Almond Crunch Cherry Galette

This recipe comes from "The Weekend Baker" by A.J. Dodge. For the ABC ladies, it was free style pie! Let me say this was wonderful!!!! Super easy. Tasted great. I did let mine get a little more brown that I had intended but was still really good! I def. plan on making more and freezing them for later occasions :)

I did very minor changes to recipe. I had no lemon zest so I just left it out and instead of making one big galette I made 2 medium size ones.

I apologize for the pictures. For some reason my camera didnt want to focus all that great.

This tasted better than I expected. I did forget to wet each pleat which is why I think my form sorta went soft and lost its shape.

 

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Kraft makes life easy!

Normally when I bake Wild Salmon fillets I just throw a little seasoning on them and grill them up. I wanted to try something different but fast and easy.

I was at Walmart grocery shopping with my Sister-in-Law and I picked up another Kraft Fresh Take. Rosemary and roasted garlic is the one I used.

I put skin side down and just piled the mix on top. Was very very good!

I did spray lightly with the olive oil in a spray can and baked at 350 for about 30 mins.

This was the side! Fresh grean beans with a chopped up vidalia onion with a little salt and pepper and 5 slices of bacon. They cooked for around 4 hours on high in crock. This was before cooking. Turned out good as well. Was all served with a side of jasmine rice. Mmmmm good food!

 

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ABC- Classic Fruit Tart

This months challenge comes from "The Weekend Baker" by Abigail Johnson Dodge

Pan from target

I have no experience what so ever in making tarts. In fact, I didnt even own a pan so I headed to target to pick up a tart pan with removable bottom. Pretty orange color :) I had so many questions about the pan alone! The bottom removable part, which way does it go since its not completely flat and has a little rim around the edge. I baked mine edge up but thinking I failed on it.

I did bake mine in steps and did most ahead of time. I decided to triple the recipe so I could share and bring the tart to family for the 4th of July. The plan was to make 2 full tarts and some tart-lettes. Maybe my pan was bigger than most? I used 1 1/2 dough on my pan. I ended up with 1 full tart and 4 tartlettes and about 1 batch of crust left. Almost all my filling went in the one pan itself. Glad I tripled it just to cover the pan :)

So glad I read the other ladies reviews! I did roll mine flat in pieces and then used a bench scraper to scoop up in sections and then pressed evenly into pans. I am not confident I could have gotten the entire crust up in one piece. I can see where a person would be aggrivated trying to get it all in one but results were amazing! So different from a standard pie crust.

 

I thought once assemble it turned out just gorgeous! I was actually proud of myself. Iv never made anything like this and it turn out so pretty.

The tartlettes are so adorable! I couldnt help but be impressed by them. You could really jazz up each individual tart by customizing it to the person preference. Seems your options could be endless with so many fruits in season right now.

My family really enjoyed the dessert. It was so pretty before I cut into it :) Once I did things just starting running together which is why I think I prefer the tartlettes. They seem to stay pretty once served. I always dread that first cut anyways. I cant ever get that first one out with out destroying it completely! Great recipe. I think I would make again if I had a special event and time.

*** My tart bottom was upside down :( That may be why my crust crumbled when I cut into it. Plus when I lifted the tart came up but didnt wanna slide off the bottom part. My first tart and it was an experience with errors. Next time ill be pro right?

Thanks Ladies!

 

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Zucchini Bread - Narup Family Recipe

As requested by my father and aunt... I decided while at store to pick up some zucchini to fulfill their wishes. This comes from a family recipe book called "The Spice of Life" by Terri L. Jurkanin (my 2nd cousin) The only alteration I made to recipe was instead of using cinnamon I used cardamom. And I split the oil by using butter. Smells so wonderful in my kitchen right now as the bread is baking and im blogging !!!!!

Pre-heat oven to 325

1. 3 eggs
2. 1C oil (I used 1/2c extra virgin olive oil and 1 stick real butter)
3. 2C sugar
4. 2C grated (raw) zucchini
5. 2 tsp. vanilla
6. 3C bread flour
7. 1/2 tsp. baking soda
8. 1 tsp. cinnamon (I used 1 tsp. cardamom)
9. 1/2C chopped nuts <sigh>..... (omitted)....grrrrr
10. 1 tsp. salt
11. 1 tsp. baking powder

Cream first 5 ingredients, add flour, soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nuts. Bake in 2 greased and floured loaf pans 50-60 mins.Enjoy!

I made several small loafs so I could pass them out to friends and family :)

 

MMMMMMM! Just had a slice :) yummy!

Ok... so maybe I ate the entire loaf. Its 12:30am no one is up so I wasnt obligated to share. :)

Night all!

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Overnight Brioche Bread

Wow! I have never tasted a bread better than Brioche. This is my first time making it. I love to make breads but I usually stick to the very easy and most of time made in the bread machine breads. I almost always even use the machine to do the dough process. So this was really a big deal for me.

Before I get to far, this was a recipe that http://avidbakerschallenge.blogspot.com/ did for the month of june. I just recentely joined but after recieving my book in the mail, The Weekend Baker by Abigail Johnson Dodge, and looking at this I just had to make it. And im glad I did. I cant even describe the taste except that I know ill never make regular dinner rolls again. This recipe for me is definately a keeper.

I made 3 batches and this was my first after all the mixing. I wish id taken pictures of the other 2 because it looked much silkier than this.

 

Braiding bread is fun. So I decided to go with a 4 braid round.

 

I made 2 rounds out of each batch. I thought it turned out pretty! Oh and please ignore my table. Normally its covered with a cloth unless im baking and its gotten lots of use over the years.

 

So I ended up with 4 rounds, a 6 braid and a 3 braid.

As you can see this is the 3 braid. I cut a chunk to try hot and fresh out of the oven and YOWZA!

 

This is the inside. I guess this looks good. I know it sure tasted delightful!

 

I really enjoyed my evening bake :) With it being so hot out i thought this would keep my house cooler and it did! Its just late and now im tired :)

 

I found this to be actually a very easy bread to make. Only bump in the road was I decided to do a 3 strand braid and I had to youtube how to braid with only 3 strands?!?! Even after watching video I messed up somewhere so after it baked that was the loaf me and family nibbled on. Hey 6 is no prob but watch out for 3! hehe Good night all!

 

Now I have some questions for the pros! Can I make more than one batch at a time if I have a big bowl? If yes, would I divide before first rise or after? And, does it matter which kind of bowl you use? Glass, metal, plastic... Thanks ladies! Good night :)

 

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Good Evening :)

Do you ever get to a point and you feel you need to just do something? Volunteer, get a job, join a club ect... Well summer is here and I was thinking this fall when kids go back to school Ill be home alone and ill need something to keep me focused ya know?

So I started searching recipes since I love to cook/bake. Id say im a decent cook but my baker skills are some what... eh, not so hot. So I came across

 

http://avidbakerschallenge.blogspot.com/

 

Im very excited to have found something that will be fun! Looking forward to the July Challenge :)