Please Pray!

Hey everyone!
Please pray for Brooke this week as she is going to NY on a missions trip! Pray that her and her youth group will win many hearts for God, have a fun time, and meanwhile still be safe!! Thank you all SOO much!
~Bon appetite!
Andrea

Homemade Mozzarella Goat Cheese

This morning we made fresh homeade Mozzarella cheese. We used goat milk, because Brooke's family recently purchased goats. This is pretty easy to make, but you have definitely have to pay attention!! It took about 30 minutes from start to finish.

We used one gallon of fresh goat milk.

We heated the milk in a stainless steel pan. You will need a cooking thermometer to monitor how hot the milk is getting. Heat the milk and citric acid to 90 degrees F and add rennet. Citric acid

We sliced the curds both horizontally and vertically into pretty small squares.

Next we scooped the curds out of the pan with a stainless steel slotted spoon and put them in a microwave safe bowl. After removing all the curds from the pan into the bowl we microwaved the bowl with the curds in it for 1 min. Then we got rid of the excess whey and heated the bowl for another 35 seconds. We again got rid of the whey and heated again for 35 seconds.

Next we keaded the cheese as if it was bread dough until it was smooth. After we kneaded for about 2 minutes we added about 3/4 of a teaspoon of salt, that we sprinkled over the dough.

Adding the salt.

Next we kneaded the cheese into a ball and let cool. Then we put it in a baggy and stored it in the refrigerator.

If you want more detailed instructions please let us know and we can email you the recipe that we used.

-Bon appetite!!

Crepes

Hey everyone! This morning Brooke's mom and brother made us crepes for breakfast. They were delicious! We thought we would share this wonderful recipe with you.
P.S. We didn't do anything but eat them!!

Ingredients:
3 eggs
1/4 cup sugar
1 3/4 cup flour
pinch of salt
2 teaspoons melted butter or oil
1 pint milk (2 cups)

Directions:
Beat the eggs and add the sugar, flour, salt, and butter or oil. Slowly add the milk and beat the mixture until smooth. Heat a small skillet. Pour in a small amount of the mixture about 1/4 cup. Turn or toss during cooking until golden on each side. Eat with a filling of your choice! (We like lemon, strawberry jam, raspberries, whipped cream and Nutella but you could basically do anything you like!)

-Bon appetite!!

Carmel Apple Cupcakes w/ carmel topping

Bonjour everyone!! Today we had the fun experience of cooking Carmel Apple Cupcakes with Carmel topping! By the way we didn't have any heavy cream so we used milk instead and it still turned out fine! :) A tip from our kitchen, never be afraid to substitute.

Ingredients for Carmel Apple Cupcakes

• 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 medium sized tart apples

Ingredients for Carmel Topping

• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 stick of unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

Ready with all the ingredients!!

In a large bowl combine the brown sugar, oil, cinnamon, and vanilla with an electric mixer.

Add eggs one at a time, beat for one minute after each addition.

In a separate bowl mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt.


Slowly add dry ingredients to the wet mixture. Beat until blended.

Peel, core, and chop apples into small pieces.

Combine apples with batter.

Put cupcake liners into a cupcake pan.

Fill the liners 1/2 to 3/4 full of batter.

Bake in oven at 350* for 20-25 minutes.

Ingredients for the Carmel topping.

In a saucepan over medium heat, bring the brown sugar, butter, and cream to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer, and continue stirring for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.

Stir in vanilla.

To test cupcakes place a toothpick into the center of a cupcake and pull it out. If there is batter on the toothpick cook it longer, if not it is done.

Remove from oven. Don't they smell GOOD!!

Drizzle Carmel topping over cupcakes after they have cooled. And don't forget to unwrap them from the liners.

Aren't they gorgeous!! And yummy too!!!

Two very satisfied cooks....

And best of all we know that they are delicious because we got the official Rebekah seal of approval!!!



-Bon appetite!