Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day And I’m not even kidding! Easiest. Recipe. Ever! Thanks to my sweet brother, Ramon, who recently came for a visit, I’ve finally learned to make this delicious recipe for homemade Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François. If you’ve been intimidated to make homemade bread, your store bought days are over. Recipe for Homemade Artisan Bread makes 3 loaves 3 cups lukewarm water1 1/2 tablespoons granulated yeast1 1/2 tablespoons kosher or other course salt6 1/2 cups unbleached all purpose flourcornmeal for pizza peel (optional) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Now slice and add lots of butter or strawberry jam. Thanks to my brother, Ramon, for taking the time to teach me.
The Gunny Sack: Peanut Butter Cup Brownies In A Jar I made these little beauties for my party on Monday and they were delicious! Over the top?? Sure, but delicious anyway! I purchased a 12 pack of 4 oz jelly jars and a brownie mix from Walmart. I baked the brownies for about 20 minutes at 350°F . Once the brownies were cool, I piped in store bought chocolate frosting. I cut a bunch of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups into small chunks…sorry I didn’t count how many but I think you need a little more than 1 peanut butter cup per jar. Just put the peanut butter cup chunks on top of the chocolate frosting. To make the peanut butter frosting, I mixed together 1 container of store bought vanilla frosting and 1 cup of peanut butter. I piped the peanut butter frosting on top of the peanut butter cups. The last thing I did was stick 1/4 of a peanut butter cup into the peanut butter frosting. These were seriously delicious but very rich. by The Gunny Sack Brownies: 1 brownie mix ~water, eggs and oil that are called for on the box Preheat oven to 350°F.
Perfect Potatoes au Gratin Is there even such a thing as “bad” potatoes au gratin? I really don’t think there is. And that makes the title of this recipe even more weighty. This is a very basic, but exceedingly delicious, version of the much-beloved side dish. Serve it to people you love. Zee Cast of Characters: russet potatoes, heavy cream, whole milk, flour, garlic, salt, pepper, and a little softened butter. Good. Very, very, very good. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees, then scrub the potatoes so they’re very clean. It’s a strange religion. Slice the potatoes—not too thick, not too thin. Stack ‘em up as you go… And cut the stacks into fourths. Soon you’ll have a positively prodigious pile of potato pieces. Say that fast five times. Now, in a bowl mix together the cream… The milk… And the flour. Now peel some cloves of garlic. Just be aware that four cloves in this recipe will result in a really garlicky flavor. Add the garlic to the bowl… Followed by the salt and the pepper. Meantime, grate a good cup of cheddar cheese.
Cookie Dough Dip Go put on your stretchy pants. Seriously. Do it now. This is the situation I found myself in late Monday evening. Or the couch from which I was laying on after eating 16 snickerdoodles. You can only imagine what I did first thing yesterday morning. So let’s hit all the major points: 1. 2. 3. Or you can do dirty things like eat it with a spoon. Cookie Dough Dip makes about 1 1/2 cups 1/2 cup butter 1/3 cup brown sugar 1 8-ounce block of cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3/4 cups chocolate chips Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cream together cream cheese and powdered sugar for 60 seconds. Garnish with additional chopped chocolate. Oh! I think I love this girl.
Broccoli Cheese Soup: Panera Bread Copycat Recipe On Wednesday my sister and I volunteered to make the soup supper to go with the Advent service at church. Before you go thinking I'm some kind of charitable, goodhearted soul, I must tell you that the only reason that I do it is because I LOVE COOKING. In case you hadn't figured that out yet. Okay, so I was like, "Whadaya think, Nemo? Will two huge pots of soup, a crockpot full of barbequed meatballs, five trillion chicken salad sandwiches, fifty thousand and two loaves of bread, and a couple bazillion desserts cover it?" Well, it would have, except everybody had to try a huge bowl of BOTH kinds of soup AND meatballs. Barbequed meatballs in broccoli soup. I had to leave the room. Anyways, we ran out of soup after about ten minutes of serving. So during church I had a sudden inspiration (um, Pastor, if you're reading this, that was a typo. Anways, I burst out of church and ran up to my friend screaming, "Hey guess what!! Yeah. I mean it would be like getting paid to have fun. Okay.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies *If you are visiting this post for the first time, you may wish to visit my “Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies Take Two” post- a more recent post where I share (what I think is) a better version of these brownies! These are good too- but I took the comments suggested in this post and created a new recipe based on feedback. Okay, Cookie Dough Lovers. I first saw these in a bakery in Maine a few years back. I’d say I had some major success with this recipe. These are easiest to eat when placed in little cupcake wrappers. Print Recipe Save Recipe Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies Yield: 32 browniesPrep Time: 30 min + cooling timeCook Time: 25 min Ingredients:BROWNIE:4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped1 cup salted butter, melted2 cups light brown sugar, packed4 large eggs2 teaspoons vanilla extract1 cup all-purpose flour1/2 cup mini- chocolate chipsCOOKIE DOUGH (EGG FREE!)
