Archive for February, 2010
Tuesdays With Dorie – Honey Wheat Cookies
These were tremendous. My first tray came out a little underdone so I adjusted. I took these to our Office Olympics party (yes, we had Office Olympics, and yes, we won the gold medal in balloon animals). After people’s initial hesitance (based on the name “honey wheat cookies”), the whole batch of cookies disappeared. SUCCESS! [...]
Read More..>>Tuesdays With Dorie – Chocolate Chip Cookies
How come, despite all of my improvement in baking over the last year and a half, I manage to screw up chocolate chip cookies – the standard cookie! THE STANDARD COOKIE! My cookies all spread out like crazy and burnt on the bottom. Yum.
Read More..>>Tuesdays With Dorie – Somebody’s Brownies For Julia
I made these all wrong. Instead of putting half of the egg mixture into the chocolate mixture, I put ALL of the chocolate mixture into ALL of the egg mixture. So I didn’t get to do any of the delicate folding that the recipe called for. Still, these turned out pretty well. Difficult to get [...]
Read More..>>Tuesdays With Dorie – Chocolate Mini-Bundt Cakes
I forgive you, Dorie, for the marshmallow debacle. These were moist and delicious. I think I should have warmed the glaze a little more so that I could get that smooth, “runny” look like in the cookbook, but I’m pretty happy with these. I bought a mini-bundt pan for the occasion, except I didn’t realize [...]
Read More..>>Broccoli Rice Casserole
I’ve never made a casserole before. This one was fairly quick to throw together – long-grain rice, chopped broccoli, cheese, onions, butter, a small bit of mayo, some flour and ground mustard seed, and bread crumbs. I’d like to say I enjoyed this more. It needed more flavor – maybe a stronger cheese, maybe something [...]
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