Cooking with bourbon

[Richnimrod]

14 hours ago, flahute said:

Every year my wife makes a bourbon pecan pie at Thanksgiving. Every year I hand her either WTRB or WT101. It was 101 this year.

I for one am totally envious!   I wish I could partake.     Please tell me how wonderful it was... and spare no detail, no matter how insignificant it may seem.      Thanx in advance.  

[flahute]

8 hours ago, Richnimrod said:

I for one am totally envious!   I wish I could partake.     Please tell me how wonderful it was... and spare no detail, no matter how insignificant it may seem.      Thanx in advance.  

Ambrosia. This may be the only pie I ever need.

(OK....I need more than one pie but it really is that good.)

[HoustonNit]

Peach bourbon glaze.

[marshall9779]

The wife made some bourbon, chocolate chunk and pecan cookies before Christmas. She used some OE7BP for that batch. She’s said they were a lot of work and wouldn’t be made again. Well, She surprised me for V-day today with another batch. She couldn’t remember what she used last time. She grabbed some LBP. Will be enjoying later after a nice diner.

[Kane]

21 minutes ago, marshall9779 said:

The wife made some bourbon, chocolate chunk and pecan cookies before Christmas. She used some OE7BP for that batch. She’s said they were a lot of work and wouldn’t be made again. Well, She surprised me for V-day today with another batch. She couldn’t remember what she used last time. She grabbed some LBP. Will be enjoying later after a nice diner.

Those look AMAZING. Chunky. I've never heard of bourbon cookies.

[GaryT]

14 hours ago, marshall9779 said:

The wife made some bourbon, chocolate chunk and pecan cookies before Christmas. She used some OE7BP for that batch. She’s said they were a lot of work and wouldn’t be made again. Well, She surprised me for V-day today with another batch. She couldn’t remember what she used last time. She grabbed some LBP. Will be enjoying later after a nice diner.

Any chance you get get the recipe she used?

 

I've used bourbon soaked raisins/craisins in oatmeal raisin cookies for years (in fact baked some this morning for a gathering tonight!), and have done bourbon fudge - but those look amazing!  

[marshall9779]

Any chance you get get the recipe she used?
 
I've used bourbon soaked raisins/craisins in oatmeal raisin cookies for years (in fact baked some this morning for a gathering tonight!), and have done bourbon fudge - but those look amazing!  

I’ll see if I can get it.

[marshall9779]

Any chance you get get the recipe she used?
 
I've used bourbon soaked raisins/craisins in oatmeal raisin cookies for years (in fact baked some this morning for a gathering tonight!), and have done bourbon fudge - but those look amazing!  

Here’s the recipe.

https://blog.williams-sonoma.com/12-days-cookies-baker-natures-brown-butter-bourbon-pecan-chocolate-chunk-cookies/

[GaryT]

1 hour ago, marshall9779 said:

Here’s the recipe.

https://blog.williams-sonoma.com/12-days-cookies-baker-natures-brown-butter-bourbon-pecan-chocolate-chunk-cookies/

Awesome - thanks chief!  Definitely going to have to give this a try!  I can see where the brown butter is an extra pain in the @#$%, but sounds like they're well worth it!

[HoustonNit]

Here’s the recipe.

https://blog.williams-sonoma.com/12-days-cookies-baker-natures-brown-butter-bourbon-pecan-chocolate-chunk-cookies/

Thanks for this.

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[0895]

On 2/15/2020 at 1:08 PM, marshall9779 said:

Here’s the recipe.

https://blog.williams-sonoma.com/12-days-cookies-baker-natures-brown-butter-bourbon-pecan-chocolate-chunk-cookies/

Finally got around to making these today.

Pretty darn good!

Made some brown butter banana bread as well, while I was at it.

I bet you’s guys just use regular shelf stock bourbon for cooking.... 

 

 

[marshall9779]

11 hours ago, 0895 said:

Finally got around to making these today.

Pretty darn good!

Made some brown butter banana bread as well, while I was at it.

I bet you’s guys just use regular shelf stock bourbon for cooking.... 

 

 

Nice. 

[0895]

6 hours ago, marshall9779 said:

Nice. 

(I actually followed your wife’s lead and used OE 7y BS.

I like how rich and flavorful it is, and thought it would work well.)

[JCwhammie]

19 hours ago, 0895 said:

Finally got around to making these today.

Pretty darn good!

Made some brown butter banana bread as well, while I was at it.

I bet you’s guys just use regular shelf stock bourbon for cooking.... 

 

 

Damn... I love banana nut bread

[Clueby]

Made some bourbon banana nut bread last week.  Had fresh ground cardamom and almond flour. Used Early Times BIB. If I make it again I won't do the banana slides embedded in the top. They didn't last beyond a day or so before they got kinda gooey. The bread itself was good. Wife didn't care for it so about half of it went to waste. I should have frozen it.

[0895]

On 4/30/2020 at 11:39 AM, Clueby said:

Made some bourbon banana nut bread last week.  Had fresh ground cardamom and almond flour. Used Early Times BIB. If I make it again I won't do the banana slides embedded in the top. They didn't last beyond a day or so before they got kinda gooey. The bread itself was good. Wife didn't care for it so about half of it went to waste. I should have frozen it.

interesting.

im glad you commented on the long cut bananas, because I thought about it (After seeing yours) for a few seconds before I made mine.

My recipe called for caramelized brown sugar chopped pieces of banana though, and ultimately I decided that was more my style.

I bet the ET BiB is great for cooking.

[Clueby]

3 minutes ago, 0895 said:

interesting.

im glad you commented on the long cut bananas, because I thought about it (After seeing yours) for a few seconds before I made mine.

My recipe called for caramelized brown sugar chopped pieces of banana though, and ultimately I decided that was more my style.

I bet the ET BiB is great for cooking.

It did work pretty well. If I make it again I'll use a bit more bourbon. It got a little lost. This recipe used 2 mashed bananas inside the bread and the 3rd on top. I would just mash up the 3rd with the first too. I also had whole cardamom seeds that I tried my best to crush with a rolling pin. Don't have a mortar and pestle and couldn't find the coffee/spic grinder.

[Special Reserve]

On 4/30/2020 at 12:39 PM, Clueby said:

Made some bourbon banana nut bread last week.  Had fresh ground cardamom and almond flour. Used Early Times BIB. If I make it again I won't do the banana slides embedded in the top. They didn't last beyond a day or so before they got kinda gooey. The bread itself was good. Wife didn't care for it so about half of it went to waste. I should have frozen it.

 

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