No Knead Bread: so easy a 4-yr old can make it! Monday, September 10, 2007 No Knead Bread: so easy a 4-yr old can make it! It’s been almost a year since NY Times unveiled the secret to the revolutionary No-Knead Bread. And while fads come and go, this certainly is a recipe that has transcended the fickleness of foodies. It’s time to revisit the bread…. as many of us have been brainwashed by this summer’s ice cream! We’ve made close to 60 loaves since last November and I’ve got to tell you, it is still one of our family’s favorite things to eat. I firmly believe that every person should bake a loaf of bread at least once in their lifetime. No Knead Bread recipe so insanely brilliant – no sticky fingers, no doughy mess, no intricate measuring, no complicated kneading. So, without further blabbering, I’ve pimped out my son to demonstrate that baking No Knead Bread is so simple a 4-year old can do it. Of course I had to bribe him with 2 temporary tattoos.
So, let’s start. 3 cups of bread flour in a big bowl. 1/4 teaspoon of instant yeast: Baked Fruit Leather. Happy Thursday, all. Yesterday, I found myself very busy using up all the wonderful summer fruit I have hanging around. Fruit that was in desperate need of a purpose, and soon. Usually, when faced with an excess of fresh fruit I do two things: make purée to freeze and save for future baking and candy making or I make fruit leather. Fruit leather is so simple to make and a great way to take advantage of the summer markets that are flooded with inexpensive fresh fruit.
Kids love the stuff too... who will be going back to school soon, right? They might need a reasonably healthy treat in their lunchbox. Something better than the usual fare I supply on this site. While fruit leather is generally made in a dehydrator, you can make it at home in your oven too. That's all you need to turn all this into this... Into something like this. If you're eying up that old bread trench full of fruit and going "surplus?
" It was a momentary loss of control. You'll also need: wax paper plastic cling wrap Enjoy! Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate! Cookies! Quick post today, as the little Humble and I are getting ready to go hunt for cars again. Today I whipped up a big batch of cookies. Chocolate cookies. Serious chocolate cookies. A baking friend of mine gave me this cookie recipe a few months ago. They're absolutely wonderful and luckily, I have permission to share. They're basically two pounds of chocolate bound together with a bit of butter and flour. How can that be anything but great! On a quick blog-related note. Alright, so let's get down to the chocolate... Chocolate! Pre-heat your oven to 350°F. In a double-boiler, melt the pound of bittersweet chocolate. Sift together the flour, baking soda, cocoa and salt in a large bowl and set aside.
In your mixer, using the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and brown sugar. Add half the flour mixture and combine on low speed, then add the remaining flour and mix until the batter comes together. Bake the cookies for approximately 10 minutes until puffy and the edges start to crisp. Dead Man's Peanut Butter Cupcakes. We're revisiting my Dead Man's Peanut Butter Pie recipe today, with a few fun tweaks. Today I found myself wrestling with a familiar peanut butter and chocolate craving. In such situations I have the following options: Go to the store and buy all the available peanut butter cups. Of course, this isn't much of an option since getting out of the house with two small children and going anywhere requires nearly as much planning and preparation as a mission to Mars.Eat peanut butter from jar with a spoon, dipping it into that 20lb bag of chocolate chips I have.
Also not a great option, since with this method of consumption, any semblance of portion control vanishes and I just bought skinny jeans.Bake something with peanut butter and chocolate for the blog, while wearing said skinny jeans and pretend that they will encourage restraint while tasting and testing. We're also taking a page from hi-hat cupcakes and dipping the peanut butter death into a fudge-y chocolate coating. Enjoy! Sea Glass Candy. On nice days--nice being a relative term in Seattle--the little Humble and I make the short trip down to the beach. It is one of her favorite activities outside of the house. She could spend the better part of the day beach combing at the shoreline, looking for interesting shells, rocks, sea glass and little dead crabs. She really likes those smelly little crabs. Hopefully she grows out of that particular obsession soon.
Yes, this is a "nice" day... I felt like doing some Northwest beach theme treats this week, since the little Humble and I will be resuming our beach trips soon. I know that other parts of the U.S. are up to their armpits in snow but in Seattle, the weather has been rather nice. For all you snowed in folks, the ones boggling at my choice of theme given the time of year, hopefully a little sea glass will remind you of warmer times to come. I made four different colors/flavors this morning: Blueberry/Cobalt, Lemon/Clear, Key-Lime/Green, and my favorite Rootbeer/Brown. Enjoy! Ultimate Chocolate Chip Coconut Cookies, Chef Chuck Kerber | Pittsburgh Hot Plate PittsburghHotPlate.Com | Pittsburgh Restaurant Reviews | Food Blog| Cooking Tutorials And Much More | Food | Cooking | Recipes | Food Blog | Pittsburgh.
