*hugs* Hazel, you're a life saver! Or at least a sanity saver!!! :D

I started a disagreement between my friends  by asking about cookie guns. They all have their personal favorites.

You're the first person I've spoken to who can actually give me a comparison.
I think I'd best go for a metal one as I'm a bit heavy handed at the best of times.

Thanks so much for replying - I really wasn't looking forward to taking hundreds of spoonfuls of cookie dough!    :)

Rosemary and Sundried Tomato Bread

For a 2 1/2lb loaf

2 Cups of milk (I use semi skimmed-2%)
1 1/2 teaspoons of salt
3 tablespoons of Sugar
3 tablespoons of oil (I use light olive oil)
4 cups of white flour
1 tablespoon of dried rosemary
1 cup of snipped sundried tomatoes (NOT packed in oil)
1 3/4 teaspoons of bread machine yeast


For a 1 1/2lb loaf

1 2/3 cup of milk  (I use semi skimmed-2%)
1 1/4 teaspoons of salt
3 tablespoons of Sugar
3 tablespoons of oil (I use light olive oil)
3 1/2 cups of white flour
2 teaspoons of dried rosemary
1/2 cup of snipped sundried tomatoes (NOT packed in oil)
1 3/4 teaspoons of bread machine yeast

Following bread machine proceedure
Add ingredients to machine in list order
Select Basic programme
Select correct loaf size
At end of cycle remove bread pan
Let loaf sit in pan for 5 minutes
Remove from pan and place on a cooling rack.

If i make it by only mixing the dough in the machine, I remove the dough from the machine, shape the dough, leave it to rise then bake it at 190C (375F) in the oven until it browns on top and sounds hollow when tapped.

Fully by hand - mix it all up and knead, leave to rise, punch down and knead and shape, leave to rise and bake as above.

anyway, enjoy!!!!  :)

I know whose house I'm going to for dinner tonight. ;D

I'm trying out the bread recipe so I'll bring along some of that to share, how's that sound?

The bread is baked, and the first steaming slice has been tried!

Very yummy. :)

It's got a very nice sun-dried tomato flavour.  Suble enough that it doesn't smack you in the face.  Will deffinetly make it again!

Thanks again for posting the recipe, AJ!

My mother has found a recipe for a chocolate-chip pecan bourbon pie. We're testing it tonight... if it turns out well, would anyone be interested it?

Such a glorious thing really must needs be shared. *g* If it turns out at all like the slice we split in a restaurant, it's a little bit of heaven on a plate.

Miiru wrote:

My mother has found a recipe for a chocolate-chip pecan bourbon pie. We're testing it tonight... if it turns out well, would anyone be interested it?

oh yes!!!

very, very, very.

I had something that sounds similiar in a restaurant when I lived in the US, but I've never seen a recipe.

Does anyone know if it would be possible to do a rich fruit cake in a muffin tin? (Small muffins, since they're easily too big to eat.)

The reason I'm asking is that I don't like the fruit in a fruit cake and want to replace them by nuts. And it just sounds more fun if you can say you're having nutcakes for your birthday. ;) (instead of a nutcake) My birthday isn't for some while yet, but I like to mull things over well in advance.

Yalahii.

No, I like fruitcake, just not the fruit... ;)

Yalahii.