Strawberry Blondies
June 26, 2008
The recipe is adapted from this strawberry bread recipe. I omitted the cinnamon and added half a T of raspberry liqueur which gives the small cakes a wonderful flavor. I also baked them in individual brownie pan mainly for portion control. The cakes are super moist and have loads of natural strawberry flavor. One of these 2-inch pieces with a dollop of whipped cream and fresh strawberries will satisfy your craving for something sweet.
moist and flavorful strawberry cake/bread squares
Marbled Rye Loaf
June 18, 2008
I shaped this bread made famous by Seinfeld swirled rather than marbled because it is much easier to do. It does not matter because the bread is very yummy specially with pastrami.
Marbled (Swirl) Rye Loaf
pastrami on rye
the monster milky loaf that won’t stop rising and the marbled rye loaf
Cherries And Chocolate Shortcake
June 13, 2008
For someone who does not fancy biscuits, scones, or shortbreads I was surprised that I like this dessert. The addition of half a cup of stone-ground graham flour and mini semi-sweet chocolate chips in the biscuits and combined with macerated bing cherries with kirsch whipped cream won me over, I guess.
Chocolate Shortcakes
1½ C all-purpose flour
½ C stone ground graham flour
¼ C sugar
¼ tsp salt
1 T baking powder
½ C very cold butter, cubed
½ C cold milk
1 small egg
1 C mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
to serve: cherries in cherry brandy (kirschwasser), whipped cream mixed with 1 T cherry brandy
- Preheat oven to 400° F.
- In a medium bowl combine flours, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Mix in the cold butter with fingertips until the mixture resembles tiny peas. Stir in chocolate chips. Mix together milk and egg and slowly pour into the flour mixture until evenly moistened. Knead 5 times on a flat surface and form into an 8-inch log. Slice into 8 equal pieces and shape into 3-inch rounds and pl ace on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or silpat.
- Bake for 15 minutes. Let rest for 2 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Reheat before serving.
- To serve: Slice biscuits in half, arrange the prepared cherries evenly on the bottom half of biscuit, spoon whipped cream on top of cherries, put the other half of biscuit on top.
Bing Cherries in Cherry Brandy
1½ C bing cherries, pitted and halved
¼ C sugar
2 T clear cherry brandy
¼ C cherry jam
- Combine the first 3 ingredients and let sit for 1 hour. Drain the cherries, reserve liquid.
- In a small skillet heat the reserved liquid and cherry jam until jam has dissolved.
- Pour the sauce on the cherries.
