Salted Chocolate. We’re watching our friend’s cat right now, and it’s a lot of fun.
Kramer and I want to get a pet so badly, but I just don’t think that I have the time, energy, or, frankly, money, to take care of an animal the way I would like to. For now, though, it’s just fun to pretend to have a pet for a week. His name is Eddie and he’s pretty funny. I’ve never had a cat before, but Kramer grew up with them so he’s more accustomed to their behavior than I am.
My dog at home, Tessa, is always so interested in what you’re up to and even sleeps under the covers at the foot of the bed, which I love and miss so much! These bars really do taste like Twix, and I’m not even exaggerating. Your ingredients. Combine your flour, brown sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Cut your cold butter into cubes and add to the flour.
Using your hands or a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour until a course mixture forms. Mix in the water and the egg yolk until combined. Spread the caramel over the baked shortbread crust. Create Old-Fashioned Cotton Candy Right in Your Kitchen. Chocolate caramel crack(ers) Yes, crack.
As in “made with crackers”, as in “crackly like toffee” but also in reference to the addictive nature of this stuff. I may make what seems like an elaborate cake a week these days, I might bake my own icebox wafers and fill and frost my cupcakes but these things right here? They’re the thing everyone asks for by name, and they take almost no time to make. Thus, despite that fact that this recipe is incredibly easy to find elsewhere on the web, it only seems right to give it a home here as well. Because if there was one person out there that hasn’t made it yet that makes it after reading this, my work here will be done. You start with a foil and parchment-lined baking sheet, a fantastic thing if you, like me, hate doing dishes. Oh, and this can be our little secret, but you might consider not putting all of the crack(ers) out when your friends and family come over. One year ago: Lemon Yogurt Anything CakeTwo years ago: Potato Rosemary Bread Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Handwritten Recipes: Mrs. Eisenhower's Fudge. Coconut milk fudge. I’ve got a mad case of wanderlust.
You’d think that after taking in vistas like this two weekends ago and this just yesterday, I’d be happy just to be here. But even New York City on the stunning brink between a snow-blanketed February and a shiny, breezy March aren’t enough to keep me from dreaming about South America. Northern Italy.
India.China. Austria. There was an article in the New York Times last week about how sweetened condensed milk is having a “moment” — apparently eschewed by food snobs, home cooks from Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean couldn’t care less as they know it’s the manna, the building block of many awesome things from Key Lime Pie to Vietnamese Coffee to Dulce De Leche.
Also, milk fudge. Still, I’m pretty sure I messed up somewhere. One year ago: Pita BreadTwo years ago: Almond Biscotti Coconut Milk Fudge [Coconut Brigadeiros] Adapted quite a bit from The Brazilian Kitchen, via the New York Times A.k.a. These candies are infinitely tweakable.