Jonah used to make excellent biscuits, but then we moved to Divide. The difference in altitude (6,000ft to 9,000ft) was enough to turn her biscuits into greasy blobs suitable for packing to your next arctic exhibition. So I fired her from biscuit making and decided to try it myself. There are a lot of myths about baking at altitude. Rules of thumb that say “add/subtract ingredient X per thousand feet of altitude” are generally terrible advice. Corrections that work at 6,000 feet may need to be completely reversed by 8,000 feet. In Colorado Springs, we mostly got by without changing…
We had a graduation party for Berck on Saturday. Â I made a fruit pizza! I made for 4th of July two years ago. I had a request for the recipe, so I thought I’d put it here. Â Fruit pizza is really simple…just a sheet of sugar cookie dough, frosting, and fruit. Â Here are the recipes I use for the cookie dough and frosting. Old Fashioned Tea Cakes This is my favorite sugar cookie recipe, and it comes from Sue Robinson. 1 cup butter 1 3/4 cup sugar 3 cups self-rising flour 2 teaspoons vanilla If you don’t…
2 cups water heated so it feels warm but not uncomfortably hot 1 package or 2 to 3 teaspoons yeast a little bit of sugar or flour to proof the yeast 1 TABLESPOON of salt after yeast has begun proofing 5 to 6 cups flour (I like King Arthur Bread Flour best) or however much the dough will take until it stops being sticky Put in a greased bowl, turn over, cover, and let rise about an hour. Punch down, kneed, and shape into two long loaves. Place on a cookie sheet generously sprinkled with cornmeal. Make slices about half…
This weekend I made a recipe that looked scrumptious (it was). I took a picture of my finished product to submit to the recipe site.
I’ve never been a huge mushroom fan, unless they’re battered and fried, but this recipe is amazing. I usually use rosemary and bacon, if I’m not cooking for vegetarians. 12 large mushrooms (or two small packages or one large package from Sam’s) 3 tablespoons butter (or the grease from a couple slices of bacon) 1 small onion, chopped 1 cup fine soft bread crumbs (about one slice of bread) 1/2 cup chopped cooked chicken, ham, or shrimp, or 1/4 cup chopped unsalted nuts or cooked bacon (about two slices) 2 tablespoons of cream 2 tablespoons sherry or vermouth salt and…