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lemongrass bars
More sugar. Must be winter’s end….. I’ve been lamenting a lack of fresh foods lately. The transition season is approaching rapidly; that between the depths of winter when root vegetables and long slow aromatic braises seem to be the elixir we all need to the first snap of green vegetables that promise warmer days and [...]
seeking banana bread perfection
All right, all right…. you don’t want to talk about Winter anymore. I get it. How about we talk Banana Bread? I grew up with regular and repeated doses of good banana bread. How about you? In our house, Mom would watch those bananas closely, and as soon as a few of them turned to [...]
seeking a memory
Baking has always been about connections for me, most importantly, to my Mom. I treasure many of the delicious recipes that defined my childhood and love seeing some of those old favorites show up in the multiple blogs I follow. Cookies like Chocolate Crackles, a moist fudgey cake-like cookie with a powdered sugar coating, {photo [...]
weekend time
It’s the weekend before Thanksgiving. I’ve done my shopping and planning and am ready to cook, and eat and enjoy. I love Thanksgiving, especially the turkey and stuffing. I always buy a huge bird to insure plenty of leftovers, and there’s always a soup in the days after, or a few morning of making crunchy [...]
build me up, butternut
(photo from “That’s Yummy”) We’re woefully into November’s gray and flat winter light. The cloud cover expanse across the sky is leaden and heavy and daylight begins to fade around 4:00pm, yet even in the best of midday light, the ability to take a good photo often is a crapshoot. I don’t really mind the [...]
behold the brownie
Brownies are awesome, let me just get this out of the way. I can’t think of anything I like more than a good chewy brownie. Especially one from the edge of the pan where there might be a bit of dense crust that gets a little hard, more intensely chewy. Those are the best ones. [...]
supremely good hot fudge
From scratch. Yes. Crank up your exercise resolve if you make it. The Teen and I were searching for some hot fudge to put into a batch of Rice Krispie Bars, and….. What? Of course, you heard me right!! Silly- I wouldn’t fib about this. Most people just go ahead and use Cocoa Krispies to [...]
moving on, with baking
“October gave a party, the leaves by hundreds came. The Chestnuts, Oaks and Maples, and leaves of every name. The sunshine spread a carpet, and everything was grand. Miss Weather led the dancing, Professor Wind, the band.” Goerge Cooper, ‘October’s Party’ That sums up our October, doesn’t it? A more glorious month has yet to [...]
coffee cake, with a twist
I love finding new purposes for old, familiar products. Like Rice Krispies. I loved this cereal as a kid, and of course, who doesn’t love the gooey marshmallow treats made with it? Loved those too, and my sisters and I would easily make pans of them to devour, as well as my friends and I [...]
apple time of year
Apples are on everyone’s mind right about now. In the oven, on the stove, in the crisper drawer, in hand and crunching away….. it’s mid-October and it’s Apple time and it’s a beautiful thing. There’s a gorgeous apple orchard near our lake home- Baker Orchard in Centuria, WI- that we visit several times a year, [...]