Caring For Your Sourdough Starter

I’ve been maintaining a sourdough culture since early 2020. It’s lived in three different homes, and has been driven across the entire country. I’m always trying to convince anyone to get into baking bread, and frequently give away part of my culture, so someone else can begin enjoying sourdough bread. This post is being written so I can share how to take care of one’s sourdough with friends and family. Everything I’m about to write can be more formally learned by following the wonderful King Arthur sour dough recipe, which all of this is based on....

September 15, 2023 · 2 min · Greg Hilston

Egg Muffin Things

This recipe makes 2 muffin tins, AKA 12 muffins. Ingredients 9 eggs 1 pepper 1/2 sweet onion 1 package of bacon shredded cheese 1/2 tomato Instructions Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut the bacon slices in two, removing any undesired excess fat. Layer each slice’s halves in a criss cross style on the bottom of each muffin tin. Bake the bacon in the oven for 10 minutes, placing a cookie sheet under the muffin tins to catch any grease that may drop from the bacon and Egg Muffin Things....

January 30, 2022 · 1 min · Greg Hilston

Homemade Oreo Cookies

After they’ve cooled, they’ll taste more like a whoopie pie. After a day of being stored in some tupperware, they’ll slightly dry out and be more like an oreo cookie! For 40 cookies 1 cup unsalted butter (225 g), softened 1 cup white sugar (200 g) 2 teaspoons salt 2 large eggs 2 cups all-purpose flour (250 g) 1 1/4 cups dark cocoa powder (150 g) 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup butter (115 g), softened 2 cups powdered sugar (240 g) 1 teaspoon vanilla In a large bowl, cream together 1 cup (225 grams) of softened butter with the white sugar and salt, until light and fluffy....

November 17, 2021 · 3 min · Greg Hilston

Homemade Fried Chicken Sandwich

4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs Buttermilk Marinade 1 cup buttermilk 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper Dill Dressing 3/4 cups plain Greek yogurt 1.5 tablespoons chopped dill 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1 tablespoons lemon juice Seasoned Flour 1 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 tablespoon salt 1 teaspoons black pepper 3/4 teaspoons cayenne pepper 1/2 tablespoon garlic powder Oil, for frying (I use peanut oil) 4 burger buns (I often use pretzel buns) Instructions In a bowl, combine all the buttermilk marinade ingredients....

November 16, 2021 · 2 min · Greg Hilston

Cinnamon Honey Maple Butter

1/2 cup butter, softened (1 stick) 1/4 cup powdered sugar 1 tbs honey or maple syrup 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/8 tsp salt Fix everything together in a bowl until combined. Serve at room temperature. [originally from here]((https://joyfoodsunshine.com/cinnamon-honey-butter-texas-roadhouse-style/)

November 16, 2021 · 1 min · Greg Hilston

Sugar Cookies

I stumble upon this recipe about a year ago and lost it for a while. I decided to copy it here out of fear of losing it or the original post being taken down. Here’s a gif of the recipe Ingredients 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled for 5 minutes 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar + additional 1/2 cup sugar to roll 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar 2 large eggs 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 3 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons cornstarch 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder Instructions In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer with the cookie whisk attachment, beat together the melted butter, 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar, and the light brown sugar....

December 5, 2020 · 2 min · Greg Hilston

Apple Cider Cinnamon Butternut Squash

For Thanksgiving this year I tried to create a small squash dish by mixing a few recipes together, it ended up being really good! I don’t usually cook, nor do I blog recipes, so cut me some slack. Here’s what I ended up doing: Ingredients 20 oz cut butternut squash 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup butter 1 TBSP flour 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp salt 1 1/2 cup of apple cider Instructions preheat the oven to 350 mix all the ingredients into some glassware able to withstand the oven’s heat cover the glassware in tin foil bake for 30 minutes uncover the tinfoil bake for another 30 minutes drain most of the liquid broil for 5-10 minutes, until desired crispiness on top You should be able to easily stick a fork into the squash at the end...

November 27, 2020 · 1 min · Greg Hilston