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Super Super Bowl Suggestions
2008-02-09 00:00:00 It's that time of year again - the game people wait all year for. Maybe you just watch for the commercials, or maybe you just watch for the half-time show, or maybe you actually watch the game! Regardless, a good many people will be sitting in front of the TV ... More About: Super Bowl , Super , Bowl
TWD: Brown Sugar-Pecan Shortbread Cookies (and my 100th!)
2008-02-09 00:00:00 Okay, first things first... you are reading my 100th post! I started blogging back in February of 2007 with the idea to share some recipes with friends and family that might be checking out my new hobby. Almost a year later I feel that both my blog and my cooking ... More About: Sugar , Brown , Cookies , Brown Sugar , Cookie
Favorites of 2007
2008-02-09 00:00:00 I hope that all of you had a lovely holiday season and that you head into the new year relaxed and happy. I thought I would take a moment to share with you some of my favorite recipes from this past year. Perhaps you missed them, perhaps you weren't reading my ... More About: Favorites
Christmas Baking - The Peanut Butter Blossom
2008-02-09 00:00:00 These are the quintessential Christmas cookie. They show up, without fail, at every cookie exchange and on every cookie tray. If there is anyone who tires of these cookies I'd love to find them. Yet another peanut butter cookie I can't enjoy, but back in the "good old days" I'd ... More About: Baking , Peanut , Butter
Christmas Baking: Chocolate Chip Tea Cookies
2008-02-09 00:00:00 I have made these cookies numerous times over the years and they are one of my favorites because of their light and airy texture. They taste like a buttery shortbread ball with little chocolate chips. You can't go wrong with this one! Chocolate Chip Tea Cookies (Source: Sugar & Spice) Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose ... More About: Christmas , Baking
Christmas Baking: Biscotti - A New Recipe
2008-02-09 00:00:00 Behold the beautiful biscotti that will be gracing my gift tins to family and friends. Now I know that I just posted a biscotti recipe not too long ago (found here), but I wanted to share this one as well because they have somewhat different properties. The previous biscotti recipe ... More About: Christmas , Baking , Recipe , Biscotti
Christmas Baking: Peppermint Bark
2008-02-09 00:00:00 I made peppermint bark for the first time last Christmas and I found it so easy yet such a luxurious-looking treat that I decided I would make it once again for the gifts I am giving to some friends and family. I do not include any peppermint oil or extract ... More About: Baking
Christmas Baking: Buckeyes
2008-02-09 00:00:00 My history with peanut butter is a sad and tragic one. I grew up infatuated with peanut butter and would put it on everything and anything imaginable, no doubt eating it in some form everyday. I even had a peanut butter and jelly sleeping bag when I was little. Then ... More About: Christmas , Baking , Buckeyes
Roasted Red Potatoes
2008-02-09 00:00:00 I have made these potatoes at least a handful of times now but have never managed to snag a picture until tonight. So here they are, finally gracing my blog. These are by far the best roasted potatoes I have ever made - each time I make them Nick and ... More About: Potatoes
Christmas Baking: Chambolot - A Family Recipe
2008-02-09 00:00:00 Chambolot first came into my life about six years ago, during the first New Year holiday I spent with my husband's (then-boyfriend) family. This dense, lemon-flavored, moist cake sprinkled with chocolate chips is Nick's favorite Christmas baked good. Not long after that first holiday Nick's grandma passed away, and I ... More About: Family , Baking , Recipe
Daring Bakers: Tender Potato Bread
2008-02-09 00:00:00 I suppose that my beginner's luck in Daring Bakers was bound to run out at some point, and with my third challenge under my belt I am now batting .667. I really didn't think that I'd hit a wall with bread, either. Somewhat disappointing, to be completely honest! The recipe ... More About: Potato , Bread , Tender
TWD: Quintuple Chocolate Brownies
2008-02-09 00:00:00 For our second week of Tuesdays With Dorie, it was my turn to choose the recipe that we would tackle. After poring over endless possibilities, my eyes kept going back to the Quintuple Chocolate Brownies . I was pretty sure, upon reading the recipe, that I might go into sugar shock ...
