Category: baking

I have decided not to start any more posts with “should have “ or “planned to”. To paraphrase Gandalf, I post neither late nor early, I post precisely when I mean to. That said, I haven’t been baking much since we’ve been clearing out all the leftover cookies and candy from Christmas and New year, […]

Since I didn’t get this posted last month I wanted to put it out this month, a quick little baking update before we head into the busy holiday season. We had a bunch of banana’s going black last month so I whipped up some banana bread, and I must say I have impressed even myself. […]

You make lemon poppy seed muffins. To be more accurate I was craving lemon poppy seed muffins so I went out and got myself some lemons, but that’s getting too nit-picky. I’ve been really craving lemon poppy seed muffins ever since I bought one at the store and it was… fine. It had the lemon […]

I saw a recipe for cowboy cookies on a test kitchen episode and I couldn’t help but think they looked really nice. Not quite a kitchen sink cookie recipe they mixed a traditional chocolate chip cookie recipe with sweetened shredded coconut, oats, and toasted pecans. When it came time to actually make the recipe I […]

I like bread pudding. A Lot. There is nothing so wonderful as taking old, dry, stale bread and turning it into a decadent, custardy dessert. This is one of the reasons why french toast is such a wonderful breakfast food, especially when it’s done right with dry bread so that the egg soak can be […]

It was Easter last Sunday so I decided to make some fresh hot cross buns for a sweet start to the holiday. Most of the recipes I found called for raisins, which I’m not super fond of, but I decided to include them in light of being accurate to the recipe. I ended up using […]

I may be a day late but hopefully I’m not a dollar short. I lost track of time yesterday and didn’t realize I hadn’t posted yet, so here is a slightly delayed post! I think I mentioned in a post last year that I made macarons once, and they turned out rather well. I tride […]

As fun as it is to try something new and exciting, sometimes there are old recipes that you just have to go back to when you’re looking for some comfort food. Some of them are true oldies, recipes you’ve gotten from your grandparents or great grandparents. Some are recipes you found years ago and have […]

We’re coming up to Christmas and that means Christmas cookies! I like all kinds of cookies, and the holidays is a great time for Christmas cookie exchanges. Some of my favorite cookies to make are Checkerboard, kolacky, sugar cookies and ginger bread, though molasses and chocolate chip cookies are up there too. Of course, this […]