No-Frills Recipes ... cooking, baking & excerpts on travel

I chanced upon a recipe from Joanie for Guinness Stout Brownies and since I had all the ingredients at hand, I didn't hesitate to give it a try.  I had baked cakes and bread with Stout, so why not add a Brownie to the list....mmm These crust cracked  Brownies are superb, moist and full of choco flavour but without the slightest  trace of stout at all, which means you can indulge in them at any time of the day! Recipe for Guinness Stout Brownies (adapted from Joanie with slight modification) Ingredients 1 can of Guinness Stout 12 oz chocolate, chopped 8 oz butter 1 cup/8 oz brown sugar (reduced from 1.1/2 cups) 3 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 4 oz plain flour 1/8  tsp salt Icing sugar Method Bring stout to the boil with 2 oz brown sugar, simmer till 3/4 cup.  Let cool. Sift the flour with the salt, set aside. Microwave chocolate and butter, stirring in between till melted. Whisk eggs with the balance of brown sugar in a m...

I stumbled upon this Guinness Tea Loaf recipe from ' The Secret Tea Room'.  Not only does this loaf  taste soft and moist with only a slight tinge of stout, it's extremely easy to make.   I've tweaked the method a little and reduced the amount of sugar in the recipe.  Hope some of you may like to try it and I'll be glad to have your feedback! Recipe for Guinness  Tea Loaf   ( adapted from  The Secret Tea Room   with  modification) Ingredients 60 gm raisins, chopped 60 gm pitted dates, chopped 165 ml Guinness stout 1 egg lightly beaten 135 gm self-raising flour 100 gm light brown sugar Icing sugar (optional) Method Add Guinness stout to dried fruits, cover and leave overnight in the refrigerator. Sift the flour into a mixing bowl and stir in the sugar to mix well. Mix in the beaten egg followed by the Guinness and dried fruits.  Stir just to combine. Pour into...

Have you ever tried making cookies with booze?  I did, as I had all the ingredients at hand and moreover I was dying to get rid of the Guinness in my fridge.   No regrets when I was greeted with 'tipsy', chewy and aromatic cookies!

More often than not this dish is served by either deepfrying the marinated spare ribs, grilling or barbecueing  them in your patio.  I prepared mine differently.  Marinated them with Oriental sauces  and chose an easy way out by cooking them in a pot, fuss-free!

G uinness stout beer bread .....My first attempt at baking with Guinness stout.  This is a no- yeast bread, very simple and quick to prepare.  It also saves a lot of time as being without yeast, there's no necessity for the dough to prove.  I made this all within 1.15 hrs.