I Scream You Scream We All Scream For Ice Cream !!

So being a first time Ice Cream maker is a little frustrating, my amazing boyfriend got me and ice cream maker for my birthday and i found a great recipe for Key Lime Pie Ice Cream, Who would have thought ! It was really easy, Enjoy !

• 1 1/2 cups whole milk
• 1/2 cup bottled Key lime juice (such as Nellie and Joe's)
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• Dash of salt
• 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 6 graham crackers (1 1/2 cookie sheets), coarsely crushed, divided
• Key lime wedges (optional)

Combine first 5 ingredients, stirring with a whisk. Pour mixture into freezer can of an ice-cream freezer, and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Stir 1/3 cup graham crackers into ice cream. Spoon ice cream into a freezer-safe container, and cover and freeze for 1 hour or until firm. Sprinkle each serving with 1 teaspoon graham crackers. Garnish with lime wedges, if desired.

Cheddar Dill Scones !

Ingrediants:
2cps + 2 tbs AP Flour
1 tbs baking powder
1 tsp salt
12 tbs unsalted butter
2 lg eggs beaten
1/2 cp cold heavy cream
4 oz extra sharp cheddar cheese, diced
1/2 cp minced fresh dill
1 egg beaten w/ water (egg wash)

-Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
-combine 2 cps of flour, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl, add butter and mix on low speed until the butter is about the size of a pea. Whisk together the eggs and heavy cream and add quickly to the flour-butter mixture until just blended. Toss together the cheddar, and dill with the remaining 2 tbs of flour and add to the mixture.
-Transfer the dough to a floured work surface and knead for 1 minute until the cheddar and dill are well distributed. Roll the dough into a 3/4 inch thick, 8" square. Divide into 4 squares and cut diagonally in half to make triangles. Brush with egg wash and bake for 20-25 minutes.

* Passover* Kiss Your Cardboard Cakes Goodbye !

I know what your thinking .. a passover cake that doesn`t taste like saw dust ?? Well its true ! Jacques Torres`s Easy FLOURLESS chocolate cake. No flour so this cake is more than passover friendly.

Ingredients:

6oz bittersweet chocolate (finely chopped)
6oz unsweetened chocolate (finely chopped)
6oz sugar
5oz water
6oz butter (softened) about 11/2 sticks
6 eggs
3oz sugar


Recipe:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray 1 10" spring form pan. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper. ( wax paper works just as well)
- Melt finely chopped chocolate over a double boiler
- In a bowl bring sugar and water to a boil until the sugar is dissolved, pour the hot syrup into the melted chocolate, whisk until combined, add butter and mix until combined.
- In a mixer beat eggs and sugar until well blended, gently fold in the chocolate mixture
- Pour batter into prepared cake pan and place onto a baking sheet 1 " . Fill sheet with water and submerge cake just so the sides are covered.
- Bake about 40 or until the top is dull colored


ENJOY !

Whole Wheat Banana Muffins !!

Ingredients:

2cps whole wheat flour
11/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cinnamon
3 lg bananas mashed
2 lg eggs
1/2 cp maple syrup
1/2 cp light brown sugar
1/3 cp milk
1/4 cp canola oil
1 tsp vanilla

Recipe:

- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
- In a medium bowl mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and ground cinnamon.
- In another larger bowl combine the mashed bananas, eggs, syrup, brown sugar, milk, oil, and vanilla.
- Lightly fold the wet ingredients into the dry just until combined .. Lumpy is okay. DO NOT overmix !!
- Bake for about 20 minutes and let rest for 10 minutes.

Chocolate Chip Coconut Cookies !

So i was really hankering for something that was baked and delicious
but did not have a lot of calories, so I came up with these cookies, they are
just regular cookies, however i changed them up to be more health conscience.
Hope You Like Them !

Ingrediants:

21/4 cp Whole Wheat Flour
1t baking soda
1t salt
1cp butter or margarine ( softened )
3/4 cp splenda
3/4 cp brown sugar
1t vanilla
2 eggs
1cp chocolate chips
1cp coconut

Method:
- combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. Beat butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla in a large mixer until creamy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually add in your flour mixture, stir in your chocolate chips and coconut. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool on baking sheets for about 2 minutes and then move to a wire rack.

Black And White Cupcakes Compliments Of BOB

Black And White Cupcakes


Ingrediants:

8oz cream cheese, softened
1 lg egg, at room temperature
1/3 cp plus 1 cp granulated sugar
1 cp miniature choc. chips
11/2 cps AP flour
1/4 cp unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cp warm water
1/3 veg. oil
1 tbs apple cider vinegar
1 tsp vanilla extract


Method:

- Preheat oven to 350 degrees, line 2 12- cup muffin tins with cupcake liners.
- Beat cream cheese , egg, 1/3 cp of sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy. Stir in choc. chips and set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, 1 cp sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Make a well in the center, and add water, oil,vinegar, and vanilla. Mix just until blended.
-Fill each muffin cup one- third full with the choc. batter. Top with a spoonful of cream cheese mixture, until the cups are about two thirds full. Bake 22 to 28 minutes, until the tops spring back lightly when touched.
-Cool in pans for about 1o minutes, move to a wire rack.

Thats MISS Doughnut to you !

Today in my baking 2 class we made yeast - raised doughnuts, they are amazing !

Recipe:
1lb water
1.5 oz yeast
3 oz shortening
4 oz sugar
0.5 oz salt
0.09 oz mace
1.5 oz non fat milk solids
4 oz eggs
1lb 13oz bread flour

Method:
Mixing - Modified straight dough method. Develop the dough completely, about 6 -8 minutes on second speed.
Fermentation - About 11/2 hours at about 80 degrees.
Scaling - 1.5 oz per unit
Frying - 375 degrees, when the doughnuts are friend, lift them from the grease and let excess drip off. Place on parchment paper until cool.