The Web’s Best Slider Recipes We never thought a culinary revolution would spawn from a White Castle (even though we think more food should come in Crave Cases), but sliders have become a bit of a trendy food over the last couple of years. If there’s a party that has some passed mini burgers, you better believe you can find us right at the door where the servers come out. When we cook some up for a party/standard afternoon at home, we like to get a bit creative with the shrunken snack. Here are our favorite recipes for sliders: Spicy Whiskey BBQ Sliders We didn’t realize we could make such a mess with such a small food, but every smear on our face and drop of sauce on our denim was worth it. Pork Belly Sliders with Pickled Cabbage and Maple Mustard Pork belly is a gift from the heavens. Roast Beef and Caramelized Onion Sliders For some sliders that you can put together in no time, you can’t go wrong with these. Crab Cake Sliders The marriage of crab cakes and sliders is a natural one. Cheesy Stuffed Meatball Sliders
How To Make Perfect Brownies | How To Cook Like Your Grandmother I’ve tried lots of brownie recipes: Boxes, scratch, frosted, plain, nuts, chips, fudge … Each of them has something to like, but depending on my mood I might want a change of pace. Not any more. My wife found this recipe, and it’s perfect. I’m done looking. This is the brownie recipe that I’ll use from now on. Ingredients 1½ cups sugar ¾ cup flour ¾ cup cocoa powder (see note below) 3 eggs ¾ cup butter, melted ½ teaspoon salt (if using unsalted butter) ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (see note below) Directions A NOTE ON CHOCOLATE: You’ll notice the list of ingredients is very short. The assembly is about as easy as you can get. Do this by hand, until the dry ingredients are just incorporated into the wet, and stop. Stir in the chocolate chips. Line a 9×13 baking dish with parchment. Pour the batter and spread it out. Bake at 325° for 20-30 minutes. Very carefully lift the parchment out of the baking dish. Peel the edges and let cool for a few minutes before slicing. Like this recipe?
Appetizer Recipe: Atomic Buffalo Turds - BBQ Addicts - BBQ Blog Cooking up a barbecue feast for your friends and family can (and will) be an all day affair. Depending on the size of your cut, briskets and pork butts can take every bit of 18 hours to slow smoke to perfection. As much as I like starving myself all day in anticipation of the gluttony that’s soon to come, my willpower tends to falter somewhere around the noon hour. These smokey treats are really easy to prepare, and you may even have most of the ingredients hanging out in your fridge already: 12 fresh jalapeno peppers 12 slices of bacon 24 little smokies 1 package of cream cheese (room temperature) 2 tsp paprika 1 tsp cayenne pepperSweet barbecue rub To start the construction of the atomic buffalo turds, you’ll first want to wash and trim the jalapeno peppers. In a mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese, paprika and cayenne pepper. Top each one of the jalapeno “boats” with a little smokey. Cooking the buffalo turds is a matter of getting the bacon done to your liking.
