Cookies in the dark
The heat wave drags on and knocked out power in most of our neighborhood last night. Hence the late post. I’d spent much of the day making cookie dough in […]
White Nectarine Ginger Pie
I had a dozen white nectarines and two pie crusts so I experimented, adding fresh ginger and ginger chips. The insides don’t look very pretty, but it is extremely tasty. […]
Cookies for Mama’s memoir class
Mama returned to her Memoir Writing Class this afternoon after a hiatus, and I got to walk her in and meet everyone! I made my special cherry chocolate chip cookies for […]
Key lime impatience
Our lime tree is bearing fruit for the first time ever, and I’ve been eager to bake with these beauties. Though they look more like lemons on the tree, the […]
A cookie kind of afternoon
I made Confetti Cookies with colorful sprinkles and Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies this afternoon. The sprinkle-laden treats are a SmittenKitchen recipe I’ve made before, but adding Caramel chips to my […]
Lemon Swiss buttercream
Lately I’ve been experimenting with different Macaron fillings to varying degrees of success. Raspberry jam was too runny, but then chocolate ganache was too rich. I found a recipe for […]
Macaron improvements
When our friend Margo visited on Sunday, I made raspberry French macaron cookies. But they were a total fail. They tasted ok, but they just didn’t have the right texture. […]
Fast, yummy cookies
I whipped up three hot, fresh cookies tonight, and it took a sum total of 12 minutes! I made cherry chocolate chip cookie dough last week and refrigerated little heaps, […]
Smell of pie baking
I love pumpkin pie, so I decided we shouldn’t have to wait until Thanksgiving. I made our first one of the holiday season tonight, and swooned over the magnificent, spicy […]
Homemade granola debut
Mama and I baked homemade granola together this afternoon, and it was so good that we can’t stop eating it! Mama chose it for dinner and I ate some for […]
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