Dinner: Biscuit Dogs

Last week, we had a few days of 90 degree heat, and I had some buttermilk in the fridge. As soon as it broke and I could turn on the oven, I used that buttermilk to make buttermilk biscuit dogs:

Giant Chocolate Chip Cookies

I love chocolate chip cookies. Who doesn't?

This recipe is even better: only 6 cookies fit on my giant cookie sheet. I use about 1/3 cup dough for each cookie, and 1/2 butter, 1/2 shortening in the recipe so they remain nice and soft:

Irish Soda Bread Muffins

I didn't just make Irish Soda Bread this year:

I made some in muffin form for breakfast. Win!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

It should come as no shock to see peanut butter waiting to be mixed into the soft butter in my mixing bowl:

Once that was creamed nicely with the sugars, eggs were added, followed by flour and leavening:

A few chocolate chips were needed and I scooped them on to my cookie sheets:

Yum.

Irish Soda Bread

I love Irish Soda Bread any time of year, although come spring, I always make some for St. Patrick's day(and neglect to write about it in a timely fashion):

Soda Bread is leavened chemically, and American style has raisins and fennel or caraway seeds. This particular version called for fennel:

I used yogurt for some tang as the liquid once I mixed my dry ingredients:

The thick batter that resulted made a chewy, tasty bread:

Chocolate Chunk Bundt Cake

I love bundt cake, and I love adding delicious bits of chocolate and nuts to make a simple and delcious cake even tastier:

The base for this cake was basic: butter, eggs, sugar, to which flour and leavening are added:

The thick final batter:

I layered the batter with chunks of chocolate and pecans:

And baked until golden brown and slightly cracked on top.
After baking, I promptly forgot to photograph the final cake - it was eaten too quickly!

Bread I Like: Diner Toast

You've had this toast before:
It's the same thing every time, available in white, whole wheat and sometimes rye. It's pre-buttered and slightly salty, and there should be grape jelly in individual containers alongside.

I like toast from the diner alongside my eggs, fresh, not homemade, crispy, thin, and perfect, alongside my bottomless cup of coffee.