├── README.md ├── bananabread.md ├── tempura.md ├── calas.md ├── cornbread.md ├── candiedcitruspeels.md ├── piecrust.md ├── chocolate-ganache.md ├── pancakes.md ├── caramel-fudge.md ├── HuevosHabaneros.md ├── panchickenbreast.md ├── tembleque.md ├── sofrito.md ├── spinachdip.md ├── blueberrymuffins.md ├── panpizza.md ├── minicake.md ├── lolas.md ├── crepes.md ├── milk-fudge.md ├── dutchpancake.md ├── macarons.md ├── coffeecake.md ├── bagels.md ├── biscotti.md ├── meatbakingtimes.md ├── vietnamese-spring-rolls.md ├── brownie.md └── tamales.md /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | Cookbook 2 | ======== 3 | 4 | Recipes that I use regularly 5 | 6 | Essential kitchen tools 7 | ------------- 8 | 9 | * iron skillet 10 | * whisk 11 | * spatula 12 | * mixing bowls 13 | * dutch oven and/or caldero 14 | * soup pot 15 | * knives 16 | * metal strainer 17 | * grater 18 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /bananabread.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Banana Bread 2 | 3 | ## Basic Bread 4 | 5 | ### Ingredients 6 | 7 | 1. 3 ripe bananas 8 | 2. 2 cups sugar 9 | 3. 1 egg 10 | 4. 1/3 cup butter 11 | 5. 1 tsp baking soda 12 | 6. 1 1/2 cup pastery flour 13 | 7. 1 tsp vanilla extract 14 | 8. Pinch salt 15 | 16 | ### Instructions 17 | 18 | 1. preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit 19 | 2. mash the bananas in a bowl with sugar and softened butter 20 | 3. mix in the additional ingredients 21 | 4. pour the batter into a buttered/floured loaf pan 22 | 5. bake one hour 23 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /tempura.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | ## Tempura 2 | 3 | ### Ingredients 4 | 5 | 6 | * 3/4 cup cornstarch 7 | * 1/4 cup flour 8 | * 1 teaspoon baking powder 9 | * 1/2 teaspoon salt 10 | * 1/4 teaspoon pepper 11 | * 1/2 cup water 12 | * 1 egg, slightly beaten 13 | 14 | ### Directions 15 | 16 | 1. Mix all the dry ingredients together 17 | 2. Add in wet ingredients and stir until smooth. 18 | 3. Use the batter to coat about 4 cups vegetables or 1 lb meat. 19 | 4. Deep fry in hot peanut oil until golden brown on the outside and cooked through. 20 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /calas.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | ## Calas 2 | 3 | ### Ingredients 4 | 5 | * 2 cups cooked rice 6 | * 6 tbsp. flour 7 | * 3 heaping tbsp. sugar 8 | * 2 tsp. baking powder 9 | * 1/4 tsp. salt 10 | * 1/4 tsp. vanilla 11 | * 2 eggs 12 | 13 | 5-6 cups vegetable oil for frying 14 | 15 | Powdered sugar for topping 16 | 17 | ### Directions 18 | 19 | 1. Combine all of the ingredients together in a bowl. 20 | 2. Drop by tablespoonfuls into the hot oil and fry until brown on both sides. 21 | 3. Sprinkle powder sugar over them and eat white still hot. 22 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /cornbread.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Corn bread 2 | 3 | ## Ingredients 4 | 5 | 1. 1 1/2 cup corn meal 6 | 2. 1/2 cup pastery flour or all purpose flour 7 | 3. 1 tsp salt 8 | 4. 1 tbsp sugar 9 | 5. 1 tsp baking powder 10 | 6. 1/4 cup melted butter (1/2 stick) 11 | 7. 1 cup milk 12 | 8. 1 egg 13 | 14 | ## Instructions 15 | 16 | 1. Preheat the over to 450F 17 | 2. Mix the dry ingredients together 18 | 3. Mix in melted butter, egg and milk 19 | 4. Pour the batter into an iron skillet 20 | 5. Bake for 25-30 min until browned 21 | 22 | * you can use butter milk and baking soda instead of milk and baking powder 23 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /candiedcitruspeels.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Candied Citrus Peels 2 | 3 | ## Ingredients 4 | 5 | 1. Peels from 4 citrus fruit cut into strips 6 | 2. 1 cup water 7 | 3. 2 cups sugar + 1/2 cup sugar for dusting 8 | 9 | ## Instructions 10 | 11 | 1. Boil the peels for 10 min. disgard the water, and boil again with fresh water 12 | for 10 min, then do this a third time. Boiling three times is important to 13 | remove bitterness and leatheryness from the peels. 14 | 2. Add 2 cups of sugar and 1 cup of water to a pot, bring to a boil 15 | 3. Add the peels to the sugar syrup and turn it to low 16 | 4. Cook on low for 15 min 17 | 5. Drain the peels and roll them in sugar 18 | 6. Let the peels dry in a cool place 19 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /piecrust.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | ## Easy Pie Crust 2 | 3 | ### Ingredients 4 | 5 | * 1 1/4 cup flour 6 | * 1/2 cup butter 7 | * 1/4 cup ice water 8 | * 1/4 tsp. salt if you use unsalted butter, leave out if you use salted butter 9 | 10 | ### Directions 11 | 12 | 1. Cut butter into small cubes and place back in fridge for a bit 13 | 2. Add flour and butter to a food processor and mix until it forms crumbs, you 14 | can also use a fork 15 | 3. Dump mixture into a bowl and sprinkle very cold water into it a little at a 16 | time, mixing with a spatela or fork. Stop mixing and adding water when the 17 | dough just comes together. 