4 posts tagged “food blog”
Brown Butter Brown Sugar Shorties
Adapted from Gourmet
Makes about 32 cookies
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar (preferably dark)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt (flaky salt would be great in these)
Demerara sugar (Sugar in the Raw) or sanding sugar for rolling (optional)
Cut butter into four or five pieces and cook butter in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring frequently, until it has a nutty fragrance and flecks on bottom of pan turn a light brown, anywhere from 4 to 7 minutes. It helps to frequently scrape the solids off the bottom of the pan in the last couple minutes to ensure even browning. Transfer butter to a bowl and chill until just firm, about 1 hour.
Beat together butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Beat in vanilla, then mix in flour and salt at low speed until just combined. Transfer dough to a sheet of wax paper or parchment and form into a 12-inch log, 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Chill, wrapped in wax paper, until firm, about 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Unwrap dough and roll it in coarse sugar, if using, and press the granules in with the paper you’d be using to wrap it. Slice dough into 1/4-inch-thick rounds, arranging 1 1/2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake until surface is dry and edges are slightly darker, 10 to 12 minutes. Let sit on sheet for a minute before transferring to a rack to cool. (Cookies will quite fragile at first, but will firm up as they cool.)
Dough keeps, chilled, up to 1 week, or in the freezer, up to one month. Cookies keep in an airtight container at room temperature 1 week.
Food blog is obviously back in full force. So I don't remember why I suddenly had the urge to make honey cake. Maybe because I've seen them pop up because of Jewish Holidays. Anyway, I wanted to make honey cake but unfortunately due to my recent move I have very few ingredients in my apartment. I finally got around to getting what I thought I needed and made one tonight. OMG, this stuff is delicious. I want to eat the entire thing. Even though I didn't add the whiskey because I didn't have any and I threw away my measuring spoons (lol) so I had to gestimate everything, it is so delicious. I also used decaf instant espresso because I wasn't going to brew it and I'm still anti-caffeine. Well the results were lovely.
Stay tuned for my version of Crab Chowder, cheapo and lazy style. I've been making this for so long it's a crime not to post it.
Wow, so many posts in so little time. Anyway, I've made a few things recently and thought I'd post two of them.
Ceviche
I got in the mood for it so I thought I'd look around for some recipes. I ended up combining two recipes for this one. It was quite delicious. I decided to change it up and add some sea scallops and I think that was my favorite part.
Recipes: Courtesy of Nigella and Keith Famie
Tyler's Texas Chili
I was watching Food Network as usual and caught the episode this was on. It looked yummy. Chili without beans, my favorite. It's very yummy and meaty and full of flavor. I especially liked the homemade chili powder. It smelled quite lovely.
Recipes: Courtesy of Tyler Florence
So this weekend I decided to make some yummy food. Here are the results.
I love prosciutto and scallops so this recipe seemed perfect. Plus the scallops are spread with a sundried tomato mixture...I love sundried tomatoes. It was a tad on the salty side so next time I'd cut out the extra salt. And I didn't fold the prosciutto in half, I cut them in half so there was less. This was a good thing because its the prosciutto that added the saltiness. Anyway it was quite yummy. I was too lazy to use the arugula which may have cut the saltiness a bit. I'll try it next time.
Recipe: Courtesy of Giada
Recipe: Courtesy of Giada
Recipe: Courtesy of Elise
