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04.06.08

Toétché recipe Jura, Recipes (recettes) | (4)
Toétché is a speciality of the Jura canton of Switzerland. It is a cake but it is not sweet. There is no sugar called for in the recipe. However, it is very good. In the past, we have bought half of a large toétché at the bakery for quatre heure (snack). One day at the bus stop while waiting for my daughter, I told a Swiss mother how much I like Toétché. She told me she made it all the time at home. About a month ago, she brought me the recipe. Today, I ...

Tagged: cake, gâteau, gâteau à la crème jurassien, Gâteau de la Saint-Martin, Jura, recette, recipe, Switzerland, toétché
10.26.07

Ultimate brownie recipe (recette) Recipes (recettes) | (7)
Melting the butter and chocolate on low heat. The apartment smelled like a big slice of chocolate heaven. Sweet Bear was the official mixer of all the ingredients. She had fun drizzling the chocolate over the flour making pictures. The finished product. I will sprinkle powdered sugar over them at the school when I am serving the kids. The brownies turned out great. It is a really easy recipe to follow. I made the first batch with walnuts and the second without. My second batch didn't turn out because I pulled them out too soon. I was ...

Tagged: baking, brownies, photo, recette, recipe, Sweet Bear
09.28.07

Pumpkin Bread Recipe (Recette) Recipes (recettes) | (2)
Last Friday, I had bought another small baking pumpkin at our village Coop. Since I had already baked a pie with the last one that I had purchased, I decided to make some pumpkin bread with this one. It was a good choice. I used this great and easy recipe. Makes one loaf 1 1/2 cups (210g) flour 1/2 teaspoon of salt 1 cup (200 g) sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup (1/4 L) pumpkin purée 1/2 cup (1 dL) olive oil 2 eggs, beaten 1/4 cup water 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon allspice *FYI - I used one teaspoon of pumpkin spice instead of the nutmeg, ...

Tagged: baking, Boy Blue, Petite Clown, photo, Pumpkin, pumpkin bread, recette, recipe, Sweet Bear
09.13.07

Pumpkin pie recipe (recette) with photos Recipes (recettes) | (4)
I baked a pumpkin pie this past Saturday. It turned out great. Below is the recipe I used to make the filling. I wasn't happy with how my homemade crust turned out. If anyone reading this has a good pie crust recipe I would appreciate it if you would share. Here is the recipe. Click on 'continue reading' for the pictures and a step by step guide of what to do. Pumpkin Pie Recipe Makes 8 servings 1 medium sugar pumpkin 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil 1 pre-made pastry for a 9" single crust pie 1/2 tsp. ground ginger 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1 tsp. salt 4 ...

Tagged: photo, pictures, Pumpkin Pie, recette, recipe