18 | 4. Form into a disc and refridgerate 1 hour. 19 | 5. roll out on a floured surface and use 20 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /chocolate-ganache.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Chocolate Ganache 2 | 3 | ## Ingredients 4 | 5 | 1. 12 oz chocolate, chopped finely or as chips 6 | 2. 2 Tbsp butter 7 | 3. 1/2 cup heavy cream 8 | 4. 1 tbsp vanilla 9 | 10 | ## Instructions 11 | 12 | Stove: 13 | 1. Heat the cream, butter and vanilla in a sauce pan until it starts to bubble. 14 | 2. Pour the cream over the chocolate and mix until smooth 15 | 16 | Microwave: 17 | 18 | 1. Put all the ingredients into a microwave safe bowl 19 | 2. Heat for 30 seconds, and mix 20 | 3. Heat for another 30 seconds, mix vigourously until smooth 21 | 4. If its still not totally melted and mixed, heat in 10 second increments, 22 | mixing between. 23 | 24 | Use the ganache to make truffles or pour over a cake or other desserts. 25 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /pancakes.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | ## Pancakes 2 | 3 | ### Ingredients 4 | 5 | 1. 1 1/2 cups pastery flour or all purpose flour 6 | 2. 2 Tbsp sugar 7 | 3. 1 tsp baking powder 8 | 4. 1/2 tsp salt 9 | 5. 1 cup milk 10 | 6. 3 Tbsp melted butter 11 | 7. 1 large egg 12 | 13 | ### Directions 14 | 15 | 1. Melt butter and pour into the milk 16 | 2. Beat the egg with a fork and add to the milk/butter 17 | 3. Stir the dry ingredients (flour/baking powder/salt/sugar) together 18 | 4. Mix in the wet ingredients to the dry. 19 | 5. Heat a griddle or frying pan on low 20 | 6. grease pan and add 1/2 cup of batter for large pancake 21 | 7. flip the pancake when bubbles form on the top and the edges become a little dry 22 | 23 | Should make 4 large pancakes 24 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /caramel-fudge.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | Caramel Fudge 2 | ============= 3 | 4 | This is a simple caramel fudge recipe using just a few ingredients and a microwave. 5 | 6 | Ingredients 7 | ----------- 8 | 9 | * 1 tbsp of invert sugar like golden syrup or karo syrup 10 | * 1 14 oz can of Condensed Milk 11 | * 1 stick Butter (1/2 cup) 12 | * 2 cup brown sugar 13 | * 1 tsp vanilla extract 14 | 15 | Instructions 16 | ------------ 17 | 18 | 1. Put everything into a pot and stir on low heat for about 15 min. 19 | Alternatively you can heat it in the microwave in 1 min increments and stir 20 | between until the fudge is done, about 5 min. 21 | 2. The fudge is done when a drop of it becomes solid/maluable in a cup of cold water. 22 | 3. Pour into a parchment lined tray and place into the refridgerator to set. 23 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /HuevosHabaneros.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | ## Huevos Habaneros 2 | 3 | Cuban style baked eggs, it goes great with a slice of toast. 4 | 5 | ### Ingredients 6 | 7 | * Sofrito (you can substitute salsa, but its not quite as good) 8 | * 4 eggs 9 | * Shredded cheese (I like munster or gruyere) 10 | * butter 11 | 12 | ### Directions 13 | 14 | * Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees 15 | * Pour the Sofrito into a pie pan or ramekin. It should be about a centimeter thick. 16 | * Break the eggs over the sofrito, try not to bust the yolks 17 | * Put dabs of butter or oil on the eggs. 18 | * Bake the eggs for 8 minutes or until the whites are cooked but the yolks are still a little soft. 19 | * Sprinkle shredded cheese over the eggs. Bake a half minute more until the cheese is melted. 20 | * Condiments: You can put some Tabasco sauce on top or Fresh Cilantro. 21 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /panchickenbreast.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | ## Chicken Breasts Cooked on the Stovetop 2 | 3 | ### Ingredients 4 | 5 | * Chicken breasts 6 | * A marinade with liquid and salt in it 7 | * Olive oil 8 | 9 | ### Directions 10 | 11 | 1. Soak the chicken breasts in a marinade or brine for 30 min in the fridge 12 | 2. Remove the chicken from the marinade and hit the fatter side with a mallet or 13 | heavy can covered in plastic wrap so its thinner and the whole breast is an 14 | even thickness. 15 | 3. Put some olive oil in a pan and heat it on high 16 | 4. Cook the chicken breasts on high for 10 min. Do not touch it, it should 17 | develope a browned crust. 18 | 5. Flip the chicken breast, turn the burner to low, cover the pan with a lid and 19 | cook for another 10 min 20 | 6. Let the chicken rest for 5-10 min before slicing to retain moisture 21 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /tembleque.