5 Minute Jacket Potato Fan. Meals in one « Mel and Joy cook. The Best Beef Stew This is Dave Lieberman from Food Network’s recipe. I got this recipe about 7 years ago and no other stew comes close to being this delicious. It is the BEST! I made this for a dinner party and served it in bread bowls….just for fun! My guests LOVED it. What you will need: 2 pounds beef chuck for stew, cut into 1-inch cubes Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 3 tablespoons butter 4 medium carrots, peeled, halved and cut into 1-inch chunks 3 small onions, diced 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 (14 1/2-ounce) cans reduced-sodium beef or chicken broth 2 cups dry red wine 1 cup canned crushed tomatoes 3 sprigs fresh rosemary 2 medium russet or Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks 2 handfuls green beans, ends trimmed (optional) Season the beef cubes lightly with salt and pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons of the butter in a heavy 6-quart pot over medium heat.
If the pan starts to get too brown at any point, just turn down the heat a little. Enjoy! Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread. I’m sorry. I know it’s Monday morning and you probably came here for some pretty pictures of food that you could glance at, and then move on with your day… and here I go thrusting warm, soft cinnamon sugar bread in your face. It’s not fair. I know it’s not fair. I know that now you’re craving cinnamon rolls, and cream cheese frosting and chili fries and hot dogs. You don’t deserve this sort of torture. This bread hits all the comfort spots in my soul. I’m sorry and you’re welcome and I love you. Let’s start at the beginning. I did this all without the use of a stand mixer and dough hook.
This dough can be made and left to rise , then refrigerated overnight for use in the morning. This is the dough just before it’s left to rise. After the dough has rested and risen for an hour, I knead it in a few tablespoons of flour. This is the part in the bread process where you can wrap the dough and place it in the fridge to rest overnight. I worked with my dough right away. I can’t even deal. Christmas Food And Drink Quiz | readymadepubquiz.com. The Burlap Bag - High Quality Handmade Goods Shop - Austin Texas. Yes. For real. Two ingredients. (Yes, you can add other things if you want… but you don’t HAVE to!) I made this up after seeing a “healthy breakfast cookie” that wanted me to add eggs, applesauce, baking soda, etc and I said NO!
And also, I hate those “two/three ingredient” recipes where one of the ingredients is a boxed cookie mix. and the other is a can of pie filling. CMON PEOPLE. Ingredients: 2 large old bananas1 cup of oats (quick or regular! Mix those two together. Then add in what sounds yummy to you! Since all bananas are different sizes, the needed measurements can vary. We made 16 cookies with those measurements.
Pre-mixing. post-mixing. Pre-cooking. post-cooking. check out those walnut chunks! These cookies taste most amazing right out of the oven. Sometimes we’ll make 16 “cookies”. Why this recipe is awesome? I hope you like these. Follow us for instagram for updates! (p.s. check out our “autumn” 2 ingredient cookie!) (p.s.s. and now check out our summer 2 ingredient cookie!) Jalapeño Poppers 2. 34 Insanely Simple Two-Ingredient Recipes. Spicy Buffalo Cauliflower 'Wings'.
Looking for a healthier (and kinder) alternative to chicken wings? Try these juicy, tangy, and spicy buffalo cauliflower “wings”! Deliciously versatile and with just enough “kick,” these bite-sized pieces of cauliflower offer an eerily similar experience to eating chicken wings. With all the flavor and none of the guilt, this is a secret-weapon recipe that every vegan cook should have in his or her kitchen. Enjoy! SpicyBuffalo Cauliflower ‘Wings’ 1 cup water or soy milk 1 cup flour (any kind will work—even gluten-free!)
Preheat the oven to 450°F.Combine the water or soy milk, flour, and garlic powder in a bowl and stir until well combined.Coat the cauliflower pieces with the flour mixture and place in a shallow baking dish. Makes 4 servings. Hamburger Cupcakes. Chocolate Chip Lava Cookies. I am so in love with these darn chocolate lava cookies! What is it about a warm, gooey chocolate chip cookie stuffed with decadent, rich, melted chocolate that makes it so irresistible?? Especially when topped with vanilla ice cream. These are one of Kev’s favorite homemade treats, and he usually asks me to make them at least once a week. They are so simple to whip up, and such a treat!
All you really need for these fabulous cookies is your favorite cookie dough and a bag of chocolate chips. Since these cookies are absolutely gushing with delicious rich chocolate, my favorite chocolate chips for this recipe are the Hersey’s Milk Chocolate chips. Now let’s make some chocolate lava cookies! Place the flattened cookie dough in the bottom of a well-greased standard sized muffin tin. Now for our gooey, rich milk chocolate filling. Lay the Ziploc bag flat in the microwave, spreading out the chocolate chips in a single layer. Cut a small tip off the Ziploc bag and layer over the cookies. 1.
