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September 10, 2009 · 7:17 pm

Waffles

This is GOOD!

Here you are again!

Piled High and Ready to Eat!

I could not choose one for the top of the post today so you all three have the honors. Great job.

Between pancakes and waffles, waffles win everytime for me. I love the crunchy ones sprinkled with confectioner’s sugar. Reminds me of a funnel cake. Yum ! Today I was living the tasters best life. These were sooo good.

Yesterday I was a little worried during the demonstration. It was almost a catastrophe. Let me just tell you that last semester some good intentioned student cleaned the waffle iron a little too good. Not knowing this I poured my waffle batter in there like I always do. Waited the appropriate time. Opened it up and in front of God and everyone was a mess of stuck batter. For a minute there I thought I would faint. I turned this into a “teachable moment” and we had a lesson on seasoning a waffle iron. Using a pastry brush or paper towel coat the waffle iron top and bottom with vegetable oil. Turn on for about 15 minutes. To make the class even better one of my “thinking ahead” students said she thought we should season all 8 of our waffle irons. GREAT IDEA!

So today went without a hitch. What can I say ? But, I have some great students that are loving this cooking.

Here is what they cooked up today.

Happy Cooking,
The Teacher Cooks

Good Job!

Looks Yummy!

Strawberries added the touch!

Smiley!!

Great Waffles!

Just 4 U!

Awesome!Good Looking!

So Cute!Just look at these they are GREAT!!!

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September 3, 2009 · 6:51 pm

FLUFFY PANCAKES

A little artwork here!

Just the smell of bacon and pancakes is GOOD! The taste is even better. It was a great day in the laboratory. I love it, the power of “teacher persuasion”. It is so funny sometimes how you can put a firecracker under students to get them motivated. All of them worked so diligently today to beat the clock and they did! Congratulations on a job well done.

I have tried many recipes for pancakes and coming from a make from scratch kind of cook this is not easy for me to say, but BISQUICK pancakes are the best. You can’t seem to go wrong with a little Betty Crocker. I have been using this recipe for about 20 years in the classroom. It is almost foolproof. Alas, read my last paragraph and you can mess this up.

I used their website on my smartboard to show the recipe and to give tips for making pancakes. It is a great way to start a demo. I use a teflon skillet that will cook six pancakes at a time. Along with this we discussed the labels on two different kinds of bacon and discovered how misleading they can be. Who would have thought that companies would try to get us to purchase their product by fooling us????

As you can see from the photos they all turned out great. To add a little extra each group invited an adult guest. You know what that means–they have to talk! Oh, wait they can do that well. Table conversation with an adult is quite different. It was all good though. I was impressed.

One little”oops” that turned into a great learning experience. I tasted a group’s pancakes that were quite horrible. I questioned them and “no ma’m we did not measure incorrectly .” BUT looking at the box of Bisquick brought from home lo and behold the use by date was 2007. What can I say? They made another recipe quite hurriedly and they were very good.

Another great day in my cooking world,

The Teacher Cooks

: A little artwork here!

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September 1, 2009 · 4:29 pm

Easy Danish – Our 2nd LAB

: Easy to make! Taste YUMMY!

Today was a learning experience all about judging cooking time. The inexperienced cook has no conception of cooking time when it comes to baking. In other words we had some Danish today to get a little on the “brown” side. BUT…It is all about learning. Next time the little angels will know to check after 30 seconds when they aren’t quite ready and not wait two to three minutes. The majority of the Danish were very good.

I did have to head straight to the gym after tasting twelve of those yummy melt in your mouth sweet things that go right to your hips.

While you are here take a look at what we cooked up in the kitchen today.

Pictures are posted after the recipe. The recipe appeared on the Bisquick box awhile back. Try it out! EASY DANISH!!!

Easy Danish

2 cups Bisquick
2 T sugar
1/4 cup margarine
2/3 cup milk
1/2 cup fruit pie filling

Icing

1 heaping cup powdered sugar
2-3 T milk

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. If using dark pan decrease by 25 degrees. Lightly grease a cookie sheet. Add 2 T sugar to Bisquick. Cut in margarine into Bisquick with a fork. Add milk and stir until blended. Place a heaping tablespoon on the cookie sheet placing each mound about 2 in. apart. Makes 12. Make a well with a spoon in each mound. Fill with about a tablespoon of your favorite fruit pie filling. Bake for 12 – 14 min. until lightly browned on the edges. Mix 1 cup of powdered sugar with milk adding a little at the time . Being careful not to get the icing too runny. It should be thick enough to drizzle from a spoon. Drizzle on top of the Danish. Serve hot.