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Welcome back everyone! What delicious things have you been baking or cooking the past few months?
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My newest favorite is Marilyn O'Reilly's Irish Soda Bread. Thanks, charlie!
I'm so glad charlie posted this recipe way back when. It's fantastic!
Here's the recipe as listed on the Foodnetwork, along with my notes:
MARILYN O' REILLY'S IRISH SODAÂ BREAD
INGREDIENTS:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 Tbsp caraway seeds, optional (I used them)
1 cup raisins (or currants) (I used currants)
1 cup buttermilk (I used homemade)
1 egg
DIRECTIONS:
Set a rack in the middle level of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees. (I lined baking sheet with parchment paper).
In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt and stir well to mix.
Add the butter and rub in until the butter disappears into the dry ingredients.
Stir in the caraway seeds if used and the raisins. (or currants).
In a small bowl, whisk the buttermilk and egg together and mix into the dough mixture with a rubber spatula.
Turn the dough out on a floured work surface (I used a well-floured silpat), and fold it over on itself several times, shaping it into a round loaf. (I used well-floured hands). Transfer the loaf to one cookie sheet or jelly roll pan covered with parchment or foil and cut a cross in the top.
Bake for 15 -20 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 F and cook for about 15 to 20 minutes more, until well colored and a toothpick plunged into the center emerges clean. (I baked about 20 minutes, then reduced the heat and baked another 18-20 minutes).
Cool the soda bread on a rack and serve with plenty of sweet butter and bitter orange marmalade.
Makes one large loaf.
By Marilyn O' Reilly
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/marilyn-oreillys-irish-soda-bread-recipe/index.html
I'm so glad charlie posted this recipe way back when. It's fantastic!
Here's the recipe as listed on the Foodnetwork, along with my notes:
MARILYN O' REILLY'S IRISH SODAÂ BREAD
INGREDIENTS:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 Tbsp caraway seeds, optional (I used them)
1 cup raisins (or currants) (I used currants)
1 cup buttermilk (I used homemade)
1 egg
DIRECTIONS:
Set a rack in the middle level of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees. (I lined baking sheet with parchment paper).
In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt and stir well to mix.
Add the butter and rub in until the butter disappears into the dry ingredients.
Stir in the caraway seeds if used and the raisins. (or currants).
In a small bowl, whisk the buttermilk and egg together and mix into the dough mixture with a rubber spatula.
Turn the dough out on a floured work surface (I used a well-floured silpat), and fold it over on itself several times, shaping it into a round loaf. (I used well-floured hands). Transfer the loaf to one cookie sheet or jelly roll pan covered with parchment or foil and cut a cross in the top.
Bake for 15 -20 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 F and cook for about 15 to 20 minutes more, until well colored and a toothpick plunged into the center emerges clean. (I baked about 20 minutes, then reduced the heat and baked another 18-20 minutes).
Cool the soda bread on a rack and serve with plenty of sweet butter and bitter orange marmalade.
Makes one large loaf.
By Marilyn O' Reilly
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/marilyn-oreillys-irish-soda-bread-recipe/index.html
cynupstateny
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My, and my guests this summer, have become addicted to "Dirt Bombs"
Mix the dry together the night before and bake in time to have with coffee. They're wonderful!
DIRT BOMBS
350°
1 stick butter 1 Tbsp Baking Powder
1 cup sugar ¼ Tsp baking soda
2 eggs 1 tsp salt
3 cups flour ½ tsp nutmeg
1 tsp vanilla 1 cup milk
For Topping: 1 stick melted butter
1 cup sugar
1 Tbsp cinnamon
(You will need more of each if making the minis)
Cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, one at a time until fluffy. Add vanilla
In another bowl mix dry ingredients together
To butter and sugar mix add 1/3 dry ingredients, ½ wet and continue ending with dry.
Lightly grease tins: I like them best made in mini muffin tins
Bake 350° about 20 min or until a toothpick has no crumbs
The larger muffin tin size needs more time
As soon as they come out, dump onto a clean dishtowel. Dip each one into the melted butter and roll in cinnamon mixture.
Best if eaten warm!
Mix the dry together the night before and bake in time to have with coffee. They're wonderful!
DIRT BOMBS
350°
1 stick butter 1 Tbsp Baking Powder
1 cup sugar ¼ Tsp baking soda
2 eggs 1 tsp salt
3 cups flour ½ tsp nutmeg
1 tsp vanilla 1 cup milk
For Topping: 1 stick melted butter
1 cup sugar
1 Tbsp cinnamon
(You will need more of each if making the minis)
Cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, one at a time until fluffy. Add vanilla
In another bowl mix dry ingredients together
To butter and sugar mix add 1/3 dry ingredients, ½ wet and continue ending with dry.
