Cupboard Microwave Brownie Recipe

You may be curious as to what I mean by "cupboard" brownies. In the Bocock house, we often run out of our refrigerated groceries first. Due to this, when I'm craving a chocolate fix there may be no milk or eggs in the house!

This recipe is for milk-less, egg-less, microwave brownies. From the cupbard to the cup and perfect with vanilla ice cream.

Prep time: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 1 minute 10 seconds 

Ingredients:

-1 tbsp butter (melted)

-1 tbsp water

-1 tbsp oil

-2 tbsp sugar

-1 tbsp brown sugar 

-pinch of salt

-3 tbsp all-purpose flour

-1 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder

-1/2 tsp baking powder

Mix together, dry ingredients first and then slowly add in wet ingredient. Pop into the microwave for 1 min and 10 sec or until the texture you desire. I will often pull mine out a little early because I prefer my brownies gooey.

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Venison Burgers

With my hunting father-in-law and brother-in-law, we tend to get an influx of fresh and frozen venison. What to do with all this venison?

Homemade burgers.

Before starting my patties, I begin by putting together pretzel buns that are continually big hits in my house. My go-to pretzel bun recipe is from Lady Behind the Curtain.

I then put together my panade mixture. Taking this extra step when making burger patties will keep your burgers from being too dry and/or falling apart. I put two slices of white bread, torn to pieces, and ¼ c milk into a glass casserole dish. A large bowl would work perfectly fine, too.I've learned to mix my patties in a casserole dish because once I combine the rest of the ingredients and the meat I'm able to use a fork and divide my patties up equally right in the dish for easy forming. 

I then combine the bread and milk together until they form a paste. I then add  two tsp garlic powder, one tsp onion powder, one tbsp Worcestershire sauce, two tbsp olive oil, one tsp dried oregano, and ground pepper to taste into my dish. Finally, I add my one pound of ground venison and mix it all together. 

Then, I divided my meat mixture into six even patties and grilled!

Panade Mixture:

2 slices of white bread, torn to pieces

¼ c milk

Meat:

1 lb ground venison

2 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp onion powder

1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

2 tbsp olive oil

1 tsp dried oregano

Ground pepper to taste

In a large bowl, make panade by combining milk and bread together to make a paste. Then, add the rest of the ingredients and mix together.

Divide the mixture into sixths and make six patties.

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Pinterest Round-Up: Recipes

Pinterest makes me hungry. Very hungry. I can not tell you how often I see recipes on there that I have to try! Below is a selection of recipes that have stuck out to me. I linked them to their pins, and checked that all pins go to the correct link. Pin away!

Pretzel Hamburger Buns from Lady Behind the Curtain

I've actually made these before and they are AMAZING! The husband went crazy for them.

Spaetzle from myfridgefood.com

I know it looks gross, but it's dumpling pasta and goes with everything. I made this when we were running out of groceries and I had to work off of a couple pantry staples. It works as a side or a main course.

Grain Free Homemade Cheez-Its from Kate's Healthy Cupboard

I love Cheeze-Its in an unholy way. I can eat a whole box in one sitting...and that's not an exaggerating. Now, I have found a recipe for them that is dairy free? That makes my hole-where-my-gallbladder-used-to-be very happy! I hope to be able to try this recipe soon. 

Easy Sandwich Bread from The Homesteading Boards

My husband and I are both bread people, which in turn means we are both sandwich people. Lately I've been trying to expand my baking skills (see the pretzel buns above) and make different types of bread. This lovely loaf is on my to-do list!

Bacon Cheeseburger Soup from The Recipe Critic

The husband man loves making soup. And he loves meat. This bacon cheeseburger soup is on both of our "to-try" lists.

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Meals

Breakfast

Dessert

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Extra Crispy Southern Fried Chicken Recipe

My husband, our best friend and neighbor, and I usually put together random items from our kitchen to make dinner for the duplex. What do you get when you put together a deep fryer and chicken? Oh, that's an easy one. I went through a few recipes from other bloggers and came up with a recipe that worked for us. It only has a hint of spice so it won't make me sick (I haven't been able to eat spicy since I had my gallbladder removed) and it doesn't have any of the ingredients that makes my picky husband cringe.What we came up with was oh, so good!

