Baking! I has done it! (and so can you!)

[Jacklu]

Brownies. I made them from scratch. =3 Bask in their glory!

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Teh supplies! (recipe will be at bottom of page)


Melt teh butter, low heat. ~9tsp. (6 for brownies, 3 for chocolate)


Sugars. For teh sweet making. 1 1/2 cups


A pinch of salt. ~1/4 tsp


Flour! Not as tasty as teh Sugars. 3/4 cups


Vanilla! For flavors! 1 1/2 tsp


Butter is melted!


Baking Chocolate! Unsweetened. 3 tbsp


Mix teh chocolate and butter! Mix!!!


Three eggs! Epic!


All together now!


Whisk it! Whisk it good!


Grease teh pan.


In teh pan!


Whasiss?


Onto da brownies! (You can put them on when is half cooked to keep them on the surface, but I like to sink them in like buried treasure. =3 Yar!


Into teh ovens!


OMG! SO HAWTS! ~325-350


I has to waits! What will I do to pass teh times???


-_- Right... *scrub scrub scrub*


=D Oh joys!


Yes! Yes! Yeeeeesss!!!1!


You Has Received Brownies!
~*Doo Dee Doo!!!!*~

Now to nomed them up. =3


Teh Recipe I uses.

=D Anyone else bake? Share the stories and recipes!

EDIT: Any kind of cooking is up for discussing!

[Mystic Muse]

Does Roast count?

[Jacklu]

No

Yes. =)P

[Innis Cabal]

I see you didn't follow the recipe I was actually wondering the whole way through the pictures just what you were doing.

I'm an actual chef/baker, so I do it all the time. Even when not being paid to. I made a pineapple upside down cake the other night, still have a piece or two left over, but it never lasts long.

[Nageto004]

Do making crepes count as baking?

[Coidzor]

^: Wazzat?

Seeing as how I lack chocolate, I might just try this recipe with a peanut butter substitution.

Pretty good stuff, though I always prefer non-shelled chocolates to add, due to their expansion and melting adding a bit of moistness usually.

I'll have to try it with shelled candies again just so I can remember what they're like, it's been so long, haha.

Hmm. that an 8x8 or 9x9 baking pan you used for the recipe?

[Jacklu]

I generally use the recipe as a guide for the ingredients and amounts thereof. The order I mix them in tends to be what is most convenient. Also, I dun can't afford good chocolate, so I use the baking powder instead. It all tastes good in the end, though.

EDIT: It was a "I own one baking pan so that is the one I used" size pan.

[Innis Cabal]

I generally use the recipe as a guide for the ingredients and amounts thereof. The order I mix them in tends to be what is most convenient. Also, I dun can't afford good chocolate, so I use the baking powder instead. It all tastes good in the end, though.

Well, thats really all that matters. I was just teasing. I'm a bit of a cooking snob I must admit

[Mystic Muse]

Apple and spice roast.
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 4-5 pound roast. (I usually use a two and a half pound one because that's more affordable and it tastes just fine)
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamont
2 medium apples cored and cut into wedges

Combine 1 teaspoon ginger 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Rub onto outside of meat. (put some of those inexpensive plastic gloves on when you do this.) Place meat fat side up on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Insert meat thermometer so bulb rest in thickest portion of meat and does not rest in fat or touch bone. Roast uncovered in 325 degree oven until meat reaches desired doness. (for rare lamb or beef roast for 2 to 2 and 1/2 hours or until thermometer register 140 degrees. For well done pork roast for 2 and 1/2 to 3 hours or until thermometer register 170 degrees. Trasfer meat to platter and let stand 15 minutes. Meanwhile for sauce combine honey, water, lemon juice and remaining spices. Bring to boiling. add apples. cover and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes or just until tender. if desired garnish the platter with some of the apples and endive. Then you put the sauce on the meat. makes 10-12 servings.

It might look complex but I think this was the second or third thing I've ever baked. it does help to have somebody in the kitchen to help you though.

Oh yeah, the ten to twelve servings thing? that's a lie. the two and a halve pound roast fed my family for three days (7 people)

[Jacklu]

*drools a little*

O_o Sounds delicious...

Also, I edited the first post. So... Any kind of cooking you happen to do.

[THAC0]

I am doing the Bread Baker's Apprentice Challenge. It is awesome. You bake your way, one recipe at a time, through the Bread Baker's Apprentice.

