Frococcia at midnight

Ok, so Dave and I are NUTS. We were just watching a movie and BOOM bread sounds SO good. We had found a 1 day focaccia recipe that rocks. So here we are at 12:40am on Mother's day ‘09 making focaccia bread. The recipe and pics are below.

Start off with:

1 Cup of hot water (110 to 115 degrees)
1 Tbsp yeast
1 tsp sugar

Mix thoroughly and allow to stand for 10 minutes or until top of mix is covered in foam. While waiting mix the following ingredients;

2 3/4 cups of all purpose flour
1 Tbsp Garlic Powder (optional)
1 tsp Salt
Pinch black pepper
1 Tbsp Rosemary (optional)
1 Tbsp Basil (optional)
1 Tbsp Oregano (optional)
When yeast mix is ready add 3 Tbsp oil to flour and seasoning mixture and then add yeast mix. Mix well. Kneed dough until elastic. Coat the inside of a bowl in oil and place dough ball inside. Turn dough ball to coat in oil. Let rise for 20 minutes or until doubled in size.

After dough has risen, roll out on floured surface to approx 1/2 inch. Garnish top with Mozzarella cheese or Parmesan. Some recipes suggest brushing with olive oil. Place in preheated oven at 450 degrees. You can either use a baking sheet or pizza stone. If you use a stone make sure to heat the stone with the oven. Bake for approximately 20 minutes. Cut and enjoy.


Please let me know if you try it and what changes you might try with it.

Karoline

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Crinkle Cookies...or not

Well I set out to make my cookies and I guess my baker's hat just wasn't on right. The were not as pretty or as good. I think I may have used older baking soda. They were flat and not as well formed as they should have been. I promise to make them again and take Pics the next time.

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Crinkle Cookies

Take your basic chocolate chip recipe, use your favorite.
you will also need
3 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa
splash of milk
bowl of powdered sugar

chill dough for at least 1 hour (overnight is better if you have the control)
Make into balls and roll in powdered sugar until well coated.

Bake at 375 for 12 minutes. It can be hard to tell they are done (any chocolate cookie is like that) but I have found the 12 minutes to be the best time.

Let cool and enjoy with a VERY large glass of milk

Well this is the first of many posts. I keep finding blogs about others cooking and I've had many people ask for some of my recipes. I'm telling Dave about my blog idea. He gave me the o.k. what now look until I brought up my Chocolate chocolate crinkle cookies and he gave me the begging puppy eyes. It’s a bit late for them tonight but tomorrow...a guarantee. I don't have any powdered sugar so I have a stop to make first. I'll be sure to post pics, and recipe...Check back.