Small Batch Meals

You could say I am on a strawberry roll lately. Who cares?! Here is a bomb ass small batch recipe for strawberry paletas. It's mexican ice cream. I used to LOVE these in high school where they usually get sold from a variety of flavors for only $1. Times have changed so I imagine it's double the price now lol. Mexican ice cream has cream based and water based varieties (think cucumber and lime).  I used a cheapo ice popsicle mold that holds 1/4 cup per mold. This small recipe ended up yielding me 7 paletas. I got the mold at a yard sale but if I had to guess, these probably came from Dollar Tree due to how small it is BUT who says that's a bad thing? I honestly prefer the smaller size for portion control.  I'll test other flavors so be sure to check the paletas tag at the bottom of this post in the coming months. Ingredients: 4 oz strawberries 3/4 cup milk  1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup heavy cream Directions: Goes without saying but rinse and core all your strawbe...

OMG I am so glad to finally be able to make a post about cortadillo! I loved this mexican dessert as a kid and now I finally make a PROPER recipe! This recipe works with an 8 inch square pan so I cannot say how other pans will turn out. Ingredients: 1 cup flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/8 tsp salt pinch of baking soda 1 cup buttermilk (see note) 2 tbsp + 2 tsp vegetable oil (see note) 1 tsp vanilla 1/3 cup + 2 tbsp + 2 tsp sugar 1 egg Frosting: 1 cup powdered sugar 1 tbsp butter 1/3 tsp vanilla (see note) 1 tbsp + 1 tsp milk 2 drops of red food coloring Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Mix first 4 ingredients in one bowl.  In second bowl mix the rest of the ingredients. Pour dry ingredients with wet ingredient mixture in sections.  In 8 inch square pan cut and place parchment paper and pour all ingredients in pan. Once preheated, bake for 27 minutes. (see notes) Ensure cake is done by inserting toothpick or knife to poke center of cake. When it comes out clean, immediately re...

Ya crazy if you think there's a recipe for a single tortilla! It's preferable to use lard or shortening rather than butter. It's not the end of the world if you don't have it. Butter will suffice. Don't let the food snobs get your goat. This recipe makes 6 tortillas which is half of a dozen. Perfect for making some quesadillas, tacos or just snacking just by itself!  1 cup flour 1/4 tsp kosher salt 1/8 tsp baking powder 2 tbsp butter room temp 6 TBSP HOT water (as much as you can stand) Add flour, salt and baking powder in bowl and mix. Add room temperature butter and crush with your fingers until pea sized Little at a time add water to incorporate it until it forms a ball. Kneed on flat surface about 5 minutes. Place dough in bowl with a hot towel covered not touching dough. Rest 30 minutes. Form 6 balls. Preheat pan. Roll tortillas with a rolling pin with small amounts of flour if needed. Cook tortillas (1st tortilla is usually shit so don't stress...

Scaled down recipe from:  Rachel Cooks with Love