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Showing posts with label homemade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homemade. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Homemade Oreos



Sometime I get the urge to bake something and recently that urge lead to these homemade Oreos. So I grabbed my favorite little helper and got to work making these. The cookies were supposed to be thinner, but it was really hot that day and the oven was on in the kitchen so even though the dough had been refrigerated to firm up it was hard to slice thin wafers that would stay together. We had to use our hands to form them together.

I'd have to say the best part of making your own Oreos is that you get to control how much filling you get. The creme filling definitely my favorite part of an Oreo, and apparently it's also my niece's favorite part.  You can see that the cookies got a bit messy. That's because creme filling was disappearing from the bowl as I was assembling the cookies. I had to work fast!

If you make these cookies watch out for little creme filling monsters.



Friday, July 19, 2013

Homemade Fudgesicles



This is a guest post by my wonderful sister. She's been pestering me to let her post something so here is her post on some homemade fudgesicles that she made recently. Having been part of the unofficial taste testing panel I give these my stamp of approval. This the popsicle mold used to make these fudgesicles.

Hi There!!!I am guest posting today and I am very excited!! Woot Woot!! I have never blogged before in my life.  So growing up, these were one of my favorite ice cream pops to eat. I am a chocoholic and love anything flavored with chocolate.Any who, as a mom, I try to make anything and everything possible from scratch.  I have made chocolate and vanilla ice cream at home and the results exceed anything store bought.  It's a win win situation when I can make something homemade,  the quality of the flavor can't compare and you know what is going into what you are making.  I first saw these on Brown Eyed Baker, one of my favorite blogs, and I couldn't wait to try them.   I substituted a couple of things because I used what I had in the kitchen.  It was daughter and kid sister approved, it doesn't get any better than that :).


Thursday, July 11, 2013

Bread Machine Pizza Dough / Pizza Bites



When we purchased our bread machine I thought it was just going to be an easy way to have homemade bread. Instead, it has proven to be a way to quickly mix up a variety of things. I like to keep a supply of pizza dough in the fridge for when we need something that doesn't take too long to make for dinner, but making homemade pizza dough can be a fairly tedious process. You have to mix the ingredients, knead the dough, and wait for the dough to rise. Using the bread machine streamlines the process nicely. You just add the ingredients and enter the correct settings.

I love these pizza bites because they are quick and simple. My niece loves them, and if you can get her to eat something I think any picky eater will approve. I like to change up the filling in these. Sometimes I do pepperoni and cheese, sometimes just cheese, and sometimes I like to put some chourico and cheese.

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Homemade Bomb Pops



I picked up these popsicle molds a few weeks ago because of their fun shape. I was planning on using them as molds for regular popsicles, but today being the 4th of July I decided to use them to make homemade Bomb Pops. Most of my memories with Bomb Pops come from the ice cream truck. I was more attached to the ice creams shaped like characters with the little gumballs for the eyes, but on hot summer days sometimes nothing would cool you down quite like a Bomb Pop.

These are a healthier version of Bomb Pops. Instead of food coloring and syrups these popsicles are made of fruit, yogurt, milk, and agave. I changed things up a bit and made the red layer strawberry rather than raspberry or cherry.

You can use fresh or frozen fruit to make these popsicles. The original recipe actually called for frozen fruit, but I when it came time to build the red layer the only red fruit I had on hand was fresh strawberries. I pureed those as the recipe instructed and the popsicles turned out well. You can see in the picture where some of the blueberry drizzled into the yogurt mixture. This is where I pulled the popsicles stick out to pour in the yogurt mixture. The blueberry puree wasn't as frozen as I had thought it was so to be sure that you don't get any runny colors make sure that the purees have frozen completely before you remove the sticks to add the next layer.


Friday, June 28, 2013

Ooey Gooey Brownie Sundaes


When I made these brownies I was hit with inspiration to make a completely homemade brownie sundae. The great thing about homemade food is that you know where all the ingredients are coming from and everything tastes better. I made some modifications to the ice cream recipe and the fudge sauce recipe because we were out of some of the ingredients. For the ice cream I substituted an extra cup of heavy cream for the 1 cup of whole milk that the original recipe calls for. This made the ice cream extra rich. I also modified some of the steps because we didn't have any vanilla bean so I adapted the sections of the recipe that pertained to that. For the chocolate sauce, we didn't have any light corn syrup or golden syrup on hand so I used light agave nectar.

As you can see in the picture the sundae melted rather quickly (our AC wasn't working!), but I think that it adds to the deliciousness. If  you're like my niece you can add some sprinkles (jimmies!) on top. Though I'm not sure you want to use as many as she does...