Doomthings

Category: Tips & Tricks

  • Doomthings Uses These

    Ever wondered what doomthings uses to do the things doomthings does?  Probably not, but we’re going to tell you anyway.  Via Amazon, here’s a bunch of stuff we use to do the things we does.  We have these things and actually use them.  Check it out in the sidebar. Yeah, right there; on the left;…

  • Ginger Cookies

    My husband’s favorite cookies.  Made with fresh ginger.  The way it should be.  Happy Thanksgiving!!! Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups butter, softened 2 cups sugar 4 1/2 cups flour 2 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp ground nutmeg 3 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp fresh grated ginger 1/2 cup molasses…

  • Butter

    I used to microwave butter before using it in baked goods.  I sometimes still do because I get seriously lazy or want soft butter RIGHT NOW.  You can leave butter out (in a butter dish) for a while and it won’t go bad, contrary to popular belief.  Really, it’s better to just take out sticks…

  • Grilled Cornbread

    To save our kitchen from unecessary heat, we took advantage of our meat grilling to also grill some skillet cornbread.  My parents gave me some locally ground cornmeal a month or so ago and it was perfect for this!  Was resulted was a slightly smokey, spongy, and quite tastey cornbread.  The key?  Making sure the…

  • Too Much Pie Crust Dough

    Ever have too much pie crust dough left?  I have!  When I was little, little cinnamon-sugar pastry strips would magically appear in the holiday cookie tin during pie season.  It took me a while (remember, I was little) to figure out that it was the leftover pie crust dough she was using to make the…