tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64430979211781622872024-03-13T12:30:45.544-07:00Stacey Makes ItStacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-5635179389093295402018-12-20T11:37:00.003-08:002018-12-20T11:38:22.927-08:00Chocolate Banana Muffins with Cream Cheese Frosting
I made these for a potluck. Three people asked me for the recipe. Now you can be part of the three!
Ingredients:
3 large ripe bananas, mashed
3 tbs butter
3 tbs oil
2 eggs
1/3 c buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 c sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 c flour
3/4 c baking soda
1/2 c cocoa powder
2 tbs butter
1/2 c milk chocolate chips (but you can use any kind)
Chocolate dipped bananaStacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-22625291842809312212018-08-05T15:49:00.002-07:002018-08-05T15:50:17.611-07:00Chocolate Chunk Cranberry CookiesI'd been wanting to try out a recipe with chocolate chunks instead of regular chips and thought I'd give this one a shot. Result: rave reviews from the BBQ I went to at my friend's house.
Ingredients
(weight not volume)
10.1 oz flour
0.5 oz cornstarch
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
12 tbs (1.5 sticks) butter
7 oz light brown sugar
3 oz granulated sugar
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla bean paste (you can Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-22917956691308790082018-07-18T08:45:00.002-07:002018-07-18T08:45:24.927-07:00No-Boil Pasta BakeI was looking all over for pasta bakes that use uncooked pasta. After some modifications due to missing ingredients (my ricotta went bad) this was the random recipe that got my husband to eat like 2.5 helpings and my 4-year-old son to eat a bowl after telling me he didn't want any. Not sure if that's a good thing, but it at least indicated that it tasted good. :)
Ingredients
8 oz Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-88062565549933898832018-02-27T08:10:00.000-08:002018-02-27T08:19:17.288-08:00Vanilla Cupcakes with Caramel ButtercreamI think that the buttercream turned out kind of heavy, so I would probably add more half & half and powdered sugar and beat it a bit longer next time.
Cupcake Ingredients
5.5 oz flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 stick butter, melted
45 ml (by weight) sunflower oil
6.1 oz granulated sugar
2 eggs
1.5 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup buttermilk
Buttercream Ingredients
1/2 Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-32203187053169629782017-08-31T14:49:00.002-07:002017-08-31T14:50:50.770-07:00Throwing some shadeOmbre Flowers
So I wanted to try that new ombre cake frosting trend. I used whip cream here on an eggless chocolate cake I made for a potluck at work (for those egg-free individuals on my team). Everyone was sufficiently impressed. I was a little disappointed at the messiness of the blue/purple end, and I kinda ran out of cream, but it tasted good. Anyway...
Eggless ChocolateStacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-21508947605000227952016-09-20T13:22:00.001-07:002016-09-20T13:23:12.140-07:00Cottage Cheese PancakesMy son (currently 2 years old) loves pancakes. Protein, not so much. I tried to get a bit more protein in his carbs.
Ingredients
(organic, if possible)
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 cup cottage cheese
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tbs milk
butter, oil or oil spray
Mix dry ingredients. Mix wet ingredients and Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-75523250836085417232016-08-30T13:01:00.001-07:002016-08-30T13:51:57.591-07:00Baked Wheat BaoMy 2-year-old son likes baked char siu bao, but he's not so fond of the meat part. I thought I'd try to make some for him and add a little whole wheat flour so they'd have a tad more vitamins. And I used organic ingredients where I could.
Ingredients
5 oz whole milk
1/2 stick salted butter
2.5 tbs warm water
2 tsp yeast
1 egg
2.5 tbs sugar
9 oz white flour
3 oz wheat flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-37606527609970822172016-08-18T13:42:00.001-07:002016-08-18T13:42:21.193-07:00Chocolate Banana Spinach MuffinsI know, it's been a long time. But, see, I gave birth to this little person and he takes up all of my time. So selfish!
Anyway, in addition to taking up all of my time and stealing my heart, he won't eat vegetables. The doctor said to hide them in stuff. So this is one of my first attempts in doing that and it came out pretty well!