Lightly grease tins: I like them best made in mini muffin tins
Bake 350° about 20 min or until a toothpick has no crumbs
The larger muffin tin size needs more time
As soon as they come out, dump onto a clean dishtowel. Dip each one into the melted butter and roll in cinnamon mixture.
Best if eaten warm!
Did any of you read about my Gumbo Academy adventure that I posted on our interim site?
Mobile, Alabama, Gumbo Mistress Bettie Champion taught a two-day Gulf Coast Seafood Gumbo-making class thanks to a grant from the Alabama Council on the Arts, and I was one of her students. I came home from the class with a gallon of the most delicious Seafood Gumbo, that I made in Bettie's kitchen, under her watchful eye. She had prepared all the ingredients for her students, even using her own canned tomatoes, and had every ingredient chopped, measured and ready to add to the pot. Thanks to Bettie's hands-on training, stirring the oil and flour in her black iron skillet for thirty minutes, I will never burn my roux again. This was the highlight of my summer cooking activities, besides grilling corn and shrimp on rosemary skewers. Recipes on request.
Mobile, Alabama, Gumbo Mistress Bettie Champion taught a two-day Gulf Coast Seafood Gumbo-making class thanks to a grant from the Alabama Council on the Arts, and I was one of her students. I came home from the class with a gallon of the most delicious Seafood Gumbo, that I made in Bettie's kitchen, under her watchful eye. She had prepared all the ingredients for her students, even using her own canned tomatoes, and had every ingredient chopped, measured and ready to add to the pot. Thanks to Bettie's hands-on training, stirring the oil and flour in her black iron skillet for thirty minutes, I will never burn my roux again. This was the highlight of my summer cooking activities, besides grilling corn and shrimp on rosemary skewers. Recipes on request.
I just made Jacques Pepin's Mustard-crusted chicken for the umpteenth time, first posted by Sandy
I've worked it out so I butterfly the chicken with shears in the sink, them plop it in the pan--no cutting boards or counters to clean.
It's a delicious recipe! I see there are a few strange characters in this incarnation, at least in my browser, but all the information is there.
Thanks again, Sandy.
http://eat.at/swap/forum/index.php?action=display&forumid=1&msgid=162152
I've worked it out so I butterfly the chicken with shears in the sink, them plop it in the pan--no cutting boards or counters to clean.
It's a delicious recipe! I see there are a few strange characters in this incarnation, at least in my browser, but all the information is there.
Thanks again, Sandy.
http://eat.at/swap/forum/index.php?action=display&forumid=1&msgid=162152
cynupstateny
Well-known member
That's exactly what they taste like. Don't know how they got the name.I used to make them for the
kids. Came across the recipe and I've made them several times this summer. The entire house smells of cinnamon.
kids. Came across the recipe and I've made them several times this summer. The entire house smells of cinnamon.
melissa-dallas
Well-known member
I've baked a lot this summer but
I just made a spectacular failure of a caramel cake that would have been worthy of a Meryl essay. I need a new candy thermometer. I have made a couple of things lately that have led me to believe that. Anyway, it was a lovely recipe but the caramel would not firm up enough, even after beating for 30 minutes in a Kitchen-Aid. It slipped, it slid, it oozed like an iceberg across the counter until it was finally scraped off the cake round into a deep container (this after 1/3 of the top tier breaking off. Tasted fabulous, but we had to pretend it was something other than layer cake.
http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af285/MelissaDallas/IMG_0202.jpg
I just made a spectacular failure of a caramel cake that would have been worthy of a Meryl essay. I need a new candy thermometer. I have made a couple of things lately that have led me to believe that. Anyway, it was a lovely recipe but the caramel would not firm up enough, even after beating for 30 minutes in a Kitchen-Aid. It slipped, it slid, it oozed like an iceberg across the counter until it was finally scraped off the cake round into a deep container (this after 1/3 of the top tier breaking off. Tasted fabulous, but we had to pretend it was something other than layer cake.
http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af285/MelissaDallas/IMG_0202.jpg
heather_in_sf
Well-known member
yes please!!!
melissa-dallas
Well-known member
Breakage wasn't so much the problem as flowing caramel...
Shrimp and Red Peppers on Rosemary Sprigs. I subbed dried oregano and thyme for fresh...
Gumbo story and recipe to follow. Greetings, Heather!
http://www.cookstr.com/recipes/shrimp-and-red-peppers-on-rosemary-sprigs
Gumbo story and recipe to follow. Greetings, Heather!
http://www.cookstr.com/recipes/shrimp-and-red-peppers-on-rosemary-sprigs
Mobile, AL Gumbo Academy Story and Recipe. It was so much fun, and the gumbo was great!
http://blog.al.com/generous-portions/2011/06/the_gumbo_teacher.html
http://blog.al.com/generous-portions/2011/06/the_gumbo_teacher.html