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9-4: Swedish Meatballs

Jamie Martin Group 09: Ground Meat & Sausage, Section 2: Main Courses January 18, 2016July 5, 2020Alton Brown, appetizers, beef, black pepper, bread crumbs, butter, deglazed, dinner, fairly easy, fairly inexpensive, grated, gravy, ground beef, ground meat, lunch, meatballs, pan-fried, party food, reduced, salt, Swedish, untested, veal, white bread, white pepper, yellow onions

There seem to be a lot of differing interpretations of Swedish meatballs out there. Serious Eats runs into the same dilemma and ups the meatball’s game with umami and acidic flavors; Alton Brown stays simple and sticks to earthier allspice and nutmeg. Both soak the white bread in milk (panade) before adding it to the meat mix, whereas 9-4: Swedish Meatballs swaps the milk for water and keeps the spices restrained simply to salt and pepper. This doesn’t bode well.

Simply Delicious, you can’t call it an “original recipe” when the only original thing about it is how bland and unseasoned it is. I made these as a requested dish for someone else, and was provided only ground beef (their preference) as opposed to a mix of meats with which to make them. As a result, they were even LESS exciting–it’s a good thing the requestor digs bland food.

14-12: Bread Pudding with Rum Sauce

Jamie Martin Group 14: Hot Desserts, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods January 15, 2016July 30, 2020breads, butter, cinnamon, coconut, coconut milk, coconut oil, dessert, egg yolks, eggs, fairly easy, fairly inexpensive, fall, granulated sugar, grated, hot desserts, liquor, melted, milk, mounted, nutmeg, orange juice, powdered sugar, pudding, raisins, rum, untested, vanilla extract, vegetarian, white bread, zested

Happy New Year! For 2016, I decided to start the year off making something happen that I’ve been intending to do for a while: migrate this blog to its own site and off of Tumblr. I’m still going to crosspost to Tumblr, but all new entries will be natively posted here on simplydeliciouscookbook.com.

My first entry of 2016 and on my new site will also introduce a new category: Hot Desserts. This recipe is 14-12: Bread Pudding with Rum Sauce, and these pictures are actually from Thanksgiving 2015. It took me a while to get back to this one after the holiday baking extravaganza in December.

I made this as my Thanksgiving dessert contribution–both my dad and husband LOVE bread pudding. This one came out a bit strange, but that’s mostly due to poor pan choice.

16-45: Colonial Apple Cake

Jamie Martin Group 16: Pies & Cakes, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods December 27, 2015November 6, 2020all-purpose flour, American, apples, autumn, baked goods, baking powder, baking soda, butter, cakes, cloves, cocoa powder, coffee, creamed, dates, dessert, dried spices, easy, eggs, fairly inexpensive, fall, frosted, granulated sugar, party food, pecans, powdered sugar, toasted, unsweetened, untested, vanilla extract, vegetarian, whipped, whipping cream

Looking for a way to use up some apples? 🍏 🍎 16-45: Colonial Apple Cake is an easy way to do that with some very classic-looking results. This even looks like something American colonists would have eaten (take it from a former U.S. history teacher).

I made this to take to a get-together, but it’d even be nice as a simple birthday cake or for a dinner party.

EDIT: 16-45: Raspberry Tartlettes is also #45 for Group 16–someone at Simply Delicious messed up their numbering.

17-31: Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Jamie Martin Group 17: Baked Goods, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods December 24, 2015September 13, 2020all-purpose flour, baked goods, baking soda, brown sugar, butter, chocolate, Christmas, Christmas Eve, cocoa powder, cookies, creamed, easy, eggs, fairly inexpensive, gift ideas, Glendale apt, holiday baking, oatmeal, oatmeal raisin, orange juice, pecans, raisins, revisited, rolled oats, salt, snacks, unsweetened, vanilla extract, vegetarian, walnuts, XMAS 15

The only chocolate-containing component in my holiday baked goods assortment, 17-31: Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies are honestly pretty good any time of year. So if you’re reading this at some other time of year besides Christmas Eve, don’t feel like you can’t make these.

I found a way to mess these up as well (seems like this year I had a hard time with some things that should have been really easy), but I’ve made them before previously to this, and both times (then and now) they’re still definitely very edible and good.

17-52: Apricot Macaroons

Jamie Martin Group 17: Baked Goods, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods December 23, 2015November 8, 2020all-purpose flour, almond paste, apricots, baked goods, butter, chilled, Christmas, cookies, egg whites, fairly easy, fairly inexpensive, gift ideas, granulated sugar, holiday baking, jam/jelly/preserves, macaroons, parchment paper, pastry bag, untested, vegetarian, XMAS 15

This recipe is another Simply Delicious “take” on something that already largely exists in a slightly different form. These aren’t really these kind of macaroons (the Passover kind). They’re not these kind of macarons (the French kind) either.

