I have been excited about trying this out all week, and yet putting it off at the same time. It feels like I have been doing nothing but hanging out in the kitchen, so instead of baking all day yesterday and today, we had some family time together. Yesterday Seven & I went to the […]
Whew. I have been baking and pilfering in the kitchen so much lately I nearly forgot that today is the day to post MKMW results for Australia! Sorry folks, I don’t have great photos of the entire process of my dinner (like elra does with her Australian Meat Pies – delish!) but maybe you will […]
Let me begin by saying I am NOT a pasta expert. AT ALL. In fact, other than a couple of batches of gnocchi, I have never made homemade pasta…meaning noodles, tortellini, ravioli, fusilli – you get my drift. Sure, I have opened numerous boxes of the store bought variety, but had not really given any […]
No, that isn’t a typo. Last night, while working on this months Daring Bakers Challenge (which I will post at the end of the month – stay tuned!) I had enough time during my “waiting times” to make homemade ice cream. I knew I was going to, so earlier in the evening, I picked quite […]
Notice, ya’ll, that I did not say “Peppermint” Cream Puff Ring. In fact, no, I did not use peppermint. I am trying to slowly convince myself back into liking peanut butter (see earlier posts for a big boring story about that) so my TWD this week is Peanut Butter Cream Puff Ring. There are other […]
This one has nearly been the death of me. I have emailed CB for help, searched the net for advice, and finally – I have gotten great tasting product. Two failed batches occured when experimenting, so no photos of those, unless you want to see the poor little things face down in our garbage can […]
God, if you do, please send him to my house. I have been up all day baking muffin after muffin for the cafe. My first batch was kind of invented…Orange Marmalade Peekaboos I call them. Obviously, a muffin full of orange marmalade, as well as vanilla, almod extract, and even a splash of lemon extract. […]
What’s my recent obsession with the recreation of childhood favorites? (or, last week favorites? Who am I trying to kid? You people bake as much as I do, it’s no secret…) It started with the Animal Crackers, and today I moved on to Sno-Ball cakes. I decided to make them a little more grown up, […]
This weeks TWD recipe was right up my alley (I have an alley? Since when? When did I stop eating Pop-tarts?) No really – I love strawberries. Any way, shape or form. I was skeptical, however, of my ability to make Dorie’s tart shell – I mean, hello, it had it’s own page in the […]
While we were at the beach, I became obsessed with getting to Williams-Sonoma and buying those uber-expensive cookies cutters that only THEY have. They look exactly like the Animal Crackers of yesteryear, though now that I have made them, I can say that while they look great, they do not taste like Animal Carckers. At […]
There has been a lot going on around us lately…sad things, like our friends that are hurting, neighbors that are dealing with illnesses no one understands. And today I stopped and took notice of the things in my life I am thankful for. My husband and son are treasures. Even when one of them steals […]
Although this post comes to you on Tuesday, as it should, to me it is actually Wednesday, as I will be on vacation when posting time comes. Thank goodness for blogspot allowing me to prepost this! This weeks selection was the French Chocolate Brownies. Yes, I was excited, because I do love a good brownie, […]