{Baking With Julia} White Loaves
by Megan on February 7, 2012
I joined a new baking group!
Well, I don’t know it you would call it brand new. It’s the sequel to the group Tuesdays with Dorie. They have already baked through Dorie Greenspans cookbook From My Home To Yous, and now we’re going to bake our way through another cookbook, Baking With Julia.
This is one gorgeous book and all the recipes have me very excited. We will post one recipe every two weeks, always on a Tuesday. If you would like to join us and bake along, you can find all the rules on the website, Tuesdays with Dorie
We are starting off with a recipe for white bread, and I can say, mine were a success. This was an easy, sturdy bread that made a great sandwich and some awesome toast. I had some plans to turn the leftover bread into bread pudding and croutons, but there was no leftover bread.
You can find this recipe on Jules blog, Someone’s in the Kitchen. But if you like cookbooks like I like cookbooks, I encourage you to get this one. You wont be dissappointed!
Stay tuned for our next recipe, Chocolate Truffle Tarts!
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Minnie’s Chocolate Pie
by Megan on February 6, 2012
When I got my assignment for this months Secret Recipe Club and I was pleasantly surprised to see I was hooked up with the blog, Swettie Pettiti. It’s ran by blogger, baker, crafter, cook Susie from Tennessee. She particularly loves to bake sugar cookies, which I was tempted to bake, but this Chocolate Pie caught my eye. I just couldn’t move past this pie, so I made it.
The pie plays a starring role in the movie, The Help. I had to go rent the movie once I made the pie, and of course, I had to make another pie for when I rented the movie. The second time I used a graham cracker crust.
Both versions are equally delicious.
My only problem I had was with the first two pies that I made. They came out , should I say, not so pretty? I didn’t get a nice smooth top to my pies. They puffed up, sank down, and cracked. But the third pie I baked came out beautiful! Yes, I made three pies all together.
It’s a terrific pie!
And it doesn’t matter if it puffs, sinks, or cracks. It’s still a delicious pie and the whip cream can hide a multitude of sins!
So, the movie was good…
but the pie was better!
Enjoy!
Minny’s Chocolate Pie
- 1 refrigerated pie crust
- 1½ cups sugar
- 3 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1-5oz. small can evaporated milk (make sure you use the small 5 oz size!)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Whipped Cream for serving
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Place crust into 9″ pie pan. Crimp edges and prick bottom and sides.
- Mix sugar, cocoa and butter in a mixing bowl.
- Add eggs and beat with a mixer 3 minutes.
- Add salt, milk and vanilla.
- Pour filling into prepared pie shell and bake for 35-45 minutes or until edges are brown and filling is slightly set in the middle.
- Cool completely before serving.
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