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Tembleque de coco (Puerto Rican coconut pudding) 2 | 3 | ![image of coconut pudding](http://static3.saborgourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/el-tembleque-de-coco-puertorriqueno.jpg) 4 | 5 | ## Ingredients 6 | 7 | 1. 1 can of coconut milk (16 oz) 8 | 2. 1 can of coconut cream (8oz) 9 | 3. 1/4 cup corn starch or rice flour 10 | 4. 1/2 tsp orange blossom water (traditional but optional. Don't sub vanilla, 11 | it will overpower the coconut) 12 | 5. 1 pinch salt 13 | 14 | ## Instructions 15 | 16 | 1. Put all the ingredients into a sauce pan. 17 | 2. Mix the corn starch into the liquid while everything is still cold. 18 | 3. Turn the heat on low and stir constantly until the pudding thickens. 19 | 4. Pour into pudding cups or small bowls. 20 | 5. Cool in the fridge for 2 hours. 21 | 22 | To serve flip the pudding bowls onto a plate to remove the pudding, then 23 | sprinkle cinamon on top. 24 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /sofrito.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | ## Sofrito 2 | 3 | ### Ingredients 4 | 5 | * 1/4 cup olive oil 6 | * 2 clove garlic cloves 7 | * 1 onion 8 | * 1/2 large green bell pepper 9 | * 1 dash salt 10 | * 1/2 cup tomato sauce 11 | * 1 teaspoon oregano 12 | * 1 teaspoon cilantro 13 | * 1 teaspoon annatto 14 | * 1 teaspoon cumin 15 | * 1/4 cup water 16 | * 2 teaspoons white vinegar 17 | * 1 dash pepper 18 | 19 | ### Directions 20 | 21 | 1. Chop onion and bell pepper, mince garlic clove 22 | 2. Heat oil in skillet and add onion, bell pepper, garlic, salt, and black pepper. 23 | 3. Cook until onions and peppers become soft then add the remaining ingredients. 24 | 4. Cook this mixture until it turns a dark red color. 25 | 5. Put the Sofrito in jars or plastic containers. It keeps for 2 weeks in the fridge or months in the freezer. 26 | 6. You can add more spices to the mix, red wine, olives, or sausage to add more flavor. To make more just multiply the recipe. 27 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /spinachdip.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Alton Brown's Hot Spinach and Artichoke Dip 2 | 3 | ## Ingredients 4 | 5 | * 1 5-ounce box frozen spinach 6 | * 1 9-ounce box frozen artichoke hearts (see note) 7 | * 1 cup water 8 | * 8 ounces cream cheese 9 | * 1/4 cup sour cream 10 | * 1/4 cup mayonnaise 11 | * 1 ounce Parmesan cheese, grated 12 | * 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes 13 | * 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 14 | * 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 15 | 16 | ## Instructions 17 | 18 | 1. Place the spinach, artichokes and water in a 2-quart saucepan over high heat. 19 | 2. Cook just until the vegetables are heated through. Drain and squeeze as much liquid out as possible. 20 | 3. Heat the cream cheese in a microwave oven for 1 minute, or until hot and soft. 21 | 4. Add the drained spinach and artichokes as well as the remaining ingredients. 22 | 5. Stir to combine and serve hot. 23 | 24 | Notes 25 | 26 | You can also use jarred or canned artichokes but if you do you'll want to cut the water by half. 27 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /blueberrymuffins.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Blue Berry Muffins 2 | 3 | Perfect blue berry muffine recipe. The batter is thicker to hold the blue berries suspended so they don't all sink to the bottom. The top has strusle that gives it a nice crunch. 4 | 5 | ## Ingredients 6 | 7 | ### Muffin Batter 8 | 9 | 1. 1 1/2 cup flour 10 | 2. 3/4 cup sugar 11 | 3. 1/2 tsp salt 12 | 4. 2 tsp baking soda 13 | 5. 1 egg 14 | 6. 1/3 cup milk 15 | 7. 1 tsp vanilla 16 | 8. 1/3 cup oil 17 | 9. 1 cup blue berries 18 | 19 | ### Strusel Topping 20 | 21 | 1. 1/2 cup sugar 22 | 2. 1/3 cup flour 23 | 3. 1/4 cup butter 24 | 4. 1 1/2 tsp cinamon 25 | 26 | ## Instructions 27 | 28 | 1. preheat oven to 325 degrees fahrenheit 29 | 2. Mix together flour, sugar, salt, baking soda for the muffin batter. 30 | 3. Make a well in the dry ingredients, add all the wet ingredients and mix together. 31 | 4. Line a muffin tin 32 | 5. Mix all the ingredients for the strusel topping in another bowl. 33 | 6. Pour the muffin batter into the muffin tin 34 | 7. Sprinkle the strusel on top of each muffin 35 | 8. Bake for 25 min. 36 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /panpizza.