If you’re like me, you don’t really ever need a “reason” to make pie. I mean, I make it for fun, because it sounds good, because I need to use up apples or free up freezer space during berry-picking season. I make it for the hell of it, because I just WANT some, because it’s […]
Well. Here it is, St. Patrick’s Day week. What the…..how on earth….how the heck did that freakin’ happen?! Wow. I’m running so behind on, well, life it seems! Sheesh. But Irish Soda Bread Muffins, ay? Yeah, I’ve never made nor have I ever even eaten soda bread before. I know. You’re looking at your screen […]
The first time I made my own pie crust I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. Fresh out of college, I looked up a recipe in my trusty Pillsbury Cookbook and made it. The following day at work, I mentioned that I’d made a pie with a homemade crust, and one of the […]
My mother-in-law was the first person I knew to make brownies from scratch. I was a committed brownie-from-the-box kinda gal, though I hadn’t made them in forever because I’d just about eat the whole pan any time I did. I LOVE brownies. They’re one of the few things I find very hard to resist…unless they’re […]
Guys. Peeps. My friends. Yogurt Apple Cake with Buttered Cinnamon Brown Sugar. Come on. Ack oh my gosh is this cake so good. SO good. I know, it’s not apple season but I do.not.care. Do not. Nope. I was planning on springing this one on you in the fall but eh, so much for that. […]
I am a bread snob. There, I said it. I want my bread to be hearty, dense, and whole grain. You know, the kind that comes from a bakery, not the squishy, light, limp stuff you find prepackaged on the bread shelf in the grocery store. The latter falls firmly into the category of Food […]
Omg omg omg! You forgot it was Valentine’s Day, whaddya do?! (Totally have done that, thank you.) Or: omg omg omg I gots no time but I need something for my sweetheart and is it too late?! What do I do?! Or: oh crap, my baby unexpectedly did something for me and I am a […]
I have always loved that Becky’s and my birthdays are only two days apart. I especially love that hers comes before mine because that means she’ll always be older than me. (It’s the little things in life, you know?) Can I also tell you that I’m a little jealous that she came up with a […]
So as The Baker of the House, when it comes to your own birthday, you’re kinda hosed, amiright? Baking your own birthday cake n’ stuff? Yeah it can be a drag from the All Hail Me standpoint but, alas, such is our lot in life. Growing up, my mom made cakes for all our family […]
