Stacey Makes It

My 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 egg + water for egg wash Glaze 2 tbs honey + 1 tbs warm water Melt the butter in a glass measuring cup until liquid.  Add milk and microwave some more until all the liquid temperature is about 110F. The warm water should also be about 110F (this is the best temperature for the yeast).  Sprinkle the yeast into the water to soften.  Whisk the yeast water and egg into the milk mixture. Put the flours, salt, and sugar into a stand mixer (or you can knead this by hand, but I don't know how long it takes).  Turn on the stand mixer with the dough hook attachment on...

I 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 problem of not being able to get your child to eat healthy things, this might help.  It's not sugar-free or whatever, but it has spinach, and my kid will not eat spinach that he can see...  Ingredients 1/2c frozen spinach 1 banana 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 tbs sour cream 2 tbs butter 1/3c flour (mix of white / wheat if you like, or all white, whatever floats your boat) 1/3c hemp seeds + cornstarch (optional - I use the blender to blend up the hemp seeds and add cornstarch to keep it from sticking too much. Gives a nice nutty flavor, but not necessary for the recip...

So 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% Scharffen Berger chocolate 8 tbs (1 stick) unsalted organic butter 1/3c unsweetened cocoa powder, organic (Dagoba) 1 1/2c granulated sugar, organic 3 eggs, organic 2 tsp vanilla extract 3/4 tsp salt 1c flour, organic 3/4c milk chocolate chips (Guittard) 9x9" baking pan Adjust oven rack to higher middle position and preheat to 350F.  Line a 9x9" baking pan with foil and grease it - leave enough foil on the edges so that you can use it to lift the brownies out later.  I used olive oil, but you can use butter or any other type of oil you like. Put the chocolate (not the chi...

I 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, organic 1/4 cup honey, organic 6 tbs unsalted butter, organic 1 tbs olive oil, organic 1 large egg, organic 4 cups (plus another 1/2 cup for later) bread flour, organic 1/3 cup whole wheat flour, organic 1/4 cup pumpernickel rye flour, organic 2 1/4 tsp yeast 2 tsp sea salt 8 oz mozzarella cheese, grated 1/3-1/2 cup green onions, chopped 1 more egg for egg wash Standing mixer 13x9" baking dish lined with foil, foil greased with olive oil Microwave the milk, honey, butter, and oil together in a large glass measuring bowl at 30 second intervals until all the butter is melted a...

I 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 1/4c turbinado sugar, organic Stacey's Lemon Vanilla Frosting Ingredients 2 tbs unsalted butter, organic 1 cup powdered sugar (maybe more) 1 tbs whole milk, organic 1 1/2 tsp vanilla bean paste 1 tbs lemon juice + citric acid powder Pinch salt For the waffles: Melt the butter until soft.  Mix with the granulated sugar, sea salt, eggs, lemon juice, and vanilla.  Then mix in the flour and baking powder.  Once combined, add the milk.  Mixture should be thick.  Begin heating the waffle iron.  I'm pretty sure I have an older version of  this one ...

Recently, 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 Cookie Ingredients 1 1/4c granulated sugar, organic 1c brown sugar, organic 2.5 sticks of butter 1 oz 99% unsweetened chocolate (I used Scharffen-Berger) 2/3c unsweetened cocoa powder, organic (I used Dagoba) 2 eggs, organic 2 tsp vanilla bean paste 1/4c cornstarch 2 1/2c all purpose unbleached flour, organic 1 1/4 tsp baking powder 1 1/4 tsp baking soda 1 1/2 tsp salt 2/3-1c white chocolate chips (Guittard) 2/3-1c milk chocolate chips (Guittard) 2/3-1c semi-sweet chocolate chips (Guittard) Microwave the butter, unsweetened chocolate and cocoa powder in a heat safe bo...

I 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, organic 1/4 c peanut butter, organic 2 tbs sunflower seed butter (found this at Trader Joe's) 1 tbs Vanilla Bean Paste 2 c almond meal/flour 2 c unbleached white flour, organic 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp baking powder cookie sheet(s) Stacey's Nutty Lemon Filling Ingredients 6 oz Guittard white chocolate couverture (you could probably use white chocolate chips or any white chocolate block) 2 oz heavy cream, organic 1 tsp  Vanilla Bean Paste 1 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice 1 tsp citric acid, powdered First I made the filling since it needs to sit ...