Recipes & Cooking Notes
Recipes & Cooking Notes
20140206 white chocolate chip cookies Made white chocolate chip cookies, essentially following this recipe: http://cookiesandcups.com/the-best-white-chocolate-chip-cookies/ makes 36 cookies Ingredients 1 cup butter, room temperature 1 cup light brown sugar 1/2 cup granulated sugar 3 eggs 1 1/2 Tablespoons vanilla extract 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 2 1/2 […]
20140206 Made refried beans following the great reciple from simplyrecipes.com: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/refried_beans/ Very simple — soaked the beans for 4 hours, didn’t discard liquid, cooked in crock pot for many hours – 2-3 hrs? It was too late for me to finish it off, so I just put it in the fridge overnight, without draining the […]
botched saltines to biscuits So, once per day, in three consecutive days starting on Thursday 20140130, I made saltines-turned-bland-biscuits, nutty biscuits, and sweet biscuits. Following the success with the cheesy crackers, I wanted to turn my attention to non-cheesy crackers, starting with the humble saltine. I thought I was starting to get the hang of […]
cheesy crackers 3 Finally succeeded in making an actual cracker! Original post and first attempt here:baked cheese. After reading and standing on the shoulders of the trials of this writer: http://www.twincities.com/restaurants/ci_24521969/homemade-crackers-quest-crispy-crunchy-savory-snacks I decided to try rolling it again, this time, more thinly. It said that the thickness of the dough was the key difference between a […]
cheesy crackers 2 Tried making cheesy crackers again (first post) and added, I think a more proper amount of flour this time. It didn’t melt together (yay!). But it make more of, flat cheesy biscuits rather than crackers – the crackers weren’t crisp, and they were kindof doughy. I did notice that it was […]
pork chop and mushroom sauce Largely improvised, but based on this recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/pork-chops-with-mushroom-sauce-111429 rubbed pork chops with salt and pepper and paprika. seared for ~2-3 minutes per side, then finished off on medium heat with lid on, for about 10 minutes, flipping halfway through. made mushroom sauce by deglazing sear pan with red wine […]
baked cheese Botched a cheese cracker recipe (added too little flour?) and make baked cheese instead! Based on this recipe for cheesy crackers: http://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2013/10/cheesy-crackers-simple-joy-of-homemade.html Ingredients for about 36 crackers: (Note: This is a half recipe, you should double to make enough for a party) Based on this recipe from Joy the Baker 2 tablespoons room […]
Spaghetti Aglio e Olio (Spaghetti with garlic and oil) Spaghetti with garlic and butter Marinara Spaghetti with calabeza squash and bacon Wanted to experiment, so I divided up 1 lb (16 ounces) of spaghetti into 4 ounce sections, made it individually, and made the spaghetti (water was salted until it tasted like broth). Water was […]
Chorizo and potato burritos Learned more about making tortillas: Tortillas, doubled the foodwishes tortillas recipe: 16 ounces all-purpose flour (about 3.5 cup), more as needed 1.5 tsp salt 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 cup vegetable shortening 1 cup hot water (about 105 degrees F.) roll out into long snake, and divide equally into eight parts […]