Food Flub - Evaporated milk ice cream

So I was hanging out with a friend one night and I wanted to do something random and fun. I had been goofing around on Pinterest (I get a lot of my inspiration there- at least food wise) and came across THIS pin to THIS blog post.

Ice Cream from evaporated milk?!?! Just 2 ingredients and no need for a  this is the greatest thing ever! I must try it!

I rushed through reading the recipe and thought I would be ok to just wing it. I had sugar and I had a can of evaporated milk.

What could go wrong?

Using my handy - dandy Kitchen aid stand mixer passed on to me by my wonderful Grandma Vicki, I whipped the chilled milk then added the sugar and whipped it some more. All in a well chilled bowl.

It looks yummy!

But then we tried it. It tasted like really stale marshmallows. Not very edible. Unless you like stale marshmallows. I would imagine there is someone out there who does. I like a lot of weird things. No judgments but I was disappointed to the max. 

A couple days later I decided to look at the original post again... 

Looking closer I realized that it called for POWDERED sugar... not regular ol' granulated. 

So I will be trying this recipe again. Sometime. 

Sweet Saturday - Cinnamon sticky buns

If you ask my hubby to name his favorite things that I make for him, this recipe will most likely be one of the first things he says.

They are crazy cheap, super easy and can be customized to individual taste easily. I came up with them one day when I was craving monkey bread like my mom used to make, but wanted to do something a little faster and easier. Though I will admit they are NOT very health conscious


Cinnamon Sticky Buns

3/4 cup margarine or softened butter
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tbs cinnamon
1 tube refrigerator biscuits (NOT the flakey or butter flavored ones, the classic buttermilk work best)
1/4 cup maple syrup (optional)


Cream together first 4 ingredients. Spray small casserole (or glass pie pan) and preheat oven according to biscuit directions. Spread 1/3 to 1/2 of sugar mixture on bottom of pan. Separate biscuits and layer on top of sugar mixture pressing slightly. Cover with another layer of sugar mixture. Bake until done (mine took about 4 min longer than the package directions.)
Cool slightly and invert onto plate or platter. Drizzle with maple syrup (optional)

The above is the easy and fast option. 30 min or less. If you have a little more time and are willing to put in a little more effort you can cut the biscuit dough into quarters, roll into balls, coat with butter mixture and put into loaf or bundt pan. It takes some extra time but looks better and provides more flavor.

While it is not healthy (over 250 calories for just 2), it is crazy cheap. The biscuits you can get for less than $1 on sale and the rest which you probably already have in your kitchen amounts to a little over $1.

Sugar mixture:

I always make a little extra and keep it in the fridge. It is good on toast :D

With this batch for some reason I decided to see how it would go if I just spread it on the bottom of each bun. It was still good but Hubby said they werent sticky enough. Do spread a layer on the bottom of the pan. But dont forget to spray it. Been there done that. So much hard cooked on sugar. Had to soak that pan for a while.  

All done! If you want them to be a little more moist you can cover them with foil while cooking. I just like them with a bit of crust. 

Inverted on a plate. YUM! 

These don't fit in with my diet especially since Clint and I tend to just about evenly split the pan (over 500 calories yikes!) but I will eat these every now and again just because they are delicious, cheap and IMO everyone needs a treat every now and then. Its a great saturday morning treat.


<3

Rachel