Candy Corn "Butterfinger" bars

 1 cup candycorn

1 cup peanut butter

Microwave until melted. Put in greased 8 x 8 pan. Top with melted chocolate. Tastes like a Butterfinger. Only way to eat candy corn !

7 August 2021

 Carrot Top Chimichurri (cafedelights.com)

1/2c olive oil [100g]

2T red wine vinegar [30g]

3-4 cloves garlic [3]

1 or 2 red chiles or 1-2tsp dried [rounded 1/2tsp dried]

3/4tsp oregano

1tsp kosher salt

1/2c finely chopped parsley [carrot tops]

Excellent!!

6 August 2021

 All-Bran Tea Bread Loaf (Mary Berry)

350g mixed dried fruit (KAF Baker's Fruit Blend)

225g sugar

300g cold tea

150g self raising flour (White Lily)

150g All-Bran

1 egg

Soak fruit and sugar in tea overnight. Add remaining ingredients to fruit. Bake at 350°F for about an hour.

Exceedingly sweet. Cut fruit, sugar, or maybe even both.

3 August 2021

 Greek Yogurt Cheese Mousse Cake (Stella Parks--she calls it No Bake Greek Yogurt Cheesecake)

Crust: (wrap base in foil & grease lightly)

250g chocolate cookie crumbs

55g butter

pinch salt

Filling:

14g gelatin

30g water

10g vanilla

680g Greek/strained yogurt (MUST be just milk & cultures--NO thickening agents)

340g heavy cream

170g egg white (5-6 eggs)

200g sugar

1/2tsp kosher salt

Whisk together gelatin, water, and vanilla. Set aside.

Whip yogurt and cream to medium peaks. Cover and refrigerate (up to an hour).

Make Swiss meringue: Heat whites, sugar, and salt in mixing bowl over simmering water (my 3-qt works perfectly with the 6qt KitchenAid bowl) to 175°F (8-10 min). Transfer bowl to mixer and whip til glossy and firm but still warm (4min or so). Melt gelatin while whipping meringue.

Whisk melted gelatin into 1/3 of meringue. Whisk in remaining meringue. Whisk in yogurt/cream in two or three additions. Pour into crust & chill.

Spice Blends

 Baharat Blend (Blue Apron)

7 parts ground sumac

4 parts za'atar

1 part ground allspice

1 part ground coriander

1 part ground cardamom

1 part ground cumin

1 part garlic powder

24 July 2021

 Country Tart (LA Times)

2 1/2# cherries

1/4-3/4c sugar [1/4]

Pastry (by Edon Waycott--de Pomiane used bread dough and butter):

2c flour [280g]

1/4oz active dry yeast [5g instant]

1/2tsp salt

1/2tsp sugar

1 1/2 sticks butter

2 egg yolks

1/3c water

Roll out pastry, top with cherries and sprinkle with sugar. Bake @450°F 30-35 min. Used a 9x13; could have used something smaller for a thicker crust. Needed more cherries for a 9x13. I liked it better the next day, after the juice stabilized and softened the crust a bit.

6 June 2021

 Cherry Frozen Yogurt (Jeni's base)

400g Greek yogurt, full fat, mixed w/135g cherry sauce

200g cream

150g milk

200g sugar

50g corn syrup

2tsp tapioca starch

26 May 2021

 Hopelessly Inauthentic Caesar dressing (Smitten Kitchen at Home)

2T (25g) mayo

1 small clove garlic, minced

1tsp Worcestershire

1tsp (5g) Dijon

1-2T lemon juice

1/4c olive oil [50g]

Whisk together, season to taste.

Was excellent with chicken and baby spinach on a sandwich.

18 April 2021

 Apple Crisp (9x13, Smitten Kitchen)

Crisp:

2# Braeburn apples, sliced

2T flour

1/4tsp cloves

3/4tsp Ceylon cinnamon

2T vanilla sugar

Topping:

113g butter, melted

65g vanilla sugar

65g brown sugar

80g oats

130g flour

4T sliced almonds

350°F for 45-60 minutes.

Needed more apples.

