Last week the kids had the day off before the holiday. The cousins were at the inlaws and we were at home cleaning as usual. Anyway we decided the night before that we would go over and all the kids would make the rolls for the Thanksgiving dinner. You see the cousins were going to be with their mother for the holiday so if we wanted to do something with them we had to do it then. Ok I'm talking too much....
We get to nana's house around noon. I go about fixing lunch for everyone - corn dogs and fries for the kids, stir-fly for me and MIL. After we clean all that up I set about making the dough. I tried to get the kids to help with this but they weren't interested in mixing at this point. Now once the dough had doubled and was time to make the rolls or knots actually. I divided the dough into 3 pieces, rolled that into a 14 inch roll and divided that into 14 pieces, now the kids come in. 6 kids making long dough "snakes" and then tying them into a knot it was so cool to see.
Oh and the rolls were SO good. About 1/2 of them didn't make it to the dinner table the next day. Everybody kept wanting to try one (or two for the kids).
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Ok this is amazing
Check this out!
I didn't know I talked like that. It makes me wonder how they get this rating...
I didn't know I talked like that. It makes me wonder how they get this rating...
Monday, November 17, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Experiments in the kitchen
I am in love with the sugar. I use it in my morning coffee and refuse to share! Go make your own. It's really simple, just a few cups of regular sugar into an air-tight container with a whole vanilla bean that you split and scrape (all into the sugar, no waste!). Let it sit for a week, shake and use. Delicious!
On another note... the marshmallows have turned into a BIG hit. The science fair next week should prove to be interesting. I've been doing more searching for other ideas on recipes and have come up with some really cool ideas that I want to give to the big girl to try. She proved her self right that you can substitute the flavored gelatin for the plain, even if the texture changes, it's not by a lot and it still tastes great. I'm going to challenge her to find one that tastes like salsa (think "spicy brownies"). Maybe even try for a coffee flavor....
Oh and before I forget again her basic recipe is
3 packs of plain gelatin (or 2 plain and 1 flavored)
1 cup cold water, divided
2 cups sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla (for use with plain gelatin only)
cornstarch and powdered sugar to dredge
Combine gelatin and 1/2 cup water in stand mixer, let sit
Combine sugar, 1/2 cup water, corn syrup and salt in pot, medium heat to simmer
Pour sugar syrup into gelatin mix with mixer on low, once done pouring bump speed until it's at high for about 15 minutes (we put a towel over the mixer to keep it from getting marshmallow everywhere) adding vanilla at the last minute
Combine cornstarch and powdered sugar and use it to dust a 9x13 pan
Pour marshmallow into 9x13 pan and let sit overnight, then cut with a pizza cutter, dredge each piece in the cornstarch/sugar mix and store in an airtight container (it doesn't last long in our house so I'm not sure how long you can store them for)
On another note... the marshmallows have turned into a BIG hit. The science fair next week should prove to be interesting. I've been doing more searching for other ideas on recipes and have come up with some really cool ideas that I want to give to the big girl to try. She proved her self right that you can substitute the flavored gelatin for the plain, even if the texture changes, it's not by a lot and it still tastes great. I'm going to challenge her to find one that tastes like salsa (think "spicy brownies"). Maybe even try for a coffee flavor....
Oh and before I forget again her basic recipe is
3 packs of plain gelatin (or 2 plain and 1 flavored)
1 cup cold water, divided
2 cups sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla (for use with plain gelatin only)
cornstarch and powdered sugar to dredge
Combine gelatin and 1/2 cup water in stand mixer, let sit
Combine sugar, 1/2 cup water, corn syrup and salt in pot, medium heat to simmer
Pour sugar syrup into gelatin mix with mixer on low, once done pouring bump speed until it's at high for about 15 minutes (we put a towel over the mixer to keep it from getting marshmallow everywhere) adding vanilla at the last minute
Combine cornstarch and powdered sugar and use it to dust a 9x13 pan
Pour marshmallow into 9x13 pan and let sit overnight, then cut with a pizza cutter, dredge each piece in the cornstarch/sugar mix and store in an airtight container (it doesn't last long in our house so I'm not sure how long you can store them for)
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