Farmers market!

YEAAAA! The local farmers market opened yesterday!! The only sad thing about the early farmers market is they ONLY have lettuce and radishes, well one farmer did have cukes and (very small) squashes.

The GRAND OPENING for the farmers market had many different vendors!! such as: The duct tape artist(She made duct tape wallets, and hula hoops with duct tape! I love duct tape). There was another vendor that had Goat milk soap. One of the vendors had baked goods!! We bought a blonde brownie, and 2 oatmeal rasberry deliciousnesses, that vendor even threw in 3 whoopie pies!  I found this one interesting, a vendor was selling seafood.  One of the vendors was selling: soap, lip balms, scrubs, and even shaving bars.  There were about 6 vendors with veggies, there will be more as the year goes on!

Chinese noodles

I absolutely LOVE Chinese noodles. My grandmother makes them every year for Christmas for us<3 I have never made them until today, I think I will make Chinese noodles more often!!! My whole family loves them too, but I don't think as much as me! I could make a meal off of Chinese noodles, but I think I might get sick!

With out further adieu, here is the recipe!!!!!!!

1 (12 oz) pkg. chocolate chips

3/4c. peanuts

1/2t vanilla

I enjoyed these very much!

1/2 pkg. chow mein noodles



Melt chips in saucepan until melted. Remove from heat

 and add nuts and vanilla; mix well then add noodles.

Stir until all is covered. Drop by spoon-full onto wax paper.



 Cool and EAT!!!













This is just a close up!

My brownie disaster :(

I have made brownies successfully many times before, but today was a different case. We had no brownie mix (so I thought), but we had a lot of cake mixes.  Today I completely failed at making brownies. I converted a cake mix into brownies. After I changed my measurements I made the brownies like I make a cake. I did NOT read the recipe, because I thought I knew how to make a cake, I would be wrong :(   After setting the timer for 30 mins, then for 10, Then again for 8 min, and again for 5 mins I decided to take the brownies out, because we got very tired of smelling the burned brownies that were soggy. At our own risk we tried my disastrous brownies and... they were "ONE OF THE WORST THINGS I HAVE EVER MADE IN MY LIFE!!!"  So after my attempt at making brownies it was back to the pantry for more supplies where I discovered that we did in fact have a brownie mix!!

What was the consistency of my brownies? you may ask......
Well they were like a light and fluffy cake.
how did they taste?? you may ask......
They tasted like an almost done chocolate angel food cake, that was burned:(((

Homemade Mayonayse

You all have herd me talk about homemade mayo, Right? Well if you haven't just go and look at my recipes for chocolate mayo cake, and/or Homemade Ranch!    Now that you have seen my link It is time to talk about mayonnaise!!!

• 2 egg yolks
• 2T of apple cider vinegar
• 1 1/2 c of oil (sometimes we need 2c of oil)

Beat egg yolks, add vinegar, slowly add oil adding more if the mayo is not thick enough.


My Experience with this...

 In this recipe I am going to use a little of Julia child's method! Julia child's method is warming the bowl  you use to make the mayo (that is of course if you don't use a blender or a food processor!).
I have tried all three of the ways to make mayo useing: the blender, the food processor, and in the bowl.
I prefer making mayo in the bowl, because it is not loud, and it works my arms!

Pie crust

Never Fail Pie crust!

1 c. shortening (I like to use Butter Flavored Crisco)

2 c. flour

1 t salt

1 T vinegar (I like Apple Cider vinegar)

 1/3 c. milk

Combine flour and salt, then cut in shortening. Add vinegar to milk then combine at once with flour mixture. Knead gently adding flour if necessary. Divide into two balls and roll out into desired size for pie.  You can also use real butter, but make sure to keep it chilled until ready to use, then put your dough in the fridge to re-chill if it becomes too soft.

My Experience with this...
I have tried many different recipes of pie crust and so far this one is the Bestest!
It is so Delicious, and flakey.  My brother even likes it!! You know it is good when your brother likes it!  My mom did NOT like pie until I started making strawberry rhubarb pie!!

