Teaching Cooking

I have taught basic cooking to my seven children and to classes of elementary children. When my youngest daughter wanted to learn, I found that taking the recipes and making them into a step-by-step format made it easier for her, so here is a blog to hopefully make cooking easier for the beginner.

Saturday, June 30, 2018

Seth's Protein Pancakes


One of my son's has a great recipe that he has developed for his family that meets the needs that they have for breakfast.  His children all love theme and they taste really great!  I just thought it would be good to add it to the blog so the rest of the family has access to it if they want it.

Seth’s Pancakes (12 - 14 Pancakes)

Mix and let sit 5 min:

1 2/3 C Milk
¼ C Apple Cider Vinegar

Mix with milk mixture:

2 TBLS Melted Butter
1/3 C Applesauce
2 Eggs

Mix dry ingredients:

(can be done ahead of time, if desired)


1 C White Flour
¼ C Wheat Flour
¼ C Sugar
2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
½ tsp Salt

Grind and add to dry mix:
(Do not mix with other dry ingredients when storing)

4 tsp Flaxseed
1 C oats

Beat wet ingredients and mix with dry. Then cook like normal pancakes/waffles.

If you want to add extra protein, add protein powder: either whey, soy or vegetable, your choice.


Seth’s Pancakes (5 - 7 pancakes)


Mix and let sit 5 min:

5/6 C Milk
1/8 C Apple Cider Vinegar

Mix with milk mixture:

1 TBLS Melted Butter
1/6 C Applesauce
1 Egg

Beat wet ingredients and mix with dry. Then cook like normal pancakes/waffles.
Mix dry ingredients:
(can be done ahead of time, if desired)

1/2 C White Flour
1/8 C Wheat Flour
1/8 C Sugar
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 tsp Salt

Grind and add to dry mix:
(Do not mix with other dry ingredients when storing)

2 tsp Flaxseed
1/2 C oats


Sunday, June 24, 2018

Cream Cheese Filled Chocolate Cupcakes

Getting ready to leave China, I had 1/2 cup of butter and 8 ounces of cream cheese to use up.  I found a recipe that was similar to this, but I had to make changes for exactly what I had left to use up.  I was pleased with the results.

Cream Cheese Filled Chocolate Cupcakes

1 1/2 c. flour
1 c white sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Mix these all together in a large bowl.  Make sure it is well blended.

In a small bowl:

2 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup cold water
1/2 cup softened butter (this must be butter!  no margarine)
1 tsp vanilla
1TBS apple cider vinegar

Blend together and then add to the flour, sugar, cocoa mixture.  Mix until well blended
Fill lined cupcake pan with about 1/2 inch of batter.  You will have a total of 18-20 cupcakes with batter left over for just a minute.

Mix together:

8 oz of cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar
1/8 tsp salt

Mix with a mixer until the sugar is well blended in. 

Add:

1/2 to 3/4 cup chocolate chips

Put a TBS of the cream cheese/chocolate chip mixture in the batter that is in the cupcake tins.  When all the cream cheese mixture has been added to the batter in the cupcake tins, finish putting the rest of the batter over the top, using up all the rest of the batter. 

If you want, you can add chopped walnuts or pecans to the top of the cupcakes.

Bake for 25-30 minutes at 350 degrees.  Test with a toothpick to see if they are done.  No batter will be sticking to the toothpick if they are done.