[Ninja Chocobo]

I made a St Tropez cake a couple of times. However, the first time I used self-raising flour (doy) and the second time was a gift so I didn't get to taste it.

[thubby]

I've always been told whisks and beaters make brownies hard, and that you're supposed to use a fork whenever possible.
I'm more for cooking than baking, but I've been known to make a cheesecake when the mood strikes.

I made a St Tropez cake a couple of times. However, the first time I used self-raising flour (doy) and the second time was a gift so I didn't get to taste it.

a what now?

[Starscream]

"Rough Suggestion" would be the perfect description of how I view recipes. Also mathematical formulas, stop signs, and poison warning labels (I kid).

I enjoy experimenting in the kitchen. Sure, I've produced a few culinary disasters (note: mint is not a good spice to add to spaghetti sauce), but it turns out pretty good more often than not.

[Mystic Muse]

*drools a little*

O_o Sounds delicious...

Yes but what Dinner is complete without dessert?

Berry Chiffon pie.
2 and a half cups fresh strawberries or raspberries (frozen work fine too.)
1/4 cup suger
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup sugar
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
3/4 cups water
2 egg whites (PM me if you don't know how to seperate the whites from the yolks)
1/4 cup suger
1/2 cup whipping cream. (Not whipped cream. Whipping cream. You make your own whipped cream!)

get a pie crust of some sort (preferably baked according to the recipe.)
in large bowl crush enough berries to measuere one and a quarter cups. stir in 1/4 cup sugar and lemon juice. Let stand 30 minutes. meanwhile combine 1/4 sugear and gelatin. stir in water heat and stir until cugar and gelatin dissolve and then cool. stir cooled gelatin mizture into berry mixture. Chill to consistency of corn syrup stirring occasionally. remove from fridge. immediately begin beating egg whites until soft "peaks" form. Gradually add 1/4 cup sugar beating until soft peaks form. When gelatin is partially set (consistency of unbeaten egg whites) fold in stiff beaten egg whites. Whip cream just until soft peaks form. fold into berry mizture. CHill until texture mounds. pile into crust. CHill for 8 hours. if desired garnish with additional berries and additional whipped cream.

[Renegade Paladin]

I just got done mixing dough for a custom cheese bread that one of my clients gets from me weekly, so yeah.

[Innis Cabal]

(note: mint is not a good spice to add to spaghetti sauce)

Steep the mint in the water your going to put the noodles in like you would for tea ( you can do this by getting some cheese cloth and making a makeshift tea bag). Then take the mint out and boil the noodles. The flavor should be light, and mesh better with the other spices.

[Ninja Chocobo]

a what now?

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(The latter from the self-raising flower fiasco)
De. Friggin'. Licious.

[Starscream]

Steep the mint in the water your going to put the noodles in like you would for tea ( you can do this by getting some cheese cloth and making a makeshift tea bag). Then take the mint out and boil the noodles. The flavor should be light, and mesh better with the other spices.

That sounds like it would work. My philosophy was more like "This sauce looks too plain. I'll just sprinkle some of these green leaves in."

[Flickerdart]

The only thing I've ever cooked were griddlecakes, nothing caught fire and nobody died. Most of the time wasted was on trying to figure out whether or not you can use baking power instead of yeast (turns out that you can, but only if you don't need it to rise).

[Renegade Paladin]

That sounds like it would work. My philosophy was more like "This sauce looks too plain. I'll just sprinkle some of these green leaves in."

Well, you don't want those green leaves; you want basil and oregano.

[Mystic Muse]

nothing caught fire and nobody died..

come on now tell us the truth.

[Flickerdart]

come on now tell us the truth.

Ok, you caught me. At first, I thought I could use a baking plate instead of a pan because it was bigger so I could cook more at once, but the first few blobs charred almost immediately and I abandoned that shortcut.

[Innis Cabal]

That sounds like it would work. My philosophy was more like "This sauce looks too plain. I'll just sprinkle some of these green leaves in."

The same technique can be used for soup broths, in fact its the only way I make mine.

If I might make a suggestion to you, being in the Colombus area (I'm in Akron myself and make special trips out to go to this store), there is a store called Penzy's on Kenny Road. Best spice trader you can get commercially. The resturant I work for even buys from them.

