The holidays just aren’t complete without some cookies. Don’t you agree? Anyone who reads my blog regularly knows that I love to bake… And, I especially love cookies. So, when I saw some tweets about the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap hosted by Julie from The Little Kitchen and Lindsay from Love and Olive Oil,…
I love to decorate cookies… And, typically my cookie of choice is a standard vanilla bean sugar cookie. My sugar cookies are both tasty and sturdy, two important qualities in a cookie! This time of year, though, I start to get antsy and feel the need to break out of the usual sugar cookie mold….
I think that one of the reasons that I was so excited to make the cranberry mustard that I shared yesterday was that I couldn’t stop thinking of things to dip in it. Soft pretzel bites were at the top of my list. Originally, I planned to make my usual whole wheat soft pretzels. But,…
I love to bake all year long, but I think I enjoy it the most in the fall. This week’s selections for my Friday Favorites certainly reflect that. I had good intentions of choosing a few savory recipes, but there were just so many sweet ones that grabbed my eye. I’m hoping you’ll love them as much as…
My husband will eat almost anything with barbeque sauce. Eggs, potatoes, tacos… You name it, he’s probably tried it. I used to take offense to it when I would prepare what I thought was a great dish (like a frittata or fajitas) and he would slather it up with barbeque sauce. I have gradually come…
It’s no secret that I love baking. So, this year for my birthday, my parents got me a gift certificate for King Arthur Flour. And, I didn’t waste much time before I was scouring their website trying to decide what to order.
It honestly took me almost a week to figure out what I wanted to order… And, that’s not because there was nothing that I wanted. It was quite the opposite… I wanted to try everything all at once! Among the items in my cart were a few specialty flours, flavors, and even some fresh sourdough starter. And, as soon as the box arrived on my doorstep, I got started baking. Wouldn’t you?
One of the specialty flours that I ordered was the organic pumpernickel flour. Honestly, I’m not sure what led me to choose pumpernickel other than that I have never really used it before. Plus, I was already dreaming of the combination of chocolate and pumpernickel. Though I know it’s not traditional, I always love the soft pumpernickel breads made with dark cocoa and molasses. I had some dried sour cherries on hand, too, so I knew they would have to be worked into the recipe in one way or another.
The October 2010 Daring Bakers challenge was hosted by Lori of Butter Me Up. Lori chose to challenge DBers to make doughnuts. She used several sources for her recipes including Alton Brown, Nancy Silverton, Kate Neumann and Epicurious. I had mixed feelings about this month’s Daring Bakers challenge… I love doughnuts, but I’m really not…
Now that my blog has hit the one year mark, I have been thinking about going back and re-doing a few of my older recipes. I love creating new recipes, but sometimes it’s nice to make something familiar. So, in the coming months, you may see a few re-makes of some of my favorite recipes. I rarely…
I’ve been gradually adding some new homemade bread recipes to my baking repertoire. I’m definitely not the master bread baker that my mom is, but I have been getting better about making my own bread instead of buying it. I find that it’s difficult to find good quality breads at my local grocery store (most…
