Milky Way Brownies Recipe I began the day yesterday with a desire to create some sort of candy bar-infused brownie. ‘Snickers‘ first came to mind. The thought of all of that caramel oozing its way through a mass of fudgy brownie sounded like a good idea to me. There was a problem though… NUTS were ruining my vision of the most decadent brownie ever. So I went the route of the Milky Way instead and created:Milky Way Brownies The mini-sized Milky Ways were chopped up and added to the batter. I cut up a full-size Milky Way to include on the top- mostly for aesthetic purposes… …but then it turned out to be a really good idea anyways. I couldn’t resist digging into these brownies before they were cooled off. Somehow I managed to wrap up the rest and refrigerate them overnight. The Milky Way bars worked wonderfully in these brownies. These brownies are my new favorite. This recipe can be found here: Milky Way Brownies
Yaki Onigiri Recipe January 30, 2010 yaki onigiri Onigiri are handheld, portable rice balls that are Japan’s equivalent to the sandwich. Japanese sushi rice is compacted into all sorts of different shapes, but you probably see triangular onigiri the most. Onigiri come plain or filled but my favourite way to have them is grilled. sushi rice, water, square cookie cutter, mini onigiri mold, chicken wing sauce Yaki-onigiri is so popular you can find it in the frozen food section of Japanese grocery stores, just like pizza. You can use your hands, a cookie cutter, or onigiri mold to shape the rice. using the mini onigiri mold Make sure you wet your hands and the molds because sushi rice is super sticky. I started out by making some cubed onigiri because Mike prefers eating rice in cubed form. Onigiri molds work in pretty much the same way: pack the rice in, insert the top part of the mold, squish down and release your onigiri. onigiri pan-frying the onigiri After you’ve shaped your onigiri it’s time to “grill.” 1.
30 Foods You'll Never Have To Buy Again Hasselback Garlic Cheesy Bread Hasselback Garlic Cheesy Bread First thing: this Calphalon Giveaway ends on Friday! Enter enter enter! Second thing: this bread is the bomb. Last week, I got some evil Kerrygold Samples in the mail. Aw, shucks. What is a girl to do? To prevent myself from inhaling it all in a 24 hour period, I put some in the freezer, but then immediately thought of this bread I’ve been wanting to make. They hang out in my booty. {TMI? This bread is the very reason why I run. And believe it or not, this is super simple to make! So, that’s all the info you need to know, m’kay? First thing you’re going to want to do is grab all your ingredients. Into a mixer bowl, add in your water, yeast and honey. Once your yeast has gotten foamy, stir in the salt and the flour in 1/4 cup increments. Once the dough starts pulling away from the sides and the bowl is looking pretty clean, then it’s time to set the timer and walk away. 5 minutes later your dough should be tacky and smooth. And melt it down. Hello, lover. See?
50+ Substitutions For Common Ingredients August 31, 2011 1 comment courtesy of thecouponhigh.net Have you ever been in the middle of a recipe and suddenly realized that you don’t have all the ingredients you need? It’s such a hassling feeling knowing you have to go to the store again for just one thing and now this recipe will take much longer than you planned. Well, to save you some headache and make you just a bit more handy dandy, I’ve compiled a list of the most-used ingredients in recipes, minus the obvious substitutions such as tomato paste for ketchup, rum extract for rum, etc. All Spice, 1 TSP ¼ TSP cinnamon, ½ TSP ground cloves & ¼ TSP nutmeg Arrowroot, 1 TBSP 2 ¼ TBSP cornstarch Baking Powder, 1 TSP ¼ TSP baking soda, ½ TSP cream of tartar Balsamic Vinegar, 1 TBSP 1 TBSP apple cider/red wine & ½ TSP sugar Beef or Chicken Broth, 1 cup 1 cup boiling water & 1 bouillon cube Beer Equal parts white grape juice, apple juice or apple cider Brown Sugar, Dark, 1 cup 1 cup light brown sugar & 1 TBSP molasses Brown Sugar, Light, 1 cup Butter
