Just want to say - 2013 has not been my year so far. Though it's had its moments, it's mostly been a year of sick kids, a severed pinky
tip for Elizabeth, an unusually wild Spencer, bad weather, and general
blah-ness. Thanks for hanging in there
with me, people! Maybe when the warm
weather finally gets here for good it’ll clear out the cobwebs a little and I
can get some great projects going!
I was actually pretty excited to try out a homemade cream
cheese recipe. There’s a reason that I
haven’t tried to make bagels yet. I have
the good fortune to live near the best bagel shop I’ve ever been to: Bodo’sBagels. They’re soft inside, chewy
outside, a little crunchy on the bottom…
They’re better than real New York bagels. I’m serious. We got a bunch over the weekend
as we do periodically and shoved them in the freezer after tearing into a
few. So I thought cream cheese would be
perfect, and the recipe didn’t look too difficult…
I’m not even going to break it down for you, it was such a
fail. The sad part was I know what I did
wrong, and if I had time to go back to the store and get all the curdled
nastiness off everything in time to write this, I would have. I just forgot that you can’t use ultra
pasteurized milk to make cheese. Eesh.
FAIL |
At least Spencer had fun! |
So I thought I’d make a brownie in a mug, a great
replacement for those simultaneously genius and ridiculous (and wasteful!) WarmDelight things, and a perfect little treat for a rainy Wednesday. I’ve made it before, but last time it came
out pretty dry, so this time I went on Pinterest to look at the wide array of recipes. I went for this one because it was touted as
not being dry and spongy. I must have
missed something, because instead it came out rock hard and inedible! Eesh again.
Since I still have the first recipe, I’ll break than one down
instead. It’s pretty good. I originally found it though my friend Em’s
family blog.
FAIL |
You will need
¼ cup organic flour ($4.99 per 5 lb, $4.99/80 oz = $.06 x
1.375oz = $.08)
¼ cup sugar ($2.99 per 5 lb, $2.99/80oz = $.04 x 1.875oz = $.08)
2 Tbsp cocoa ($3.00 for 8 oz, $3.00 x 2.8125 cups = $1.07/16Tbsp
= $.07 x 2Tbsp = $.13)
1/8 tsp salt ($.47 per 26oz, $.47/30.69tsp = $.02 x .125tsp
= less than $.01)
1/8 tsp baking soda ($.31 per lb, $.31/31.5Tbsp = $.01/3tsp
= $.003 x 1/8 tsp = less than $.01)
1 organic egg ($3.99 per 12, $3.99/12eggs = $.33)
3 Tbsp organic milk ($5.99 per gallon, $5.99/128fl.oz = $.05
x 1.5fl.oz = $.07)
3 Tbsp vegetable oil ($2.79 per 32fl.oz, $2.79/32fl.oz =
$.09 x 1.5fl.oz = $.13)
These are easier to make in a small bowl than an actual
mug.
In a small bowl, mix together all dry ingredients. Stir in egg, followed by the milk and oil. Place bowl in microwave for about 2
minutes. Cook for additional time if
needed, but it’s better underdone than overdone!
Try It
$.82 for a single
serving. They say it serves two, but who
are we kidding- you’re going to eat the whole thing.
Buy It
Oddly my local grocery store didn’t have them, but Warm
Delights are $15.92 for 8 on Amazon,
or $1.99
each for the 3.35oz size.
Verdict
For a quick chocolate fix, this does hit the spot. Try it.
Not the rock version, but this one.
And don’t go to the grocery store after supper in the rain, you’ll get
distracted and forget important things like ultra pasteurization!
Well I guess you were bound to have a big fail eventually when you're trying all sorts of new things. I've made bagels a lot, it doesn't take a lot of effort, but they do take forever to make, which makes it hard to have for breakfast. It's fun to put different toppings on each one, but it still doesn't beat Bodos. Let me know if you figure out how to make the brownies in a mug - I see pictures of them all the time and it looks delicious, plus I keep making full batches and then eating way to many.
ReplyDeleteMay the rest of 2013 go better than the first part!