Butter & Scotch Recipes from Brooklyn’s Favorite Bar & Bakery by Allison Kave & Keavy Landreth (also known as the @DrunkBakers on twitter, love that – and we’d be great friends as I’m @icywit on twitter – get it, drunk bakers – icy wit – bar/ice…is this thing on?) was released earlier this month. This is one cool book – Brooklyn hipster cool but totally loveable.
To define Butter & Scotch is a conundrum: it’s part bakery, part bar food, part drinks and all great. The authors begin with The Basics – Cakes, Pies, Toppings & Cocktails – really what else is there? In The Basics, “core recipes” are shared that they adapt for many of their desserts and drinks: crushed toffee, candied pecans, cocktail syrups and more are covered here.
Next up, Brunch. Ok, if we must – Magic Buns (with many photographs of the process of preparing and folding the dough) is the first recipe in Brunch – I love these gals. Biscuits, oatmeal (how did that get in there?), Smoked Trout Benedict, granolas and brunch drinks follow. My favorite drink is the Manmosa – it’s as if Blanche Devereaux has been reincarnated and named a drink. And let’s not forget the pickled vegetable recipes – for the Bloody Mary, of course!
My favorite time of day, Happy Hour! Smores Bars, Kings County Corn Bowl Sundae and Boozy Floats. And the drinks: Menta Make a Julep, Rhubarb Sour, and the Grilled Pineapple are just a few. We’re going back to New York next month for a wedding – I hope to see a Hot Buttered Scotch in my future and if I’m pressured, I wouldn’t say no to a Smores Bar.
The chapter devoted to the night menu has fun pairings for example, The Mary Ellen – a Dry Vodka Martini and a Classic Hot Fudge Sundae. Late night is for Sesame-Chile Popcorn, Pimento Cheese and Jell-Ohh Shots!
I do love this book – it’s quirky and delicious and every hipster, hipster wannabe or just all around cool person needs Butter & Scotch in their lives.
The Watchamacallthat Pie screamed to be made. For having four recipe components, it was quick work and wow is it good. Andrew, my son, sacrificed dinner to have a second piece (not really – but he did have a second piece).
Andrew, has declared that he wants this pie for his birthday every year. It was so easy – he can have it much more often. Special thanks to the authors and Abrams Books for allowing me to share this recipe with you. The recipe can be downloaded here.
Note: I made a little extra crust because Andrew loves Rice Krispie treats and I made it in a spring-form pan to show off the crust. I’m not sure if it looks great or rustic – either way it was yummy.
By the way, check out Allison Kave’s first title – First Prize Pies – great book – another must have!
Random Number Generator picked #47 Grace Meier!
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Something fun: Kate McD brought me a pie today made with her incredible gluten-free crust.
I love their hotline bling cake!
Cakes and cocktails — that sounds like fun to me!
Something fun: going to the movies tomorrow with girlfriends
I went to the fair yesterday. I got my annual dose of funnel cake, and had a great time just walking around.
I made 231 pieces of Mandel Bread last week and had a huge bag of rejected cookies. Rejected cookies are those that fell apart so they have less calories! LOL
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I head out on vacation October 5th! Going to Portland Oregon to eat!
Going shopping for new makeup
Last Brady book sale this weekend. Sounds like fun to me!
Fall foods are coming up! Applesauce, chili, soups…….woohooo!
This is not fun but I am at the beach and it is pouring down rain.
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Fall is fun. Looking forward to fresh apples, apple cider and mums on the porch.
Can I have some bling to go with that!
I did post on fb
Baking is fun!
Fall is here. Cooler temps mean I can learn to ferment!
Recently took a trip to Nashville TN to visit our son and his girlfriend. They took us to a wonderful place in Germantown area called Monell’s. We had a fabulous brunch served family style. The food was out of this world. I would recommend it to anyone going to Nashville.
I’m sorting out my yarn stash today, fun to duscover what treasures I’ve forgotten.
Looks fantastic love to go there.
I wouldn’t even want to know someone who couldn’t find something to love in this book.
My fun is spending a rainy evening in the kitchen tonight!
My fun is spending a rainy evening in the kitchen tonight.
listening to NPR today and heard about ‘gluten free’ vodka. Well, hello, vodka is usually made from potatoes…..how many potatoes do you know have gluten?
Listed the contents of the fridge, including the scary stuff in the back.
More fun: dinner with twin B
Pie crusts are fun to make
I have my eye on this book! I also have the First Prize Pies and it’s a great, great pie baking book. I’m making pie this weekend. Love it. Thank you!
