Monday, November 14, 2011

Brownies - The Very Best Brownies Recipe


Brownies

Is there anything at all any better then a brownie? Brownies are among the earliest things I ever baked when I was approximately 5 years old, while using the old stand by which comes in the red box. I learned how to read early on, however a large part of what I desired to be able to read was in fact the RECIPES! Specifically in order to be able to read the recipes and instructions on the backside of cake and treat boxes. They called to my kindergarten self with a Siren song that I can even now hear oh-these decades after. My sister and I developed an unspoken understanding - after we had gone through at least fifty percent of the mixture (taste testing, obviously) and the brownies were finished, I got the exterior edges, allowing her most of the more gooey, fudgy interior.

Brownies
will always be among my favorite recipes. Progressively I have mucked around around right up until I have found what exactly makes me smile. This recipe for chocolate brownies walks the line between cakey and fudgy, and it does it quite effectively. A handful of tips to help with making this brownies recipe genuinely turn out -
1. Sift the dry
ingredients with each other in a separate bowl. This will assist combine things before you begin to combine the batter, staying away from over mixing.
2.
Mix together the white sugar and eggs separately. This furthermore prevents over beating the eggs, which gives a more cake-like texture.
3.
Mix the final batter as little as possible; only until you do not see any more dry elements. This is really significant.
4.
And never over bake! You should cook the brownies just until a tester comes away of the center with a few moist crumbs.


That's it - you can tell that the number one tip for brownies just isn't to over perform anything - mixing OR cooking. Otherwise this is actually among the easiest recipes for brownies you'll find. I really like excellent foods - I don't adore "fussy" food. And this also is an ideal example. So try this one. And acquire a great big glass of dairy - you'll need it!


Brownies

1 cup butter
2 cups
sugar
4 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
2/3 cup
cocoa powder
? teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Icing for Brownies

Directions
1.
Pre-heat oven to 350F. Butter and flour a 9x13 inch baking pan or casserole dish.
2. In a large
pot over moderate heat, melt the butter. Remove from heat.
3. In a small bowl,
lightly beat the eggs. Blend sugar and vanilla into eggs and set aside.
4. In a
different bowl, shift together flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder.
5. Add sugar mixture to melted butter and
blend well. Add flour mixture to sugar combination and blend only until blended - about fifty strokes using a wooden spoon.
6.
Spread batter into the prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes. Don't over bake!
7.
Frost brownies while they are still warm with Frosting for Brownies, and let to cool entirely before cutting.

Will serve: thirty-two.

Icing for Brownies

1 1/4 cups butter
1 1/4 cups cocoa powder
1/4 cup honey
2
tbsps vanilla extract
3 cups powdered sugar

Instructions
Over
minimal heat in a small pot, melt butter.
Blend in remaining ingredients and beat to blend. Pour warm icing over brownies while they're still warm, and allow to set.

Serves:
thirty-two, makes enough for a large batch of brownies.


Friday, November 11, 2011

Simple and Delicious White Cake

Easy White Cake


2cups white sugar
1 cup butter
4 eggs
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
3/4 quart all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/8 tablespoons baking powder
3/4 cup half & half

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Using butter, butter and flour 3 9-inch round cake pans.
2. In the bowl of the power mixer on moderate speed, cream together the butter and white sugar. Do not skimp out on this stage - one of the tips for the final structure of this particular cake is always to entirely cream the butter and white sugar together - up to 10 minutes is probably great.
3. Add the eggs one by one, beating really well following each of them. Clean along the sides of the bowl while you work.
4. In a different bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and baking soda well. Add flour to the butter and white sugar and mix very well.
5. Mix batter until really consistent. Pour batter into well prepared pans, separating equally.
6. Bake for 35-40 minutes. When done the middle of the cake should be lightly golden and also the middle will spring back to the touch. A cake tester or skewer placed in to the middle should come away totally clean.
7. Permit cakes to cool down within their pans for ten minutes, then turn them out on to wire racks for cooling totally prior to icing.


Nutritional Information
214.7 Calories, 9.5g Total Fat, 5.6g Saturated Fat, 39.4% Calories from Fat, 59.0g Cholesterol, 140.7mg Sodium, 84.6 Calories from Fat, 29.4g Carbohydrate, 0.42g Dietary Fiber, 3.0g Protein

Recipe Notes
I imagine whenever all is actually said and done this is not actually a white cake - white cakes are meant to be snowy white, and this is typically done simply by ommitting the egg yolks, and volume is typically acheived through folding beaten egg-whites in to the batter. This cake however, is quite, really light and so amazingly tasty and moist you definitely will not mind.
This dessert couples properly with any number of frostings, and possibly a lot better, will take to alterations in extracts perfectly. Almond is delightful, along with orange, lime or lemon extracts. I have also created this with cream rather than half and half and 1 1/2 cups of chocolate sandwich cookies within the batter, together with a white buttercream adorned with plenty of the cookies whole (that is my Ricky's preferred). Try every combination. It's really a scrumptious strategy to process a group of tests!

