Two Scientists Experimenting in the Kitchen

TWD: Vanilla Ice Cream

2009-07-28T09:34:00.001-04:00

Absolutely, ridiculously delicious!

Please update your bookmarks!

2009-07-22T19:27:00.002-04:00

You should be moved over to my wordpress site shortly!

:-D

Raspberry-Blanc Manger

2009-07-21T16:22:00.001-04:00

Yummy & Easy!

Katherine Hepburn Brownies

2009-07-07T10:39:00.001-04:00

Delicious!

TWD: Honey-Peach Ice Cream

2009-06-16T15:14:00.001-04:00

Yum!

TWD: Parisian Apple Tartlet

2009-06-09T09:15:00.001-04:00

A winner!

TWD: Chipster Brownies

2009-05-26T22:15:00.002-04:00

Chipsters......

TWD: Fresh Mango Bread

2009-05-19T21:55:00.001-04:00

Check it out!

TWD: Chocolate Cream Tart & Tiramisu

2009-05-05T10:54:00.000-04:00

Check out the results!

TWD: Chocolate Amaretti Cake

2009-04-14T00:00:00.000-04:00

So good!!

TWD: Blueberry Crumb Cake

2009-03-23T22:00:00.001-04:00

Delish!

TWD: French Yogurt Cake

2009-03-17T06:36:00.000-04:00

Check it out!

TWD: Chocolate Armagnac Cake

2009-03-03T18:52:00.001-05:00

Yum!

TWD: Devils Food White Out Cake

2009-02-17T16:33:00.000-05:00

Delicious!!!!!

TWD: World Peace Cookies

2009-02-03T00:00:00.001-05:00

Holy cow they were good! Check 'em out.....

TWD: Fresh Ginger & Chocolate Gingerbread

2009-01-27T08:01:00.000-05:00

Come check it out on my new blog

TWD: Savory Corn & Pepper Muffins

2009-01-13T07:16:00.000-05:00

Head on over to: my new blog to check out how these muffins turned out!

I'm moving!

2009-01-10T18:33:00.001-05:00

you can continue to follow my culinary adventures over in wordpress: http://jaysfavoritefoods.wordpress.com

TWD: French Pear Tart

2009-01-06T07:10:00.001-05:00

Absolument délicieux!!

(absolutely delicious according the google translator!)

This week's selection was chosen by none other than the one and only Dorie Greenspan! (that was so exciting to just type!!!). I'll start by saying that if Dorie hadn't selected this recipe, I would have been tempted to opt-out. Tarts to me just sound like awfully difficult recipes to make and I didn't even have a tart pan. I am so glad that I went for it. This is easily one of the best recipes that I have ever made- after eating it, all I could think of was having a tea party with my girlfriends (or it would also be perfect for indulging while complaining about work!) :-) This recipe also gave me a chance to put some of my Christmas presents to good use!

Ok, so I ended up using my Sur La Table gift card (thanks honey!) and purchased an 8" tart pan and that cool silicone mat and also got to use the baking stone that I received. The tricky part of the recipe for me to figure out where the directions on how to prepare the pears. Luckily I was able to find a picture of a tart on line (even though I naturally reversed the pears when I put them down!). I also made the mistake of filling the almond too high and it overflowed a little while baking. This tart was so delicious though- the crust was ferocious the almond cream was so so so good! Dorie was correct though that it was best served the same day. We tried it then next day just to check, and the consistency was so different, we sadly had to toss it. Can't wait to make this one again!

Thanks so much Dorie!!!!!!

Buttermilk Biscuits (Martha Stewart)

2009-01-02T10:43:00.004-05:00

Happy New Year!

To ring in 2009 I decided to venture into uncharted waters and make something brand spanking new and made buttermilk biscuits. This recipe was from Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook but you can also use this recipe which is nearly identical- just brush the biscuits generously with buttermilk before baking. I don't have a pastry blender so I used forks to mix the dough and eventually grew impatient and used my fingers! And as you can see, I made my biscuits in snowflake shapes.