28 March 2021

 Vanilla Pudding (CIA Baking & Pastry)

Bring to a boil:

340g milk

50g sugar

pinch salt

Whisk together, temper, and heat to a boil:

25g cornstarch

40g sugar

35g egg yolks [2]

115g milk

Stir in off-heat:

7g butter

1/2T vanilla [3/4tsp paste]

Much too sweet and also too thick. Like a too-sweet pastry cream. (Betty Crocker uses 66g sugar and 16g cornstarch--have to try that one next.) Overall, I'm not terribly impressed with this book.

21 March 2021

 Paul Hollywood Baps

175g white wheat

200g ap flour

5g instant yeast

7g salt

30g sugar

30g butter

250g water

10-15min, 425°F.

This is the standard burger bun recipe now.

19 March 2021

 Crispy Chickpeas

1/4c oil

1 1/2c chickpeas

2T cornstarch

2tsp lebanese 7-spice blend

1/2tsp salt

1/4tsp sugar

Faster than in the oven, but more of a pain, and I think the oven ones turn out better. Needed a touch more salt.

 it was set in a small quiet village. And these strangers showed up from the government. These strangers were former death row criminal who got turned into super soldiers by the government. They were there to fine something or someone. They ended up rounding up most the village. I think to the highschool or city hall or something and started to kill people. This one guy and girl were trying to save the town. And there was this weird guy in the village that had an underground bunker, and that's who those guys were trying to find. Idk it's been over 15 years since I read it I was in middle school or highschool at the time. The book had a red and black cover i think it had trees with a cabin on it. It was like a horror/criminal book. It was decently thick (not a young adult novel). 

17 March 2021

 Flowerpot Bread (English Breads and Yeast Cookery)

220oz flour [145g winter wheat, 480g AP]

1tsp active dry yeast [5g instant]

3/4oz salt [18g]

12-15oz milk & water [6oz each]

85g per pot, 12 pots

14 March 2021

 King's Hawaiian Sweet Rolls (Todd Wilbur)

16oz flour, divided [454g]

3/4c sugar [150g]*

1T plus 2tsp quick yeast*

3/4tsp salt

1c water minus 1T [225g]

3T butter [42g]

2T milk

2T beaten egg

Mix half the flour with the sugar, yeast, and salt. Combine water, butter, & milk, and heat til butter is melted. Add to flour mixture, along with egg. Mix on medium for 1 minute. Add remaining flour and knead 2 minutes longer. Let rise til doubled. Form into 1.75oz [50g] balls and rise again. Bake at 375°F for 14-16 minutes [10 minutes with the lid on, 5-10 minutes longer to brown].

*Used 100g sugar and 1T instant yeast.

21 February 2021

 Knish

(Ratner's dough)

1/3c egg whites [1 whole egg]

2T oil [25g]

1/4tsp salt

3/4c water

3c flour [400g]

Combine & beat with electric mixer til smooth. Let rest for an hour. (Stir together, then use hook)

Filling (Smitten Kitchen)

Carmeliza a small onion. Cook 1.5# potatoes [red]. Mash together & season to taste.

20 February 2021

 Blood Orange Cheesecake (Cheesecake Bible, George Geary)

Crust:

1 1/4c butter cookie crumbs [31 gingersnaps, 213g, 1 2/3c]

3T butter, melted

Bake 10 minutes at 350°F.

Filling:

1 1/2# cream cheese

1 1/2c small-curd cottage cheese, drained [340g]

1/2c sour cream [120g]

1 1/2c sugar [300g]

4 eggs

1/4c flour

1T blood orange zest [cara cara]

1/3c blood orange juice [cara cara]

1tsp fresh nutmeg

1tsp vanilla

350°F 45-55 minutes. Add topping & bake 5 minutes more

Topping:

1/2c sour cream

1/4c sugar

1T blood orange zest

2T blood orange juice [cara cara]

1/2tsp vanilla

Gingerbread cookie crust didn't really work for me, but my parents loved it. Topping was too liquid--skip the juice next time.

24 January 2021

 Ice Cream Pretzel Cake (inspired by Taste of Home)

1 1/4c crushed pretzels [150g]

6T cold butter

Combine & press into pan(s). [(8)-3"] Bake 8 minutes at 350°F, cool, and freeze.

Whizz 8.5oz package chocolate covered pretzels (set aside 8 for garnish) & mix into [coffee] ice cream. Spread about a tablespoon fudge topping [Sue's] on each crust & freeze. Top with freshly churned ice cream and freeze. Garnish with reserved pretzels and caramel sauce.

