September 2021 Hits & Misses (591 views)

Happy Birthday, Erin. I just celebrated mine a week ago! I did a lot more baking than usual this past month between harvesting apples from our trees and some orders for bakery from some of my customers.

Excellent:
-Lemon Coolers-King Arthur flour. May increase the lemon zest a bit and did not need all the sugar topping.
-Snickerdoodles-Cook's Illustrated. A classic....enough said!
-Irish Cream Cheesecake Brownies-King Arthur Flour. Very rich so sliced very small.
-Cookie truffles-a favorite of my customers (they are just oreo cream cheese balls!! )
-Apple Betty-September Cook's Ill. issue-I modified a bit for my husband to satisfy his nostalgic memory of his mother's betty but excellent!
-Homemade applesauce-simple but delicious. I left it a bit chunky. No recipe....just eyeball apples, cinnamon, sugar, lemon, water, and touch of vanilla
-Biscotti with pistachio, orange, and milk chocolate chips-excellent flavor but next time I will use semisweet chips and probably swap almonds as i am not a huge pistachio fan. The milk chocolate melted strangely in the cookies.
-Halvah with pistachios, citrus, and vanilla-a surprise experiment for my Halvah loving husband and it is actually easy to make and works!

Non sweet hits:
-Cauliflower and Bean Paella-a vegetarian paella from latest Cook's Ill. issue. Surprisingly tasty.
-Miso tahini Ramen Noodle bowls with Soy Ginger grilled glazed tofu-this had so much flavor and is so flexible. The tofu was the star though. Really delicious. Tofu recipe was cook's Ill.
-Turkish Simit-King Arthur Flour-slightly modified to include some whole grains. Very good taste/texture but I still need to work on perfecting my simit shaping skills!!
-Jerusalem Bagels-Adeena Sussman's Sababa cookbook but also modified to include some whole grains. Excellent flavor!
-Barbecued Chicken pot pie with corn, beans, peppers and biscuit topping-I made up

Tried and True:
-Knoepla soup-Molly Yeh. I add chicken and half the amount of dumplings or else there are just too many dumplings to soup.
-Artichoke spinach Chicken Tortellini soup-I made up
-Tuna Noodle casserole soup-I was craving tuna casserole and I took a better homes and garden recipe; then modified it into a soup and it was perfect. Tasted just like a casserole but in soup form.

This was my favorite thread back when I participated on the old CLBB! So glad to see it still up and running over here. I've kept up with recording my monthly recipes since 2007 because of those original posts.