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Jul

2010

Smores Ice Cream

Posted by amanda | Comments (0)

Category : recipes

I’ve had my eye on this ice cream recipe for awhile. I held off on making it because I wanted to make the marshmallows and graham crackers myself (yes, I’ve done both before and although both are time-consuming they are worth it at times, or at least once to try it out). In the end, I decided to use store-bought because I just didn’t feel like going to the trouble.

This is the quickest ice cream I’ve ever made. Since there is no custard to make, and only 3 ingredients go in the ice cream maker it was a breeze to prepare. I used half and half instead of whole milk, semi-sweet chocolate chips instead of the candy bar, and I’m not sure how many graham crackers. I gave a pack of them to Ve to crumble up, and since she only knows how to count to 2 and then we ate some it was probably around 5?

The ice cream is so good! The marshmallows gave it a creamy richness, and the graham crackers and chocolate added to the flavor, making it perfect. I’m really happy, because I hate camping and can’t build a fire on my apartment balcony, but now I can still enjoy smores! This is definitely going to be made again. Maybe as soon as we finish this batch.

marshmallows melting in cream and half and half

ve prepping the graham crackers

ice cream!

Jul

2010

Homemade Bread is Better

Posted by amanda | Comments (3)

Category : cooking

Tags: bread

If you’ve never made bread you should immediately get to your kitchen to remedy the situation. What you buy from any store isn’t as delicious as what you can eat fresh out of the oven. And it’s not even very hard, most of the time it takes is rising, which means it sits on the counter while you do whatever else it is you have to do. All you have to do is mix it up (in a stand mixer, not much kneading required), let it rise, then pop it in the oven. My very favorite loaf is is from Maria Helm Sinskey’s “Family Meals”. I’ve never made any changes to the recipe besides adjusting the amounts of all-purpose and whole wheat flours depending on what I’ve had on hand. I’ve made focaccia, cheese breads, bagels and more, but I always go back to this basic loaf. Me and Ve both love it lightly toasted, with butter and my strawberry jam, but I’ve even eaten it plain. Even if you are not interested in baking your own bread, this is great cookbook. I learned how to make ricotta cheese from it and her pancake and oven “fried” chicken finger recipes make regular appearances in my house.