How to Temper Chocolate

peanut free girl | December 21, 2009

I am still determined to find how get a thicker and harder chocolate coating on my truffles.

I found the following video and it is a step that needs to be taken called tempering chocolate.

This video is a really good How To video for tempering chocolate.

Peanut Free Christmas Snow Cookie Recipe

peanut free girl | December 15, 2009

The original recipe actually has almonds in the recipe. I’m pretty sure if we were to change the almonds to oats or vanilla extract instead of almond extract we may not exactly get the same taste but we can get a pretty good tasting cookie! I will eventually try these cookies as I have to try all the recipes that I put on here as well.

Christmas Peanut Free Gingerbread Cookie Recipe

peanut free girl | December 15, 2009

3637924_blogIngredients

4 ounces butter
4 ounces vegetable shortening
3/4 cup lightly-packed brown sugar
1/2 cup unsulphured molasses*
1 large egg  (for egg replacement please read here)
3 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon brown food coloring (optional)

Replacement for baking Vanilla Cake Recipe without Eggs?

peanut free girl | December 15, 2009

So I learned something new today.

You see I started mixing the ingredients for the below simple vanilla cake:

Ingredients

  • 2 cups (500 mL) sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2-1/2 cups (625 mL) all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup (250 mL) milk
  • 3/4 cup (175 mL) vegetable oil

Christmas and the Holidays and Allergies

peanut free girl | December 14, 2009

3941581_blogWOW!!

It’s almost Christmas already!

This holiday is my favorite season. Over the years, being allergic to all these I have to say I have been pretty lucky.  My family has been very understanding in terms of allergies and are extra careful when I’m around. In my own home for instance, there is obviously no peanut butter in the house. If someone does crave the peanut butter, they simply eat it out of the house at a Tim Hortons or some coffee shop.