Food Please » Baking http://www.andxyz.com/food (and thank you) ...mmmm yum Sat, 22 Oct 2011 01:19:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 First day of 2011: Cupcakes and Waffles http://www.andxyz.com/food/2011/01/first-day-of-2011/ http://www.andxyz.com/food/2011/01/first-day-of-2011/#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 03:40:04 +0000 rach http://www.andxyz.com/food/?p=277 We have started off the new year with a bang! Well, not really. More like with Waffles and french vanilla cupcakes with cream cheese icing. mmmm mmmm good. Andy and I made the cupcakes yesterday for New Years Eve. We brought them with us in a party carrier to Toni’s house for food and games (Catch Phrase and Things, to be specific). I thought maybe everyone would have 2, but alas everyone brought quite a bit of food, so some of them came back home with us.

The Waffles were made today. They were supposed to be for breakfast, but we both slept in and instead made them after breakfast. My family got a waffle maker for christmas this year and…

I had been eager to use it for the first time. I couldn’t leave for Ottawa before giving it a shot.  Along the waffle-making way, I modified the recipe by adding a splash of Vanilla Extract and several pinches of Cinnamon. Andy and I agreed, that next time, more cinnamon should be added. It is quite a subtle flavour. Maybe we could add apples in the future too! mmmm. apple cinnamon. I can dream for another day of great breakfast.

After finishing the last of the batter, Andrew and I enjoyed a waffle after breakfast dessert. We topped them with Maple Syrup, Freshly cut strawberries and cantaloupe and french vanilla ice cream.

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Thanks Aunt Doey for making me love you through cooking, I plan to do the same with Rach. I hope it’s working and she clicks to read more and make it herself.Ingredients:

  • 5 slices day old bread
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup seedless raisin
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups milk
  • a splash of vanilla extract

Instructions:

  1. grease the pan with margarine (the pan is about a hand long x a hand wide x 2 inches tall)
  2. break bread into small pieces and make a bottom layer, sprinkle 1/3 your cinnamon on top, and 1/3 raisins.
  3. repeat until you run out of bread, cinnamon, and raisins. (I made 3 layers)
  4. mix eggs in a mixing bowl, then add the milk vanilla and sugar and mix again.
  5. push the bread in the pan down a bit so the top has an evenish surface.
  6. drizzle this mixture on top of the bread in the pan evenly with a zig zag pattern.

Baking:

  • put it in the oven at 350 F for 1 hour.
  • I needed 1 mixing bowl. 1 pan. a small square of wax paper to spread the margarine and not get my fingers greasy. 1 spoon to help he spread the cinnamon.  and 1 wisk. if you do it with less tools you have to clean you win! (hint try using the spoon to mix)

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Peppermint patties are yummy in general. But these ones turned out a tad bit too rich, in my opinion.

Perhaps the dough could use a bit of chilling, it’s very hard to work with warm, even though some recipes recommended against it. Also, there was a bit too much peppermint this time.
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Next time I will add some more spices, like cinnamon or ____. It had a bland taste, but that’s ok, I was proud I used 1/4 cup of sugar.

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Ingredients for Banana bread with raisins (topped with shredded coconut)

3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 salad oil
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. almond extract
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 raisins
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1      tsp. baking soda
2 cup flour
a sprinkle of shredded coconut

I mixed everything above and then I slowly added the flour while mixing, then I poured it in the pan and sprinkled coconut on top. Make sure to grease the pan with butter or margarine for easy cutting and serving.
Cook for 50-55 minutes on 350, until toothpick comes out clean but moist.

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