Peanut Butter Cookies Nobody makes peanut butter cookies for Christmas, so I have a good chance to be unique. I went to the Farmer’s Market (mostly to return a big pile of canning jars) and bought more white chocolate peanut butter. I followed my own suggestion and they turned out better with less flour. ThisContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXI”
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Mac & Cheese
Last week, my work had a “how to make a comfort food lunch” webinar. They do a “how to make healthy lunches” thing every now and again and that was the most recent. Our intrepid nutritionist made macaroni and cheese. It seemed to take too long and I have a Cook’s Illustrated recipe that I’veContinue reading “Mac & Cheese”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LX
Angel Food Comparison I was in the mood for baking on Sunday (it was gloomy and there were snow flurries). I didn’t find a cookie recipe in Grandma’s cookbook that caught my fancy, but I did find five angel food cake recipes. I had been wondering if angel food cake required that special pan. ItContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LX”
InstaPot vs Dutch Oven
I recently watched a “kitchen on $300” YouTube video by Brian Lagerstrom: Nothing surprised me, although I may buy a Y-peeler when my current “normal” peeler gets dull. The Dutch Oven vs Crock Pot comments were interesting, so I thought I’d try an experiment. I have both an Instapot and Dutch oven – and IContinue reading “InstaPot vs Dutch Oven”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LIX
Red Cake This is the cake that “belongs” to the buttercream frosting recipe from the Halloween Cupcakes. Red CakeFrom: Jo Cream:1/2 cup shortening1 1/2 cups sugar1 tsp vanillaAdd 2 eggs, beat wellMake paste with then add to above:2 oz red food coloring3 Tbl cocoaAlternately add portions of2 1/4 cup flour1 cup buttermilkImmediately before baking add:1Continue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LIX”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LVIII
Hamburger Buns There’s always a story, isn’t there? I’ve been baking bread for a decade, now. Doing it well consistently since we moved down from the Mile High city. One would think that hamburger buns would have come up, already. In fact, they have, with middling success because I have nothing in which to riseContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LVIII”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LVII
Halloween Cupcakes These were super experimental. I’ve never made cupcakes before. They were also hardware store style baking: Repeated trips to the store were necessary. I have two muffin pans at a dozen muffins each. I thought one and half layers of a layer cake would fill both pans, hence the four-batch mis en place.Continue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LVII”
Waffles
The Laird has been not-so-subtly wanting a waffle iron. I don’t want one. It’s the sort of thing that one buys, uses three times, then stores in a cupboard for decades. We don’t have the storage space we once had. Well, what should turn up in the unending “let’s unpack another box this weekend” task?Continue reading “Waffles”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LVI
Blackberry Apple Pie Another one from the Four and Twenty Blackbirds book. I again used the combo crust. I cut it down to a 2/3rds recipe, which really wasn’t enough. The bottom crust is very thin. I also par/blind baked it, which the recipe does not call for – but fruit pies are runny. TheContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LVI”
Does Meatloaf Count?
Despite being baked, I don’t think meatloaf qualifies for the Learning 2 Bake from Scratch series. I have a lot of ground beef in the freezer, a bread heel every week, and we buy eggs by the flat. So why not more meatloaf? I’ve never been a big fan and it seems kind of silly:Continue reading “Does Meatloaf Count?”
Marked Up 