Simply Simple Pineapple Cupcakes

How about pineapple cake that isn't upside-down cake or coconut-pineapple combo (piña colada-ish)? This recipe uses a standard recipe for yellow cake mix and crushed pineapple. Pineapple juice replaces the water. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Watermelon Pick N Cut

*** 9/4/2016
Accompanying video now available at YouTube—"Watermelon Pick N Cut" 
 

It's a good time of the year to have your pick of watermelons for quality, quantity, and price. My picking method is the one that a cousin told me about her father using—"Pick the ugly one." My method of cutting chunks and storing unused the unused portion for later cuts helps prevent mushiness, thus, extending the refrigerator life of the melon. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Krusteaz Choco Caramel Squares

These sweet-tooth munchies have a fudge-brownie cooky base, topped with non-nut nougat and chopped nuts. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Minty Choco Chip Cake Mix Cookies

This recipe uses the other half of chocolattey cake mix that I used in the choco cranberry sauce cake mix cupcakes. Also uses half chocolate chips and half crème de menthe baking chips. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

EZ Pineapple Cupcakes

Recipe for moist, easy-to-prepare, yummy pineapple cupcakes. They're rich-tasting and need no frosting for additional flavor. Ingredients and steps are few. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2014/04/ez-pineapple-cupcakes.html and comment there, please.

Gluten-Free Waffle Grid Tortillas

The waffle grid comes from using a waffle-cone maker, but not the cone shaper. These tortillas, made with rice flour, are thin and pliable, like crepes. They stick to themselves with a mild PostIt stickiness. The stickiness makes for keeping rollup shapes together, making them good for rolling up fillings. The sesame oil provides an aromatic flavor. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/11/gluten-free-waffle-grid-tortillas.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--3rd Week Higher Up

The pixstrip shows the agave triplets pic from March 11 and March 18. Do a visual comparison of heights of the plants between the picture on the left and the one on the right. The increased height looks to be about the height of the sign on the right. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/07/century-plant-triplets-3rd-week-higher_28.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--2nd Week

The pixstrip shows the agave triplets pic from March 4 and two from March 11. Do a visual comparison of heights of the two pictures on the left. … The picture on the right shows the March 11 image with additional skyward background for height reference. As my series continues, pictures will show sprouting progress, more than looking like giant asparagus shoots.

Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/07/century-plant-triplets-2nd-week.html and comment there, please.

Diff Kinda Choco-chip Cake Mix Cookies

Another cake mix cooky recipe, this one features marble cake mix, chocolate chips, and coconut. I also include a table with caloric info if including the chips and coconut, omitting one or the other, or both. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/06/diff-kinda-choco-chip-cake-mix-cookies.html and comment there, please.

Escaling and Coupons

Typography types out there? Remember E scales? I've sprinkled a few comments about typography and coupons and included some example images. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/06/escaling-and-coupons.html and comment there, please.

Square Mini and Whoopie Muffin Experiment

This article describes my experiment of using cake mix for making muffins in a whoopie pan and a silicone pan that has square wells. If Elaine had whoopie pans, she might have been able to bake only muffin tops instead of whole muffins that she couldn't get rid of the stems. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/03/square-mini-and-whoopie-muffin.html and comment there, please.

Tubular Waffle Grid Wafers 2

This recipe is a followup to the one I published in August, when I used test tubes for helping shape the wafers. (I wanted to use my waffle cone appliance to make shapes besides waffle cones.) This time, I used a 3 x 8 grid text tube rack for holding the shapes.

The rack is open air, better for air circulation and avoiding trapping steam than the set of test tubes I used previously. Also, the 24 vertical cavities means I can stand up a lot more tubular wafers. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/01/tubular-waffle-grid-wafers-2.html and comment there, please.

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Mini-muffins

This snack is a hybrid of chocolate chip cookies and muffins—a long-time favorite cooky, but softer, and in a smaller, bite-size shape. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2012/11/chocolate-chip-oatmeal-mini-muffins.html and comment there, please.

Baker's Dozen Halloween YouTube Links

YouTube playlist for this article, playlist compilation article

My list of 13 YouTube videos for the Halloween season has classic favorites and some obscure ones. I have also compiled the list into a YouTube playlist. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2012/10/bakers-dozen-halloween-youtube-links.html and comment there, please.

4-ingredient Raspberry Chocolate Fudge

This recipe is a variation of the Convenient Fudge recipe that I published nearly a year ago. Caramel, peanuts, and chocolate were in the fudge, although I omitted brand IDs. This time, I'm calling out brand names and products—Duncan Hines' Frosting Creations mix of raspberry powder {"Flavor MIx") and the base frosting ("Frosting Starter"), Kraft marshmallows, and Wilton meltable candies (chocolate this time).

Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2012/10/4-ingredient-raspberry-chocolate-fudge.html and comment there, please.

Creating a YouTube Playlist PDQ

Use repeatable steps with minimal keystrokes for creating a YouTube playlist—my PDQ (pretty darn quick) method. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Tubular Waffle Grid Wafers

These tubes are soft rollups that you can spread frosting or other sweet filling in. The softness comes from rolling up baked waffle-cone wafers and dropping them into cylinders that are narrow enough for steam to stay in. For my recipe, I used color-coded 1-inch diameter test tubes. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2012/08/tubular-waffle-grid-wafers.html and comment there, please.

Simplest Scratch Oatmeal Cookies

This oatmeal cooky recipe uses the minimal amount of ingredients, for those who want a nekkid cooky that has lots of oatmeal …. As a bonus, I include information for resoftening a brown sugar brick into its spoonable form. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2012/07/simplest-scratch-oatmeal-cookies.html and comment there, please.

Macaroons (egg whites replacement)

Last month, I offered up cake mix macaroon cookies, and I mentioned gluey coconut clumps in context of macaroons. I still think macaroons are gluey and clumpy, but my results taste better than macaroons I remember from way back. This recipe includes information for substituting egg whites with Wilton meringue powder. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2012/07/macaroons-egg-whites-replacement.html and comment there, please.

Lemon Poppyseed Mini-cupcakes

My recipe calls for following the instructions for boxed lemon cake mix and adding two tablespoons of poppy seeds. Box mixes usually omit information about mini-cupcakes, which are about 1/3 the volume of regular cupcakes (2 1/2 x 1 1/4). The mini-cupcake size is 1 3/4 x 1. This article includes also includes mini-cupcake baking times, yields, and paper liner vs. oil vs. oil/flour methods.

Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2012/06/lemon-poppyseed-mini-cupcakes.html and comment there, please.