Thursday, 29 September 2011

Chocolate Oat Bars Variation!

Just an idea....
If you make the batter and add no eggs and put little cookie shaped dough balls on a cookie sheet, and bake them until they start to bubble, they make AMAZING cookies!\

ZS

Sunday, 25 September 2011

Just a Note*

Two new batches of freshly made Granola Bars! They are also amazing without the chocolate drizzle. Tip- add nuts or berries, suck as raisins, craisins, dried cranberries/apricots, with some chopped almonds or whatever youd like!

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Chocolate Oat Bars (amazing)

*WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THIS RECIPE*

Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups sifted flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups rolled oats
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- 1 can condensed milk
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions:
Cream butter and brown sugar together. beat in eggs and vanilla. Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add the oats. Over low hear, combine the chocolate chips, condensed milk, butter, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Stir until smooth, then add nuts and vanilla. Now combine the egg and flour mixtures and pat about two-thirds of it into a 10 1/2 x 15 1/2 inch cookie sheet. Pour the chocolate mixture over all, then dot with the remaining one third batter. Bake about 25 minutes.

Hard Ball Stage?

At first glance of the word, hard ball stage, we thought, WHAT IS THAT?! But then we figured out that it is when you are making candy, and you drop a tiny drop into cold water and it immediately forms a ball and stays somewhat like a ball!

Butterscotch

Ingredients:
- 2 cups sugar
- 2/3 cup dark corn syrup
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup cream

Instructions:
stir all ingredients n saucepan until dissolved. cook these ingredients to just below the hard ball stage (250 degrees), then stir constantly until they almost reach the hard crack stage (300 degrees). Pour candy into a buttered pan. When cool and almost set, mark into squares or bars. When cold, cut or break apart.

Monday, 19 September 2011

Bread Kneader

Were planning on making bread! With a very old fashioned bread kneader, the one that you have to crank the handle and turn it! Were very excited

Saturday, 17 September 2011

An Idea for Too Much Batter

Today we baked a white buttermilk cake with vanilla frosting. We originally got it from a cupcake recipe, and in the middle of making it we realized that it made 36 cupcakes, so we decided to make two small cakes and put them together, and make some cupcakes. We also thought that something cool to do would be put fome cupcakes ontop of the two layers of cake to add another layer of cake, but another layer of cupcake! and top and fill with icing!

ZS