These biscuits were very flaky and tasty, I would definitely bake them again! Thanks to everyone's help in 2008, my baking has really come a long way!!!!!!!

New Year's Day brunch!

TWD: Grandma's All-Occasion Sugar Cookies

2009-01-01T09:36:00.004-05:00

Another late posting! Still catching up.....

Ulrike of Kuchenlatein chose this recipe and it turned out beautifully!

My favorite part was having a choice between cut outs and rolling the dough into a log and making sliced cookies. Dough (of any kind!) and I have a rocky relationship so I was grateful to take the short cut and roll it, chill it and then slice! Given more time, I would have loved to really decorate these cookies and have a lot of fun with them!

TWD: Buttery Jam Cookies

2008-12-30T19:38:00.004-05:00

I am so grateful to have had a slight TWD break this month. December flewwwwww by! Now I'm slowly getting around to posting the recipes from my favorite month of the year. Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and Happy New Year!!

This recipe was Heather of Randomosity's choice and you can find the recipe on her blog! I made the buttery jam cookies using what was left over of my strawberry-rhubarb preserves (previously used in the slightly failed attempt at making rugelach). I also considered using a little less ground ginger because it is so potent! I decided to give in anyway with the whole 1/2 teaspoon to see how the cookies would turn out.

The cooking time was a little bit longer than Dorie suggested, probably because I had make the cookies larger than she said. Wow were they tasty!!!! Loved the combination of the ginger with the strawberry-rhubarb. This recipe was so easy to make, and so easy to clean up from. LOVE THAT!!!

Winter Treat (all homemade): Hot Chocolate, Whipped Cream & Marshmallows

2008-11-24T22:55:00.005-05:00

Marshmallow recipe was originally found in Martha's holiday issue but I noticed a few mistakes and found the recipe on-line (where it made more sense)- except 2/3 cup of water isn't listed in the ingredients at the top & she didn't mention to dust the marshmallows with confectioner's sugar before cutting them out. I figure after making these 5 times I should have the method perfected! The biggest bear was pouring out the marshmallows into the baking sheet and then cleaning up. These are sticky!!!!!!!!

The hot chocolate recipe is courtesy of December's Bon Appetit. It originally calls for peppermint extract but I made just plain hot chocolate and boy is it yummy!

Happy Thanksgiving!

TWD: Arborio Rice Pudding White, Black (or both!)

2008-11-18T07:06:00.000-05:00

I love rice pudding!!!!!

Kozy Shack rice pudding with a little cinnamon has always been a comfort snack for me- how exciting to make it on my own!

I gave this a shot earlier in the week before the P's & Q's came up and had rice soup. I cooked the rice for about 40 minutes and went half & half with the vanilla and chocolate servings. I still cooled it, hoping it would thicken up, and ate a vanilla serving the next day. Even though it was soupy- I absolutely loved the flavor and knew I had to give the recipe another shot. I tried the chocolate variety before dumping the rest and the flavor just blew me away. I had no idea rice pudding could be so yummy with added flavors.

Chocolate & Vanilla Rice Soup!

Fast forward a few days later, the P's & Q's were up and I was happy to see I wasn't the only one with rice soup. It was so cool to see that Dorie keeps up with the recipes and I was so grateful for her recipe correction and gave the recipe another shot. This time I only made chocolate rice pudding and after 50 minutes, I was ready to eat the rice pudding hot. It was killing me to wait the 6 hours for it to chill- I'm glad I went out to see James Bond to get away from the temptation!

This is so yummy and just so perfect and just so perfectly easy to make (and clean as long as the milk doesn't boil over by accident. whoops!). Even my husband enjoyed it and he is no fan of rice pudding. Deelish!

Merci Beaucoup to Isabelle of Les Gourmandises d'Isa for such an excellent choice this week!

Donkeys for Tim

2008-11-17T19:51:00.003-05:00

Donkeys for Tim!

These were made with Martha's butter cookie recipe & my very first attempt at royal icing! This cookie is looking a little damaged after being attacked by wax paper. They were even tastier the next day!