At fellowship time after church, Chickpea always makes a beeline for the cookies. (Like she didn't just eat breakfast before church.) Today they had tasty-looking spice muffins. They smelled so good, I had to make some muffins myself:
The muffins themselves are a little plain, but after you bake them, you dip them in melted butter and in cinnamon-sugar. Obviously, that would impart a lot of flavor! I think next time I might add some more spice to the batter.
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I like to make pizza for dinner on Friday nights and pizza dough freezes very well. The other day, I made enough dough for eight pizzas and I put them in the refrigerator overnight to retard. I had neatly wrapped each ball of dough in plastic wrap. Unfortunately, I neglected to consider the fact that the dough would expand considerably:
Lovely. DangerBear took one look at that and wondered if he should be scared to eat my pizza. The dough burst through the plastic wrap and oozed all over the place.
When I rewrapped them, I made sure to leave plenty of room!
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...because they're bite-size!
I took my standard brownie recipe and divided it into mini muffin cups. What would normally make an 8x8 pan of thick brownies made about three dozen brownie bites.
They're so cute I just want to eat them up!
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Back before Christmas, I needed a bunch of chocolate to make chocolate-covered Oreo lollipops. Unfortunately, I accidentally bought unsweetened baking chocolate instead of semi-sweet, so there have since been several pounds of it languishing in my freezer. I felt the need to make something chocolate yesterday, so I decided to use some of it.
Tasty Brownies
Not-Quite-So-Tasty Pudding :(
I had never tried either of these recipes before. I was fairly happy with the way the brownies turned out, although I like my usual recipe better. The pudding wasn't as smooth as it should have been, and I just wasn't too happy with the flavor. Ah, well, at least I've had my chocolate fix!
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Today was the entry deadline for the
Festival of Breads, a national recipe contest sponsored by King Arthur Flour and Kansas Wheat. I had to develop original yeast bread recipes, which I'd never done before.
I had grand plans to have everything finished and entered last week. Ahem. That didn't quite happen. Let's just say I baked a fair amount of bread today. I had to do the final testing so I could submit my recipes.
I baked:
- 6 Whole-Wheat Rolls
- 1 Whole-Wheat Boule
- 1 Not-Whole-Wheat Boule
- 2 Braided Challah Loaves (They're different sizes because one is a stacked three-strand braid, while the other is a six-strand braid.)
- 1 Miniature Challah Loaf/Roll (It's so cute, and Chickpea has claimed it as her own.)
The challah tastes pretty good, in my opinion. It didn't make DangerBear gag, so I'd say it's a winner. I can't say I expect to be chosen as a finalist, but I did have a lot of fun. Like my first few batches, when I didn't realize my yeast had expired. Good times...
Fortunately, bread freezes very well!
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