i adore baked goods year round, but the holiday season turns me into a cracked-out cookie fiend, without fail every year. all i want to do is bake and consume cookies – especially chocolate chip and peanut butter blossoms. i blame my family for this. my grandma always makes a monstrous batch of chocolate chip [...]
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Tags: all-purpose flour·brown sugar·eggs·hershey kisses·milk·peanut butter·salt·shortening·sugar·vanilla
I am not the baker of the FWTS duo. I prefer braising over baking. I don’t often work from a recipe. I can follow a recipe but I prefer to pull together ingredients that I think will taste good together and then cook them in a way I enjoy. This is not possible with baking. [...]
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Tags: baking soda·flour·margarine·molasses·salt·semi-sweet chocolate·sugar·vanilla
i was poised to record last night’s thanksgiving leftovers extreme makeover (that ended up being very tasty) but for some reason when i was uploading the pictures, my computer ate them. i can’t find them on my memory stick or in the recycle bin or anywhere. bah humbug. so that post is out. luckily i [...]
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Tags: butter·eggs·jam·orange zest·salt·sugar·vanilla