It’s the weekend!
Having fun going through hundreds of clippings and printed recipes. Must let go.
First time entry. Love butter, love scotch, not so much love for hipster Brooklyn though. Probably a East Coast West Coast rivalry issue. But the right cookbook just might change my mind…
I went to my son’s Cross Country Meet today and the team took 1st place out of 20 or so teams. I had the privilege of providing the post race fuel which happened to go over pretty well with the 7th and 8th graders…Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies!
I posted on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FireRunner2379/status/779738196682895361.
Something fun: This weekend is 20% all books at barnes and nobles for members!
I don’t have anything fun to tell…well except for the fact the ricer fairy visited today, that was pretty darn fun!
I hope you all have fun at Bonnie Slotnick’s. Cookbook Junkies event.. I’d love to hear what you buy.
Right now I’m training for a full marathon, its in 3 weeks. I think running is fun and at the same time a challenge. Plus, I love to eat so most of the time it allows me to choose whatever my heart desires!!
I love to dance :’)
My kids came home today. I’m having fun figuring out our menu for the week.
Made that pie this weekend…Hard cider apple with a cheddar crumb topping. Delish! Thank you!
I ride my bicycle to work everyday (haven’t driven in over 10 years) and today it looks as though the trek home will be in the rain. I get to feel like a kid again!
When I was 21 i worked part time in a stall at Baltimore’s inner harbor called “Books for Cooks”. That was when it all started.
On Wednesday I celebrate a very special (to me) anniversary.
I just ate way too many animal circus cookies
My son had a Cross Country Meet yesterday and the course ran them through a creek, the water was almost knee deep in spots. The kids actually had fun and it was great to watch them go through it!
fun is planning my holiday baking list
Wished we had something like this place out here. Thanks!
I had a blast feeding 140 people nachos today.
Yesterday my wife and I spent the day together while the kids were in school. We even hit our favorite burger joint for lunch!
I am having sushi for dinner tonight.
I love making pizza at home and tonight just happens to me the night. I’ve been making dough for about 25 years now. I started when I was 16, working at a local restaurant and began making it at home a short while later. It has changed over the years a bit, for the better. I’ve taught my boys how to do it a couple of years ago, they were 11 and 8 at the time. They’ve learned to shape their and prep their own pizzas the way they like them. Pizza night is really a fun night. Funny thing is, my wife hasn’t learned yet. She sure does like eating it though!!
I love butterscotch, from the lifesavers to pudding, would love to see the recipes in this book
I love black licorice, I buy bags of black jellybeans the day after Easter 4/$1.00 to hoard until the next year’s Easter.
Today is our anniversary and my wife bought me a humongous bag of dark chocolate covered coffee beans, my favorite! Funny thing is, I don’t like drinking coffee, but love the candy!!
Mmmmm…pie
LOVE THE LOOK OF THE PIE CAN’T WAIT TO MAKE !!!!!
It’s Friday still.
I think this is a cookbook my daughter will want to borrow, best I just purchase a copy for her
While out for my morning run I found a total of 76 cents on the ground. The most I’ve ever found while running was a $10 bill! It’s like getting paid to exercise!
Me!! Me!!
I had a grat meditation today.
We live in a college town and last night about 8 o’clock the kids and I rode out bikes through campus. Its Homecoming weekend and there were a lot of people out and about.
I am dying to make the Whatchmacallthat Pie
Cocktail recipes, you say? And desserts? This is my kind of book.
I knew I should Have baked something chewy and gooey today
I made homemade Cracker Jacks for the first time ever this past weekend and my kids and wife loved it. It really took me back to the day when I was growing up, eating the sticky corn out of the tiny box that contained some goofy prize!
A smores bar sounds yummy
Love getting secret recipes from great bakeries. Haven’t been to this cafe but can’t wait to try out their best stuff
Something fun for today… I ran away from home today and wound up in a local park where I sat and read a book. Something pinged off the bench and I looked to see two rugrats tossing rocks in my direction to make a splash in a big puddle, I asked the younguns to please stop, they asked why should they… I proceeded to ask the rugrats don’t you know what happens when you get a witch wet, we melt! One of them asked me, are you a witch? I just smiled and they took off running…best laugh I’ve had in days!
there’s nothing better than a bite of a dessert that leaves me tongue tied and try to say, watchamacallthat
My son had his last Cross Country meet last night and his team one the championship. He came in 7th place overall with a time under 11:30 for 2 miles, not bad for an 8th grader. It was very fun to watch!
Fun item for today, I got my hair did!