Save your vanilla beans after you scrape out the good stuff inside for another recipe, place the rest of the vanilla bean into a container filled with sugar. Shake the container every so often. After some time, you will see some vanilla flecks in the sugar. Feel free to substitute with some recipes. Donuts and cookies work but a pinch of vanilla sugar in tofu – I don’t think so.
Like most people, I have a lot of bread lying around for various reasons: bought too much or did not eat a lot of bread in the previous week. Rather than throwing it out, make it into breadcrumbs.
Homemade Breadcrumbs
Preheat oven to 350F. Slice bread/rolls into slices. Place slices on baking sheet. Toast each side of the for three minutes. Cool on baking sheet. Rip slices into smaller pieces and place in blender or food processor and turn on until desired crumb size.
Every time I go to the store, I can only find a big container of buttermilk when all I need is a cup. It is really easy to make your own for the quantity you need.
Technique 1: ½ c milk to 1bsp of white vinegar or lemon juice
Technique 2: use a combination of Greek yogurt and milk
Have you run out of cake flour? Are you looking for unbleached cake flour that is hard to find in the stores? Look no further. You can make it with ingredients from your own pantry.
Ingredients:
1 cup of all purpose flour minus two tbsp
2 tbsp of corn starch
Place ingredients into bowl and mix together. Use as needed. This recipe can easily be doubled, tripled, etc. Store in pantry.
If you have searched long and hard for a mini cupcake transporter like I have, you know it is either hard to find or too expensive for your budget. Here is an easy way to transport mini cupcakes that will not break the bank, especially if you use a lot of eggs.
Step 1: Find a egg carton
Step 2: Place mini cupcake (or muffin) into egg slot.
Step 3: Close the egg carton
Step 4: Transport the cupcakes
Step 5: Open the carton and serve
There you go – an easy way to transport mini cupcakes. Just note – you do not have a lot of room in your container for a pile high of frosting.