Cook Books

 

            So now I'm going to do what I should have done a long time ago. Tell why I love cook books!

            Up above are my many friends in the cooking department. If I want to make something and be guaranteed that it will be just right, I pull out my old friends and get to work. They are always there, if something turned out really well I just go back to the cook books and can immediately repeat what I've already tried and proved to be delicious. It's simply fun to cook out of one, the colorful pages and booky smell like your in a library. 



 

                   So here are some lain out . The frame by frame ones are fun because the ingredients are all lain out beautifully for you to see. Sometimes I just go look at them up in my room.

 

                    Here are some Delia's how to cook books. Where she helps you master Boiling eggs and baking bread to making Chocolate prune, and Armagnac cake! Very fun!

 

                 And here, the pièce de résistance, my baking Frame by Frame book. Love this book, I cook so much stuff out of here. It has cakes, cookies, cupcakes, and bread.

                So all this very long and probably very boring for you all has been why I am so partial to cook books! Glückliche kochen und essen.

Bread Pudding!

             So, as far as I can tell I have never Blogged about bread pudding! Which is almost a crime. We here at the Kovar Casa love bread pudding. It's wonderful to go on a trip, put your bread in the freezer and when you come back you still have the ingredients. That's right, doesn't matter how freezer burnt it is it still tastes delicious in Bread Pudding. Now, since I've grown up with this recipe I may not be an objective party but as far as I'm concerned this is the best bread pudding ever! And if you believe me and would like to give it a try here's a recipe.

 

 

 

Bread Pudding

2 1/2 C. scalding Milk

One large bowl of Bread crumbs

3 Eggs

1/4 C. Butter melted

3/4 C. Sugar

1 1/2 tsp. Cinnamon or Nutmeg

3/4 C. Raisins

 

                       Preheat oven to 350. Then pour warm Milk and Melted Butter in the large bowl full of Bread Crumbs. Let cool, while waiting scramble eggs in a small bowl and put in the Mixture. After doing so put the Cinnamon, Raisins, and Sugar over all of it and mix it all up. At this point it may look a little grotesque but I promise after you bake it, it will taste amazing. Speaking of baking you will want to get out a bowl or something and grease it. I used a 2 1/2 quart ramekin type bowl with a lid, that would be ideal. You bake it for about an hour or until it sets up. ( depending on your oven)

                     Well I hope you will enjoy your delicious Bread Pudding, I certainly did. Adios until next time!

The Bend and Flying!

 

                      For a late Spring break treat we went to South Bend again. First I'm sorry for the bad quality in some of these pictures they were all taken on a phone. As you can see we got to fly! As always it was the best! Anyways for lunch the day we got there we went to Chicory Café. It was very good especially the Beignets. Basically they are crispy donut holes! Over the weekend there was a lot of totty, talking, and laughing! The beautiful house that you see up above is the Oliver house. Built in 1896 out limestone and other very expensive materials.  It's very amazing and kind of reminds you of Downton Abbey. We also went to Notre Dame, Very pretty. And the Saint Joe River also pretty were you see us with Fish and Chips is at the Fiddlers Hearth. It's a cool little pub.

                 Since then I have been chilling, reading Grimm's fairy tales and writing. I miss Ann lots and lots and can not wait to go back. (or have her come her.) Any who that's all for now Happy Travelings!

Rasberry Croissant Ramekins.

                    Today Stephanie ( my sister in law ) and I made these amazing Raspberry Croissant Ramekins. They smell delicious, and taste heavenly melt in your mouth good! They're pretty fun to make, I got the recipe out of my new Christmas present, a Frame by Frame cook book. Those cook books are actually  really fun and easy to use. The recipe consists of some wonderful ingredients like, maple syrup, and vanilla! I hope you feel like going out and cooking now. I think you will enjoy my new style of taking pictures and everything, bye-bye.

Cinnaman Raisin Bread

 

           Yesterday night my sister ( Beth)  and I made some cinnamon raisin bread. It's pretty much the easiest thing ever. We were going to have runzas but we changed the plan after we had already made the bread dough. So instead of plain old bread we decided to make of course, cinnamon raisin bread. What you do is... Take the dough roll it out and then spread butter and after that cinnamon sugar and raisins. Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes and enjoy warm bread! Bye for now.

New Years in Omaha

             Happy New Years!! Sorry how late this is but life lately has been pretty hectic . For New Years we headed up to Omaha to visit our friends the Kohrs. And as always there was a lot of laughing and eating. On New Years Eve we played Buzz Word watched Tin Man. Then Ryan "Leichliter" and I made brie ( the best I've ever had)  and played Dominion. We rang in the new year with sparkling cider while watching fireworks off ther're back porch. Hope you have had a wonderful year so far Bye.

Lately...

                           Lately, we have really been getting into fall in many ways! It's been hard since my wonderful long lost sister Ann moved to "The Bend" she was always a great instigator. But in spite of all that we've been having  some fun. We had a garage sale at my Grandpa's house and we made an apple crisp the other day plus lots of fresh air and exercise. And even though Ann moved we talk on the phone and write letters so everything really does work out for good! Well hope you just want to go carve a pumpkin after reading this, but for now good bye good FALL.

Colorado Trip



It says " your travel choices within the next year will bring serendipity"



The castle at Glen Eyrie.

                    I will start off by saying sooo sorry I haven't written in forever! Our camera has been having some troubles, and we have been pretty busy.
                    Enough of that, these are pictures of our awesome annual Colorado trip! It was seven days long, we started out in the Marriott for one night in Fort Collins Co., then moved on to the YMCA of the Rockies! We were in a cabin called the Three Sisters! I got to sleep on the top bunk which was very exciting, plus dad would always build fires and make amazing breakfasts. As you an see in the pictures we played putt putt Golf my score was +5. After two nights in the cabin we drove down to Co. Springs and Glen Eyrie where we spent most of our days drawing and reading. We also went to a wonderful German Bakery named Wimbergers! Well I should probably go Auf Wiedersehen.

Puppy Chow

                     The oldest, (maybe probably not) the yummiest, the absolute best, PUPPY CHOW!!!! You got to love it and if you don't there is something wrong I would advise to go see a docter. Everyone was accese to this delight go to your local grocer and get some chex right away!! So right now chloe is staying with us and I know I've probably said this before but she is just so adorable. This week was been over all pretty normal but it's going to get very usy on Saturday, because what I have to do is Keyboard merits at my piano teachers house, our neibors open house, and moving our brother. Signing out yours truley forever.

German Pancakes

                      German pancakes ( Kartoffeln Kochen ) are of course the best. I will not post the recipe because first of all, some of the people reading this might already have the recipe and second, I don't have the time, thirdly it's a secret recipe. ( If you don't already have it ) Some times my dad would make it with apples and cinnamon on the bottom, sooo good!! Today one of our family friends dropped in for a bite to eat and some socializing, then while he was here another friend dropped by to say hello. On that subject I should be going.