So maybe if you also have my problemStacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-48955897325715693062013-08-19T06:44:00.000-07:002013-08-19T10:47:34.040-07:00Fudgy Brownies with a Crunchy ShellSo I was experimenting with another recipe from The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book. It ended up tasty enough that I was asked for the recipe. These brownies ended up fudgy in the middle with a kind of crunchy shell on top. I ended up with this:
Stacey's Fudgy Brownie with Crunchy Shell Ingredients
4 oz semi-sweet 62% Scharffen Berger chocolate
2 oz unsweetened 99% Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-63722134475612159852013-08-03T22:07:00.001-07:002013-08-04T08:18:48.631-07:00Cheesy Green Onion Dinner RollsI had some extra green onion, so I'm not really sure how many stalks it was. Sorry about that. In any case, I also had some mozzarella cheese and a hankering for dinner rolls. I started with the Fluffy Dinner Rolls recipe from The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book, but then I altered it some.
Stacey's Cheesy Green Onion Dinner Roll Ingredients
1 1/2 cups whole milk, Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-41752777881951045612013-07-04T20:54:00.001-07:002013-07-04T20:56:09.692-07:00Lemon Frosted Waffle CookiesI wanted to make something special for a little family get-together that my parents were having for July 4th, so I came up with this:
Stacey's Lemon Waffle Cookie Ingredients
1/2 c unsalted butter, organic (1 stick)
1/4 c granulated sugar, organic
1/4 tsp sea salt
1 tsp vanilla
2 tsp lemon juice
2 eggs, organic
1c unbleached white flour, organic
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tbs whole milk, organic
1/Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-34713582050386062042013-02-05T19:59:00.000-08:002013-02-05T20:01:14.649-08:00Super 4x Chocolate Chip CookiesRecently, I decided to go on a diet, but I was going to let myself have a free day here and there. This seems to have changed my outlook on what to make for events since I wanted to make things that only I cared about eating, and didn't care as much about my audience. However, it appears that this recipe was a me-pleaser as well as a crowd-pleaser.
Stacey's Super 4x Chocolate Chip Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-90331926090092782712013-01-19T10:22:00.004-08:002013-01-19T10:25:00.649-08:00Nutty Lemon Sandwich CookiesI wanted to make something non-chocolate for the holidays. Yes, I know, there's white chocolate in there, but white chocolate isn't really chocolate, right? It has cocoa butter in it, but no chocolate solids, so I figure that's fine for someone not wanting chocolate.
Stacey's Nutty Cookie Ingredients
1 c (2 sticks) unsalted butter, organic
1 c brown sugar, organic
1 c white sugar, Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-30126962049812393132013-01-16T20:27:00.000-08:002013-01-19T09:56:32.965-08:00Better Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese FrostingYes, I know, there's already another one. But I like this recipe better. I made these for my wedding.
Stacey's Pumpkin Cupcake Ingredients
2 c unbleached flour, organic
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1 (15 oz) can pumpkin, organic
1 c granulated sugar, organic
8 tbs unsalted butter, organic
2 eggs, Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-64810867145533155362012-12-18T21:21:00.000-08:002012-12-18T21:23:36.963-08:00(Almost) Vegan Rice PuddingOkay, so I didn't expect this to come out so delicious. I've made a version using low-fat milk, but a co-worker of mine is vegan and recently had dental surgery so I thought this would be a good time to make another entry. It's (almost) vegan because I forgot some vegans don't eat honey. You can substitute all the sugar / honey for agave nectar or maple sugar or whatever other sugar Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-18392151779508402732012-09-25T21:45:00.001-07:002012-09-25T21:46:21.340-07:00Raw Vegan Coconut MacaroonsA good friend of mine came to stay with me for a little while and she brought me some vegan treats she wanted me to re-engineer.
Stacey's Raw Vegan Coconut Macaroon Ingredients
1 1/4c organic shredded coconut
3/4c almond meal
1/2 tsp salt
1/2c organic maple syrup
1/4c coconut oil
2 tsp vanilla bean paste
Mix the dry ingredients together. Mix the wet ingredients together and microwave Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-20858958296543962762012-08-26T19:55:00.000-07:002012-08-26T19:59:18.607-07:00Roasted Garlic Za'atar TwistsAbout once a month, I go with my fiancé to visit his parents. They are fond of za'atar, so I thought I'd try and make something with the herb mix. I've also been playing with pizza dough a lot since it only requires one rising before use.
