First adapted recipe (single-person oreo cookie)

No story today, but maybe in a few days and definitely by next week. I just have to get the recipe that goes with it down.

 

Today I have a recipe adapted from http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2012/10/24/healthy-oreos/ (someday I will pull recipes from elsewhere). For this one I wanted to try the recipe but only had a couple of teaspoons of cocoa powder left, so I basically kept all the proportions the same but changed the amount. Here it is:

• 1 tsp cocoa
• 3 tsp all purpose flour
• pinch of salt
• pinch of baking powder
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp milk of choice
• 1/2 tsp maple syrup
• 1 tsp oil (I used coconut oil)
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Mix all the dry ingredients together, including the granulated sugar in a small bowl or cup. Then mix all the wet ingredients together in a separate bowl or cup. Add wet into dry and stir. Put in the fridge for 30 minutes to 1 hr.

 

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. Split the dough in half and shape into 2 flat circles (about an inch in diameter). Place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for about 10 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the sheet for another 10 minutes after you pull them out. 

 

For the filling I tried to make Chocolatecoveredkatie’s coconut butter recipe, but I just ended up with finely shredded coconut. It pretty much still worked though, and it definitely tasted good!

• ~ 2 Tbsp  finely shredded coconut 
• 1/2-1 tsp coconut oil
• 1/8 tsp vanilla extract
• powdered sugar

Heat up the coconut in the microwave for about 10-15 seconds, add the oil and vanilla and stir. Add enough powdered sugar for desired consistency, and stir.

 

 

I also tried to make this recipe for aloo pies, but baked instead: http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/aloo-pie-with-apple-mango-chutney.html

I just mashed some roasted potatoes with garlic, cumin, and chili powder and mixed in some peas for the filling. The baking didn’t really work, but the photo for them came out really well!

Raspberry Pickings

This story I did intend, and it came as my roommates and I were picking local raspberries:

“She had missed out on strawberry picking that year. Despite the ripening of other berries, she swore to remain faithful with the conviction of a self-righteous lover of accessory fruit. But when Mike asked if she wanted to come pick raspberries, she held that conviction like a person starved of summer’s spoils.

The sun endeavored to beat down on her head, but her picking expertise had long since led her to wear a wide-rimmed straw hat, it’s red ribbon swirling at the edge of her vision. Basket pressed to her right hip, and fist pressed to the other, she took in her surroundings; the jagged leaves, the prickly stems, and the false mimics that had yet to reach proper ripeness.

Guilt briefly flooded her heart with each insect’s lunch she stole, but quickly dissipated with the crush of the fruit between her teeth.  Fingers bloodied from one fallen prey, she moved to the next, sure to check the unders and betweens that cursory pickers would ignore.

She briefly wondered why plants such as these had not evolved to drop their thorns when their fruits reached the time to be carried away. As her basket brimmed, so did her mind, with the thoughts of the pastry chef she was soon to become.”

Things I’ve made in the past two weeks:

From Chocolatecoveredkatie.com

• Red Velvet Pancakes; these were ok, but I was hoping they would come out to be more red.

• Raspberry Oatmeal: this was amazing and also bright pink

• Homemade Pop-Tarts: I made both raspberry and brown sugar-cinnamon. While I can’t be polite about handling the dough, they were quite good.

• Zucchini French Fries: these were pretty good and easy to make, albeit they did not contain raspberries

And a photo of the multi-berry shortcakes my roommate made:

Recipes from:

http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2012/02/12/red-velvet-pancakes/

http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2012/10/01/healthy-pop-tarts/

http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2011/01/27/chocolate-raspberry-truffle-oatmeal/

http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2013/05/28/crispy-healthy-baked-zucchini-fries/

Coffee Cake memories

Coffee cake has always been something I’ve associated with childhood, one of the few things I can really remember baking when I was a kid. It’s only other companion is making cookies with my mother and brother. Specifically sour cream coffee cake though, as I found out a couple of years ago when I decided to make one and my mom pointed me to a recipe that included yeast (which was mostly confusing and did not live up to my expectations). I made sure to make the correct kind of cake this week.

Recipe at: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Sour-Cream-Coffee-Cake-2643

Other things I made this week:
– The bread was put to good use, with the aforementioned grilled cheese: cheddar, a tomato slice, and fresh basil leaves

– Stuffed peppers made with leftovers: diced green bell pepper (top half of pepper), chorizo, and onions sautéed together with some cumin; mixed with grated cheddar and cream cheese, baked in the bottom half of the pepper. Except for the pepper not being quite baked enough, it was really good!

– A recipe from chocolatecoveredkatie.com: Pineapple upside-down pancakes (http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2013/06/10/pineapple-upside-down-pancakes/)