Cooking
Since this month's Blog Party theme is Retro, I've found myself reaching for old-fashioned recipes.
A new book, a Christmas gift from my parents, The Way to a Man's Heart: Romantic Recipes for Every Occasion,
is a pretty good reference.
This cookbook is filled with "Darling...I'm home! What's for dinner?" recipes. Stick-to-the-ribs meals, snacks that in this day and age would constitute dinner, and fantastic desserts.
I've already sticky-tabbed thirty or so recipes, but for my first go?
Chocolate Chunk Brownies
Very interesting preparation. Butter and chocolate melted in a saucepan, remove from heat and add in sugar. Let it cool, beat in eggs, then mix in flour, vanilla and salt. Finally, blend in chopped pecans and chocolate chips. Pour into a pan, and bake till shiny...I swear, that was the in the directions.
Turns out, this is not Matt's favorite type of brownie. He's not crazy about nuts (which I knew). That said, he did like the cake-y rather than pudding-y texture.
I just think they look gorgeous.
Oh, don't worry. He'll eat them. No brownie waste in this house!
Blog Party #6 has been announced, and this month? We're going Retro! Click here for all the information, and remember: entries are due one week from today!
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Cooking
Retro Dessert: Just like somebody's mom used to make...
Since this month's Blog Party theme is Retro, I've found myself reaching for old-fashioned recipes.
A new book, a Christmas gift from my parents, The Way to a Man's Heart: Romantic Recipes for Every Occasion,
is a pretty good reference.
This cookbook is filled with "Darling...I'm home! What's for dinner?" recipes. Stick-to-the-ribs meals, snacks that in this day and age would constitute dinner, and fantastic desserts.
I've already sticky-tabbed thirty or so recipes, but for my first go?
Chocolate Chunk Brownies
Very interesting preparation. Butter and chocolate melted in a saucepan, remove from heat and add in sugar. Let it cool, beat in eggs, then mix in flour, vanilla and salt. Finally, blend in chopped pecans and chocolate chips. Pour into a pan, and bake till shiny...I swear, that was the in the directions.
Turns out, this is not Matt's favorite type of brownie. He's not crazy about nuts (which I knew). That said, he did like the cake-y rather than pudding-y texture.
I just think they look gorgeous.
Oh, don't worry. He'll eat them. No brownie waste in this house!
Blog Party #6 has been announced, and this month? We're going Retro! Click here for all the information, and remember: entries are due one week from today!Tagged with
Food and Drink, Chocolate, Baking, Retro, Blogging
- Perfect Brownies Recipe
Everyone likes their brownies just so, and so it comes as no surprise that there are untold thousands of brownie recipes. How do I know this? The web site Recipe Source has 569 recipes alone for brownies. The recipes on that site include such varied...
- Divine Double D's: Deep-fried Deviled Eggs
Since the nice folks at Slashfood always mention Blog Party, I just had to join in on their latest food event: D-Day. What a neat idea! We're not limited to a single ingredient, or even a theme. The options are limitless...ok, not true. The options...
- Retro Dinner: Tsa Sui
According to The Way to a Man's Heart: Romantic Recipes for Every Occasion, Chinese immigrants who worked as trail cooks for the Pacific Railroad introduced this dish to Westerners in the 1860's. The Mandarin for odds and ends, 'tsa'...
- Retro Dessert: Layers Of Caramel-y Goodness
My first effort from the fabulous Retro Baking; Caramel Cake Retro Baking is published by Collector's Press, and is just one book in their wonderful 'retro' line (do check them out). Thanks to my recent acquisition of Retro Baking and Retro...
- A Year Of Brownies - March
The first month of spring, and time for something new. For me, and The Year of Brownies, that meant really getting out of the comfort zone, in the form of adding something not chocolate to my brownies. Enter the walnut. I've had bad experiences...