Ingredients

• Marinade
• 4 cups water
• 1 tbsp kosher salt
• 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 4 pounds of chicken
• Coating
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup milk
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (will be split into two different bowls)
• 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 1 tsp ground black pepper
• 1 tbsp cayenne pepper
• 1 1/2 tbsp onion powder
• 2 tbsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tbsp baking powder

Directions

1. In a large glass dish or bowl, combine the water, salt, and Worcestershire sauce and mix together. Add chicken and turn to coat; cover and refrigerate to marinate for 20 minutes, turning a few times.
2.  In a large bowl, mix together 1 ½ cups flour, and half of each garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne, paprika, salt, and pepper.
   
3. In another bowl, mix together the remaining flour, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne, paprika, salt, and pepper, as well as the baking powder, water, egg, and milk.
4. Remove chicken from marinade (discarding remaining marinade) and drain.
5. Preheat oil in deep fryer to 350 degrees F.
6. One at a time, dip chicken pieces into flour mixture, then batter mixture, then flour mixture again, making sure each piece is well coated. Stack coated pieces on a plate or baking sheet.
7. Drop chicken, one piece at a time, into the hot oil. Fry half of the chicken for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown, then fry remaining pieces for the same amount of time.  (Note: Stir chicken around hallway through the frying time, so that each piece cooks evenly).
8. Drain fried chicken for about 5 minutes on paper towels or a wire cooking rack before serving. Season more if desired.

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Crunchy Maple and Spice Granola Recipe

2 c old fashioned oats

1/4 c brown sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/8 tsp ginger

Pinch of salt

1/4 c oil

1/4 c maple syrup (or honey if you don't want the maple)

Spread out onto a parchment paper covered cookie sheet. Bake at 250 for one hour

Makes the whole house smell great! Works perfect on yogurt or by itself!

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How to Make Bread Bowls

This is my first recipe tutorial EVER, so please stick with me on this. I will eventually get the hang of all this, I promise!

In my conquest of learning how to cook, one of the few things I've gotten the hang of is baking bread. So I decided to step it up a notch! Instead of cooking a normal dinner of pasta for our family, I decided to go a little more fancy and put our noodles in bread bowls! I used my mom's handy Artisan bread recipe (with my slight alterations), and they were a hit!

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup warm water (about 100 degrees)
• 3/4 tsp yeast 
• 3/4 tsp kosher salt
• 3 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• Optional add-ins: rosemary, garlic, chives, parsley, etc.
• That's it!
• No, seriously, that's all.

1. Mix together the yeast and kosher salt, and then add the warm water to allow the yeast to begin to bloom.

2.  Slowly mix in the flour until the mixture forms a moist dough.

3. Cover the dough with a towel and let rise in a warm spot for two hours or overnight. The longer you let the dough rise, the lighter the bread will be.

4. After letting the dough rise, punch it down and scrape dough away from the edges of the bowl (so it won't stick).

5. Oil your hands (any oil works, but I find that using olive oil gives the crust of the bread a nice flavor) and form your balls of dough. For smaller bowls, like I made, separate into four small balls. For medium bowls, separate into two balls. And for one large (and it will be large), use the whole bowl. Also, if you are using this recipe to simply make bread, my favorite way of dividing it is into two loaves. I find they are the perfect size to get through without worrying about it getting stale. If you try to make one loaf out of the mixture, it will be a very large one and will need to be eaten quicker (perfect if you're bringing it to a family get together or the like).

6. Let your balls of dough rise on parchment paper for at least forty minutes.

7. As you're nearing the end of letting your dough rise (you know your oven well enough to know when), preheat to 450 degrees. When the oven is ready, put a broiler pan or cookie sheet on the bottom rack and pour in it about two cups of water. This will make the oven steamy while the bread is baking and give it an amazing crust!

8. The bread bakes best if it is only on the parchment paper, but there are times when you're making the smaller loaves that the dough will want to fall through the rack of the oven. That is easily remedied by places the dough and parchment paper on a cookie sheet. The bottoms may be a little softer than without the cookie sheet, but they still turn out delicious.

9. If you separated the dough into fourths, bake for 25-30 minutes. If you separated the dough into halves, bake for 28-32 minutes. If you did not separate the dough, bake for 30-35 minutes. Allow the tops to brown and harden slightly!

10. Allow the bread to cool on the rack.

11. Now here's the fun part! Use a knife to cut a circle into the top of the loaf. The pull off the top crust of the circle and hallow out the insides. Be sure to hallow out under the rim of your "bowl" too! Put your scraps into a bowl and munch on them another time. They're very good with butter, salt, and garlic. We ended up eating them plain later on because this bread tastes so good by itself!

12. Cook your noodles (we went with penne) and mix it with your sauce of choice (the boys love Alfredo). Simply pour a helping into your bowls, serve, and enjoy!

I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we did!

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