Anna | February 28, 2007
Baking with whole grains is trendy right now, but this recipe is 50 years old. It was an entry in the 1957 Pillsbury Bake-Off. I’m not sure if Pillsbury has updated it for modern times or if they left it as is.
The recipe is easy to follow, but watch the flour. It [...]
Anna | February 25, 2007
Here’s another quick and easy brownie recipe. What I like about this one, besides how easy it is, is that it makes sturdy, semi-fudgy, brownies which you can wrap individually should you wish to do that. Another bonus is that it doesn’t use a million types of chocolate. It’s pretty straightforward with 5 oz unsweetened. [...]
Anna | February 25, 2007
This recipe is from Dorie Greenspan. I halved it, and baked the brownies in an 8 inch square pan. I also upped the ratio of chocolate to butter in the ganache and omitted the nutmeg.
Peanut Butter Fudge Brownies with Salted Peanuts
Brownies
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temp
3 1/2 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 1/2 ounces [...]
Anna | February 24, 2007
One of my favorite types of bread is Challah. It’s pretty, has an interesting texture and tastes really good. Unfortunately, it’s not easy to find good Challah around here, so I have to bake it myself.
The last batch I made was a disaster due to an error in how much flour was needed. [...]
Anna | February 23, 2007
TGIUUBD!
That stands for Thank God it’s “Use up Banana Day”. This special day comes around every 6 months. It starts when my daughter launches a campaign to buy bananas, which no one in the family really eats – including her. Not wanting to hinder the natural evolution of her mercurial little taste buds, I buy [...]