Popovers - February Daring Bakers Challenge

The Daring Bakers’ February 2012 host was – Lis! Lisa stepped in last minute and challenged us to create a quick bread we could call our own. She supplied us with a base recipe and shared some recipes she loves from various websites and encouraged us to build upon them and create new flavor profiles.

I used a very simple recipe from allrecipes.com:

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

They came out very pretty and tasting hot and yummy, but disappointingly plain. I have a recipe for chocolate popovers somewhere... I plan to find it!!!

Trail Mix Bark

Art? Maybe... Leftovers? Definitely! This is what happens when you have left over trail mix and chocolate.

Almond Biscotti Deliciousness

I found this recipe on allrecipes.com and modified it for my preferences:

• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp almond extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
•   2teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup almonds, chopped

Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, vanilla, almond extract. Mix together the dry ingredients and add to the wet. Form into two logs about 4 in wide, 12 inches long and 1/2 inch thick.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Then slice, turn on the side and bake again for another 10 minutes. It really helps to slice the logs with a pastry scraper.