Been a busy couple of times for cooking; last weekend was all about making apricot jam, while this weekend was making strawberry jam and plank-cooking some rainbow trout.


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I've had regular caramel, like the stuff Brach's makes and is sold at the local supermarket, but I haven't had anything homemade ( Read more... )

• 3T cocoa powder (unsweetened, Dutch-processed)
• 7T hot water
• 1 tsp instant espresso powder (or 2 tsp regular instant coffee)
• Half bar (250g) of Trader Joe’s Pound Plus dark chocolate, finely chopped
• 2C heavy cream

Single-serve pies in a jar.

I was going to use ramekins, but these would be even better as they'll freeze better. I'm going to try converting the triple chocolate mousse cake into individual servings so I can avoid the whole slicing problem.

Plus it's so gosh darn cute and convenient to have pre-made goodies ready to heat at a moment's notice.

Happy orange tree -> lots of oranges -> tasty orange marmalade. That’s a pint-jar, for reference.


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I now have a rolling pin family. :)


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Have been tinkering with a steamed bun recipe recently, starting with the pretzel recipe from "Good Eats" and replacing some of the AP flour with whole wheat to give it a bit more chew. Since it's so cold at my parents' house, I can't leave the dough ball to rise at room temperature; I instead turn the oven to 200F. Once it reaches temp, I turn it ( Read more... )