I started making pies because my grandpa LOVES rhubarb.  Three years ago when we bought our farm, my family and I were looking at our beautiful flowers and not so beautiful weeds when my grandpa pointed and said, "It's rhubarb! Look, you've got rhubarb! Where is my pie, Biscuit?!?!?!"  Uh-Oh!  I don't know HOW to make pie, YET.....  Sooooo..., I looked up recipes on  cooks.com  to make Strawberry Rhubarb pie, and how to make a pie crust. 

I entered my pie into a fair last year (September of 2010) it won 3rd place!
I harvest as much as possible without hurting the plant by cutting stalks carefully all around the plant so that more stalks will shoot up during the spring and summer!
It's so easy... even my brother could do it!

My Grandmother's Cook Book!

I have been inspired to do a "Julia/Julie Project" of sorts. I am using my grandmother's cook book she sent me last December and I am going to share my experience with you!! Every Saturday I am going to cook a recipe from her cook book!

Today I made fudgy chocolate frosting, it was sugary and soooo good!!!!!! I made a chocolate cake to go with it for my mom and dads 22 anniversary!
What to do with leftover frosting??? you may ask. We melted the frosting and put some on ice cream for my little sisters tea party!
Would I make this recipe again??....
Yes I would!! it was so easy (Even though I whisked it by hand. and got my shirt so frostingy)

Baking Biscuit

It's a funny thing about this blog, it is called "baking biscuit" , but I am not going to put a recipe for biscuits on here, because the only one I use is a family secret (shhhhh don't tell)! My recipe for biscuits was passed down from my greatgrandfather, and down to my grandmother, then down to my mom, and now to MEEEEEEEEE!!!

Hummus

Homemade hummus

1 can of chick peas

1/2c vegetable oil

2T lemon juice

2 garlic cloves

1/4 t salt

1t Oregano

1T water

1/4c tahini

I use Hummus on Crackers, and bagels!

Blend all ingredients except chick peas in food processor, mix well. Add Chick peas, mix until a little chunky.

My Experience with Hummus.......

I learned how to make this recipe at a kids cooking class at my local library. Hummus is one of my favorite snacks ever!!!! When I learned how to make Hummus I was so happy!
I have recently taught several groups of people how to make hummus. I also have added some twists to this recipe. For an example I added the oregano, and tahini, the tahini makes it more smooth and the oregano makes it taste yummier (says my little 7yo sister)!

Chocolate Mayonnaise cake

Mayonnaise is a very interesting condiment. It is made with eggs, oil, and a little bit of vinegar. It can be used to make salad dressings, as a sandwich spread, in a variety of dips, and as baking ingredients! To home-make mayonnaise, I blend egg yolks with some apple cider vinegar in a blender. Then VERY slowly, I add olive oil, drop by drop at first, then slowly increase to a small stream after emulsification begins. It keeps in the refrigerator for about two weeks.
This month I included a recipe that uses mayonnaise in an unusual way!

You may think, “Eww, gross! I don’t want to eat that!” but the mayonnaise in this cake is for moisture and to make it rich.

Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

4 T cocoa powder

1 t baking powder

1 t baking soda

1 cup mayonnaise

1 cup cold water

1 t vanilla

Sift together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and baking powder. Add mayonnaise, cold water, and vanilla. Beat 2 minutes. Pour into greased and floured pan 11x7 or two 9-inch layer pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until done. Frost with chocolate frosting, if desired. Enjoy!!! (Bay Leaves Cook-book, page 244)

Chocolate Chip Cookies

The Best cookies Ever!! When I make chocolate chip cookies this is the only recipe I use. I use it because it is so sweet, and so Chocolateeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!!!

This is a family recipe.

2 1/4 c bread flour

1t baking soda

1/2 t salt

1 c crisco sticks
2/3 c white sugar
2/3 c packed light brown sugar
1 t vanilla extract
2 farm fresh eggs
1 c chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Sift flour, soda, and salt together in seperate bowl. Beat crisco, sugars, and vanilla on #2 until creamy. Add eggs, beat well. gradually add flour mixture until well mixed. turn to "stir". Then add chips/nuts. Drop by teaspoonful onto ungreaced cookie sheet. bake 8-10 mins.

Makes about 3 dz.

My Experince with this.....

I make these cookies about every week, My family loves them, my mom will just start eating the dough by the spoonfull!!!!! I have also entered these cookies in our county fair!