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Showing posts with label Recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Recipes. Show all posts
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Strawberry Shortcake
9:00 AM
Fresh strawberries are one of the best things about this time of year. And one of the best things to do with fresh strawberries is make strawberry shortcake.
And I make them like any middle class white girl would.
With twinkies.
The awesome little angel food, cream filled treats are perfect for strawberry short cake!
Just slice up the strawberries, add some sugar and mix. Cut a few twinkies in half, top with strawberries and add whipped cream! I love spring!!
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
The Best Pancakes Ever
9:00 AM
I grew up with this pancake recipe. And I am going to share it with you.
I must love you all a whole lot.
I can't tell you how many Saturday mornings I have woken up to the smell of pancakes. My dad has made these since I was a child, and no other pancakes stand up to them. I can't even think about Bisquick pancakes.
Recipe:
1 egg
1 cup of milk
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 cup flour
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Directions:
Beat the egg. Add the ingredients in the order listed. Beat until smooth and fluffy.
Sometimes we will add fruit to the batter. Blueberries or bananas are my favorite.
Top with butter and syrup and you're good to go!
But lately, we've been loving our pancakes smothered in strawberries, maple syrup and whipped cream.
You can cut up fresh strawberries if you want. But I will admit I like frozen strawberries. The juice soaks into the pancakes and tastes amazing!
So pretty and absolutely scrumptious.
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Butterbeer
9:00 AM
I've mentioned before that one of the things that I miss most about Kevin is cooking with him. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed being in the kitchen with him and I was even more shocked that he wanted to be cooking with me in the first place.
He even brought his own recipe and it was one of my favorites of his visit.
Butterbeer is something that I've wanted to try since it was first mentioned in Harry Potter. I've wondered how it would taste and wished that it actually existed somewhere.
Boyfriend, who is also a Harry Potter fan, found a recipe online that was duplicating the flavor of Butterbeer at the Harry Potter theme park. And we decided to try it.
I definitely think you should check out Kevin's post about making Butterbeer, because he uses pictures of the steps and I forgot to document that.
Here's what you need!
1 cup of brown sugar
2 tablespoons of water
2 tablespoons of butter
1/2 teaspoons of cider vinegar
1/2 cup of heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice
Four 12-ounce bottles of cream soda
Instructions!
Mix the brown sugar and water in a bowl and bring to a boil. Use a candy thermometer to judge when it is 240 degrees.
Next, add the butter, cider vinegar and heavy cream and mix. Pour the mixture into a glass bowl and let it cool down. Add the vanilla extract and the pumpkin pie spice. (We added a bit more cause it's so tasty!)
Put it in the fridge and let it cool. (It will stiffen a little bit, but as long as it moves and is stirable you're okay.)
Put 1/4 cup of the mixture into four tall glasses. Add 1/4 cup of the cream soda and stir it up and then fill the glass with the rest of the cream soda. Watch out! It's very foamy!
Add some whipped cream and a bit more pumpkin spice and enjoy! It's so tasty and VERY sugary. It's like Hogwarts in your own home!
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Monday, April 18, 2011
Cooking with Katie and Kevin
9:00 AM
Kevin and I spent a LOT of time in the kitchen while he was here. I've never had that much fun cooking.
We made chicken fajitas:
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