Stacey's Roasted Garlic Za'atar Twists:
Dough
2c bread flour, organic
1-2c unbleached all purpose flour, organic
2 1/4 tsp yeast
1c water
1/2c Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-41450719867929152562012-08-24T06:21:00.000-07:002012-08-24T06:24:40.669-07:00Chocolate Yeast Cupcake ExperimentI've been doing a lot of yeast experimenting lately on my waffle questing. In this recipe, I wanted to find out if I could use yeast as a leavener for a sweet cake (not quite like panettone, more like a regular cake and less like a sweet bread). I have not found out the chemical reason for it yet, but yeast doesn't like having too much sugar and it under-rises. I read this on another Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-73975727912100734552012-08-20T06:36:00.000-07:002012-08-24T06:11:05.131-07:00Havarti Dill Yeast MuffinsYes, it's been a long time again. I'm having trouble adjusting to my new schedule of driving to Cupertino every morning and trying to get in a morning run. Also, I've been experimenting with waffles and they're not always that great, so I've been embarrassed to blog them.
This is a yeast waffle batter that I adapted to make muffins. I loved how fluffy the America's Test KitchenStacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-64518819164318226342012-07-09T06:24:00.000-07:002012-07-09T06:25:00.919-07:00Return of the Beer BreadOkay, I know how I said I hate beer bread, but it turned out to be a lie. Beer bread is lightning fast compared to regular yeast bread and it's also yummy. But, my food-loving friends, there is a little secret to making yummy beer bread that doesn't taste like salty cake. Shhh... it's bread flour.
Bread flour makes beer bread chewy and delicious. Here is my new favorite Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-48846455746968072582012-06-04T19:44:00.000-07:002012-07-31T16:44:21.658-07:00Banana Chocolate Chip MuffinsSo, these muffins were an experiment with olive oil. Really I wanted to call them olive oil muffins, but even though I used EVOO, you could barely, if at all, taste it. I suppose that means it was a success? Perhaps if I want to showcase the olive oil more, I should use more of it, but this was really a test to see if I could start baking desserty type stuff with olive oil Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-5257981057647737932012-05-28T09:06:00.003-07:002012-07-31T20:38:51.514-07:00That Chocolate CupcakeI know, it's been a really long time. In my defense, I work for Yahoo! and things have been weird so I've been doing a lot more work type stuff. But, this Memorial Day weekend, I've been visiting a lot of family and friends and have been making some goodies.
I decided to use the chocolate cake recipe from Essence of Chocolate: Recipes for Baking and Cooking with Fine Chocolate and Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-18318717946890467222012-03-29T21:02:00.001-07:002012-07-31T20:41:41.884-07:00Minty Chocolate Rice Crispy TreatsSince I started writing a lot, I haven't had a lot of time to cook, and so I've started defaulting to making all sorts of rice crispy treats because they only take 15-20 minutes to complete. This is my new favorite recipe for rice crispy treats.
Stacey's Minty Chocolate Rice Crispy Treat Ingredients:
1/3c peppermint candies, crushed (I used candy canes)
2 tbs butter, organic
2c Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-11506885950095760262012-03-19T21:23:00.001-07:002012-03-19T21:24:18.229-07:00Bailey's BrowniesMy friend asked me to make something St. Patrick's Dayish for today even though St. Patrick's Day was Saturday.
Stacey's Bailey's Brownies Ingredients:
1 stick unsalted butter, organic
2 oz unsweetened 99% chocolate, Scharffen-Berger
1c sugar, organic
1/3c brown sugar, organic
2 eggs
1/4c Bailey's Irish Creme Liqueur
2/3c unbleached white flour, organic
1 tbs whole wheat flour, organic (you Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443097921178162287.post-12423338630755032102012-03-08T14:38:00.001-08:002012-03-08T14:40:01.094-08:00Wassail and Fresh Snow SoapI finally had some time to make more cold-process soap. Hooray! I intended on making 4 lbs at once, but then since I'm so smart, I didn't realize until I measured all the oils / fats that it wouldn't all fit in my soaping pot. I ended up having to remeasure out half of it once it was all melted and make two separate batches. So, instead of having to figure out that all this Stacey Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498291414080947382noreply@blogger.com0