Heads up, 7Up.

So we all know I love to bake. Recently, though, I decided I wanted to try baking bread, but I wanted to start off small and work my way up. So I was thumbing through one of my cookbooks and came across a recipe for 7Up Bread. I thought it looked pretty simple, seeing as it only has three ingredients. How could I possibly mess up three ingredients? Well, by not baking it thoroughly. But it was still edible and it was still really good! It didn’t last very long (as we had guests over for dinner that night). Here’s how you do it:

3 Cups of Self-Rising Flour

3 Tablespoons of Sugar

1 Can of 7Up.

Mix it all together… it’ll be all frothy like so to begin with.

But then it’ll be something like this. And super sticky. Whoda thunk it?

Form it into a loaf as best you can, ha!

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Or longer. I should have baked mine longer. Do it till you’re comfortable but don’t blame me if it messes up somehow.

Eat up. It’s good. Seriously. And tell me if you try it!!

Nun's Puffs

I got bored yesterday and decided that I would bake something. This is possibly a bad habit to get into. Baking when bored. Especially as most of what I bake probably aren't the best things to eat when you're trying to lose weight or shape up. Anyway, I pulled out my Better Homes and Gardens cookbook and found a really simple and easy recipe. Would you like to know how to make this?:



yum. It's called "Nun's Puffs".

And here's what you'll need:

1/2 Cup Butter
1 Cup milk
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
4 eggs
1 tablespoon sugar
Honey (optional)

And here's what you do:

1. Preheat oven to 375F. Generously grease twelve 2 1/2-in muffin cups, including the edge and around the top of each cup (I used Baking Pam); set aside. In a medium saucepan, melt butter; add milk. Bring to boiling. Add flour all at once, stirring vigorously. Cook and stir until mixture forms a ball that does not separate. Remove from heat; cool for 5 minutes.



2. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating for 1 minute with a wooden spoon after each addition or until smooth. Divide dough evenly among prepared muffin cups, filling cups about two-thirds full; sprinkle with sugar.



3. Bake about 30 minutes or until golden brown and puffy. Remove from pan. Serve immediately. If desired, serve with honey.



And you bet that honey was desired. Well, for Hubby's. We ran out of honey so I put syrup on mine and it was fantastic. You can just see the honey dripping off of that puff... oh yes, I went there.

Mine turned out tasting rather eggy, so I think these would be absolutely glorious for breakfast.



Mmmmm....