I bake bread for my family every week. Home baking is not that hard, not that time consuming, and certainly cheap! You don't need a bread machine or a lot of fancy equipment. This blog features a tutorial on home bread baking, tips on equipment and ingredients, and recipes for real home cooking.
This is a favorite for school bake sales. Liz is the master of this recipe; she tells me that she likes to use half quick oats and half old-fashioned oats, if they are available. She doesn't necessarily use the whole 3 cups if it already looks stiff enough.
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup baking cocoa
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 stick butter
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 3 cups quick-cooking oatmeal
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Dash of salt
- In a 3 quart saucepan, blend sugar and cocoa. Add milk and blend. Heat and stir, using low heat at first and then turning up to medium.
- Add butter as the mixture approaches boiling, stirring constantly.
- Boil one full minute, until sugar is dissolved.
- Remove from heat and mix in peanut butter, vanilla, salt, and oatmeal. Mix well.
- Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper. cool to room temperature, then eat some and pack some up for your bake sale.
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- I'm Susan Och
- From Lake Leelanau, Michigan
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There's more to food than just nutrition, otherwise we would all be eating custom-formulated kibble. I didn't exactly learn to bake from my grandmother, but my ancestors, even the ones I never met, have informed and influenced my lifelong exploration of cooking and food. Want to read more? Check out this entry from my home blog, French Road Connections
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