BethNH's Profile

From: , NH USA

Joined: December 16th, 2010

About me: I've been cooking and baking since I was a child and collecting cookbooks almost that long. Years ago, I lost my entire collection in a flood and I've been slowly building it back up. I cook for my husband and three sons who are not very adventurous eaters. We're on the go a lot with sports and school schedules. I love to bake and my boys and their friends appreciate all manner of baked goods.

Favorite cookbook: King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion


Latest review:

April 1st, 2017

Ginger Pork Meatballs with Cilantro and Fish Sauce from Dinner: Changing the Game

These meatballs and the dipping sauce were to die for delicious. Although there was a lot of chopping the recipe was easy to follow. Everyone loved it and we will definitely make this again. read more >


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Website: King Arthur Flour

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We did not let these rise over night. Instead we went with the quick one hour rise. The waffle batter was very thick going on to the waffle iron and it took quite a long time for the waffles to turn brown.

We found the waffles to be quite difficult to cut - definitely requires a knife - and we didn't really care for them.

I wouldn't bother making these again.

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19th October 2011

Best Burger Buns

Wonderful!

This dough is super easy to make and work with. I kneaded it in the KitchenAid for 7 minutes. It rose well and was then divided into eight pieces for the hamburger buns. The buns themselves don't rise very much.

Hands on time for these buns is very little. They make a nice sturdy bun for messy things like pulled pork or hamburgers with lots of fixings.

Delicious!

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12th January 2013

Chocolate Pizzelle

What's not to like?

Chocolate + Pizzelles = Delicious!!

This is a pretty basic pizzelle recipe to which cocoa powder has been added. They have a nice chocolate flavor and were no more difficult to make than regular pizzelles.

I sprayed my non stick pizzelle maker with Pam as I had read reviews that mentioned sticking but I had no problems. You do need to be careful with timing as it is more difficult to see if these are done because of the chocolate color.

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4th December 2012 (edited: 5th December 2012)

Easy Cinnamon Bread

This is an interesting quick bread. It's actually a combination of a quick bread and a yeasted bread as it contains both yeast and baking powder. There is no kneading necessary. The dough is mixed like a regular quick bread but is then left to rest for an hour.

The dough doesn't really rise during this rest - mostly it just spreads a bit. The dough is not loose like a quick bread. It is then placed into a loaf pan and baked.

The bread is less sweet than most quick breads but more sweet than most yeast breads - the loaf contains half a cup of sugar. The bread has the texture of a yeast bread. It is good as is but is even better toasted. My boys will eat this toasted for breakfast.

I used only half the cinnamon chips and that was just the right amount. Using a full cup would have been too much.

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7th November 2012

Easy Self-Rising Biscuits

King Arthur Flour has released a self-rising flour and insists that it makes superior biscuits. After finding it in my local grocery store, I decided it was worth the $3 to find out.

The only required ingredients are flour, butter and milk or cream so the dough came together very quickly. The biscuits were delicious but I'm just not sure it's worth it to me to have an extra bag of flour in the house. It's easy enough to add baking powder and salt to my recipes myself.

I'll happily use the flour to make more biscuits and I'll try the pancake recipe on the flour bag but I bet I don't buy it again.

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21st August 2012

Fudge Brownies

Good but not great. Definitely won't end my search for the perfect brownie.

Not fudgy enough. The chocolate chips stayed too firm. No shiny top. Good chocolate taste and not nearly as flat as many brownies.

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29th December 2010 (edited: 4th July 2011)

Golden Pull-Apart Butter Buns

Wonderful! These buns are our all time favorite bread to go with any meal. They are soft, buttery and delicious. They keep well and reheat great.

I make them in two round pans, a 9x13 pan, or even muffin cups as clover leaf rolls.

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Trying to use up the bad of self rising flour I bought on a lark. These pancakes are certainly just as easy to make as Bisquick but they're nothing special. We like our pancakes a bit thicker and sturdier - these are on the thin side and rather floppy.

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My youngest son has been clamoring for scones for months now and when this recipe popped up on my Facebook page I figured it was a good one to start with.

We actually went with double chocolate scones - cocoa and chocolate chips - and skipped the chocolate glaze. The dough was kind of difficult to get to come together and was fairly moist.

This recipe makes two 6 inch circles of dough which are divided into 6 wedges each. The scones had a very nice chocolate flavor and were very light. Definitely not an everyday breakfast item but they were quite good.

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