David and I celebrate our first Thanksgiving with both families together. We had a total of eleven people including ourselves. Oh my, was it a lot of work. My mom brought two pies and David's mother brother 4 dishes and I was still cooking all afternoon. I made a turkey, ham, and a few sides dishes plus two pies. Below is my pecan pie. I cheated and used Pillsbury roll out pie crust. No time to make my own. David's friends were suppose to bring pies but they didn't so I scrambled that afternoon. This pecan pie recipe is by far the best I've made and so simple too. Not that I am a pecan pie expert or anything but the last one I made from Dorie Greenspan's From My Home to Yours didn't go over so well. This recipe is from the back of the Karo Dark Corn Syrup bottle.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Thanksgiving
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Labels: bar cookies, pie, soup
Cupcakes
I've been on a cupcake craze as of late especially any cupcake that goes well with cream cheese frosting. I started with pumpkin cupcakes, recipe from King Arthur Flour's website then ventured into banana walnut cupcakes, red velvet (actually cake recipe but did well as a cupcake) again from King Arthur Flour's website then gingersnap cupcakes from Baking Bites. I forgot to take a pic of the gingersnap cupcakes but will definitely be making them again as they were wonderful. Will post a pic next time. The banana walnut cupcakes are from Greg Patent's Baking Across America cookbook. This was my first attempt and red velvet cupcakes and they were delicious. Recipe is very simple to follow and has a nice mild chocolaty taste. I only used half the amount of red food coloring as I only had a 2 oz bottle. 4 ozs is an awful lot of food coloring. The cupcakes came out just fine with 2 oz of food coloring.
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Catching Up
David and I bought a house in late September and since then my baking has slowed down significantly. Home ownership is ALOT of work. I have baked some since we've moved but just not as much. I haven't had a lot of time to post either. My goal for the new year is to stay up to day on my blog. I was doing well for awhile and then fell by the way side when we moved. I am going to post pictures some of the goodies I've made the past couple of months. I am doing my Christmas baking this Sunday and will definitely post the recipes. Will be baking some favorites mint brownies, lemon bars, snickerdoodles, and chocolate fudge. New for this year are chewy chocolate cookies with red and green white chocolate morsels, oatmeal cookies with cranberries and walnuts, soft gingerbread cutout cookies, and peanut butter fudge. If I have more time, I may bake one or two other items. David and I are headed in different directions for Christmas so I am making a nice dinner for us. On the menu is rosemary leg of lamb (leg of lamb), mash potatoes and gravy, green beans, and dinner rolls.
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Friday, August 8, 2008
S'more Bars
I've tried two different s'more bars recipes. Still trying to search for a recipe that was similar to the s'more bars that I had eaten during my high school tennis years. I have a recipe that I printed from the Hershey's website in 1997. 1997!!! I never actually got around to making these. The recipe is no longer available on their website, however you can find it through About.com Southern Food. If look for a s'mores bar recipe on the Hershey's website you'll find a recipe for S'more Cookie Bars. This recipe uses much more flour and marshmallow creme. It is define more like a cookie. The combination of the marshmallow creme and milk chocolate was too sweet for my taste. The 1997 version of the S'more Bars taste much more like real smores. The recipe has less flour and a little more butter which gives the graham crackers a nice crunch, plus it calls for miniature marshmallows. The milk chocolate is still a little too sweet for me. Next time, I am going to try Hershey's special dark. For the graham crackers, I used a rolling pin to crush them which worked well. You get a nice mix or crumbs with tiny pieces of graham crackers. I used 3 giant milk chocolate bars rather than 8 individual bars which worked just fine.
S'more Bars
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Labels: bar cookies, chocolate, sweets
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Summer Berry Crumble Bars
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Labels: bar cookies, berries, sweets
King Arthur Flour's Essential Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie
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Friday, June 13, 2008
Double Peanut Butter Joy Cookies
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Labels: cookies, peanut butter, sweets