Pancakes and Pinterest Doesn't looking at this Cinnamon Roll Pancake make you just swirl oops, I mean swoon! I saw a picture of this on Pinterest and I was drooling. Ok, some of you know about Pinterest and many of you asked about it. Pinterest is a "way to catalogue the things you love" as they say on Pinterest.com. I would describe it as a place to create your own personal bulletin board collages from internet images. To begin, visit Pinterest.com and request an invite. They may take a while to get back to you, but they will eventually send you an email and have you set up an account and choose a password. Next you create a "board" or a collection of interest, for example, I created a food board that I titled "Food As Art". clicking on beautiful photos I saw and Pinterest automatically catalogues those photos on my "Food As Art" board. boards as I want. a different board for every color and it was just a collection of inspiring photos in that color. When you click on someone's board then you I found the original post at Pancakes
A Visual Guide to Cooking with Onions and Garlic at Epicurious B ulb vegetables which include onions, garlic, and ramps—all related and members of the lily family—are usually just culinary accents: Add in small amounts, and they'll make a dish come alive with aromatic undertones. When used raw, they add a punch to salads and salsas. But the real magic takes place when they're cooked: A light sauté or slow roast mellows their pungent, acrid flavors and coaxes out their natural sweetness. There are many different ways to categorize bulb vegetables, so named because we consume the bulb. "Spring" bulbs, such as scallions and ramps, need refrigeration. Look for greens that are neither limp nor brown, and white bulbs that are firm. For seeds, visit your local plant nursery or visit online stores such as John Scheepers' Kitchen Garden Seeds. For buying and preparation advice for these bulb vegetables, check out our tips. Spanish onion Characteristics: This storage onion is relatively mild but not as much as sweet onions. Shallots White onion Garlic Pearl onions
American Mini Fried Apple Pies Recipe courtesy of my granddaughter, Dessert Guru Alecia Baxter 3 large apples, finely choppedjuice of 1 lime1/2 cup sugar1 tsp vanilla extract1 Tbs flour1 package wonton wrappers egg wash:1 egg yolk1 tsp water vegetable oil for frying cinnamon sugar:1 Tbs cinnamon1/2 cup sugar In a small bowl, combine cinnamon and sugar. Combine apples, lime juice, sugar, vanilla and flour. Combine egg yolk and 1 tsp water. Working on a large surface, such as a cookie sheet, lay out 1 wonton wrapper. Add vegetable oil to a skillet until 1/2" deep. American Beauty (1999) "American Beauty" is visually a beautiful film. The film "American Beauty" is American as apple pie or our American Mini Fried Apple Pies.
Breaded Garlic Chicken in Lemon-Butter Sauce We eat chicken a lot around these parts and I never tire of finding different ways to fix it. It’s quite a versatile meat, I’d say! Nestled in curries, beautifully grilled, all set for tacos, and simplified in the slow cooker, just a few yummy chicken variations. This latest recipe, sent to me by Allie M., was a fantastic new way to prepare our much-loved chicken. Breaded, browned, and then baked while simmering in a simple lemon-butter sauce, this chicken is tender, versatile and absolutely delicious. We served the chicken over fettuccine noodles and the light, tasty sauce was divine drizzled over the chicken and pasta. Loved this one, oh yes we did. One Year Ago: Cheese Rolls with Buttery Parmesan CrustTwo Years Ago: Vanilla Pudding Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting Breaded Garlic Chicken in Lemon-Butter Sauce Note: if you prefer more sauce, since this makes a lighter, smaller amount of sauce, consider doubling the sauce ingredients. Ingredients Directions
Chocolate Chip Cookies in a Skillet The Proposal – Part 1 “Don’t forget about tonight.” “Okay.” “I picked up your suit at the dry cleaners, it’s in the closet.” “Yup. Vi flew back in, a tornado of Burberry and jasmine perfume. Everett put down his coffee and his gaze back at her was equally serious. “Ev-” “Violet,” he replied calmly. After she was gone, Everett ducked back into their bedroom for his bag. When he pulled the tiny velvet box from the drawer, however, there was a surprise attached. - No jumbo-trons.- Don’t put it in food.- Not at someone else’s wedding, that’s rude.- Don’t tie it to the cat, you know how she hates her collar.- No picnics. Everett stared at the list. With a smile he couldn’t help, he tucked the list into his pocket. When you look back on an old job, you’ll find that the places where you ate lunch regularly take on a peculiar sheen in your memory; all at once there’s nostalgia and a tinge of warmth for the old place and its walls, the menu you memorized, the familiar heft of the chairs. Ingredients