Banana Muffins
2008-02-09 00:00:00 I have been making these banana muffins for quite a few years now and they are always a hit. They are very moist, extremely sweet (Nick eats them for dessert), and have a wonderful banana flavor. The original recipe comes with a mascarpone cheese frosting, but I never use it ... More About: Banana , Muffins , Fins
Homemade Bread - There?s Nothin? Better!
2008-02-09 00:00:00 It's true, isn't it? Nothing smells better than fresh baked bread wafting from the oven, and that first taste of soft warm bread and hard crust is like heaven. After watching Alton Brown make some bread on Good Eats the other night, I have been craving a warm, crusty loaf ... More About: Bread
Pan-Roasted Asparagus
2008-02-09 00:00:00 In case I haven't mentioned it before, I should disclose now that I am not a vegetable eater. Well, that's not entirely true. I do eat some vegetables, but for the most part they are not cooked and they are not green. Beans... asparagus... brussel sprouts... no thank you. Nick, ... More About: Asparagus
How Tough is Iron Chef America?
2008-02-09 00:00:00 I came across this article on MSNBC a couple of days ago and thought that it was interesting. Many of you may have read this already, but for those who haven't, it exposes the "behind the scenes" of Food Network's Iron Chef show. In doing so, the article reveals that ... More About: America , Tough
TWD: Orange Berry Muffins
2008-02-09 00:00:00 I had the honor of choosing this week's Dorie recipe, and I thought after a few weeks of decadent desserts we could use something a little lighter. These Orange Berry Muffins were just perfect! I have to say that as much as I love my KA mixer, I definitely ... More About: Fins
Daring Bakers: Lemon Meringue Pie
2008-02-09 00:00:00 This month's Daring Bakers challenge was the classic Lemon Meringue Pie, chosen by Jen at The Canadian Baker. As beloved a dessert as it is, I am not a fan of lemon unless it is squeezed into my water. I was contemplating foregoing this month, but then my sister told ...
An OREOŽ Knockoff
2008-02-09 00:00:00 I am admittedly not really wowed so much by chocolate cookies. I'm not sure why, as I love chocolate, but an actual chocolate cookie usually doesn't do much for me. Give me an ooey gooey chocolate chip cookie any day. However, when I saw this cookie on Shawnda's blog, I ... More About: Oreo
TWD: Perfection Pound Cake
2008-02-09 00:00:00 When a cake is revered for containing a pound of butter, a pound of sugar, a pound of eggs, and a pound of flour, can you really blame us Dorie groupies for wanting to jump on her version of the recipe? I have to say that, with the exception of ... More About: Cake , Perfection , Pound
Homemade Gnocchi
2008-02-09 00:00:00 (pardon the steam in my picture!) I have had homemade gnocchi on my ever-growing list of things to try for quite some time now, and finally got the necessary nudge after I saw them on Joelen's blog last week. A quick confession - I have never actually eaten non-homemade gnocchi. ... More About: Gnocchi
Tag! I?m It!
2008-02-09 00:00:00 I have been tagged by April at Abby Sweets, which means you all get to learn a little bit more about me... read on :) What were you doing 10 years ago? 1998 - I was in my senior year of high school and, as I remember, it was in January that ...
TWD: Hidden Berry Cream Cheese Torte
2008-02-09 00:00:00 This week's Tuesdays With Dorie recipe was the Hidden Berry Cream Cheese Torte , which I couldn't wait to tackle because cheesecake is one of my all-time favorite desserts. The crust is a thick shortbread-butter-type crust (pure heaven for a girl in love with crust!), with a layer of berry jam ...
Happy 1st Birthday Einstein!
2008-02-09 00:00:00 Tomorrow marks Einstein 's 1st birthday, and Nick and I thought we would celebrate today by giving him a birthday cake to enjoy :) Einstein managed to inhale his piece of cake in under 3 seconds, so I think he was pleased with his first birthday cake. And Nick's take ... More About: Happy , Birthday
Biscotti
2008-02-09 00:00:00 Wow, it has been a really long time since I've updated this blog! Nick had an insanely busy month so I haven't made many dinners, but the one thing I have made repeatedly is biscotti. As for a little personal biscotti background... My grandma has kept a constant stash ... More About: Biscotti |
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