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On Monday, I used the KAF Barista Bites recipe, but I added 3/4 cups of hazelnut meal. I will not be dipping these in chocolate, as they would not travel well in the heat. I also made the KAF Irish Cream Scone recipe, but this time, I substituted a cup of pastry flour for the regular flour. I also added a little over 1/2 cup of hazelnut meal (I used it up!). I used 1/2 cup of half and half rather than the Bailey's Irish Cream, and I used hazelnut flavoring rather than the Irish Cream flavoring. I also made corn bread muffins to go with the leftover pot roast for dinner.
Addendum: I did the scones in triangles, but they spread a bit. I probably should have dropped them. However, they are tasty.
I realized today that I did not post what I cooked on Saturday. I made another "throw-together" soup, using canned Spam (bacon one), onions, garlic, carrots, celery, some red bell pepper, about 3 cups white beans that I found in the freezer, and the rest of the black rice and the brown rice. These were combined with 8 cups of chicken/turkey stock and seasoned with sage and thyme. However, I did not get to sample it until the following Monday because I had to go check our building after flooding from the heavy rain Friday evening, and I went out to lunch with friends after church. This is the second time I've tried Spam in a soup. I'm just not impressed.
For Sunday dinner, I am making a Beef Arm Roast (2.8 pounds) in the crock pot with potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, and a bit of coarsely minced garlic. I sprinkled the roast with Penzey's Bavarian seasoning (and more over the top vegetables) and salt and pepper. I deglazed the pan with water, then added about 1/3 cup boiled apple cider that I needed to use up. I added a Tbs. of tomato paste, a Tbs. of Worcestershire sauce, and a couple of Tbs. of light brown sugar.
I suspect most Italian flour is Type 00, but that really doesn't tell you what it's good for. In general, European wheat strains are lower in protein than wheat grown in the USA and Canada. (But there are 'soft' wheat strains grown in North America and some harder/higher protein wheat strains grown in Europe.)
It may be that the information on the package, like sample recipes, is the best guide to what type of baked goods it is best for.
American nutritional information labeling is not very helpful for things like flour, because of serving size and rounding error. If the nutrition label says it has 4 grams of protein in a 30 gram serving, that really means it has somewhere between 3.50 and 4.49 grams of protein, which means it could be anywhere from 11.6% protein to 14.96% protein. 3 grams of protein means somewhere between 8.33% and 11.6% protein.
Europeans measure protein content differently than they do in the USA, just to make matters even more interesting. In Europe they analyze the flour as if it was completely dry, in the USA flour is analyzed based on a 14% moisture content. So a flour that Europeans would measure as 10.46% protein would measure as 9% in the USA.
These are recipes that have proven popular over the years with many people. They are all recipes I make frequently. Oatmeal Crisps (Chocolate Chip Oat
[See the full post at: Favorite Recipes in My Nebraska Kitchen]Topic: 4th of July Traditions
I was tracking down recipes to bake a treat for everyone at work - most recipes I find use, cake mix, ground up store bought cookies, or so much red and blue food dye, I would not want to make them. So I've decided (taking an idea from some cookies I saw) to make the Black & White Brownies from KAF and substitute red, white and blue M&Ms for the dark chocolate chunks. If I find them, I'll use red,white and blue sprinkles on top.
Anyway, this got me thinking. When I was a kid and well into my 20s before my dad sold the house, there was an annual 4th of July clambake where we lived - it was always at the beach at the Point (the end of a small peninsula that jutted out into the bay). After the clambake, we would all pile into boats and head across the harbor to the other point to anchor and watch fireworks. And, then head home. Later, while our kids were growing up, the fireworks moved to the public beach a block from our house, so we would invite everyone for hamburgs and hot dogs so they didn't have to worry about getting stuck in traffic.
I forgot to add that we had a wonderful, traditional parade in the morning with floats from local organizations, bands, and always the fire engines from the area at the end including the forest fire truck - my older son hated the sound of the sirens.