World's Best Peanut Butter Cookies, Chef Chuck Kerber | Pittsburgh Hot Plate PittsburghHotPlate.Com | Pittsburgh Restaurant Reviews | Food Blog| Cooking Tutorials And Much More | Food | Cooking | Recipes | Food Blog | Pittsburgh. World’s Best Peanut Butter Cookies Creamy Peanut Butter Serves 8-10 Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees Ingredients: 1 cup creamy peanut butter ½ cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 cup brown sugar 1 tablespoon vanilla 2 large eggs 2 ¼ cups unbleached flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon kosher salt Directions: Place the peanut butter, butter, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Peanut Butter, Sugars, Vanilla, and Butter Peanut Butter Cookie Mixture Add Eggs, Mix Thoroughly Sift the flour with the baking soda and salt.
Using a scooper, place round balls of the dough on a baking sheet covered with a silpat, or wax paper, 1.5 inches apart. Scooped Cookie Dough Using the palm of your hand, gently press on the balls of dough. Pressing Cookies Make a criss-cross pattern on the cookie dough with a fork. Marking Cookies Before Baking Pre-Baked Cookies Place in a 375 degree oven, and bake for approximately 12 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies become brown. Most favorited all-time - page 18. Tiny Pull-Apart Breads | Reclaiming Provincial. Alright boys and girls, feast your eyes on the cutest little bread EVER. It reminds me of a doughy little sea creature! And as if being adorable wasn’t enough, these little guys had to go and be all sorts of crazy delicious too. I stumbled upon a recipe for pull-apart bread many years ago, and was instantly obsessed.
I’ve never been too keen on bread with other ingredients mixed right into the dough. But isolated layers of yumminess sandwiched between slices of bread that I can easily peel away from each other and stuff in my face? Sold! The recipe that I was following back then involved dividing the dough into somewhere between 8–12 pieces, shaping it into discs, and adding the filling between each one. The great thing about this bread is it’s unbelievably versatile. Pull-Apart Bread with Herbs, Cheese, and Roasted Garlic yield: 1 loaf / 8 mini loaves / 12 muffins Bread Filling Combine warm water, sugar, and yeast in a large bowl and set aside for a few minutes (until foamy). Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries. What? Yes! - SugarBlog - SugarDerby. Um... ok. Why didn't I think of this?!?!?! Of course you can hollow out a strawberry and stuff it full of cheesecake. Of course you can!!! And just in time for Valentine's Day... perfect excuse to make them!
Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries Here's what you need: About 20 strawberries... this was a little over one carton for me. 8 oz pkg softened cream cheese 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 sleeve of graham crackers 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips (optional) First you will want to wash the strawberries and cut off the tops. Now core them! A thin ended apple peeler.... And a small knife....
I liked the knife better! The easiest way to core the strawberries is to hold the entire berry in your hand (wrap your fingers around it) and literally just core out the center. Um... Now to make the filling.... Beat the cream cheese. Now to fill the strawberries!!! I didn't want to hurt my zip lock baggies feelings so I used one to crush the graham crackers in. Oh man.... these are so cute. So...... Fluffy Pancakes | Blogger For Hire.
This pancake recipe is the result of mixing and matching different recipes from many different sources. It is the result of trying and failing so many times, that I almost declared pancakes as the one breakfast recipe I couldn’t master. But I persisted, and this recipe is perfect – as perfect as a pancakes recipe can be, because making pancakes does involve frying, and frying is something that each of us needs to play with. It changes depending on your type of stove (gas or electric), on how hot the skillet is, and on how evenly hot you manage to keep it while frying multiple batches.
But the instructions here are as close as it gets to “perfect,” and the result? Truly fluffy, puffy pancakes that are never heavy or dense and that are flavored with a pleasant vanilla aroma and taste. This recipe makes 16-18 pancakes. The four of us eat 2-3 each, and the remaining freeze very well. Fluffy Pancakes Makes 16-18 pancakes. Directions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Serve with warm maple syrup and berries. Spicy Buffalo Cauliflower 'Wings' The Infamous Jacques Torres Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Now, I have a chocolate chip cookie recipe that I swear by. I love it, I think it is incredible, and I haven’t changed my mind about that. However, as much as it pains me to say it, these chocolate chip cookies by Jacques Torres are absolutely, without a doubt, the best chocolate chip cookies that I have ever made or tasted in my entire life. I guess that’s why they call him Mr. Chocolate! These are a chocolate chip cookie of another color, that’s for sure. Either way, I made these and everyone that tried them went nuts. Edit: For more Jacques Torres deliciousness, check out my Jacques Torres Chocolate Mudslide Cookies! Your ingredients. Whisk together the cake flour, bread flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Beat together the butter and sugars, until light and fluffy, at least 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, followed by the vanilla. Add in the flour mixture, very gradually, until just moistened. Fold in your chocolate. Author: The Crepes of Wrath Prep time: Cook time:
Finds: Awesome Cake Designs. Kitchen Helpers. Popcorn painting .com by rafaël rozendaal, 2008. Cinnamon Roll Pancakes.