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | ## Personal Pan Pizza Dough 2 | 3 | ### Ingredients 4 | 5 | * 2 cup white bread flour 6 | * 1/2 cup whole wheat flour or 3/4 cup white bread flour 7 | * 1 cup water 8 | * 2 tsp yeast 9 | * 1 tsp sugar 10 | * 1 tsp salt 11 | * 2 clove garlic 12 | * 2 tbsp parmesean cheese 13 | 14 | ### Directions 15 | 16 | 1. Add warm water, sugar and yeast together in a bowl and let it activate for 10 min. 17 | 2. Add the rest of the ingredients until the dough comes together 18 | 3. Knead the dough until smooth 19 | 4. Cover the douch in olive oil and let it rise for an hour 20 | 5. Punch the dough down and knead it into a ball 21 | 6. Preheat over to 450F 22 | 7. Cut the dough in 2 and Roll/stretch one half into an 8 inch circle 23 | 8. Coat an oven safe skillet in oil (I prefer an iron skillet) 24 | 9. Place the pizza dough into the skillet and cover with your favorite pizza toppings 25 | 10. Bake for 8-10 min until the cheese starts to brown and the dough is a nice color 26 | 11. Make a second pizza with the rest of the dough or store in the fridge/freezer for later 27 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /minicake.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | ## Cupcakes for 2 (or mini cake) 2 | 3 | ### Tools 4 | 5 | * cupcake pan or 14oz (4in diameter) ramakin 6 | * bowl 7 | * fork 8 | * measuring cups 9 | * measuring spoons 10 | 11 | ### Batter Ingredients 12 | 13 | * 1 egg 14 | * 2 Tbsp butter 15 | * 2 Tbsp sugar 16 | * 1/4 cup flour 17 | * 1/4 tsp baking powder 18 | * 1 1/2 Tbsp milk 19 | * 1/2 tsp vanilla 20 | 21 | ### Frosting Ingredients 22 | * 1 Tbsp butter 23 | * 1/2 cup powder sugar 24 | * 1/4 tsp vanilla 25 | * 1/4 tsp milk 26 | 27 | ### Directions 28 | 29 | 1. Preheat oven to 350F 30 | 2. Put all the batter ingredients into a bowl and mix them up with a fork 31 | 3. butter the inside of 2 cupcake pan molds or 1 ramakin and coat with flour (or alternatively use parchment paper) 32 | 4. Pour the batter into its baking containers 33 | 5. Bake cupcakes for 10 min or minicake for 20 min or until a knife/toothpick comes out clean 34 | 6. Mix all the frosting ingredients together while the cake(s) cool 35 | 7. Frost the cake and eat it 36 | 37 | * you can replace half the flour with cocao powder for a chocolate cake 38 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /lolas.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | Lola Cookies 2 | ============ 3 | 4 | Lolas are oatmeal based cookies with coconut, cherry, almond and white 5 | chocolate chips. 6 | 7 | ![image of plate of cookies](http://i.imgur.com/UxaxEQum.jpg) 8 | 9 | Ingredients 10 | ----------- 11 | 12 | Wet: 13 | * 3/4 cup softened shortening 14 | * 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar 15 | * 1/2 cup granulated sugar 16 | * 2 egg 17 | * 1/4 cup milk 18 | * 1 tsp. vanilla 19 | 20 | Dry: 21 | * 1 1/2 cup pastery flour 22 | * 1 tsp. salt 23 | * 1/2 tsp. baking soda 24 | * 3 cups oats, uncooked 25 | * 1/2 cup shreaded coconut 26 | * 1/2 dried cherries 27 | * 1/2 cup slivered almonds 28 | * 1/2 cup white chocolate chips 29 | 30 | 31 | Instructions 32 | ------------ 33 | 1. Pre-heat over to 350 degrees farenheit 34 | 2. In a large bowl beat all the "wet" ingredients together until they are creamy. 35 | 3. Mix all the dry ingredients together and add them to the wet ingredients. 36 | 4. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets. 37 | 5. Bake in the oven for 12 to 15 minutes. Cookies are done when they are still 38 | slightly soft. 39 | 40 | Bars: 41 | 42 | 1. follow steps 1-3. 43 | 2. Press the dough into a 13x9 inch baking pan. 44 | 3. Bake for 30-35 minutes. 45 | 4. Cut into rectangles. 46 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /crepes.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | ## Crepes 2 | 3 | ![image of crepes with black berries](https://scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/13355650_1368333256527004_2083523935_n.jpg) 4 | 5 | ### Ingredients 6 | 7 | * 1 cup flour 8 | * 1/2 cup water 9 | * 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar, This is optional, for dessert crepes. 10 | * 2 eggs 11 | * 3 tablespoons butter 12 | * 3/4 cup milk 13 | 14 | ### Directions 15 | 16 | 1. Combine all of the ingredients together in a bowl. 17 | 2. Once every thing is mixed bang the bowl on the cabinet to get the air bubbles out. You can also let the batter sit in the fridge for an hour. 18 | 3. Heat a small non-stick skillet and grease with butter, oil, or non-stick spray. 19 | 4. Pour about a tablespoon of batter into the center of the pan and swirl it around so the batter covers the entire surface. 20 | 5. Cook for 30 seconds and then flip the crepe, being careful not to fold it. 21 | 6. Cook the crepe for 20 more seconds and then put it on a flat plate or cutting board to cool. 22 | 7. Continue making crepe this way until all the batter is gone. 23 | 8. Once the crepes are cool you can stack them and they won't stick together. 24 | 9. Put anything you like into your crepes, meat, fruit, cheese and then eat! 25 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /milk-fudge.