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I'm finally getting down to the last of my pears! I don't know how Lindsey is doing on hers, but she is going to share a recipe with you next week. But, here is one last pear recipe from me!
A few days ago, I was watching a cooking show where someone made a pear pie! Since I have had pears coming out of my ears of late, I of course latched onto that idea! I figured it couldn't be that hard, and guess what! It wasn't! You Kind of Treat the Pears Like Apples, Yet Differently
My pears had reached their peak ripeness! They were so juicy and sweet. I had to handle them gently so I wouldn't bruise them. They were not crisp like an apple at all.
I used my vegetable peeler to remove the skin of the pears. Then, I quartered them, removed the cores and sliced them into a bowl. I made the slices sort of thick so that they would hold up in the oven. Next, I tossed the pears with the corn starch, sugar and spices very gently. Then, I put them into the pie crust. Easy as that. I didn't cook the pie filling in advance because the pears were already so soft that I didn't want them to get mushy. They started creating their own juicy sauce right away. That sauce thickened in the pie perfectly in the oven.
I used my standby pie crust recipe, except I used buttery flavored Crisco. After I rolled out the top crust, I cut some leaf shapes into it before placing it on the pie, instead of cutting in the normal slits.
Once the pie is baked, just plop on a scoop of ice cream and enjoy it warm and delicious!
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My 10 year old, almost 11, granddaughter asked me one day if she could do something for the blog. I love that she wants to do something on here and that she reads the blog! I have given my grandchildren an opportunity to work on the blog a bit and earn some money, so I am guessing that was part of her motivation. So, I told her to come up with an idea and to let me know what is was. In just a few minutes she called me and said that she could make Brookies! That sounded like a great idea, so I let her run with it.
With help from her 13, almost 14 year old sister, she made a video of the Brookie making process. When you watch the video, you will hear Jayda's big sister helping her along and teasing her as well while she did the filming. They sent me all of the clips, (tons of them, out of order), and I edited them into a cute baking video. Watch carefully and you will hear some great baking tips from a precocious 10 year old, and see a few cute mix-ups as well. I just adore this girl! Now that summer is here, cooking with your kids, (or grandkids), is a great activity. It helps them learn a good life skill as well as practice math and reading skills. In the video, you will hear Jayda practicing her fractions, especially! I am so impressed at how skilled she is becoming at baking at such a young age. I am in AZ and she is in WY, so I wasn't there to help her. Her big sister was there to give tips, but mostly Jayda did this all on her own. By the way, if you don't know what Brookies are, they are a combination of brownies and chocolate chip cookies that are to die for! You can find recipes for them all over the web, or, you can do what I did and use a brownie mix you already love and top it with your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. Watch the video, and Jayda will give you the recipe that she used as well as variation ideas. Please comment below and let the girls know what a good job they did, both with the baking and the filming! Also, let us know if you or your kids try your hand at baking Brookies! These things are so good that I've even found an Ice Cream flavor in the store called Brookie! It is great! Hmmm, a scoop of ice cream on top of your home baked Brookie sounds like a great idea!
We've cooked with kids in other blog posts as well! Check these out!
This post contains affiliate links. I will be compensated for purchases made through those links at no additional cost to you. All views expressed are my own. Thank you for your support! You may have noticed on my past posts, I've been having tons of fun in my garden this year. One of my best crops so far has been the beets! They are so beautiful when they are harvested! I've pickled some and I have to say that my Pickled Beets recipe is delicious. While delicious, you can only make so many pickled beets without wanting to branch out. You may remember that I do not love the taste of beets all by themselves, but they are so healthy, I find ways to eat them. (read about it here) So, today I'm sharing with you a great way to sneak these babies into your diet in a way that everyone will love! That's right, in cookies! Chocolate Beet Cookies to be exact! The beets in these cookies keep them moist and keep these cookies moist, the color is rich and dark and with a shmear of buttercream frosting they are the perfect snack and no one is the wiser that they contain the secret ingredient, beets! They are good without frosting as well, but I couldn't resist the frosting shmear and a few sprinkles. I based this recipe on our family favorite Fudge Mound Recipe. The batter comes out a bit thinner with the addition of the beets. I increased the flour by a bit, as well as the butter. Enjoy!
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Just the words Molten Lava Cake make me want one, even if I'm not hungry. The idea of that creamy warm chocolate, flowing out of a moist chocolate cake sets my makes my mouth start to water.
Unfortunately, I rarely allow myself to eat one because I know that they are not the healthiest things in the world for me. Then, I heard about a Molten Zucchini Cake and realized that if I made a Molten Lava Cake in a healthier way, I could enjoy the chocolatey goodness way more often! Plus, there is a bonus! This cake is a great way to use up the zucchini from your garden! Here are more great reasons why it is okay to eat this cake:
Here are a few tricks to making this cake successfully the first time. (It is pretty easy anyway!)
Here is the recipe:
Don't forget to sprinkle on the powdered sugar like you mean it! Enjoy!
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to eleven! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Then, one more daughter, with her technical and science skills, plus creativity has joined in to round us out! Read more about us here! Archives
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