Multigrain Cinnamon Raisin Bread

Finally a cool day where I can get my bread making done! Made raisin cinnamon for the first time! :♥)

I make all my bread by hand, no machine and this is my personal recipe that I love to use! I always triple it so I can make 3 loaves at a time. When I do that, sometimes I use 6 cups multigrain and 6 cups whole wheat flour.  I just added the cinnamon and raisins to one of the loaves for something different!

1 1/2 warm water

1 tsp sugar

 Mix together

add in 2 tsp olive oil

sprinkle 2 tsp quick rise bread yeast and sit for 10 minutes.

add in 2 cups multigrain flour, 1 cup whole wheat flour, 1 cup white flour with 1/2 tsp salt

knead, knead and knead some more (40-60 or read this article)

proof rise proof (1 hour)

knead knead

use the width of bread loaf pan, spread flat like a pizza but not thin, sprinkle with a lot cinnamon, raisins. Roll like you would cinnamon buns, shaping to the size of the bread pan.

proof rise bake 350 for 35 minutes

Best Banana Bread ..ever!

2 cups all-purpose flour 

1 tsp baking soda 

1/4 tsp salt 

1/2 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup butter 

3/4 cup brown sugar 

2 large eggs, beaten 

2 1/3 cups mashed very overripe bananas 

1 cup walnuts

 Preheat oven to 350 and lightly grease 9 x 5 loaf pan or use parchment paper!

 In large bowl, combine flour, walnuts, soda and salt. In separate bowl, cream together butter, vanilla and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. 

Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake for 60-65 minutes until a toothpick inserted into center of loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

Crunchy Peanut Butter Brownies

I'm addicted to this recipe, my no fail brownie recipe! You can do anything with it by adding all kinds of yummy goodies like marshmallows, nuts, chocolate chips, caramels, peanut butter!!

1/2 cup Butter (melted)

1/2 cup Coco Powder

1 cup Sugar

2 large Eggs

1tbsp Coffee

1 tsp Vanilla

3/4 cup Flour

1/4 tsp Salt

3/4 cup Crunchy Peanut Butter

In a medium bowl combine melted butter and cocoa and stir until cocoa is dissolved. Add sugar and mix well. Add eggs one at a time and stir until well combined. Stir in vanilla and coffee, flour and salt until you no longer see any flour (do not over mix). 

Place half the batter in 8x8 parchment lined pan then spread the crunchy peanut butter and cover with the remaining batter. Bake at 350. DO NOT OVER-BAKE -- your brownies will come out dry. Adjust time/temp accordingly for your oven. If you do the knife/toothpick test, it should come out with moist crumbs, not clean.

Dark Chocolate Ganache

1/2 cup Cream warmed up in a sauce pan and add in 1/2 cup dark chocolate pieces, stir until all melted! Top on brownies! :♥)

Lemony Lemon Squares

I'm REALLY loving the lemon lately!!

1 cup REAL Butter (NO Substitutes :D ..no no no)

2 cup Flour

1/2 cup Cornstarch

1/2 cup Powdered Sugar

1 large Lemon 

In a small bowl, zest the lemon. In a separate bowl, juice the lemon and take 2 tbsp of the juice for the dough. Set aside the remaining lemon juice for the filling below! 

Combine all ingredients with the lemon zest & 2 tbsp juice in a electric mixer stand until it has a smooth consistency!  Place in 8x8 parchment lined pan or a 6x9 and bake until golden on 375, about 10-12 minutes!

Filling 

1 cup Sugar

1/4 cup Cornstarch

1/8 tsp Salt

1 large Lemons (zest and juice)

1/2 cup Lemon Juice (i like extra lemony taste)

2 Eggs 

1 1/2 cup Boiling Hot Water

3 tbsp Chilled Butter

~In a medium pot, whisk up the sugar, cornstarch, salt, lemon zest and juices with the eggs until well blended. 

~Place on stove, on med heat; whisk in the boiling hot water and whisk until it thickens, remove from heat and add in chilled butter! Pour on top of shortbread crust and chill for a few hours. 

Lemony Shortbread Cookies

love l♥ve love these! Best ever lemony shortbread cookie... ever!! :♥)

2 cup REAL Butter (NO Substitutes :D ..no no no)

3 cup Flour

1/2 cup Cornstarch

1 cup Powdered Sugar

1 large Lemon 

In a small bowl, zest the lemon. In a separate bowl, juice the lemon and take 2 tbsp of the juice for the dough. Set aside the remaining lemon juice, mixing in some powdered sugar for the icing drizzle. I just poured sugar in the juice until I got the consistency I wanted.

Combine all ingredients with the lemon zest & 2 tbsp juice in a electric mixer stand until it has a smooth consistency! Whip it up real good :)  

Line baking sheet with parchment paper, drop teaspoonfuls and bake for 12-15 minutes on 350 until light golden brown bottoms/edges, I recommend not over baking them! 

Cool on cookie rack and drizzle with lemon icing :♥)

mm coffee

Do you know how helpless you feel if you have a full cup of coffee in your hand and you start to sneeze? - Jean Kerr

I don't have a problem with caffeine. I have a problem without caffeine! -Unknown

Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break. - Earl Wilson

"The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce." -Oliver Wendall Holmes Sr.

Forever: Time it takes to brew the first pot of coffee in the morning. -Unknown

Coffee Brownies

Craving chocolate and I see that little fairies put chocolate coffee brownies in my oven!! :♥) 

1/2 cup Butter (melted)

1/2 cup Coco Powder

1 cup Sugar

2 large Eggs

1/2 cup Coffee

1 tsp Vanilla

3/4 cup Flour

1/4 tsp Salt

1 bag Milk Chocolate Chips

In a medium bowl combine melted butter and cocoa and stir until cocoa is dissolved. Add sugar and mix well. Add eggs one at a time and stir until well combined. Stir in vanilla and coffee, chocolate chips, flour and salt until you no longer see any flour (do not over mix). 

Bake at 350. DO NOT OVER-BAKE -- your brownies will come out dry. Adjust time/temp accordingly for your oven. If you do the knife/toothpick test, it should come out with moist crumbs, not clean.

Dark Chocolate Ganache

1/2 cup Cream warmed up and add in 1/2 cup dark chocolate pieces, stir until all melted! Top on brownies