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | Indian Milk Fudge, aka Penda/Pera 2 | ======== 3 | 4 | This is an indian dessert made from milk that has a texture similar to fudge. I 5 | got this recipe from Raihanas Cuisines over on !(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoq4cyttGVBzqB5oDtSQsBA)[youtube]. 6 | 7 | Ingredients 8 | ----------- 9 | 10 | * 2 cups Powder Milk 11 | * 1 14 oz can of Condensed Milk 12 | * 1 stick Butter (1/2 cup) 13 | 14 | Mixins: 15 | * 1 tsp powder cardamom,anise seed/cinnamon/ginger/whatever spices you want 16 | * 1/2 cup total of nuts/chocolate chips/dried fruit, etc 17 | 18 | Instructions 19 | ------------ 20 | 21 | 1. PUt butter and condensed milk into a bowl and microwave for 30-40 seconds to 22 | soften the butter. 23 | 2. Add the milk powder and any spices or mixins you want and mix. 24 | 3. Microwave the bowl for 1 min and then stir. 25 | 4. Microwave in 1 min increments stiring each time until the mixture forms a 26 | ball when stired instead of stickign to the sides of the bowl. 27 | 5. Mix vigourously and then let it cool to a tempurature where you can handle 28 | it. 29 | 6. Take peices of dough and shape it into balls or whatever shapes you want. 30 | 7. Let the dessert cool completely. It freezes well if you want to make ahead. 31 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /dutchpancake.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | Dutch Baby Pancakes 2 | =================== 3 | 4 | Ingredients 5 | ----------- 6 | 7 | * 3 eggs 8 | * 1/2 cup milk 9 | * 1/2 cup flour 10 | * Dash of salt 11 | * 7 tsp butter 12 | * 1/8 tsp pure vanilla extract 13 | 14 | Toppings: 15 | * Freshly squeezed lemon juice 16 | * Powdered or confectioners sugar 17 | * maple syrup 18 | * ricotta cheese, Gjetost cheese, or another desert cheese. 19 | * fruit 20 | * ham, sausage or vegetables (leave out the vanilla if you make the savory 21 | version) 22 | 23 | Instructions 24 | ----------- 25 | 26 | 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and place an iron skillet or oven safe frying pan or 10 inch cake pan in the oven. 27 | 2. In a bowl beat the eggs until they are thick and frothy. 28 | 3. Fold in the milk, vanilla, salt, and flour. (if you like you could also add chocolate chips, cinnamon, dried fruits or nuts) 29 | 4. The batter will be thin but creamy looking. Once the Oven is heated, Drop the butter into the pan and spread it around with a fork. 30 | 5. Pour the batter into the Pan and close the oven. 31 | 6. Bake for 20-25 minutes. The pancake will puff up as it cooks and its done when it starts to brown a bit. 32 | 7. Take the dutch pancake out of the oven and cut into wedges and place on plates. Add toppings and eat. 33 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /macarons.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | Macaron Cookies 2 | =============== 3 | 4 | Ingredients 5 | -------------- 6 | 7 | * 1 cup powder sugar 8 | * 2/3 cup almond flour 9 | * 1/2 cup egg whites, about 3 eggs worth 10 | * Food colour paste (optional) 11 | * 2/3 cup granulated sugar 12 | * 4 tbsp water 13 | 14 | Instructions 15 | ------------ 16 | 17 | 1. Sift powder sugar and almond flour together and set aside 18 | 2. Make a sugar syrup by combining the water with granulated sugar in a pan and heat to soft ball stage, you can add food coloring to the sugar syrup. 19 | 3. In another bowl, and while the sugar syryp is being made, beat room tempurature egg whites until soft peaks form 20 | 4. Continue beating the egg whites and slowly add in the sugar syrup until they are combined. This is an italian merengue. 21 | 5. Fold the dry ingredients into the meringue. When you are able to make a figure 8 dripping batter back onto itself, the batter is done. 22 | 6. Place the batter into a pipping bag and create small circles on a parchmnet paper covered baking tray 23 | 7. Tap the baking tray on the counter to release air bubbles 24 | 8. Let the batter sit until it forms a skin 25 | 9. Bake the batter in the oven at 320F for 12 min. 26 | 10. Let the cookies cool before taking them off the parchment paper 27 | 11. Fill the cookies with fruit jam or frosting and make small sandwhiches. 28 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /coffeecake.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Mini Coffee Cake 2 | 3 | ## Ingredients 4 | 5 | ### Cake Batter 6 | 7 | * 1 eggs 8 | * ½ Cups sugar 9 | * ½ Teaspoons vanilla 10 | * ¼ Cups butter 11 | * 6 Tbsp sour cream 12 | * ¾ cup flour 13 | * ¾ tsp baking powder 14 | * ¼ Tbsp baking soda 15 | 16 | ### Strussel 17 | * 1 Tbsp sugar 18 | * 2 flour 19 | * ½ tsp cinnamon 20 | * 1 Tbsp butter 21 | 22 | ### Cream Cheese Filling 23 | * ½ block cream cheese 24 | * ¼ cup powder sugar 25 | 26 | ### Icing 27 | 28 | * 2 Tbsp powder sugar 29 | * 1 tsp milk 30 | 31 | ## Instructions 32 | 33 | 1. For the batter, Cream the butter and sugar together 34 | 2. Add egg, vanilla and sour cream 35 | 3. In another bowl mix dry ingredients 36 | 4. Add dry ingredients to wet slowly while you mix until smooth 37 | 5. To make the strussel, Pinch butter with dry ingredients until combined into a grainy consistency, 38 | alternatively use a food processor. 