On the bright side, I (with The Laird’s reminder) did manage to beat the smoke detector. Today’s replacement is rising (38:45 left on the timer).
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Learning 2 Bake from Scratch LXVII
Strawberry Pound Cake I don’t really like shortcake and I wanted something with the new strawberries. Pound cake is fairly simple. I chose the Preppy Kitchen The Best Pound Cake recipe because it has sour cream in it, which seemed novel. It’s not bad. It’s a bit grainy and dry – for pound cake. ForContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch LXVII”
Not Muffins!
They are slider buns that I may have let rise a bit too much in a muffin pan. They’re even somewhat “whole grain” because I used 100g of whole grain rye flour (in addition to 300g of bread flour for gluten).
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXVI
Chocolate Pudding Cake I must have made this before since the recipe is printed out and in my recipe folder. However, it’s not on the blog, so it didn’t happen. This is an effort, but it’s for The Laird’s birthday. The recipe: As you can see, mine does not look like that. The major issues:Continue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXVI”
Snacks for Lunch
I was making grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch. I thought to myself, I thought, “this is just cheese and crackers.” I nuked some tomato soup for dipping. It was yummy. It was also just bruschetta, which is still an hors d’oeuvres. I didn’t think that one through. Update: I did that on purpose at aContinue reading “Snacks for Lunch”
Bacon Floodies
I’d never heard of them, but the YouTube algorithm thought I would be interested. It was correct. These are easy enough that I didn’t even use the recipe. I made enough for two. The second one is a bit overly toasted on the bottom (i.e. burned) because I was too busy eating the first oneContinue reading “Bacon Floodies”
Cacio e Pepe
A recipe from Cook’s Illustrated. I thought it would make a good first pasta course for the Italian dinner I will be cooking (this coming Saturday). It’s supposedly difficult to get the cheese sauce right. Following the instructions in Cook’s Illustrated, it was not. It’s very simple: Pasta with Pecorino Romano cheese and black pepper.Continue reading “Cacio e Pepe”
Mark & Max V
Placenta Stop giggling (or vomiting); this is Classical Latin so the “c”s are all hard (very similar to how the “a” in Ur-an-us is always short). It’s better than I expected. Sort of a giant sized baclava. On to the recipe… The internal layers (tracta) are a spelt and wheat mix. Max says to buyContinue reading “Mark & Max V”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXV
Ciabatta Having just returned from Rome (and finally over the airplane crud), I thought it would be nice to thank the friend who drove us to/from the airport with an Italian dinner. This requires ciabatta for the bread course. Need to make bread? Who ya gonna call? The Big Dog: Of course, it’s another oneContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXV”
Rice Off
What does one do with left over chicken pot pie? Reheating is an obvious option, but reheating pie crust is annoying. I decided to scoop out the inside and have a rice-off. I don’t much care for rice. I don’t dislike it; it’s far to innocuous for that. The Laird likes rice. I grew upContinue reading “Rice Off”
Marked Up 