Plumble Pie Another Four and Twenty Blackbirds recipe for crochet group. Standard crust, plum filling, the same oat crumble on top as the Peach and Cream pie/tart. I have those little crocks due to Nina, one of my coworkers. The odd thing about that story is that I don’t remember why. I just remember thatContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXIX”
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Merang is Weird
I’m tired of typing “meringue”. The speech on Pavlova resulted in some extra baked merang. I wasn’t sure what to do with it, so I just threw it in the ‘fridge. The Pavlovas in the ‘fridge got soggy from the whipped cream soaking in. The blanks got really crispy from the dry refrigerator air suckingContinue reading “Merang is Weird”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXVIII
Peaches and Cream Pie This is also from the Four and Twenty Blackbirds cookbook, so no recipe. It has a very strange crust. Basically, a graham cracker crust made with rolled oats. I added a bit extra because my pie pan is twice as tall as the crust in the picture and I wanted toContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXVIII”
Online Speech Contest
The local Toastmaster’s online (i.e. webcam) speech contest is Monday. Last Wednesday, one of my competitors gave a practice run of her speech. It was very good and blew mine out of the water. I’ve thrown that out and I’m starting over. I like to watch YouTube cooking videos, but they’re all edited. I’m goingContinue reading “Online Speech Contest”
Set a Timer!
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).
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”
Marked Up 