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April 2020

Appetizers/Starters, Breads, Sweet Snacks

Butter-Rum Caramel-Walnut Banana Bread

Have you noticed this crazy phenomenon called Banana Bread? As a person who follows a lot of food websites, chefs, fellow-bloggers and newspaper food section watcher, there is this crazy phenomenon where, I swear the collective households of the entire US are baking banana bread. Here is an article that jumped on the bandwagen.

And seeing it is bread week here at CSPS, I might as well jump on the bandwagon and make some too, right? This is my second go at banana bread during this pandemic and subsequent quarantine time and this one is simply amazing! Browned butter = yum, spiced rum (ok, if I must), banana overload (goodie) and then caramel pieces (OMG!) and walnuts (optional, but still pretty darn good). It’s sort of like bananas foster without setting the thing on fire. If you have some bananas left over while you’re sheltering in place, definitely give this one a go! (PS: don’t overfill the pans; I’d rather go for two than have an overflow!)
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Breads, Sandwiches/Paninis

Malt & Rye Artisan Bread

So, I got a little bit of an early start for “Break Week” for the bake-a-long and made up a dough after class last night, whipped up a loaf of Malt & Rye Artisan Bread this morning. Full disclosure: I actually had a craving for a pastrami on rye type sandwich last week already so I made a Turkey on Malted Rye with Asian Slaw and Russian Dressing. Not prefect but it’s wat I had in the house. The bread was great though. It could have been a little lighter, but whole wheat and rye aren’t exactly light to start out with.The additionl of the beer gave it a nice, malty boost.
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Breads, Breakfast/Brunch, Dinner, Lunch, Sandwiches/Paninis, Sides

Cheddar Chive Buttermilk Biscuits

I thought that I would post one more “Savory Bake” for the Bake-a-Long Topic of the week (we’ll switch to the last topic tomorrow), so here is a photo of my breakfast. The actual baking part of this post are the spectacular Cheddar Chive Buttermilk Biscuits. I have been trying and trying to make the perfect biscuit for a long time — flakey, light and most importantly, easy to make. Turns out, these fit the bill and could be great as a dinner roll with soup, as the basis for a sandwich or in my case the absolute perfect thing for a bacon-egg-and-cheddar muffin for breakfast. These are definitely going to be my go-to from now on. You could also swap out the chives for finely minced scallions or parsley and cheddar can be with gouda. Aaaand, while I’m talking substitutions … don’t have buttermilk? Add a teaspoon of lemon juice or white vinegar to regular milk and let sit for 10 minutes … voila, buttermilk!
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Cookies, Sweet Snacks

Triple Lemony Crinkle Cookies

Good morning! It’s Sunday. The sun in shining. It’s spring. It’s time to be happy. OK, the last one can be a little hard in this situation we all find ourselves in, to add in the “be happy” department, here are Triple Lemony Crinkle Cookies, just covered in powdered sugar. They are tart, they are sweet and they are sure to put a smile on your face (and powdered sugar on your shirt!), but they happy cookies so time to be happy!
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Appetizers/Starters, Savory Snacks

Deviled Eggs Florentine, with Bacon

I should do my best Dr. Seuss impression call these Green Eggs and Ham Deviled Eggs, except they are with bacon, and not much rhymes with bacon, so I’ll just have to stick to boring old Develied Eggs Florentine. Eggs, Spinach and Bacon. Quite yummy and used up the last of my colored eggs from Easter. On to other adventures!
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