Sunday, March 6, 2016

Brownies

Brownies


Brownies

    This was my grandmother's brownie recipe. We have been making this recipe for 20 years. When we went gluten-free, we just substituted our gluten-free flour mix for the wheat flour and we could enjoy our favorite brownies again! So if you aren't gluten-free, you can use regular flour like with most of our recipes. Want it dairy-free? Just use dairy free butter instead of regular butter because the baker's chocolate doesn't have dairy in it. We have made it with all different variations. You can add chocolate chips to it also!nIt is an awesome recipe! Hope you enjoy it as much as we do! These freeze well too!

8X8 pan

Ingredients
½ c butter*
2 oz baker’s chocolate semisweet or unsweetened
1 c sugar
2 eggs
½ c gluten free flour, sifted**
1 tsp vanilla

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°. Grease the bottom and sides of the baking pan. (We use a cake release recipe we make ourselves and store in the cabinet.) In a double boiler, melt baker’s chocolate and butter. Set aside and let it cool for 10 minutes.

Add vanilla to chocolate mixture. (Don’t add the vanilla while it is hot.)

In a small bowl, lightly whisk eggs.

In a separate bowl, sift (do not skip the sifting step) gluten free flour into the bowl.

Add sugar to flour.

Pour cooled chocolate over the flour and stir to combine.

Pour brownie mix into the greased pan.

Bake for 35 minutes or until an inserted toothpick in the center comes out clean. Allow to completely cool in the pans. We find it helpful to run a knife along the edge of the brownies to help them release best.

Enjoy! These also freeze very well!



9X13 pan

Ingredients
1 c butter*
4 oz baker’s chocolate, semi-sweet or unsweetened
2 c sugar
4 eggs
1 c gluten free flour, sifted**
2 tsp vanilla

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°. Grease the bottom and sides of the baking pan. (We use a cake release recipe we make ourselves and store in the cabinet.)

In a double boiler, melt baker’s chocolate and butter. Set aside and let it cool for 10 minutes.

Add vanilla to chocolate mixture. (Don’t add the vanilla while it is hot.)

In a small bowl, lightly whisk eggs.

In a separate bowl, sift (do not skip the sifting step) gluten free flour into the bowl.

Add sugar to flour.

Pour cooled chocolate over the flour and stir to combine.

Pour brownie mix into the greased pan.

Bake for 35 minutes or until an inserted toothpick in the center comes out clean. Allow to completely cool in the pans. We find it helpful to run a knife along the edge of the brownies to help them release best.


Enjoy! These also freeze very well!

Gluten-Free Quiche

Spinach & Sausage Quiche

Uncooked gluten-free quiche
Cooked gluten-free quiche


Deliciously Gluten-Free







Ingredients:

(This recipe can be made with a regular pie crust for those not eating gluten free) 

1 Gluten-Free Pie Crust (I used Wholly gluten free frozen pie crust)
4 Eggs, whisked
½ c Half & Half
Red Pepper, chopped
Onion, chopped  
Breakfast Sausage, cooked
Fresh Spinach, chopped
Cheese, shredded (I used cheddar cheese)
Garlic powder
Salt
Pepper
Olive oil
Aluminum foil

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°. Cook the breakfast sausage in a skillet or sauce pan. (I bought local medium breakfast sausage so I didn’t need to add any spices.) 

Thaw out the pie crust for 10 minutes. 

Whisk 4 eggs in a medium sized bowl. Pour half & half into the whisked eggs. 

Chop red peppers, onion and spinach. (I used a ¼ red pepper and ¼ onion chopped small. About 10 spinach leaves chopped or as much as desired.) In a small sauce pan, add a little olive oil to just coat the bottom. Put onions and peppers in sauce pan and sprinkle salt, pepper, and garlic powder on the onions and peppers in the pan. Once cooked, add the cooked onions and peppers to the egg and half & half mixture. 

Now add the cheese to the mixture. (I used about ¾ c shredded from the block of cheddar cheese.) Add salt and pepper to taste and stir together all the ingredients.

Pour the mixture into the pie crust. (I did not cook the crust before baking the quiche.) 

Place a thin strip of aluminum foil around the edges. This will prevent it from burning. 

Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 1 hour. Remove and let cool for 10 minutes. 

Slice, serve and enjoy!

Monday, January 25, 2016

Slouchy Hat Pattern




Slouchy Hat

Notes:
*This pattern fit my 10 year old up to average adults. It didn’t fit my husband’s head. To make it bigger, increase the number of rows of DC and don’t decrease at row 16. The more rows you add, the more slouchy it will be. It was very slouchy for my 10 year old. But not as much for the adults. Which most preferred.

*Always make your joining stitch into the 1st stitch not the chain.

*The beginning chain does not count as a stitch.

*I have used Caron Simply Soft to make this hat and it makes a much tighter brim. If that happens to you, you may want to not decrease to 60 stitches. At row 16 continue with the 72 stitches but still change to sc to create the brim look.

Materials
1 skein Red Heart Soft or with Love
H hook (5MM)
Tapestry Needle
Scissors

Round 1: Begin with the Magic Circle. Chain 3 (This does not count as a DC throughout the pattern). 12 DC into the magic circle. Pull the tail and tighten the circle. Join to the 1st stitch (not into the chain). 12 DC plus the chain 3. (12 DC)

Round 2: Chain 2 (does not count as a DC) in the same stitch as the join stitch. 2DC in the same stitch. 2DC in the next stitch and continue doing 2 DC into every stitch around. Join into the 1st stitch (not into the chain). You will have 24 DC plus the chain 2. (24 DC)

Round 3: Chain 2 in the same as the join stitch and 1 DC into the same stitch. 2 DC in the next stitch. 1 DC in the next stitch. (I count in multiples of 3. I make my 1 DC, and then in the next stitch I know that I will have to do 2 DC to end on the multiple of 3; for this round.) Continue the 1 DC and then 2DC until the end. Join into the 1st stitch (not into the chain). You will have 36 DC plus the chain 3. (36 DC)

Round 4: Chain 2 in the same as the join stitch and 1 DC into the same stitch. 1 DC in the next stitch. 2 DC in the next stitch. (I count in multiples of 4. I do 1 DC in the next 2 stitches, and then in the next stitch I know that I will have to do 2 DC to end on the multiple of 4; for this round.) Repeat 1 DC in the next 2 stitches and then 2DC in the next stitch until the end. Join into the 1st stitch (not into the chain). You will have 48 DC plus the chain 3.
 (48 DC)

Round 5: Chain 2 in the same as the join stitch and 1 DC into the same stitch. 1 DC in the next 2 stitches. 2 DC in the next stitch. (I count in multiples of 5. I do 1 DC in the next 3 stitches, and then in the next stitch I know that I will have to do 2 DC to end on the multiple of 5; for this round.) *1 DC in the next 3 stitches and then 2DC until the end*. Repeat from *. Join into the 1st stitch (not into the chain). You will have 60 DC plus the chain 3.
(60 DC)

Round 6: Chain 2 in the same as the join stitch and 1 DC into the same stitch. 1 DC in the next 3 stitches. 2 DC in the next stitch. (I count in multiples of 6. I do 1 DC in the next 4 stitches, and then in the next stitch I know that I will have to do 2 DC to end on the multiple of 6; for this round.) *1 DC in the next 4 stitches and then 2 DC until the end*. Repeat from *. Join into the 1st stitch (not into the chain) You will have 72 DC plus the chain 3.
(72 DC)

Round 7-15: Chain 2 in the same stitch as the join stitch and 1 DC into the same stitch. 1 DC in each stitch around for a total of 72 DC. Join into the 1st stitch (not into the chain) (72 DC)

Round 16: Chain 1 in the same stitch as the join stitch and 1 SC in the same stitch. SC into the next 3 stitches. SC decrease in the next 2 stitches. (This creates one stitch so you are reducing your stitches.) *SC in the next 4 stitches. SC decrease.* Repeat from * around to the end. Join into the first sc (not the chain 1.)

Round 17-24: Chain 1 in the same stitch as the join stitch and 1 SC in the same stitch. SC in every stitch around until the end. Join into the 1st stitch (not into the chain). (60 DC)


Finish off and weave in ends.