[Trog]

=D Anyone else bake? Share the stories and recipes!

Trog's Beer Bread

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour (sifted)
• 3 teaspoons baking powder (omit if using Self-Rising Flour)
• 1 teaspoon salt (omit if using Self-Rising Flour)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 (12 oz) bottle of beer
• 1/2 cup melted butter

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Mix dry ingredients and beer.
3. Pour into a greased loaf pan.
4. Pour melted butter over mixture.
5. Bake 1 hour, remove from pan and cool for at least 15 minutes.

[Jacklu]

=D *is so happy she made this thread* I might take over cooking at my house for a week. =3

[memnarch]

Only occasionally, and when I'm not at college. (just easy stuff there)


Grasshopper Brownies

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Brownie
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
2/3 cup all-purpose flour*
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
if flour is self-rising, omit baking powder and salt

Filling
3 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup margarine or butter, softened
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon peppermint, spearmint, or wintergreen extract
green food dye

Glaze
2 squares (2oz.) unsweeted chocolate


Heat oven to 350°. Grease 8x8x2 inch pan. Mix sugar, margarine, vanilla, and eggs. Stir in remaining Brownie ingredients. Spread in greased pan.

Bake until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 25-30 minutes. Cool.

Mix all filling ingrediants together; spread on brownies.

Heat chocolate over low heat until melted; spread over brownies and filling. Refridgerate at least 3 hours.

Peanut Butter Brownie Tort

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Brownie
21 1/2 oz. brownie mix (or close to it)
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup oil
1 egg
1/2 cup chopped unsalted peanuts (optional)

Filling
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Glaze
4 oz. semi-sweet chocolate (squares)
1/4 cup margarine or butter

Heat oven to 350°. Grease 9"-10" spring form pan (only the bottom part) In a large bowl, combine all brownie ingredients. Beat until mostly smooth (about 50 strokes by hand). Spread batter in greased pan. Bake until set and a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 35-40 minutes. Cool for 1 hour, then remove the sides of the pan, then finish cooling.

In a small bowl, beat all filling ingredients at medium speed until very thick. Spread on brownie.

In a small saucepan over low heat, melt all glaze ingredients stirring until smooth. Spread on brownie, allowing glaze to run over the sides a bit.

Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

Carl Sagan's Apple Pie

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1 universe
1 9" pie shell
6 cups sliced apples
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3 tbsp butter

Preparation time:
12-20 billion years

Servings:
8


Preheat oven to 375°F. Make the universe as usual.

Place the apples in a large bowl. In a smaller bowl, mix together sugar, 2 tbsp flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Sprinkle mixture over apples. Toss unitl evenly coated. Spoon mixture into pie shell.

In a small bowl mix together 1/2 cup flour and brown sugar. Add butter until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle mixture over apples. Cover loosely with aluminum foil.

Bake in preheated over for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake another 30 minutes, or until golden brown.

[KuReshtin]

This thread makes me sad that I didn't remember to take pictures of my recent scone-making adventure.

In the end, it turned out pretty good, although I ate WAAAAAY too much of it.

Might have another go at it tonight and try to remember to take pics.

[Serpentine]

Hamusing
But... is the "unsweetened chocolate" cocoa?

So, is it worth resurrecting the ol' Cookbook thread? Or shall this just go on the list of threads to go through when I finish my index at some ambiguous future date?

I have two recipes that I think are in said Cookbook thread: an Impossible Pie and an incredibly rich "cake". The former is something like egg, flour, coconut and sugar mixed together that, when cooked, separates out into a sort of bottom crust, custard and coconutty upper crust. The latter is, from memory, 6 eggs + 1/2kg dark chocolate + 125g butter + 1/4cup flour = deliciousness.
Think I'll do the Impossible Pie sometime soon... It's easy and cheap enough.

[thubby]

Trog's Beer Bread

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Ingredients

• 3 cups flour (sifted)
• 3 teaspoons baking powder (omit if using Self-Rising Flour)
• 1 teaspoon salt (omit if using Self-Rising Flour)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 (12 oz) bottle of beer
• 1/2 cup melted butter

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Mix dry ingredients and beer.
3. Pour into a greased loaf pan.
4. Pour melted butter over mixture.
5. Bake 1 hour, remove from pan and cool for at least 15 minutes.

beer bread makes the best pizza crust, ever