{TWD} Creme Brulee

Okay so when I first heard about this recipe I was so excited and then I got my torch and started reading the instruction, I was terrified. I started frantically looking for a different recipe this morning. Only to realize I didn't have any ingredients except for the creme brulee. So before the kids got up (I was not going to do this one with them) I began. I boiled the milk and cream and mixed my other things. I was actually really surprided how easy this really was. I only had 4 dishes, so we had to waste a bit of the mix.

It took a bit longer than the called for 60 minutes. I just kept looking in the oven and checking it every 10 minutes. Eventually it was done. Before I headed off to do some errands I had these in the fridge to chill.
Just a few minutes ago I began torching it, but then relized, duh, I don't have any sugar on it. I sprinkled white sugar on and torched it. Tasting it I relized I had never had creme brulee and I like it. The kids and husband have not tried it yet. I am waiting to torch the other three when he gets home to try it. Does anyone know, should I store a torch with Butane still in it? Is it safe?

{TWD} Dimply Plum Cake

This weeks TWD was brought to us by Michelle from Bake-en. My family does not like plums so we decided to use Peaches instead. I used the basil that was called for, but left out the zest as I did not have any. This is definitely an interesting combination. Princess was hungry for something different this morning so we decided to make this first thing this morning. She was very hungry by the time this was done. I didn't read the recipe until we started and then saw that it took 40 minutes.

This does give a very pretty presentation. I think if I made this again, I would slice the peaches. A whole peach is just way too much in something like this. I really liked the cake under the peaches. It has a lovely texture, but the rest of the cake seemed a little dry.
Princess liked it at first, but after a few bites she said she didn't like it anymore and had a granola bar instead. Bubba refused to try it. I'll have to see what Mike has to say about it at lunch time :-)

{TWD} Chocolate Chunkers

Wow, These cookies are so rich. This weeks selection was by claudia of Fool for Food. They call for a LOT of chocolate. After they were made I had one with a full glass of milk. Yum. Bubba asked for a taste of the unsweetened Cocoa. The picture bellow shows a lot happier child than after trying the cocoa. He ran to the bathroom to get the taste out of his mouth.
Some of the other people have referred to these as turd cookies. I quite have to agree with them.


Mike does seem to like these much better than the last ones. Bubba doesn't like them (too rich). Princess seems to really like them. I like them, but can only eat one at a time. They make you really thirsty. So I guess for our house it's 1 and a half spatula up. :-)

TWD: Chocolate Whopper Malted Drops

This weeks recipe was chosen by Rachel of Confessions of a Tangerine Tart . This is our second recipe with TWD. There are some interesting combinations in this book. We decided to make these on Saturday. (Are we allowed to do that?) The kids were fascinated with how some of the ingredients looked. I don't like to sift all my dry ingredients together so I just dump them in. As I was dumping in the flour and the malt and cocoa, Bubba mentioned that it looked like a beach and mountains.
Chopping the whoppers Bubba was shoveling them in as fast as I could chop them ,so I think we probably had half as much in the recipe as was suppose to go in there.
These cookies were more cake like than I like. The whoppers did caramelize quite a bit. I think this will probably the only time we make this recipe. My family didn't like them too much.
I am working on my presentation. I'm looking forward to the next few recipes. They look so good. I am also looking forward to trying the creme brulee. I have never done something like that before.

Chipsters with TWD

This was my first week doing this. I borrowed the recipe while I wait for my book to get here. I homeschool my two kids and have decided to make this my Home economics program. At first the kids were not that into it until I started letting them taste the ingredients. My butter was frozen, but I learned from pamper chef years ago that you can grate frozen butter and make it the consistency of softened butter. Once the cookies came out the kids tried them. My daughter loved them. My son turned his nose up at them and my husband said "It combines all my favorite cookies" We give this recipe two spatulas up :-)