17 January 2021

 Refrigerator Bran Muffins (KMOT 1972, halved)

Pour 1c boiling water over 1c All Bran. Cream 1/2c Crisco [butter] with 1 1/2c sugar [100g]. Add 2 eggs, 1 pint buttermilk, 2c All Bran, 2 1/2c flour [350g], 2 1/2T* soda [2 1/2 tsp], and 1/2 tsp salt. Add water/bran mixture. 350°F 20-30 minutes. Keeps in fridge about 3 weeks.

*this has got to be a misprint.

I don't notice any difference between this one where only part of the cereal is soaked and the one we got from Dan's mother where all of the cereal is soaked. I thought there might be nubbly bits, but there weren't.

10 January 2021

 Hopetown Delight (The Great British Book of Baking)

200g butter

100g sugar

260g flour

40g ground rice

Doubled, 300°F fan, 20 minutes, 12 hole muffin tin.

110g cream

20g Scottish oats [Bob's Red Mill]

15g vanilla sugar

1T Jim Beam Rye

Halved, too much strong whiskey. Otherwise quite good.

29 December 2020

 Special K Bars (handwritten in Gma Elaine's REC cookbook)

1c sugar [200g]

1c white sirup [340g]

1 1/4c peanut butter [330g Jif Natural Creamy]

6c Special K [170g corn flakes]

6oz melted chocolate chips on top [definitely needs more chocolate on top!]

9x13 makes thin-ish bars, which I think I might like better.

28 December 2020

 Make Ahead Meatballs (Quick Cooking)

3 eggs

1 1/2c breadcrumbs [170g]

1/2c finely chopped onion

2T salt

1T Worcestershire

1 1/2# ground venison

1 1/2# ground pork

213 MA meatballs for the freezer.

27 December 2020

 Meatballs (Alex Guarnaschelli)

1.5# ground venison

1.5# ground pork

1 1/2c bread crumbs [170g]

2T kosher salt

4oz Parmesan [90g]

1 1/2c chopped flat-leaf parsley [15g =1/2c - 3/4c?]

3 eggs

9 cloves garlic [1/2 head]

190 total AG meatballs for the freezer.

26 December 2020

 German Apple Pancakes (Spoonfuls of Germany)

Whisk together:

2 eggs

180g milk

pinch salt

125g flour

55g seltzer water

1 tsp vanilla

Peel & slice apples [1 Granny Smith] 1/8" thick. Fry in butter until softened & coloured (sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar, also).

25 December 2020

 Cheesy Crackers (Smitten Kitchen)

6oz sharp cheddar, grated (Pride)

57g butter

65g whole wheat flour 

31g ap flour

1/4tsp kosher salt

1/8tsp onion powder

Whizz til ball forms. Roll out and bake 350°F 10-12 minutes.

Definitely more Cheez-It than goldfish.

Sigma Force Series Order

 1. Sandstorm, 2004

2. Map of Bones, 2005

3. Black Order, 2006

4. The Judas Strain, 2007

5. The Last Oracle, 2008

6. The Doomsday Key, 2009

7. The Devil Colony, 2011

8. Blood Line 2012

9. The Eye of God, 2013

10. The 6th Extinction, 2015

11. The Bone Labyrinth, 2015

12. The Seventh Plague, 2016

13. The Demon Crown, 2018

14. Crucible, 2019

15. The Last Odyssey, 2020

16. Kingdom of Bones, 2021

Harry Bosch reading order

 The Black Echo (1992)

The Black Ice (1993)

The Concrete Blonde (1994)

The Last Coyote (1995)

The Poet (1996, JM, RW)

Trunk Music (1997)

Blood Work (1998, TM)

Angels Flight (1999)

Void Moon (2000, CB)

A Darkness More Than Night (2001, TM)

City of Bones (2002)

Lost Light (2003)

The Narrows (2004, JM, RW, TM)

The Closers (2005)

The Lincoln Lawyer (2005, MH)

Echo Park (2006, RW)

The Overlook (2007, RW)

The Brass Verdict (2008, MH)

The Scarecrow (2009, JM, RW)

9 Dragons (2009)

The Reversal (2010, MH)

The Fifth Witness (2011, MH)

The Drop (2011)

The Black Box (2012)

The Gods of Guilt (2013, MH)

The Burning Room (2014)

The Crossing (2015)

The Wrong Side of Goodbye (2016)

The Late Show (2017, RB)

Two Kinds of Truth (2017)

Dark Sacred Night (2018, RB)

The Night Fire (2019, RB)

Fair Warning (2020, JM)

The Law of Innocence (2020, MH

The Dark Hours (2021, RB)

24 December 2020

 Baked Knoephla

1 egg

1/2tsp salt

1/2c milk

1 1/4c flour (must have been heaping)

Make the knoephla, boil with 3-4 potatoes.

