June 2012
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What flavors go well with white chocolate?
Give me some ideas!
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May 2012
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Prepare thyselves for a cupcake spam!
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Flying high in my little baking world!
I’ve gotten five orders in the past couple days… cookies are up to $5/dozen, which is exciting for me. I still think it’s crazy that people are actually buying my stuff!
Also, I’ve been offered my first official job- a country club wants me to be their pastry chef, at least for the summer. Still figuring out the technicalities, but still. Eek :)
It’s just starting...
April 2012
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Not to go all Julia Child on y'all, but...
I’m in love with food. Check out tonight’s dinner:
You know what? Screw it. I love Julia Child, and I am happily admitting to going all Julia Child-esque in the culinary department right now.
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Guess what's for dinner tonight?!
Hint:
And some amazing alfredo sauce as well. Not bad for the last meat-free Friday of Lent!
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March 2012
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Spent today helping at an ACF event in my city!
It was great. I worked the carving station for a local restaurant opening in May…
On the menu:
Smoked ribs (apple & honey glaze)
House-made Polish sausage (also smoked)
Various dipping sauces (one was smoked apple… AMAZING)
Apple-fennel coleslaw
It was an amazing experience! I met a lot of local chefs and teachers of local culinary schools, so it also gave my networking a...
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Beginning to accept that, as a female, it's...
February 2012
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Going to a food tasting with my mom
Let y’all know how it goes once I’m back :)
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Making dinner tonight!
On the menu:
Julienne salad
Broccoli-cheddar soup
Polish sausage over rice pilaf
Some kind of yummy dessert thing that is TBA
zeake30 replied to your photo: Valentine’s Day, JaneMaid style :)
can i share? :O or were they a gift from your mysterious man friend? O.o
Sure, JaneMaids for all! I actually made these for my brother to take to his work. :) My “mysterious man friend” is not much of a Valentine-er. hahah
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“Baking was the thing that gave my life meaning, that kept me out of trouble and...”
– Buddy Valastro (Cake Boss)
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Apple Crostata
Amazing crust! We made this in school the other day.
Crust:
1-1/4 C all-purpose flour
2 T sugar
1/2 t salt
1/2 C cold butter
1/4 C cold water
1/2 t vanilla
Combine dry ingredients in a bowl; cut together with a pastry blender until butter chunks are crumb-sized.
Add vanilla and water, one tablespoon at a time, until the dough forms a ball.
Wrap in plastic...
Killer recipe comin' your way!
Get stoked. This is a good one. :)
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What's your favorite kind of cookie?
January 2012
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I'm making a bunch of stuff this weekend...
Prepare thyselves. On the list:
Martin Luther King Jr. cookies (pretty epic, if I do say so myself)
Lemon Meringue Pie
Sauerkraut (Not baking, but still, party tomorrow! Yeah German heritage!)
Misc. cookies… possibly some snickerdoodles. (Or, as my three-year-old niece says, “snickerdoodledoos.”)
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Stupid school, getting in the way of my baking...
My kitchen is way too clean and my oven is actually cold for once!
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Making a spider-man birthday cake for my little...
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Double Chocolate Cloud Cookies
I absolutely LOVE this recipe. It’s originally from a Light Baking cookbook (there are only 33 calories per cookie) and it looks really cool on a cookie tray :)
Ingredients:
3 egg whites
1/8 t cream of tartar
3/4 C sugar
1 t vanilla
2 T baking cocoa (unsweetened)
3/4 C Chocolate chips (semi-sweet or bittersweet are best)
Chocolate Drizzle Glaze (Combine...
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Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients:
2 T active dry yeast
1/2 C lukewarm water
1/2 C lukewarm milk
1/2 C sugar
1 t salt
2 eggs
1/2 C shortening
4-5 C flour (all-purpose is fine)
Procedure:
Dissolve yeast in water and milk. Stir in sugar, salt, eggs, shortening, and 2-1/2 C of the flour.
Beat until smooth. Mix enough remaining flour to make the dough easy to handle....
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Domestic problem...
I can’t start the desserts for tomorrow because my brother’s making rice pudding (the slow-cook version) that takes like five million hours in the oven. Hilarious-mock-angry verbal argument has ensued.
Anyone wanna let me use their kitchen? Free food’s in it for you… :)
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Have you ever made/eaten pizza bread?
…Because it is one of the yummiest things IN THE WORLD. Simple yeast dough, then you roll it into a rectangle, add olive oil, mozzarella, pepperoni, parmesan, and whatever else your heart desires. Then roll it up, tuck in the edges, brush with olive oil and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake at 350’ for about 20 minutes… mmmm.
We made the yeast dough on Tuesday in culinary, then...
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Happy New Year!!!
…As you can tell, I’m celebrating by having a forever-alone nerd party. Then running, then movie with my brother, then ringing in 2012.
Hope all of your nights are significantly more exciting than mine! :)
December 2011
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Miracle Whip is NOT Mayonnaise
…Family gatherings with a bounty of those sketchy pasta salads make me want to scream this news flash to everyone. Tuna and Miracle Whip do NOT go well together!
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So far this vacation, I have...
Survived very adult dinner party with poser foodies
(Successfully!!!) Made an old family recipe for the first time by myself
Hung out with friends… it’s been far too long since that’s happened!
Avoided the majority of my homework
Gotten back to a somewhat regular workout schedule
Purchased a dress for New Years festivities
Eaten wayyy too many little boxes of Nerds…...
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Family Christmas Party!
There’s gonna be like ten different varieties of homemade pizza, including dessert pizza, bacon-bleu-cheese pizza, and feta-corn-tomato pizza, all made by yours truly :) So stoked!
