Peppermint Patties

Basically, these are homemade York peppermint patties. And they are SO GOOD. The recipe claims that they are "healthy" because they have about 100 calories per patty and significantly less fat than most chocolate candies. I'm not sure that qualifies as healthy, but they are definitely delicious. If you like the mint + chocolate combo, these are perfect. For mine, I used dark chocolate (~55% cacao content) and was very pleased. In addition to the instructions in the recipe, I would do the following:

- let the balls of peppermint filling harden for about 5 minutes in the fridge before flattening them, that made it much easier and less sticky.

- split the batch of patties onto two separate sheets of wax paper, so you only have half of them out of the fridge while applying the chocolate coating. This maintains an optimal ratio of cold patty to room temperature chocolate, which I found to be key to a fun and attractive coating process. I put the whole pan back in the fridge halfway through coating to harden the remaining patties that were softening at room temp, and in the interim the chocolate hardened just a little too much, and the last few patties were really ugly and difficult to coat. Tragically, I had to eat them because they were too ugly to give away.

from seriouseats.com

Peppermint Patties

I have a blog?!?

Sorry about the delay. Med school is hard.

Without further ado, some much needed updates:

Things I've Been Making

Chewy Granola Bars - great snacking material

Salted Brown Butter Rice Krispie Treats - the most addictive thing (and requested!) thing I've made in a long time

English Toffee - candy-making can be inconsistent, but when it works, this takes about 10 minutes and will impress the pants off people

Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies - I use unsalted butter, and double the amount of salt called for in the recipe, and no joke, these are some fierce chocolate chip cookies

Mujadara - cheap! vegetarian! easy! delicious! you're welcome!

Grilled Rib-eye steak - not cheap, decidedly NOT vegetarian, but transcendent when properly cooked. This is a great tutorial for those not super familiar with cooking steak.

Rosemary Rolls - using either pre-made dough or your own yeasted version, these rolls, cooked in a skillet, are the perfect side for any large-ish meal

Bourbon-glazed sweet potatoes - we adapted this squash recipe to peeled, cubed sweet potatoes, tossing them in the glaze and roasting for 400F for ~15 min and WOW. A new favorite.

Of course, there have been others. Better late than never...right?