River Sand ~ Final Fantasy










I used the same recipe from Skyrim's Boiled cream treat. To me, this dessert looks like a rocky and sandy riverbed. 


2 c milk
1/4 c white sugar
3 eggs
1/2 c flour
1/3 c white sugar
2 tbs butter
1 tsp vanilla extract





You will need:









In a heavy saucepan, stir together the milk and 1/4 cup of sugar.

Bring to a boil over medium heat.










In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs.
Stir together the remaining sugar and flour; then stir them into the egg until smooth.







When the milk comes to a boil, drizzle it into the bowl in a thin stream while mixing so that you do not cook the eggs.








Return the mixture to the saucepan, and slowly bring to a boil, stirring constantly so the eggs don' t curdle or scorch on the bottom.







When the mixture comes to a boil and thickens, remove from the heat.









Stir in the butter and vanilla, mixing until the butter is completely blended in.
Pour into a heat-proof container and place a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface to prevent a skin from forming.








I put a couple handfuls of vanilla wafers in a bag and crushed them with a rolling pin. 
I used an empty bread bag, I recycle.







Put a few crushed vanilla wafers in the bottom of a bowl.







Then a few scoops of pudding.




Edible River Sand. Yum!




And top it off with more crushed vanilla wafers. 




Skyrim ~ Sweet Roll

When planning this recipe my first thought was a cinnamon roll, that is what I thought the in game sweet roll looked like. But, I did not ant to make another cinnamon roll recipe so here is my take on Skyrim's sweet roll. 

It is similar to a Hawaiian Sweet Roll but I altered the recipe a bit. I also iced one with some pineapple flavored icing but the rolls just plain are quite sweet and pineapple-y.



Here is the iced one. 




You will need:



2 (.25 ounce) envelopes active dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)

3 eggs
11/2 cup pineapple juice
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

6 cups all-purpose flour





In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. 
Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
When it smells like funky beer. It's ready.





In a large bowl, beat the yeast mixture, eggs, pineapple juice, sugar, ginger, vanilla.





The is what the dough looks like after 3 cups of flour have been added.


 

Here is the full 6 cups.
Gradually stir in flour until a stiff batter is formed   





Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place for 1 1/2 hours.
See how much higher it is. Yay!





Turn the dough onto a well floured surface. It will be sticky and stretchy. Use a knife or pull it apart to make balls. 




Divide the dough into 2 - 2 1/2oz pieces and form loosely into round balls.
Don't have a food scale. It is about the 2 inches in diameter or you can cup it in the palm of your hand. 
It doesn't have to be perfect. 
You can eyeball them so they are close to the same size.





Place the balls into a lightly greased cake pans or dish. 




Cover the rolls with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.




Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes until tops are golden brown.




Yum!



Final Fantasy ~ Dark Pretzel



Delicious stack of chocolate. 
It may be a dark pretzel but it makes me happy just thinking about it.




You will need:

Pretzel Rods or Large Twists, makes 24
I used rods, for personal preference. When I buy the large twisted pretzels, they are often smashed.
Bag of melting chocolate or 2 bags of chocolate chips
Oreos, crushed




Set the chocolate on a double boiler and melt.
Remove from heat when melted.




Crush Oreos into small pieces.




I used a spoon to pour the chocolate over the pretzel rod. My pan wasn't big enough to dip.
I also wanted a bit of uncovered pretzel to hold onto.




Working quickly~
Lay chocolate pretzel onto crushed cookies and roll or toss cookies on top of it.
Move to drying tray or lined pan.
This does go fast, if you hold the pretzels to long the cookies will slide off.
We can't have that!




I let mine dry for about an hour and a half. I watched to 45 minutes shows of Netflix.
Yes, I go by Netflix time.
And that were completely dry. After then posed for the photos. I boxed them up and refrigerated them.
Don't frees them. That is how chocolate gets weird and develops white spots. I don't know why, it just does.
They will be fine for weeks in an air tight container in the fridge.


Yum!

Pick Me, Meme!


Live from Gnomeaggedon!

I was linked from Martha.net on their Meme.


I have a confession to make. This is just between you & I right? Good. I have no idea what a Meme is or a 6th degree. Images of Drew Carey and Kevin Bacon dance around my noggin.

I was a little confused if I am supposed to post a photo from my pictures folder or my WoW screenshot folder.
So I did both.

Here is my 6th photo from my 6th folder. I'm so glad it was a normal photo and not some random crazy photo of me dancing in the kitchen with a mixer beater as a microphone.
This photo is from a Star Wars recipe post called Muja Muffins.




And here is my 6th screen shot. I took it the day they changed tree form. I like the new tree form. It is different but I do use the "treant" form because I do alot of PvP battlegrounds and I stood out like a target in the middle of Arathi Basin.




Horde: Where is the healer?
Other Horde: It's the giant 8 foot purple tree that towers over everyone else. Can't miss it & easy to target.
Me: Oh F$#K

The next 6 bloggers. Went over the squashed peacock of a diagram and picked a few of my favorite blogs that haven't already been picked.

The Ready Check

Bossy Pally and the Giant Spoon

Postcards from Azeroth

Warchief Command Board

I am not just a Warcraft blog so I am adding in two Star Wars blogs that I follow.
Use them if you wish.

Button Mashers of the Empire

Hawtpants of the Old Republic