I made three things today: pie crust, eggnog, and brownies. The pie crust is just your basic flaky pastry dough from "The Joy of Cooking", only for fat I went with a combination of lard, butter, and vegetable shortening. I did that mostly because I had some lard and butter I wanted to finish off, and I like to have the shortening in there; it makes the dough lighter. The pie crust will get used when I make my apple-cranberry pie tomorrow. If you want a picture, it looks like this:
So the pie crust isn't much to look at. I'll give you more enticing pictures once it's part of a pie.
Then I made eggnog. This stuff is awesome. Here's a link to the recipe. This is some good stuff, but be warned, the recipe doesn't make much. I doubled it, and this is all it made.
Still, it's so rich, you won't want to drink too much. Try using it in place of milk in a milkshake--so good, you'll want to cry.
Finally, I made some rocky road brownies. I referenced these in a previous post, but linked to a different page. They're basically the same recipe, but this one's the original. I haven't tried them yet, but they contain plenty of chocolate and sugar, so they're bound to be tasty. Here's what they look like:
In the U.S., I only ever heard of rocky road as a flavor of ice cream, but apparently it's a pretty popular snack over here, made with chocolate, marshmallows, and walnuts. I don't know what I'm going to do with these brownies now that they're made. I'm bringing the pie to a Christmas dinner on Saturday, so these are basically just going to sit around the house. I hope I don't eat them all too quickly.
it is so lovely
ReplyDeleteI am so envious: you don't get bored just cooking on yourself and for yourself.