You know how sometimes you think a recipe is going to be so easy you don’t think it through and just kind of wing it? And then it seems like one thing after another goes wrong or not really wrong but just not right and it turns out that there’s nothing wrong with the recipe, [...]
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The best part of November
Posted in Cooking on Nov 15th, 2008
I get my baking mojo back when the days get shorter and the temps get colder. I started the day out by baking French Puff muffins (cinnamon, nutmeg, pecans, baked, dipped in butter and rolled in cinnamon sugar; decadent) for breakfast, cranberry bread for tomorrow’s breakfast, and then made cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving to use up the rest of [...]
I found this recipe years ago courtesy of a blogger who no longer has a site. This was long enough ago that blogs were still new and she was an early adopter. I don’t remember her name or the name of her site but she was an attorney who worked for the State of New [...]
When the thermometer hits 100 and summer humidity thickens the air, smart folks head for the lake to enjoy memorable days of boating, fishing and sunbathing. That would be the smart folks. The rest of us head to the kitchen to prepare for the days when the only 100 in sight is the cost of [...]
While I think you can buy many sweets that are perfectly enjoyable (cinnamon rolls, cheesecake), store bought cookies just don’t make the grade. With the exception of Oreos and Fig Newtons, there isn’t a manufactured cookie, whether from a giant conglomerate, a mall or specialty bakery that is better than a Snickerdoodle straight out of [...]
Well, I may not have much to report from the garden but I’ve been taking full advantage of the labor of others through Liberty’s farmer’s market. This year the Historic Downtown Liberty organization took over management of the market from the city and their promotion has really paid off.
I’ve shopped the market for as long [...]
We like scones in this house. My success rate in baking scones, however, has been no more than average, edible but not memorable. I always end up adding more flour because of the stickiness of the dough. Adding more flour means more mixing which means tough flat scones. Not a recipe for success.
I was flipping through a pile of old magazines [...]
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