Not Oreos I had two events (dance party and Toastmasters) to bring something to and I’d promised my dance instructor cookies, next time I made them. Hence, cookies. I like not-Oreos. Any resemblance to a trademarked cookie is purely coincidental. Because I make them softer than the cookie that shall not be named, I wasContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LII”
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French Dressing – and Moar!
This is an easy one I’ve been making for years. I don’t remember where it originally came from, but I consider it mine, now. 1 coarsely chopped onion⅔ cup vegetable oil½ cup sugar⅓ cup vinegar (red wine vinegar is good)1 ½ tsp Worcestershire1 ½ tsp salt1 tsp mustard1 tsp paprika (double it)½ tsp garlic powderContinue reading “French Dressing – and Moar!”
Sunday Dinner
This was quite the cooking adventure. Bread bowl w/Spinach Artichoke dip. The dip was a bit acidic. I’m not sure why. The bread was delicious. I made the “big dog” version using a half recipe and a heavy sauce pan instead of a Dutch oven. I didn’t let it bake long enough to get aContinue reading “Sunday Dinner”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LII
Biscuit Victory Finally. BiscuitsFrom: Experimentation 120 g AP flour1/2 Tbl baking powder1/8 tsp salt1 tsp baking soda4 Tbl butter, cold1/2 tsp lemon juice (or 1/4 tsp citric acid)80 g milk Preheat oven to 375. Shred the butter into a mixing bowl. Sift the dry ingredients over it. Pastry knife to pea-like, not cornmeal, texture. AddContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LII”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch
Crust vs Crust This one doesn’t get a number because it’s analysis, not baking. I posted my pie crust recipe in the Chess Pie post. The “new” recipe is from The Four & Twenty Blackbird’s Pie Book, which is a present from the crochet group. Considering that they are a well-known bakery, it seems unlikelyContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LI
Coconut Cream Pie This pie served two purposes: Another test of the new crust recipe and getting rid of leftover coconut. Well, three purposes, I suppose: It also got eaten. The first crust attempt was for the Malted Chocolate Pecan Pie. It was not good. For this attempt, I used shredded rather than cubed butter,Continue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LI”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – L
Malted Chocolate Pecan Pie It snowed today. I don’t mind snow, but when it wasn’t snowing, it was cloudy and gloomy. On a Sunday, that says “bake something”. I’m not sure what it means that the crochet group gave me a pie cookbook. It could be positive, in that they would like more pies. ItContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – L”
Swedish Meatballs
This is a “before I make it” post because I want to extract the recipe from the video and make sure I have everything. As long as I need to write it down, I may as well write it down here. Thankfully, it’s there in the description for my copy/pasting convenience. Swedish MeatballsFrom: Sip AndContinue reading “Swedish Meatballs”
Irish Potato Candy
It’s neither Irish nor Potato. I stumbled across this recipe years ago. For whatever reason, there has been a photocopy of some newspaper/magazine recipe for it in my recipe folder (a physical folder, not a computer folder). I finally threw it out a few months back. Then I’m asked to bring something potato-y to aContinue reading “Irish Potato Candy”
Leftovers
The Chess Pie resulted in much leftover fondant. What does one do with extra fondant? Why make not-Oreos, of course. I swear I have a blog post about that, already, but I don’t see it now and I’m supposed to be working, so this needs to be fast. A friend is having a birthday partyContinue reading “Leftovers”
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