Ingredients:
1 & 1/2 teaspoons dry yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1.5 lbs bread flour
1 Tablespoon salt
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1 & 3/4 Cups Warm Water
Take 1/2 cup of water, sugar, and yeast. Put in a small bowl. Set in a warm place for 5 minutes to proof.
Place the yeast mixture, water & oil in the mixer bowl. Run [...]
I took a pizza class at Whole Foods on Tuesday. My hopes is that by taking cooking classes I will be more intersted in meal prep. Chef Phil had a really strange way of ‘rolling’ out the pizza. I’ll try to capture it next time. Unsurprisingly I wasn’t wild about item #2 but [...]
I’ve been making bagels on the weekends. They are fairly easy to make. There are a couple of ways to form them. Roll them into a tube and then press the ends together or roll them into a ball and poke a hole in them. This week made balls with holes and they [...]
I have been cleaning out my drawers at work and ran across a couple of recipes. Dorothy is a friend of my mothers. I believe I got this recipe from my sister-in-law Becky Lee.
Angel Biscuits from Dorothy Watts
1 ½ tsp yeast
¼ C Warm Water 90-100 degrees
2 ½ C Flour
1/.2 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 [...]
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1 pound spaghetti
8 ounces snow peas
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
2 garlic cloves
1 jalapeño pepper
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup rice vinegar
2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 oz cubed tofu
In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook 1 pound spaghetti until al dente, according to package instructions. Drain and rinse with cold water. In a [...]
This is one I’ve been making since I was a kid with a few minor changes. Needed a break from pancakes.
1 Cup Chopped Apple
3 T Butter
1 1/2 C Oats
1 Egg Beaten
1/2 C Water
3 T Brown Sugar
1 tsp Cinamon
1/4 tsp Salt
Some Dried Fruit (raisins, cranberries, dried cherries)
Saute apple in butter. Combine Oats & Egg in Bowl. [...]
Is there anything more Americana than Snickerdoodles? My first try didn’t turn out and Paul called them Cinnamon Toast Cookies. I’m really sad to say that the taste a lot better with Sugar than Frutose. Its much more in the texture than in the sweetness. I had no idea that they were [...]
(adapted from Cindy’s Itty Bitty Baking Book)
8 T (1 stick) butter
1/4 C sugar
3/4 C brown sugar
1/2 C peanut butter
2 T Milk
1 tsp Vanilla
1 Egg
1 3/4 C Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
1. Preheat the oven to 35o degrees. Line sheets with parchment paper.
2. Cream Butter, Sugar until light and fluffy. Add peanut butter mix well. [...]
I feel convinced that the key to domestic harmony is warm breakfasts. This is the year of the pancake since we invested in a $20 griddle.
(4 servings)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 beaten egg
1 cup buttermilk
2 Tablespoons oil
Mix the dry ingredients together. Mix the egg, buttermilk and [...]