Brown 1/2c diced onion and 1# bacon cut into 1" pieces. Drain, and tip into 9x13, pour 1 pint cream* over all. Top with browned bread crumbs. Bake at 350°F for an hour.

*Used half of a 22oz container of cottage cheese stirred in, and a scant cup of cream poured over. Baked 30 minutes.

11 December 2020

 Valhalla Brownies (Scandilicious)

Soak for an hour and drain:

100g dried sour cherries

3T kirsch

2T lemon juice

Melt together:

125g butter

200g dark chocolate (bunny)

20g cocoa (Special Dark)

Whisk together:

3 eggs

110g sugar

110g powdered sugar

1tsp vanilla.

Whisk in chocolate. Stir in 150g flour. Stir in cherries (and a handful of sliced almonds). Bake at 350°F 20 minutes.

6 December 2020

 Gougeres (Ratio)

300g egg (in shell)

300g water

150g flour

150g butter

cheddar

Needed another small egg.

29 November 2020

 Carne Adovada (Santa Fe School of Cooking)

3 1/2# pork loin or butt, cubed (3# 6oz venison)

2c diced onion (2 med-lg)

2T minced garlic (3 average cloves)

4c chicken broth, or water (water)

2tsp coriander, toasted and ground

2tsp Mexican oregano (regular oregano)

2tsp chile caribe (3/4tsp Hell Flakes)

3/4c New Mexico ground red chile, toasted (1/2c?)

1T red chile honey (regular honey)

2T sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar (red wine vinegar)

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26 November 2020

 Cream Cheese Crêpe Filling

4oz softened cream cheese

4T powdered sugar

1T milk

1/4tsp vanilla bean paste

Enough for 6-8 larger crêpes, maybe more with other fillings. This was most excellent combined with lemon curd or cranberry curd. Sugar can be cut a bit, especially if not combining with a tart curd.

22 November 2020

 Soft Peasant Sandwich Bread

768g flour (576 bread, 226g rye)

1T kosher salt (18g)

1T sugar

2 1/2tsp instant yeast (5g)

3c water

1/3c oil (67g olive)

20 November 2020

 New Mexico Chocolate Pudding (MJ's Kitchen)

3T cornstarch (26g)

1/4tsp salt

1/4tsp ginger

1/4tsp cinnamon

3/4tsp Chimayo red chile powder

4T cocoa powder (23g Hershey Special Dark)

1/2c sugar

2c milk

1/2tsp vanilla (forgot)

Whisk together all but the milk & vanilla in a saucepan. Slowly whisk in milk & heat to boiling. Boil 1 minute. Whisk in vanilla.

It was a tad thick--maybe try 2T cornstarch next time?

19 November 2020

 Red Eye

1L Everclear

2c sugar (400g)

5 1/2c hot water

Caramelize sugar, slowly stir in half the water until blended, stir in other half water. Pour into Everclear & bottle.

This is stronger than our normal recipe. I think I'd like something in-between best.

15 November 2020

 Whipped Cream Salad Dressing Concentrate

1 egg

1/4c vinegar

1tsp dry mustard (Coleman's)

pinch salt (Morton's Coarse Kosher)

1tsp flour

1/2c water

1/4c brown sugar (50g)

pinch cayenne

Mix dry into egg, stir in vinegar & water. Cook til thick. Mix with whipped cream to taste for fruit salads and cabbage salads.

Good, but sweet. Cut sugar in half next time.

8 November 2020

 Beer Bread with Cheese

350g White Lily SR flour

4T butter, melted, divided (3T in, 1T on)

1T sugar

2 sticks Sargento string cheese, cubed (2oz)

1 can Hamm's

Too fluffy--more cake than bread. Needs salt

Macaroni Salad

 From the Lisbon Creamery, in the St. Aloysius cookbook.