39 | 6. Mix cream cheese and powder sugar together until smooth 40 | 7. In a greased ramakin pour half the batter 41 | 8. Sprinkle some of the strussel over the batter 42 | 9. Spread cream cheese over the strussel 43 | 10. Pour the rest of the batter over the cream cheese 44 | 11. Sprinkle the rest of the strussel on top 45 | 12. Bake for 20 min at 350F 46 | 13. Make the icing by combining the sugar and milk 47 | 14. After the cake is cool pour the icing over it 48 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /bagels.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Cheddar Bacon Bagels 2 | 3 | ![Image of bagels on a plate](http://i.imgur.com/Z7HTFJU.jpg) 4 | 5 | ## Ingredients 6 | 7 | * 2 teaspoons active dry yeast 8 | * 1 ½ tablespoons granulated sugar 9 | * 1 ¼ cups warm water (could be ± ¼ cup depending on flour/humidity) 10 | * 3 ½ cups bread flour 11 | * 1 ½ teaspoons salt 12 | * 2 tablespoons baking soda 13 | * 5 strips of thick cut bacon 14 | * 1 ½ sharp cheddar cheese 15 | 16 | ## Instructions 17 | 18 | 1. Mix warm water, yeast and sugar together in a bowl and let sit until foamy. 19 | 2. Mix the flour and salt in with the water. The dough should be moist and firm. 20 | 3. Knead the dough for 15 minutes 21 | 4. oil the bowl and place the dough inside and cover with a lid or towel. 22 | 5. After the dough has doubled (should take about an hour) punch down the dough 23 | then let it rest 10 minutes. 24 | 6. cut the dough into 6 pieces and shape them into balls 25 | 7. press your finger through the center of a dough ball and shape it into a 26 | ring. Do this for all 6. 27 | 8. let them sit for 10 minutes 28 | 9. Cook the bacon, shred cheese and mix them together. 29 | 9. Fill a pot with water and add baking soda, turn the stove on high 30 | 10. When the water is boiling, add a bagel to the pot and cook for 2 minutes a 31 | side. Boil each bagel and place them onto a greased baking sheet. 32 | 11. Cover the tops of the bagels with the cheese/bacon mix 33 | 12. Cook at 425F for 20 minutes 34 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /biscotti.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | Biscotti 2 | ======== 3 | 4 | Crunchy, twice baked, italian cookies that go great with coffee or tea. 5 | Traditionally they are flavored with ground anise seed and have almonds mixed 6 | into the dough. 7 | 8 | ![image of cookie](https://i.imgur.com/k6C24OM.jpg) 9 | 10 | Ingredients 11 | ----------- 12 | 13 | Wet: 14 | * 1/4 cup melted butter or olive oil 15 | * 2 eggs 16 | * 1 tsp vanilla extract 17 | 18 | Dry: 19 | * 2 cup pastery flour or all-purpose flour 20 | * 1/4 tsp. salt - if you used unsalted butter or olive oil 21 | * 1 tsp. baking powder 22 | * 3/4 cup sugar 23 | 24 | Mixins: 25 | * 1 tsp powder anise seed/cinnamon/ginger/whatever spices you want 26 | * 1 cup total of almonds/chocolate chips/dried fruit, etc 27 | 28 | Instructions 29 | ------------ 30 | 1. Pre-heat over to 350 degrees farenheit and make sure the rack is in the 31 | center 32 | 2. In a large bowl combine all the "dry" ingredients together along with the 33 | mixins you want to use. 34 | 3. Make a well in the dry ingredients and the wet ingredients inside it. 35 | 4. Mix until a rough dough forms. 36 | 5. Dump the dough out onto a floured surface and form into a cigar shaped loaf, 37 | then flatten. 38 | 6. Bake for 25 min. reversing the pan halfway through the cooking time. 39 | 7. Cool for 15 min. 40 | 8. Slice the loaf into piece about 1/2 inch thick. (half the width between two 41 | knuckles) 42 | 9. Lay the sliced cookies flat onto baking trays and bake 15 min, then turn over 43 | and bake another 15 min. 44 | 10. Cool on a rack 45 | 11. If you want to dip the cookies in chocolate you can do so now. 46 | 12. Store in an airtight container. 47 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /meatbakingtimes.