February 2010
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Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
When it comes to making desserts there is nothing better than chocolate, but what’s even better than chocolate? That would be chocolate & peanut butter. I saw this recipe for homemade Reese’s peanut butter cups the other day and knew immediately I needed to make them.
Ingredients & Directions:
12 Mini Foil Cupcake Liners
1 C Chocolate Chips
1/2 C Peanut...
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Workday Breakfast vs. Weekend Breakfast
On the occasion that I muster up the energy to make breakfast in the morning before work I usually like to eat eggs. One of my favorite things I own is the Egg Poacher Pan from Crate & Barrel. Sure, I can poach eggs the regular way in a pan with water, but with this pan it’s simple fast and I can do other things at the same time and not worry about it.
I will poach one egg and throw...
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Chocolate Chip Scones
I have been reading cookbooks as part of my reading goals for 2010 & Karen DeMasco’s Craft of Baking was the second cookbook I read from cover to cover. The very first recipe from that book is this recipe here.
Ingredients & Directions:
1 3/4 C Flour, plus some extra for rolling
1 T & 1/2 tsp of Baking Powder
1/4 C plus 2 T Sugar
1/2 tsp Salt
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Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Today was a gorgeous day in Portland, and as I traipsed around the city in my sunglasses and t-shirt, I thought I should make something yummy to celebrate the good weather. I’ve been wanting to try out Alton Brown’s carrot cake for a while, and I’m glad I did today because it was incredible! As far as baked goods go, Alton Brown can do no wrong, and this cake is surprisingly...
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Arancini
You know how sometimes you go out to eat and think, “Oh, that would be so easy to make at home. I should just do it.” Then you get home and think, but that seems like so much work and remember the last time you made risotto & how well that turned out?
Anyway, I have been out to eat a few times in the past few months and one thing I keep seeing everywhere is Arancini. It’s...
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The Garlic Zoom
One of my new favorite kitchen tools is the Garlic Zoom from Chef’n. I got this in the swag bag from the We Are Not Martha 2 year Blogiversary. This is super easy to use and what I think is the best part is how easy it is to clean. The blade pulls out and you can just rinse everything. I use garlic in almost everything I cook. Granted I could just use a knife to cut the garlic, but...
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Peach Ice Cream
I don’t know what possessed me on the coldest weekend we have had in Massachusetts this winter to make ice cream, but I did. My parents have had this ice cream maker in their basement for about a year and I thought it might be a fun thing to do with my boys. The ice cream maker comes with instructions on how to make different kinds of ice cream and that’s where I got this recipe.
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