While I love vanilla extract and vanilla sugar (as I shared with you yesterday), I also love to use vanilla beans when I am baking. One of my favorite recipes is a simple recipe for vanilla bean biscotti. It may seem strange that I love biscotti so much… In fact, sometimes I can’t quite wrap…
As many of you know, I’m headed to the Big Summer Potluck (#BSP2) this weekend! So, since I still need to do some laundry, pack, and wrap up 75 gluten-free sugar cookies I decorated for the event, I’m going to keep this short! I’m sure I’ll be sharing all fo the details about the event here…
Sometimes it’s best to keep things simple! I had agreed to make dessert for Mother’s Day, and I had a lot of grandiose ideas of what I would make. I tossed quite a few ideas around in my head, and spent about two hours pouring over cookbooks and blog posts trying to settle on the…
The February 2011 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Mallory from A Sofa in the Kitchen. She chose to challenge everyone to make Panna Cotta from a Giada De Laurentiis recipe and Nestle Florentine Cookies. I had fun with this month’s Daring Bakers challenge. I love panna cotta, but I don’t make it nearly enough. It’s…
I don’t really have a long elaborate story to tell this week… It’s been a fairly ordinary week. I’ve been cooking, baking, writing, and taking photos. It’s been nice, but also uneventful. So, instead of dragging things out any further, I’ll just tell you about my favorite blog posts from the past week! I love doughnuts, but…
I made this cranberry apple butter a few weeks ago, but it’s taken me a while to get around to posting it. I suppose that’s just as well, though, because it makes a great holiday recipe. I stretch cranberry season out as long as I possibly can. I start cooking and baking with cranberries the…
Today, I thought I’d take the opportunity to wish you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving! I love to cook and bake for the holidays. I will be doing some baking and preparing the sweet potatoes, but I’m not the one preparing the turkey for our Thanksgiving dinner this year. I couldn’t go without…
Friday Favorites two weeks in a row… Can you believe it? I’ll give you a minute… Now that you’ve gotten over the initial shock, let’s get right to my favorite posts from the past week… Shall we? I really think I’ve picked some good ones this week… I hope you agree! I am loving this…
This summer I am determined to put my ice cream maker to good use. I re-discovered the ice cream maker a few weeks ago with my creamy mint chocolate chip ice cream, and I have been dreaming up all sorts of new frozen desserts ever since! Since Memorial Day is right around the corner, I…
I’m on a mission to find the recipe for the perfect wedding cake! As I’ve mentioned before, I will be making the cake for my brother’s wedding in December. So, I have started making some sample cupcakes for my brother and future sister-in-law so that they can pick the flavors for their wedding cake! This…
