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Chocolate Cherry Brownie Bombs-Decadent Dessert

Garlic Rosemary Artisan Skillet Bread This artisan-style bread features the aromatic flavors of garlic and rosemary, baked to perfection in a skillet for a delightful crust and tender interior. Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, finely chopped (or more, to taste) 1 ¼ teaspoons kosher salt ¾ teaspoon ground black pepper ½ teaspoon instant yeast 1 ½ cups room-temperature water 2 tablespoons cornmeal Instructions: In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, minced garlic, rosemary, salt, pepper, and yeast. Pour in the water and mix with a wooden spoon or by hand until a sticky, wet dough forms. This should take about 30 seconds. Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and leave it at room temperature for 18-24 hours until the surface of the dough has bubbles. Lightly grease a 10-inch cast iron skillet with oil or nonstick spray, then sprinkle with cornmeal. Transfer the dough to a floured surface and gently shape it into a round. Place the dough in the prepared skillet, cover with a clean dish towel, and let rise at room temperature for 2 hours, or until it doubles in size and holds an indentation when poked. Preheat your oven to 450°F. Bake the bread in the skillet for 30-40 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown.

I made a peach cake with chocolate frosting for Mark’s birthday yesterday. I started on Saturday by making a raspberry syrup to flavor some frosting that served as the filling and crumb coat. Then I made a peach purée that went into the cake batter. When baking the cake, I used homemade cake strips for insulating the outside of the pan. This helps get a more even rise (a flatter top with no domes in the middle of the cake). The cake strips are basically damp paper towels that are wrapped in tin foil and then wrapped around the outside of the pan. I baked the cake on Sunday and then made the frostings and did the assembly yesterday. The peach flavor is very subtle. If I hadn’t baked it myself, I probably wouldn’t have even been able to tell it was a peach cake. I followed a recipe from John Kanell of the Preppy Kitchen. If you Google Preppy Kitchen and Peach Cake you can find the recipe. His videos are quite informative and entertaining. #peachcake #preppykitchen #birthdaycake #bakingadventures, #adventuresinbaking #chocolatefrosting, #chocolateandraspberries https://www.instagram.com/p/CApvx2Hn9If/?igshid=1f15g0lym36hg

Some of the guests last night liked my cupcakes enough to pay me to make them for their granddaughter’s 21st birthday tomorrow! It meant getting up extra early this morning to get started, but I finished long before bedtime, so I’m calling it a win. . . . #amateurbaker #bakingadventures #chocolatecupcakes #vanillabuttercream #diychocolatenumbers

Forgot to post this photo from this morning. I made bread and it's good! #bakingadventures #adamlearnstofood

So apparently in order to make heart cookies you need a heart (cookie cutter, that is). My "heart" cookies ended up being moons, except for the few end pieces of batter that I shaped into giant ❤s... Still don't know why it called for green icing and orange dots. Ah well. #bakingadventures