Strawberry Cheesecake Parfaits We all love cheesecake, right? But it does take time and effort. You have to make the crust and bake it, then make the filling and, if you do it right, bake the cheesecake in a water bath. Well, I'm going to show you how to make cheesecake without any baking at all. It's a deconstructed cheesecake and you layer it in parfait glasses. The cheesecake filling doesn't have any eggs - that's why you don't have to bake it. Brian and I had our 25th wedding anniversary last week and I cooked a special dinner. Strawberry Cheesecake Parfaits for a printable recipe, click here makes 4 large parfaits or 6 smaller ones This recipe is flexible - e.g., if you just love the graham cracker "crust" then double the amount and make more. Ingredients: Instructions: Slice the strawberries into a bowl and sprinkle with one tablespoon of sugar. Mix the graham cracker crumbs with the melted butter and one tablespoon of sugar. Beat cream cheese with an electric mixer until smooth. Assemble Parfaits:
Homemade Funfetti Cupcakes So… this whole sprinkles thing. It’s kind of getting annoying, right? Look at me! I’m obsessed with sprinkles! So sprinkles it is. They are sort of like trashy gossip tabloids. And making homemade funfetti cupcakes. Don’t mind my crumbs. Homemade Funfetti Cupcakes makes 12 cupcakes 1/2 cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 whole eggs 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/3 cup milk 1/3 cup assorted brightly colored sprinkles + more for top of frosting Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Vanilla Buttercream 2 sticks of butter, softened 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar 1 tablespoon of milk, if needed Cream butter in the bowl of an electric mixture until completely smooth and creamy. If you come vacuum the trillions of sprinkles off my floors, I’ll love you forever.
Maui Onion Dip We are a dippy family. Yeah those you that know us probably just nodded your head yes and agreed with that statement, but I’m not talking that kind of dippy, I’m talkin’ dip dip. We love dips. Be it artichoke or olive, dill, veggie or clam, (hey we are from New England after all) or even the Heluva Good dips my husband loves to keep the fridge stocked with, we love a good dippin’. Onion dip is one of our favorites and up until now we enjoyed the occasional Lipton onion dip, but sadly, that can be no more. I’m afraid I have to cast off the powdery dip in the pouch now that I have found this dip. This creamy, tantalizing onion dip that is like no other dip we have tasted. Amazingly good. The hardest part of making this was caramelizing the onions and that took like all of 20 minutes. I made this over the weekend when we had 2 extra kids in the house (as always) and the gang of them just about polished the whole bowl off on us. Must make more. Honestly, if you love dip, make this.
Raspberry Vanilla Smash Lemonade One thing I don’t want to hear about at the moment: fall. No. Just no. I’m not ready. I don’t want to hear about pumpkins or yellow leaves or sweaters. Not just yet. One thing I do want to talk about: ways to not be miserably hot. Thirdly, lemonade of all kinds. This recipe is not really a recipe. You basically smash three awesome things together: raspberries, vanilla/sugar and lemon juice. Do you ever notice that when you add vanilla bean caviar to a liquid it just stays clumped together? I like to mix the vanilla bean with the sugar. Very important. (P.S. The raspberry flavor is tart, as is the lemon, so I made this recipe a little bit sweeter than I usually do. This lemonade is pretty and tart and has the most lovely smell. Delicious! Raspberry Vanilla Smash Lemonade Print this recipe! 3/4 cup white granulated sugar 1/2 vanilla bean, split and scraped 1 1/2 cups raspberries, rinsed 5 lemons, juiced (about 1 1/4 cup of lemon juice) Pinch of salt 3 cups water 1. 2.
- StumbleUpon How do you make bread even better? You stuff it with pepperoni and cheese. Then, you bake it in a bundt pan that allows you to pull off little chunks and dip them in pizza sauce. This is the perfect thing to bring to a party (and I did, where it disappeared quickly!) or to eat during a football game. Or, make it for dinner and serve with a salad. This bread takes a little bit of time to prepare, but in about half an hour I had filled my bundt pan with little dough balls, each with a piece of pepperoni and cheese stuffed within it. My new definition of bliss: warm dough with a cheesy center and a bite of pepperoni. Pepperoni Pizza Monkey Breadfrom Confections of a Foodie BrideIngredients: -2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced -4 tbsp butter -2 lbs pizza dough (I used 2 balls of Trader Joe's fresh dough) -6 oz. mozzarella cheese, cut into small cubes (about 48 pieces) -pepperoni (about 48 slices) -2-3 cups marinara sauce for serving Directions: 1. 3. 4. This post is linked to Eat at Home.