best Recipe Collection (Fall/Winter 2000)

Using Real Cheese for Your Pizza

What’s the point of using a fantastic tool like a wood burning pizza oven if you’re going to use subpar ingredients? It’s arguable that cheese is the most important part of the pie, but many people end up using cheeses from the grocery store that have a bunch of additives and chemicals that take away from the real flavor of good cheese. The most common cheese used for pizza pies is mozzarella, which is available in a variety of different ways including fresh, skim and infused with a variety of different spices and herbs.

The potential of cheese and pizza is so much bigger than mozzarella. There are over 400 different types of Italian cheeses, many of which would be fantastic as a main cheese or as an accompanying flavor on a pie. The key to picking a good cheese is to find one that melts consistently and goes well with the flavor of tomatoes or whatever sauce you are using, but even this isn’t a hard a fast rule. Some pizzas use unique cheese, topping and sauce combinations to create something completely unique. You can even create a pizzas that barely uses any cheese at all except for a generous dusting of Parmesan Reggiano or Pecorino Romano. Whatever kind of pizza you are looking to make, your wood burning oven can make it burst with flavor.