17-52: Apricot Macaroons were part of my big batch of assorted baked goods that I made as gifts for people this year–you can find the others linked at the end of this entry.

Mine were a horror show compared to the picture on the card–I blame poor tools (my pastry bag blew its side out early on, rendering it useless and me bagless) even though any chef knows that’s a cop-out. I also blame exhaustion–these were the last ones I made of all of the recipes.

17-43: Orange Date Quick Bread

Jamie Martin Group 17: Baked Goods, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods December 21, 2015September 21, 2020all-purpose flour, baked goods, baking powder, baking soda, breads, breakfast, butter, Christmas, creamed, dates, dessert, easy, eggs, fairly inexpensive, gift ideas, granulated sugar, grated, holiday baking, loaf pan, muffins, nuts, orange juice, oranges, quick breads, snacks, untested, vegetarian, walnuts, winter, XMAS 15, zested

I’ve made quick bread from Simply Delicious before (17-51: Three Palms Quick Bread) and it turned out well–this recipe is no exception. 17-43: Orange Date Quick Bread is part of my big batch of assorted baked goods that I made as gifts for people this year–you can find the others linked at the end of this entry.

I chose to include this recipe in my holiday gifts this year because I wanted to include some different textures, flavors, and shapes, as well as reflecting the abundance of citrus fruit during winter in California. 🍊

17-53: Spiced Whole Wheat Muffins

Jamie Martin Group 17: Baked Goods, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods November 19, 2015November 8, 2020all-purpose flour, allspice, autumn, baked goods, baking powder, breakfast, canola oil, cinnamon, cocoa powder, dates, dessert, dried fruit, easy, eggs, fairly inexpensive, fall, gift ideas, ginger, granulated sugar, mace, milk, muffins, nutmeg, nuts, pumpkin spice, raisins, salt, snacks, spice blends, unsweetened, untested, vegetable oil, vegetarian, whole wheat flour

Another recipe that I intended to cover earlier (when it was more relevant). Whatever, you can totally still eat 17-53: Spiced Whole Wheat Muffins in mid-to-late November.

The recipe card says “not-too-sweet”…they’re not kidding. These are good, but only if you have some preserves or butter to go along with it. On their own, they’re a bit…dry.

17-51: Three Palms Quick Bread

Jamie Martin Group 17: Baked Goods, Section 3: Desserts & Baked Goods October 6, 2015September 21, 2020all-purpose flour, baked goods, baking powder, baking soda, bananas, breads, breakfast, buttermilk, coconut, creamed, dates, dessert, eggs, fairly easy, fairly inexpensive, granulated sugar, loaf pan, quick breads, shortening, sifted, snacks, untested, vanilla extract, vegetarian, yogurt

17-51: Three Palms Quick Bread tastes delicious, but took forever to end up making, since I never seemed to have bananas, dates, and coconut all at the same time. 🌴

If you like banana bread, this is a really good take on that. Plus, 3 palms instead of 1! Such a deal! 👍

4-2: Green Beans with Hazelnut Butter

Jamie Martin Group 04: Potatoes & Vegetables, Section 1: Appetizers & Starters September 15, 2015April 13, 20204-6-09 dinner, blanched, butter, cilantro, dinner, easy, fairly inexpensive, favorites, green beans, hazelnuts, Italian parsley, lemon juice, lemons, lunch, melted, nuts, parsley, pecans, revisited, roach motel apt, salt, sautéed, side dish, snipped, string beans, sweet butter, tender-crisp, vegetables, vegetarian, walnuts

This recipe, 4-2: Green Beans with Hazelnut Butter along with 7-55: Sunday Pork Stew and 4-4: Scalloped Parsley Potatoes were my first attempt at trying to do 3 of these entry recipes at once. It ended up being harder to do than I thought.

One I’ve made before, about 6 years ago along with 6-40: Peppercorn Chicken Breasts and some other ones. I really like this technique/flavor profile–I use it a lot, even when I’m not documenting it for the Internet.

9-28: Stuffed Meat Loaf

Jamie Martin Group 09: Ground Meat & Sausage, Section 2: Main Courses August 25, 2015July 6, 2020apples, bacon, basil, black pepper, bread crumbs, chopped, diced, dinner, dried herbs, dry mustard, eggs, fairly easy, fairly inexpensive, garlic, ground beef, ground meat, ground pork, ground turkey, herbs and spices, lunch, mashed potatoes, meatloaf, panko, parsley, potatoes, salt, sliced, steam-baked, stuffed, stuffing, thyme, untested, white bread, yellow mustard, yellow onions

I grew up with turkey meatloaf. You probably grew up with some version of a loaf of meat. 9-28: Stuffed Meatloaf doesn’t stray too far from the traditional mold.

I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t be too thrilled if the planned dinner for a party was a meatloaf. Don’t get me wrong, I’d appreciate the gesture. However, it’s tough to get excited about…meatloaf.