Baking
Nov 4th
Episodes » Episode 51: Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread
I've come to love and enjoy baking nearly as much as
I love to cook. It's surprising seeing as I 1) hate to
follow directions and 2) have the patience of a
hummingbird...but somehow it's become the truth. One
of my favorite treats to make on the weekends is
banana bread, which nearly everyone likes. Luckily,
I've got a great recipe!
The most important ingredient in banana bread is flour. No just kidding, it's bananas. Duh. Bananas used in banana bread should be really ripe. The riper the naner, the sweeter and better your bread will taste! Before you pick a banana for banana bread, ask yourself, "is this banana brown? almost black?". If the answer is yes, then that banana is ready to get baked!
Tags: banana bread, chocolate chunks, chocolate chunk banana bread, baking, breakfast, dessert
INGREDIENTS
-3 over ripe bananas
-1 stick unsalted butter plus more
-1 cup sugar
-2 eggs
-2 cups flour
-1 tsp baking soda
-1 tsp baking powder
-1/2 tsp kosher salt
-1 Tbsp 2% milk
-1 tsp Pure Vanilla extract
-1 tsp ground cinnamon
-1 bag chocolate chunks
Jul 2nd
Episodes » Episode 37: Barack Obama's Favorite Apple Coffee CakeNO NEED TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS VIDEO: ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY and HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!
Tags: CAKE, apple coffee cake, baking, easy cake recipe
INGREDIENTS
cake batter
-1 tart (green) apple, 1 sweet (red) apple: peeled, cored & chopped apples
-1 stick unsalted butter plus more
-1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
-2 large eggs
-2 cups all purpose flour
-1 tsp baking soda
-1 tsp ground cinnamon
-1/2 tsp salt
-1 cup sour cream
-1 tsp pure Vanilla extract
crumble topping
-1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
-1/2 cup all purpose flour
-1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
-4 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened
Jun 27th
Blog » Some Sunday RuminationsIt's Sunday and while I did cook today (episode...46 I believe. You'll see it in a few months) I actually spent most of my day reading. You see, I bought myself a gift this week:
...and, well, yes, I've fallen into the Julia Cliche. Not only have I seen the movie about 7 times (not exaggerating - I love me some Meryl) I've now resigned myself to reading this whole book...or as much as I can get through without losing complete interest like I did with "My Life In France". I hope I can read and retain at least some of the information in this book. It is chock full of good stuff, which is what I like about Julia in general.
You see, I've been on a Julia kick recently. It all started when I was advised to study the greats of my "profession," aka: people who cooked on TV and who had success with it. So I went out and bought myself some Julia Child on DVD (and the book, too) and I started to take notes. What I learned is that Julia was a wealth of information - she covers not only the HOW of culinary technique, but also the WHY, which is why I think she was so special. I appreciate that she tells you how to beat egg whites and also WHY her method works. Something with air bubbles...
Anyway - I'm a Julia fan - and I get it now. I see
why people loved her. Lady was funny. If you're
interested in learned to cook, I suggest you go the
cheap route and invest in some
Julia DVDs. They're pretty great.
