Favorite Recipes!

Since I didn't know where to post this, and cooking is kinda DIY... post your faves!

Peach Cobbler with Crunchy Oatmeal Crust

You need:
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups of oats
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
12 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces and at room temperature
2 big cans of peaches (i like to buy the dustiest cans because that means that they have been sitting on the shelf longer and are softer)

Directions:

1.) Preheat oven to 375 farenheight
2.) Pour peaches, with syrup, into saucepan on medium heat. Stir in 1/2 cup sugar. stir while heating, until peaches are soft and warm. take off heat
3.) Mix oats, brown sugar, flour, and 12 tablespoons of butter in bowl with fingers
4.) Pour peaches into baking dish, then sprinkle oat topping over it
5.) bake for 25 minutes

voila! peach cobbler! its really nowhere near as complicated as it sounds.

I'm obsessed with fairy cakes atm...found one of those blog things online so i might start making a bunch!

(yup im making pink strawberry ones tonight!)

i dont really do cooking from recipes though...i make gooood mexican food and homemade pizzas

All I know how to make is butter chicken.

Yum yum indian food!

haha its funny how some people call them "fairy cakes" because here, theyre called "cupcakes"

... i had to google them to find out what they were!

I really want a cupcake now....

me too...and some peach cobbler. yummm... i love southern comfort food!

i really want to re-make the orange cupcakes we had at the midnight tea... they were the best

omg i had no idea that this was rachel. lol. KAT=TEH DUMB.

and those were delicious. let's have a cupcake making party.

hahaha thats because i am a secret agent.

you are.... a SEXY secret agent. lol

You should post the recipe for orange cupcakes! I bought these choc and orange muffins and they are delicious.. but I'd rather make them it's more fun : P

mmmmmm...pink strawberry cupcakes....gods, I'm going to have to make some for Beltaine on Saturday!

I make yummy dessert too....

Strawberry Shortcakes:

Topping:
1/3 cup/75 ml water
¼ cup/50 g granulated sugar
1 tablespoon/15 ml fresh lemon juice
12 ounces/350 g fresh strawberries, hulled and quartered

To prepare the topping:

Place a medium saucepan over a medium to high heat. Add the water, sugar and lemon juice and simmer gently for 2 minutes or until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is syrupy. Add the strawberries and remove from heat.

Gently stir the mixture, allowing the strawberry mixture to cool. The strawberries will soften slightly and flavor the syrup as it cools.

Take two small sponge cake rounds and sandwich some of the strawberry topping on it, and add some whipped cream. Then top with more whipped cream, and some more topping.

Mmmmmmm

OOH this is such a good idea.

man kiki how do u NOT cook from recipes? I need a recipe book by me at ALL times to know the measurements...otherwise it just wouldn't work out....I'm not very kitchen friendly....

i need recipes sometimes, but sometimes I make stuff on a whim. Like everytime I make brownies, I like to make a raspberry or strawberry glaze to put over it. I don't have a set recipe, but here's a sort of approximation:

strawberries/raspberries
water
sugar
cornstarch


Begin by washing fruit. Put them in a mesh strainer, like this one:



Hold the strainer over a bowl and use a spoon to mush out all the juice. If I use raspberries, I like to mush it until there's nothing but seeds left.

While you're doing that, bring a bit of water to a boil. Add sugar to it and allow to sit, warm, on the burner. Add the fruit juice and stir. To thicken, mix a small amount of ice-cold water with cornstarch and then pour into sauce. Add until it reaches the desired consistency. Allow to cool and drizzle over hot, dark chocolate brownies.

A lil' off topic but does anyone know where I can find a recipe for Absinthe lolliopops?
I used to know where to find out but I forgot the link. -_-

Absinthe Lollies

^ that's the site! Thanks Shauna!! ::smooches::