Serves: 24

Pozole - Mexican Comfort Food

Pozole - Mexican Comfort Food


Pozole
really is a Mexican comfort food; among those much-loved homemade recipes offered at thousands of tables. It might be to many People in mexico what Chicken and Dumplings are to us throughout the South; some thing your granny put together and her kind is actually the greatest no matter what anyone says. I have only recently found it, and given that my very own grannies were Scotch-Irish and French, I had to go highjack other individuals grannies. A couple of of the versions I found during my search used ingredients (usually specific chilies) that I cannot acquire easily here, so I mucked around with some working with what is in my own grocery and created this one. I am aware this is simply not completely authentic ' but it fulfills all of my own standards for being scrumptious, simple, affordable and simply scrumptious.I use loads of pork ' it's a major product around right here, so it is always available, is supplied in umpteen different cuts and also comparatively cheap. An example of my personal favorite strategies is usually to braise an extremely considerable pork butt (shoulder) inside crock pot, and use the meat in many different recipes, modifying up the flavor bases by using some excellent aromatics. In this instance I depend on chili powder, cumin as well as oregano (If only I was able to acquire Mexican oregano!).

In case you've followed me for very long, you will know that oftentimes it's the story behind a foods which is nearly as enjoyable for me as the food itself. I really enjoy understanding exactly why foods are very important to different people, what the associations are, and the way they evolved. I do believe this specific recipe could possibly take the cake in terms of terrific tales go. Evidently there were powerful religious associations for the ancient People in mexico in making use of corn and various meats together in the same food. There seemed to be a belief that the gods had built man out of cornmeal batter (which is a hell of a cornpone there). In the course of a few communion traditions, the actual stew was created with real human, when that ended up being frowned upon by the Spanish conquerors, pork was the favorite alternative. Guess it felt most similar to their own grannies' versions, which was comprised of Tom, Dick or Harry. Whoever had lost the toss of the dice during the prior Saturday night poker game. I think I'll make this for the Horde next occasion we all do poker night. Ending up in the stewpot is actually a a great deal more intriguing proposal with regard to losing as compared to having to unload the dish-washer.All joking aside ' this can be a fantastic recipe. It really has attained its place as comfort food legitimately. Full, deep flavour, fulfilling and hearty, gobbled up by each of the little ones, this now has an respected position in my arsenal.

Pozole


1
big onion, chopped
1 red bell pepper,
diced
3
medium jalapeno peppers, seeded & diced
3 cloves garlic,
minced
1 1/2 quarts chicken stock
2 cans hominy, drained
3 cups
pulled pork
3
tablespoons chili powder
2
tbsps . cumin
1
tablespoon oregano
1
tsp . adobo
1/4
teaspoon ground cinnamon
1
tsp . salt
1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper
4 green onions, for accompaniment
3 radishes, minced, for accompaniment
1 cup cabbage, shredded
1/4 cup cilantro, for accompaniment
2 limes,
sliced
Various people/regions use various garnishes for their own pozoles - which includes avocado and sour cream or even crema. I think the limes are simply critical - but they're all tasty. You could also feel free to utilize poultry if you want, chicken pozole is also very common, and incredibly yummy.Directions
1. Over
medium heat, using about a teaspoon of oil, saute the onion, bell pepper, jalapenos, and garlic in a Dutch oven for about 5 mins or till the onion is fragrant and beginning to turn translucent.
2. Add chicken stock to pot,
and if necessary, sufficient extra water or stock in order to cover vegetables. Drain and rinse the hominy and add to the pot. Add pork, and stir well. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer.
3. Stir in
spices; chili powder, cumin, oregano, adobo, salt, pepper and cinnamon.
4. Cover pot and simmer for about
half an hour or so. Taste and adjust for salt and pepper.
5. Serve with
diced green onions, chopped radishes, shredded green cabbage, chopped cilantro and limes as garnishment. Permit every diner to include as desired.
Nutritional Information
310.5 Calories, 18.2g Total Fat, 6.1g Saturated Fat, 51.4% Calories from Fat, 73.1g Cholesterol, 2,092.2mg Sodium, 159.7 Calories from Fat, 14.4g Carbohydrate, 3.25g Dietary Fiber, 23.8g Protein