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # The Cooking Times for Various Cuts of Meat 2 | 3 | | Meat Cut | Oven Roasting | Pan Fry | Brine? | Safe Internal Temp | 4 | | ------------------------ |----------------------| ----------------------| ------------------------| -------------------| 5 | | Steak | -_- no | 3-4 min per side | no | 140F | 6 | | Pork chop | 8-10 min @ 400F | 4-5 min per side | yes | 150F | 7 | | Chicken Breast | 20 min @ 400F | 10 min per side | yes | 165F | 8 | | Beef burger | 10-15 min @ 400F | 5-7 min per side | no | 160F | 9 | | Turkey or Chicken Burger | 20 min @ 400F | 10 min per side | no | 170F | 10 | | Beef Roast | 30 min per lb @ 325F | don't do this | | 140F | 11 | | Pork Roast | 20 min per lb @ 350F | also no | | 150F | 12 | | Pork tenderloin | 15 min per lb @ 425F | | yes | 150F | 13 | | Whole poultry | 20 min per lb @ 325F | | yes | 165F | 14 | | Lamb roast, leg | 20 min per lb @ 325F | | | 145F | 15 | | Ham | 20 min per lb @ 325F | slices 3 min per side | uncured: yes, cured: no | 150F | 16 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /vietnamese-spring-rolls.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Vietnamese Spring Rolls/Salad Rolls/Summer Rolls 2 | 3 | ![image of spring rolls](https://i.imgur.com/gbfkRjw.jpg) 4 | 5 | ## Ingredients 6 | 7 | 1. Spring roll rice paper wrappers* 8 | 2. Dry "vermicelli" noodles either rice noodles or bean thread/glass noodles. 9 | 3. Cooked protien, either pork belly, shrimp, chicken breast or maybe tofu 10 | 4. Romain Lettuce 11 | 5. Thinly sliced vegetables such as carrots, cucumber, bell pepper, etc 12 | 6. Bean sprouts 13 | 7. Green onion 14 | 8. Fresh cilantro and/or mint and/or basil leaves 15 | 16 | ## Instructions 17 | 18 | 1. Soak the noodles in hot water until they are reconstituted and clear. Then put them 19 | into cold water. 20 | 2. Fill a pie pan or plate with hot water and dip a wrapper into the water so it 21 | softens. Should only take maybe 15 seconds. 22 | 3. Lay the wrapper down on a flat surface and lay your fillings down on the 23 | lower one third of the wrapper. Do protein, lettuce, nooodles and then the other 24 | fillings and last lay a sprig of green onion down the center. You don't need 25 | a lot of filling, just 2 finger width amount. If you put too much the wrapper 26 | will tear. 27 | 4. Roll the wrapper forward, fold in the sides, then roll the wrapper completely 28 | closed. You could wrap a second wrapper around the first if you are going to 29 | travel with them. 30 | 5. Repeat for the rest of the rolls. 31 | 32 | 33 | *I like Rose Bahn Trang and Three ladies - Ba Co Gai brands as they are thicker 34 | and don't tear as easily. 35 | 36 | ## Nuoc Cham - Dipping Sauce 37 | 38 | ### Ingredients 39 | 40 | 1. Lime juice 41 | 2. Sugar 42 | 3. Fish sauce* or Maggi seasoning for vegetarian alternative 43 | 4. Minced garlic 44 | 5. Minced bird's eye chili or chili pepper flakes 45 | 46 | ### Instructions 47 | 48 | 1. One part fish sauce, one part sugar, two parts water, lime juice to taste, garlic 49 | to taste, chili to taste. 50 | 2. Cook the sauce in a pot until the sugar is disolved. Cool and use. 51 | 52 | *Use vietnamese brand fish sauce if you can. If you only have chinese, dilute 53 | it with water so it isn't as strong. 54 | 55 | ## Simple Peanut Sauce 56 | 57 | ### Ingredients 58 | 59 | 1. Hoisin Sauce 60 | 2. Crunchy Peanut Butter 61 | 3. Chili Paste or Siracha 62 | 63 | ### Instructions 64 | 65 | 1. Mix equal parts hoisin sauce and peanut butter, add chili paste to taste. 66 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /brownie.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Brownies 2 | 3 | ## Basic Brownie 4 | 5 | ### Ingredients 6 | 7 | 1. 1 1/2 cup sugar 8 | 2. 3/4 cup whole wheat pastery flour 9 | 3. 3/4 cup cocao powder or 8oz baking chocolate 10 | 4. 1/2 tsp baking powder 11 | 5. 3 eggs 12 | 6. 1 stick salted butter 13 | 7. 1 tsp vanilla extract 14 | 8. 2-4 Tbsp milk 15 | 16 | ### Instructions 17 | 18 | 1. preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit (you'll turn it down to 320 when you start to bake) 19 | 2. mix dry ingredients together 20 | 3. Melt butter and if you use baking chocolate, melt that with the butter 21 | 4. Add in all the wet ingredients except the milk 22 | 5. Mix and add milk a little at a time until it all comes together 23 | 6. Pour batter into a greased/floured pan (alternativly line the pan with parchment paper) 24 | 8. Lower the oven to 320 and bake 20-30 minutes depending on the size of your pan (glass takes longer than aluminum and thin pans cook faster) 25 | 9. When the middle jiggles a little and tooth pick comes out with a few crumbs it's done. 26 | 10. Let cool before cutting into squares 27 | 28 | ## Coffee Fudge Brownies with Hazelnut swirl 29 | ![images of brownie](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8ea66c7f644f41e5452b8d241c19e84556f35a2c/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f6f545159616a552e6a7067) 30 | 31 | ### Additional Ingredients 32 | 33 | 1. 2 tsp esspresso powder 34 | 2. 2 Tbsp nutella hazelnut spread 35 | 3. 