Knitting, cooking and other enthusiasms
Posted in Recipes, Uncategorized on Jan 29th, 2009
It’s been a while (a month!) since I’ve posted any recipes. I haven’t given up on cooking/baking and based upon how tight my jeans are, I haven’t made much progress in dieting either. That could be because I’m really good at rationalizing the need for cheese or potato chips or a glass of wine. Or [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
