Jo's Kitchen

Tag: Dough

  • Apple Oatmeal Cookies

    I’m not sure what happened to all of my cookies. These lasted all of two hours before they vanished. I restrained myself from eating the dough, which was no easy feat. And they definitely came out of the oven… They made it to the cooling rack. But then? One by one, they disappeared! Huh, I…

  • Dinner I pulled out of my…

    Brain. I pulled this dinner out of my brain. I completely made it up on the fly, and pretended to know what I was doing. I’ve heard of people making roux, and figured I could pretend to know how to do it too. This is flour and beef broth. Not a roux. Close enough? This…

  • How about dessert?

    More specifically, how about some pie? Apple? With caramel sauce and ice cream? Yeah, let’s do it! I used local Fuji apples, and they were so juicy and delicious! I’m going to do this again, because this was seriously the best apple pie, but I’m going to use Granny Smith, cause that’s what I’ve got.…

  • Last and a First

    This is probably the last rhubarb of the season. But this is the first time I’ve ever made pie. I’ve made pie crust before, though not exactly successfully. I Googled for about a week, trying to learn all the secrets of pie crusts. How does one make them flakey? What about perfectly golden brown? How…

  • Whole Wheat Bagels

    Remember awhile ago when I made bagels? Yeah, those were delicious. I noticed something, though. They had the perfect hard on the outside, soft on the inside texture for the first few days, and then after that they became…chewy. And not in a good way.  They were rubbery! There’s no way these could be eaten…

  • Pain d'Epi (or my Bread Saga)

    I’m in love with this bread. It’s just so pretty! I first saw it in a bakery in Seattle. Naturally, I assumed you had to go to bread baking school to make something so beautiful. It’s kind of true, but mostly not. Pain d’Epi is French for bread that looks like wheat. Fitting, since that’s…

  • Sweet and Spicy Tofu

    I made a variation on my favorite tofu marinade.  This one comes from Caitlin at Healthy Tipping Point, and she’s not kidding when she calls it her Perfect Baked Tofu.  In our house, we call it candy tofu, because it’s surprisingly sweet from the honey, but spicy enough for dinner. I started with honey and…

  • Baking in Daylight

    Weekends are awesome.  Not only because I sleep in until at least 8:00AM (what do you mean that’s not sleeping in?), but because I get to take pictures in natural light. I realize that if you’re not a food blogger, that might not sound like a big deal, but it’s kind of a big deal.…

  • Chicken Packets – Hold the Tomato

    I got this idea while running on the treadmill. No joke. Something similar was happening on 30 Minute Meals with Rachel Ray–similar in that she was wrapping meat in puff pastry sheets, but totally different meat and filling–and it’s been stuck in my head ever since. You know how songs get stuck in your head…

  • The Best Pancakes

    No, really. Don’t let my poor photography skills fool you. These are the best whole wheat pancakes I’ve ever had. The best ANY pancakes I’ve ever had. And I’ve been eating them my entire life, because I’m just that lucky. I remember the first time I had pancakes in a restaurant. They were ginormous (what?…