Cowgirl cookie mix

I already tried the ccokie mix here... the recipe is from Bakerella.
This time I made the cowgirl cookies for Melissi's 3rd bithday :)
A bit decoration and ready is the gift :)

Rita

Mashmallow Balls

Last week I tried the marshmallow balls first time. I loved to eat them at Albina's place :)

Marshmallow Balls:

10 caramel candy
1 / 2 tin sweetened condensed milk
1 / 2 cup butter or margarine

1 package marshmallows
Kellogg's Rice Krispies

1.The sweets melting slowly on medium heat, add the condensed milk and butter / margarine. Melt with constant stirring, until it is a smooth cream (do not boil).

2. the marshmallows just dip completely into the cream and immediately roll them in the crispies.
A little bit cooling down and hide from kids:)!


(By the way, the cream can be warmed again even after cooling and the finished Marshmallow Balls can be frozen.)

To bad they are all gone... I would love to take a biiiig bite!!! :)

Rita

Cookies from the jar

I've tried something new ... All cookie ingredients filled in a jar ... create your own baking mix, which also looks nice ;)
Here is my first try ...

And the finished cookies to ... They were a little dry, next time I take a little bit more butter or less flour, but they taste good anyway ;)

 


I did no decoration of the glass, with decoration it can be a nice little gift :)
The idea is from Bakerella ... this cowgirl cookies from her, I've planned for Melissi's birthday ;)

Rita

Milk bread recipe

I've been asked for this recipe too ;)
This bread made as a braid is very typical for Easter in Germany, also a braid formed to a circle sprinkled with coarse sugar.

Milk bread:

1 tsp. yeast

1/4-1/2 tsp. salt

80g sugar

1 cup warm milk

mix together, add

100g soft butter

2 eggs

450-500g flour (sometimes I change a part of it to whole wheat)

knead well, cover, let grow for 1- 1 1/2 h

knead again, form 3 long rolls, braid them together, place on sprayed pan

let grow for 45 min. again.

spread with milk/whipping cream right before baking at 180-200°C for appr. 40 min.

take out of the oven, let cool for a few minutes and take a bite :D

Rita

Blackbread (no flour bread) recipe

I've been asked for the recipe of the german blackbread. It is from a german webside...

Blackbread:

first Step:

100g sourdough

4 cups warm water

250g cracked wheat

750g course rye meal

stirr all together, cover with cling wrap, that it couln't dry out and let sit over night at room temperature. 

step 2:

Next day stir it well, take 100g of the dough (now all sourdough) and put it in the fridge or freezer,

it is now the sourdough for next time...

step 3:

put the rest from step1 into a big bowl, add

375 (- 500ml) warm water

30g salt

1/2 c. molasses

250g cracked wheat

750g course rye meal

optional: 1c. sunflowerseeds and flax seeds

stirr all together

step 4:

pour the dough in 2 (or 3) loaf pans, cover with aluminium foil and let stay for 2 hours at room temperature.

step 5:

bake at 160°C for 90 min. with the alu foil, remove the foil

and bake for more 40 min. without the foil 

(more or less bakingtime depens on how dark you like it)

step 6:

take the bread out of pan and let cool for a few hours before cuting and enjoying :)

Hope you take a try. This bread is really different then the amerikan/canadien ones!!!

Have fun,

Rita

cup measured recipe of sourcream balls

Today I measured the ingredients in cups... here is the recipe

Now you can try!!! Be brave - it's easy!!! ;)
Rita

curt cheese or sourcreamballs

After we had a traditioal german food on sunday at our friends I had to try something german :)
These balls are very famous in (the part of) germany, where we from. They are easy to make and taste great!!! And... they are small, a nice snack and the kids love it!!! I always bought it in a bakery, this was my first try ;)

Recipe (sorry, only in gr.... next time I measure it with cups) Okay, here is the recipe in cups now ;)

Curt cheese or sourcream balls

3 1/2 cups (500g) flour (all purpose)

1 1/4 cups (250g) sugar

2 pinch salt

3 tsp.(15g) bakingpowder

4 eggs

2 cups (500g) curt cheese or sourcream

mix well, bake teespoon-portions in hot oil

roll in cinnamon sugar

and enjoy ;)

Rita

Cherry- yogurt-choco-dessert

Today we had this dessert and the kids loved it!!! And it's not to sweet ;)
It's pretty easy, 1-2 tbl.sp. cherry-piefilling, a few tbl.sp. nature-yogurt (when you like it sweet you can add sugar) and sprinkle some choco crumbs on top. I used some of my last german Milka (choco and cookie) chocolate ;) You can also use kitkat or other goodies with something crunchy inside...

Rita