1lb chocolate chips 36 | 37 | ### Additional Instructions 38 | 39 | 1. Add esspresso powder to the dry ingredients in step 2 of the basic recipe 40 | 2. Add chocolate chips to the batter in step 5 and fold in 41 | 3. Gloop nutella on top of the batter after step 6, then swirl with a knife or tooth pick 42 | 43 | ## Cheese Cake Swirl Brownies 44 | ![Cheese cake brownie](http://i.imgur.com/16dTqXu.jpg) 45 | 46 | The above photos also has raspberry swirl. You can make it with raspberry jam or cook raspberries with butter and sugar, then strain out the seeds. 47 | 48 | ### Additional Ingredients 49 | 50 | 1. 8oz cream cheese or other soft cheese 51 | 2. 1 egg 52 | 3. 1/2 cup sugar 53 | 4. 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 54 | 55 | ### Additional Instructions 56 | 57 | 1. Make the basic brownie batter as directed to step 6 58 | 2. Mix softened cream cheese with other ingredients until smooth 59 | 3. Pour the cream cheese mixture on top of the brownie batter in the pan 60 | 4. Use a knife or tooth pick to swirl the cream cheese mix through the brownie batter. 61 | 5. Follow the rest of the steps in the basic recipe. 62 | 63 | NOTE: These brownies should be kept refridgerated due to the use of cream cheese. Let them warm up to room tempurature just before serving. 64 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /tamales.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | ## Tamales 2 | 3 | A steamed corn based pie with fillings inside and covered in a sauce. 4 | 5 | ![Photo of a tamale with sauce](https://i.imgur.com/9Sz8xtw.jpg) 6 | 7 | * You will need tin foil, parchment paper, banana leaves, or corn husks soaked 8 | in boiling water to wrap the tamales for steaming. I recomend tin foil as it is 9 | the cheapest and easiest to use, and least likely to leak or lose it's shape. 10 | You could also use an edible wrapper like cabbage or swiss chard, but again, 11 | I think tin foil is the most forgiving and easiest to use. 12 | 13 | * You can top the tamles with a number of different sauces, from mole to salsa 14 | verde to even just ketchup. (Yes, *ketchup*. Its actually really common to eat 15 | tamales with ketchup in many parts of the caribean and South America.) In this 16 | receipe I have listed a red chili sauce. It is similar to a gravy. 17 | 18 | ## Ingredients 19 | 20 | ### Red Sauce 21 | 22 | * 3 dried pasilla or ancho chilies, 3 dried chipotle chilies 23 | * 1 can tomato paste 24 | * 1 Tbsp shortening 25 | * 2 Tbsp flour or 1 Tbsp corn starch 26 | * 2 cups chicken stock 27 | * salt, pepper, cumin, garlic, lime juice to taste 28 | 29 | ### Dough 30 | 31 | * 3 cups of masa harina para tamales (corn flour used for making tamales and tortillas) 32 | * 1 cup of chicken stock 33 | * 2 cups water 34 | * 8oz or 1 cup shortening (lard is traditional but you can also use crisco or butter) 35 | * 2 tsp baking powder 36 | * 1 tsp salt 37 | 38 | ### Filling Ideas 39 | 40 | * Cheese and Roasted Jalapeno chilies 41 | * Roasted Pork shoulder 42 | * Ground beef spiced with chilies (picadillo) 43 | * Chicken, tomatillo and cheese 44 | * Chorizo and beans 45 | * tomatoes, chilies and spinach 46 | 47 | ## Instructions 48 | 49 | ### Sauce 50 | 51 | 1. Take the stems off the chilies and remove the seeds and veins. Grind them up in a spice grinder or food processor. 52 | 2. Make a roux with the shortening and flour 53 | 3. Add the chicken stock and tomato paste and mix in 54 | 4. Add in the chili powder you made and all the other spices. 55 | 5. Simmer and stir continuously until the sauce thickens. 56 | 6. Strain the sauce into a container. 57 | 58 | ### Dough 59 | 60 | 1. Mix all the dry ingredients together 61 | 2. Add in the wet ingredients and mix until the consistency is like hummus or 62 | mashed potatoes. If it's too thick, add more water. 63 | 3. Knead and mix the dough for 10 min then let it rest 30 min or even over night 64 | to allow the corn meal to absord the water. 65 | 66 | ### Tamales 67 | 68 | 1. Spread 2 Tbsp of dough onto your wrapper into a thin rectangle shape. 69 | 70 | ![Image of dough spread out on tin foil](https://i.imgur.com/tSDeVU2.jpg) 71 | 72 | 2. Spread about 1 Tbsp of your filling into the middle of the dough leaving about an inch around all the sides. 73 | 74 | ![Image of dough covered in cheese and pork on tin foil](https://i.imgur.com/PsBFPtI.jpg) 75 | 76 | 3. Press the sides together so it forms a cylinder shape. 77 | 78 | ![image of dough in a sausage shape](https://i.imgur.com/fJgv4IY.jpg) 79 | 80 | 4. Wrap up the tamale. 81 | 82 | ![Image of wrapped tamale](https://i.imgur.com/dokEgEn.jpg) 83 | 84 | 5. Place the wrapped tamales into your steamer. You can stack them up many 85 | layers high. 86 | 87 | ![Image of tamales inside a steamer](https://i.imgur.com/AvFthR5.jpg) 88 | 89 | 6. Steam them for 1 hour or until the wrapper comes away from the tamale cleanly. 90 | 91 | ![Image of cooked tamale](https://i.imgur.com/sj9KBDU.jpg) 92 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------