Brownies

Today I baked brownies using my brownie mix from Heart, Hands, Home. This is amazing mix, and better than any purchased from the store -and I know exactly what is in it! I also used melted butter instead of the oil.

The Pampered Chef products shown are:
Stoneware large bar pan
Deluxe Mini-Muffin tin

I have the Stoneware cookie sheet and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it, so I was really excited to try out the large bar pan that came in the kit. I really liked how the brownies turned out. They are chewy and the edges are harder, but not tooth-breaking hard. I had too much to fit just in the pan, so I made mini brownie bites. Also were very good -chewy on the inside. I have a pizza cutter that is plastic so it didn't scratch the stoneware at all.

Here is a little bit about Pampered Chef stoneware:
No preheating — just place food on Stoneware and cook. (Dense frozen foods like meat should be thawed first.)

Absorbs and retains heat for even baking and golden crusts.

Draws moisture away from food so it cooks light and crispy.

Virtually nonporous, so it doesn't retain oils, odors or flavors.

Microwave-, freezer-, conventional and convection oven-safe.

Nonstick “seasoning” builds up with every use: the darker it looks, the better it cooks!

The first few times I use a stoneware product, I lightly brush the bottom with olive oil. This is recommended until it builds its own nonstick surface.

So, there you go. My experience with the Stoneware large bar pan and the Delux mini muffin pan. Both were a win with my brownies!! :)

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Pancakes

Does this count as cooking ? ;)
I made pancakes the other day using some of our items from our kit. I used:

classic batter bowl, nylon turner, stainless whisk, easy read measuring cup and measuring spoon

The pancake mix I used is from Heart, Hands, Home. It's fantastic and easy to whip up some yummy pancakes quickly. I tested it out before school starts. I may not always want to wake up and make some pancake batter from scratch.

Of course, I loved everything I used. I really enjoy the measuring cup and spoons. They have a wider opening so it's easy to pour out of containers that have large openings without spilling half the mix, flour, dry ingredients on the counter.
The batter bowl holds 8 cups, so it was a little bigger than I needed. I do not have the smaller batter bowl yet, but this worked even with a lower amount of batter.

So far, I love everything!

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BBQ Chicken Taquitos

These babies are featured in the new Pampered Chef Season's Best Fall 2013 catalog.

They are pretty amazing! There are several other recipes in the catalog that I can't wait to try. Specifically, the s'more cake. Once I get a RockCrok I will make it and post a picture and review.

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Pampered Chef kit is here!

We were very excited when we received our consultant kit. This is going to be a team effort, since my husband is the cook and I am the baker.

We opted for the big consultant kit, which includes:

1-cup Prep Bowl (sample set of two)
Bamboo Small Snack Bowls
Bar Pan – Large
Chef’s Silicone Basting Brush
Chipotle Rub
Classic Batter Bowl
Cutting Board
Deluxe Mini–Muffin Pan
Executive 8” Sauté Pan
Food Holder with Microplane® Coarse
Grater Set
Forger Cutlery – Utility Knife
Garlic Press
Manual Food Processor
Measuring Cups – Easy Read (2 cup
size only)
Measuring Spoon Set
Microplane® Zester
Mini Measure–All® Cup
Mini Serving Spatula
Mini Tart Shaper
Nylon Turner
Pizza Cutter
Season’s Best®
Small Bamboo Spoon Set
Small Mix N’ Scraper®
Simple Slicer
Stackable Cooling Rack
Stainless Whisk
Plus apron and consultant bag

So far, we have played with sampled many of the tools already. I will post in a separate post each time we have used tools in recipes. Of course, Pampered Chef tools can be used for baking and cooking.

I am also excited to use our 20% discount. I have a list of items that I want to sample. We have already replaced many of our old baking/cooking tools from just our kit.


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