Chocolate Chip Pancakes!!!!

If you recall, I recently had some amazing pancakes out at one of our neighborhood brunch places. Well, I've been dreaming about them ever since. And I don't even really dream about pancakes! Anyways, I MADE THEM. Oh man they were sooooooo good too! I made them without bourbon banana, and with many more berries, b/c I generally can't get enough strawbs and bloobs. I made the batter less sweet than your average pancake batter, with a touch more salt. I poured it into egg rings on the skillet to make them set up thicker, and added the chocolate chips after a few seconds. Yumm!!!!!

Brazilian-style Flan (Pudim de Leite)

I am on a mission to find the best flan recipe out there.  I prefer the Brazilian Style to the Mexican Style because it has a creamier texture and better flavor in my opinion.  The main difference is condensed milk for Brazilian vs evaporated milk for Mexican.  The best I've ever eaten and the one that I compare all other flans to, is at Fogo De Chao a Brazilian Churrascaria in LA.  In Portuguese it is called pudim de leite.
Over the weekend I made pudim de leite that turned out pretty good.  I used one can of sweetened condensed milk, filled the same can up with half and half, and 3 eggs all mixed together.  I melted one cup of sugar in a cake pan, then poured the egg mixture over that, and finally cooked it in a water bath in a 350 degree oven for about an hour.
The consistency of this one was a little smoother than when I made it the last time with regular milk rather than half and half.  The next time I may even try heavy cream and see how that comes out!

Ice Cream, East Side

So Siobhan and Grant and I all got ice cream makers for Christmas this year. So, following up Siobhan's refreshing coconut post, here's my first delicious creation: mint chocolate chip. The recipe was from Thomas Kellar's cookbook Ad Hoc at Home, which Jimmy and I got for ourselves after drooling over Harold's Christmas present from Siobhan. We used mint from our garden... soooo yummy!!!

So Grant, the pressure's on. We want to see your ice cream soon!! :)

More Cake Pops!

I made these ones for the 2nd birthday of my God-daughter Alaenna.  I changed it up this time using cookies for the inside rather than cake.  And it seems like they turned our pretty tasty!