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chicken broth

chicken broth

After roasting a chicken I like to save the carcass freeze. When I have a few I like to make broth and freeze in cubes. The broth is so good for soup or mak...

Chicken Broth

Chicken Broth

I got the recipe and idea from David Changs Cooking At Home book. The idea is to boil a while chicken in just salted water to cook the chicken. Then the liq...

Yogurt updated

Yogurt updated

I’m a fan on the What’s Eating Dan? youtube series. The yogurt episode has good recipes. When I have some extra cream substituting some in yogurt works wel...

Pie Crust

Pie Crust

I prefer a pie crust of about half vegetable shortening and half butter for the fat. The shortening adds a flakiness I do not get from the all butter doughs...

Homemade vanilla extract

Homemade vanilla extract

I have been interested in making homemade vanilla extract after using a bunch in baking recently and seeing how expensive vanilla costs in stores. The homem...

Sourdough Starter

Sourdough Starter

I have been reading the Sourdough book by Sarah Owens. She describes creating a sourdough by creating a mother with water, sugar, honey, and raisins for abo...

Yogurt

Yogurt

Making homeade yogurt is easy and results in tastier and thicker yogurt. You can control how thick you desire the yogurt. Also you can try different milks ...