Quiche (Kiesh)!!!!

You say Quiche: I say Kiesh.... tomato; tamato... I really don't understand why it would be spelled that way other than to randomly confuse people and that's just mean :( who would do that?  Anyway after i learned how it was spelled I overlooked how mean it was of the person who named it and actually did end up making a kiesh (yes that's how I'm going to spell it now because it's the only was that makes sense to me)... AND IT WAS DELICIOUS!!!!!! I'm not actually an egg person but this was just incredible. It was way better than the big ones because I think the little ones soaked up the flavors.

So you're probably wondering why in the world i would be making something savory. Well the simple answer is this; family... female family. My mom and grandma were saying that because it was just thanksgiving and a ton of pie and crap like that. Welllllll personally I really don't thin too making baked goods is really in good sense but honestly I guess it was a well executed break from sweets and I liked the savory...

 

So I made them tiny.... Otherwise they wouldn't be me.  

I thought the pie crust would be hard but I found a really great pie crust with no butter.

And this is all I needed for it. I love small amount of ingredients. It also only used 1 bowl :)

Look how cool the milk and oil looked together! Bubbles!

There's the dough when I thought it was working out...

And there it is when I rolled it out.... As you can see it didn't really work out. So I called in the big guns

MORE MILK.

So if you need to do that it sure did work out for me!

Then comes the eggs in the middle...

They just don't look as pretty as cupcakes or mini pies...

But they are good enough for me!

almost.

Once again cute but not quite as pretty.

But delicious!

Down to every

                                         
                                                                                      Last

Bite <3

I ate so many of those it's probably dangerous... okay only 3 but they are really filling. But in summary, these little guys were pretty good! I satisfied my family and myself by baking the crusts! I guess it was a win win recipe which means I had a good day! Hope you can use this, enjoy! :)

Recipe

Oven preheated at 350 degrees

Crust

1 1/3 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup canola oil

3 tablespoons skim milk

Combine flour and salt in the bowl. Blend milk and oil in a liquid measuring cup (or a small bowl). Add milk and oil to flour and salt. Stir (or play with it like play dough like I did then squish it into a ball ;p) until it forms a ball. (at this point you may need to add like a tablespoon more of milk if it's not forming a ball). Press into a pancake and roll out dough in between two pieces of wax paper. Cut squares of dough and press into a well buttered muffin tin. Cover with plastic wrap and let chill for 10 minutes. Put in oven for a couple minutes or until the dough hardens just slightly. Set aside. (this was really easy don't even worry)

Filling

4 eggs

2/3 cups milk

1 cup (or so) shredded sharp cheddar cheese

1/4 cup chopped sliced ham

2 tablespoons chopped sundried tomatoes

Whisk eggs in a medium size bowl. Add in milk and continue to whisk. Add in ham, tomatoes, and cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Pour into pie crusts about 3/4 of the way from the top. Sprinkle on extra shredded cheese. Bake for 20-23 minutes. Let cool and serve warm. Enjoy! yummmmm =)

Don't be scared of them just try it wasn't that hard don't worry. Enjoy!

Chai Tea Frosted Cupcakes

Yay my first post! I thought I would start off with my most recent creation that I have told my entire extended family and even they are sick about hearing it by now. It was my exuasted topic at the thanksgiving table... Anyway this will be your first time hearing it so it hopefully won't be boring for you!

                                       Here is my new favorite cupcake with my new favorite frosting!


It's like someone wrapped up my favorite kind of cozy sunday afternoon into a cupcake... sighh...

I also didnt want to leave it with just plain frosting (which was a tiinnny bit melty but still delicious) ,so i sprinkled it with cinnamon so the frosting wouldn't be lonely.

                                                                  This cupcake IS my life.

Seriously.

So my idea with this recipe was to make a cupcake (my favorite dessert EVER, because they're just I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E) incorperating the great taste of my favorite tea; chai. I also had to keep in mind that I couldn't make much of a mess and that I didn't want to do dishes. (For me that is the worst part of baking and so I truly love this recipe). So I was looking up cupcakes with a small yield and I come across the most darling recipe by "Baker Girl" for exactly 2 vanilla cupcakes. I used that recipe for the cake and I used a vanilla frosting recipe for 2 and added in the spices in chai tea. Turns out this is like THE EASIEST CUPCAKE EVER '-'!!! Did I mention I'm in love with it?

                                                They are just so darling because there are only 2!
I hope you're a fan of chai tea like me and you can use this recipe as often as I do. It's a kind of dangerous recipe for me because every time I make chai tea I feel as if I just HAVE to bake these cupcakes to go along with it. Hopefully you don't drink as much chai tea as I do.

I'm also going to put in a variation of the frosting recipe in case (for what ever supernatural reason) you didn't like the chai frosting, for a chocolate frosting which will also go well with the vanilla cupcakes.

                                                                              Hope you like it!

Recipe
Cupcakes
1 egg white
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup flour
1/4 heaping teaspoon (don't scrape the top) baking teaspoon
Pinch of salt
1 1/2 tablespoons milk

Oven preheated at 350 degrees F (because I don't know how to make the degree sign ;p)

You only need: ONE medium sized bowl, a whisk, measuring spoons, 1/4 cup, a bowl scraper, (NO ELECTRIC MIXER!!!!)

In the bowl, add egg white and sugar, whisk together. Add in vanilla and melted butter and continue to whisk. Add in flour, baking powder, and salt and continue to whisk until everything is combined. Whisk in milk. Pour batter evenly between 2 cupcake liners.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until a toothpick comes clean out of the cupcake. Let cool on a rack and frost with one of the recipes for frosting below.

Frosting
1 tablespoon melted butter
3 1/2 tablespoons confectioners sugar
1 teaspoon half and half or milk
Dash of salt
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ginger
1/8 teaspoon cardamon
a little less than 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

You only need: ONE small bowl, a whisk, and measuring spoons. (once again, NO ELECTRIC MIXER!= joy '-')

Add all ingredients to melted butter in a small bowl and whisk, adding confectioners sugar slowly and whisking as you go. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and put in refrigerator for 10 minutes to set. Take out and whisk again. Pipe or spread onto cupcake. Eat with a cozy mug of chai tea!

If you don't like the chai frosting, you can use all the same ingredients in the first frosting with no spices and these changes:

Add

1 tablespoon + 2 teaspoons cocoa powder

Only add

3 tablespoons confectioners sugar

Enjoy your cozy little cupcakes!