Serves: 8.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Apple Cider Spice Cake with Cinnamon Cider Buttercream

Apple Cider Spice Cake with Cinnamon-Cider Buttercream
I usually get pictures in my noggin of getting the Horde apple-picking when autumn happens, the evenings turn cold, and the days are brightened by that impossibly-blue sky. I actually do this in fruit time, I do it whenever the sugary corn hits in the summer, and I do it when the tomato plants perk up and mature. I possess beautiful thoughts of happy children skipping through orchards together, and gallons of fresh pressed cider hanging around to bolster their thriving little bodies.
Yet nevertheless - for apples - just about all I can easily say is that they involve ladders. There are actually five guys within the Horde O'Precious Darlings, from 2 to 14, and that's 10 potential broken or cracked arms. Not that the Misses are any better; I swear each one of the females might provide all five of the boys a run for disasters-waiting-to-happen. And so I copped out to this point on the apple picking. My own cider not simply isn't fresh pressed - I bought it at a mega-warehouse club. I adore fresh, local as well as all natural as much as the next guy, nonetheless presently there are limitations when applying that towards the practical and every day, y'all. Apple picking has to hold off until I've my own, personal farm, filled with organic fresh fruits as well as fresh vegetables patiently waiting to be plucked, as well as cheerful little farm creatures gallivanting about.


Payoff for me personally though comes into play this - homemade spice cake. But not just spice cake - but APPLE spice cake, and the following spice cake recipe uses lots of apple cider. The result is about as awesome as it gets - nutmeg and cinnamon, ginger and allspice all party along with apple cider in a wonderful tender treat which is fortified along with a splendid apple glaze plus a stunning cinnamon cream cheese butter cream. Have I absolutely hooked you yet? If not, may i point out that so far as dessert recipes go, this is certainly about as elementary as it gets. There - that ought to have you. ;-)
Seriously though - this particular treat is ultra easy, completely homemade, and just simply yells autumn. Plus your home will certainly smell heavenly at the same time. That's win-win in anybody's book. Cook book that is. Give it a shot -- it is really nearly sufficient to carry 7 kids off to an orchard near you. Nearly.

You'll Need:
* 1 cup butter, softened
* 3 cups white sugar
* 6 eggs
* 3 cups flour
* 1/4 tsp. baking soda
* 1 tsp. salt
* 1 1/2 teaspoon. cinnamon
* 1/4 teaspoon. allspice
* 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
* 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, fresh grated
* 2 tsp. vanilla extract
* 3/4 cup apple cider
1. Preheat oven to 325°. Grease 3 9-inch cake pans and place aside.
2. In bowl of electric mixer using paddle attachment cream together butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time blending following each addition until incorporated. Add vanilla extract and mix. Scrape along sides of the bowl as you work.
3. In different bowl sift together flour, baking powder, salt and spices. Add to butter mixture alternating with cider, beginning and finishing with flour. Blend just till integrated, scraping sides of the bowl to fully incorporate all of the ingredients.
4. Pour into prepared cake pans and spread uniformly. Smooth out the top of the batter with a rubber spatula. Bake at 325° for 35-40 minutes or until surface of cake is browned and begins to split and cake tester inserted into center of cake comes away thoroughly clean.
5. Allow cake to cool in pans for ten minutes, and then turn cakes out on to a wire rack in order to complete cooling down. In the meantime, prepare the glaze and icing.

For the glaze:
* two cups powdered sugar
* 2-3 tbs. apple cider
1/4 teaspoon. cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon. allspice
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
* 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
Mix together sugar and spices in bowl or big mixing cup. Put in apple cider a lttle bit at a time and stir till glaze reaches sought after consistency. (Add sugar or cider as needed.) Glaze really should be easy to pour however thick enough so it doesn't saturate in cake immediately. Pour glaze over completely cooled cake.

For the icing...
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
* 8 oz cream cheese, softened
* 1 tsp cinnamon
* 1/4 tsp . allspice
* 1/8 teaspoon ginger
* 1/8 tsp numeg
* 24-32 oz . powdered sugar
* up to 1/4 cup apple cider

1. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together butter and cream cheese until softened.
2. Add spices, and about half the powdered sugar. Turn mixer on low until the icing comes together. Gradually incorporate more powdered sugar until frosting is stiff.
3. Add apple cider until frosting reaches a spreading consistency. Don't allow it to become too soft - should you add an excessive amount cider the icing can 'droop'. In the event that you get your own too soft (I do all the time) merely add more powdered sugar till it stiffens up.
4. Ensure the cakes are entirely cool, then frost between tiers, then the top and sides. Excellent!