Tag Archives: Baking

Make it Monday (a little late)

Posted in Back to Basics, Desserts, Valentines Day by

Happy Monday! I hope everyone is enjoying the spring like weather.  I was finally able to bake today. I made chocolate chocolate chip sugar cookies. I was in the mood for something chocolaty and I though it would be good for Valentines Day.

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This recipe is from Martha Stewart. I don’t have many tips or tricks for it but I do think it is better with vegetable shorting. When it is replaced with butter it becomes too soft.

Also use a really good quality of coco powered. I would use a better quality but I am on a college budget. They turn of great either way.

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Before baking them I would roll them in sparkling sugar. You know the crystalized sugar. It makes a nice crunch on the outside. I didn’t have any so I skipped it.

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I hope you have a great week!

Love,

Katie ❤

Falling for Fall: Pumpkin Doughnuts

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Hope you had a great weekend and did something fun! This will be a short post because it is midterm week at school. Since Fall and Winter are my favorite seasons I seem to be always found in the kitchen baking. For the 1st day of October my roommate and I made Pumpkin Doughnuts. They were a huge hit and only took 1 hour to make.

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Back to Basics: Red Velvet

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Back to Basics: Red Velvet

Long time since I posted a recipe or a blog post. I really love blogging but at the end of the day I it is last on my to-do list. I am trying to get better and write posts when I am free.

My favorite all time cupcake has to be Red Velvet. Even though I am from the Northeast and it is a classic southern food I can always find room for a red velvet cupcake. It is my way of telling bakeries apart. A great bakery will have a most and chocolatey cupcake with a cream cheese frosting. Any other type of frosting would mean it is not true red velvet.

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Key Lime Pies!!

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Hi everyone! I know it’s not my normal day to post, but I just made really cute key lime pies today and I wanted to share it with you!! image

I started off with the key lime custard… image

Made my graham cracker crust… image

(here’s the key lime juice I used! I got it at a farm stand on a recent trip to Florida) image

and finally….ta-daaaa!! Finished product!

Mini Key Lime Pies!   

Servings: 4-6

Ingredients:

Crust:

  • 4-6 graham crackers
  • 2-3 tbsp butter or margarine

Custard:

  • 1 c. granulated sugar
  • 1/4 c. flour
  • 3 tbsp. cornstarch
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 c. water
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1/4 key lime juice
  • 1 tbsp. butter or margarine
  • (optional) 1 tbsp. lime zest
  1. Make the crust: melt butter and mix with crushed graham crackers (you may have to play with the proportions a bit). Press into individual ramekins, like I did, or one later dish (I don’t think it will be enough for a 9in. pie however).
  2. Mix sugar, flour, cornstarch, salt and water in a small-medium saucepan. Place over medium heat, constantly stirring, until the sauce thickens (you’ll know when it does!)
  • story time! I didn’t have cornstarch, but I know that confectioners’ sugar contains cornstarch, so I replaced 1/4 c. of the granulated sugar with confectioners’ sugar, and it worked!
  • more story time! I only put in 1 cup of water. Oops. It worked somehow!
  • 3.  Take saucepan off the heat and slowly stir in egg yolks (you can save the egg whites to make a meringue if you’d like!)
  • 4. Place saucepan back on low heat for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in key lime juice, butter/margarine, and optional key lime zest. Let cool slightly.
  • 5. Pour the custard into the pie crusts and chill until set (1-2 hours). Enjoy!!!
  • P.S. Sorry about the funky format I’ll figure it out someday!

Back to Basics : Sugar Cookies

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Back To Basics: Sugar Cookies

Happy Monday! I though I would do some baking series and what better way to start it off then Back to Basics. For the next couple of weeks I am going to be sharing my favorite recipes and tips for staple baked goods that are very versatile. I wanted to start off with sugar cookies because you can make them any shape and they are perfect for any occasion.

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