The first thing you should know about this recipe is, just like the Vanilla Buttermilk Cookies, these jam bars are hard to stop eating. I mean, you don’t think it’s going to be a problem when you’re making them, but then you’ve let them cool, cut into them, and you’re taking that first bite of […]
Lately these days I’m finding I have less and less and less time in a day. I mean c’mon, where the heck does it all go?! I swear, one minute I’m groggily trying to drag my night owl rear end up for the day and the next I’m back in bed for the night wondering […]
In my house, maple syrup is akin to liquid gold and the ONLY kind of maple syrup is Vermont maple syrup. (This is what happens when you marry a Real Vermonter.) The first time I made this recipe was as muffins, and Steve looked slightly panicked, slightly accusatory that I’d used maple syrup in baking. […]
A deftly simple pie that’s packed with big apple flavor crowned by a sweet foil of a crunchy crumble topping.
I have a favorite chocolate cake recipe that I use for almost all cake requirements. I’m thrilled when my kids ask for chocolate for their birthday cakes because I know I’ve got it covered. But vanilla? I wilt a little when they ask for that because the recipes I’ve tried before have fallen flat. The […]
Ah. Chewy brownies. Yes, chewy brownies! Now, no offense here, I know this is a controversial, delicate topic. “Hey babe, we’re outta dessert-like items. What can I interest you in?” From the couch I hear a loungy day-off grunt, “Brownies.” “Ok, brownies it is.” So beganeth an hour+ of recipe seeking. Did you know brownies […]
There are generally only two seasons in Chicago: sunny and gray. Construction and winter. We’re still somehow in construction despite the changing thermometer readings and the roadways are getting worse rather than better but at the same time, we’ve far too quickly switched to gray. As it goes here. This is a long way to […]
Growing up, I was one heck of a lucky kid to go on oodles of road trips with the family, all across the country. There are only a scant few states we didn’t visit but for the most part, we hit the vast majority of the continental U.S. My brother doesn’t remember much of any […]
First, I have to come clean. I am responsible for some Twitter harassment that’s been going on for years. It’s true. Every August, during peach season, I mercilessly taunt Jody Perkins with my photos of this amazing crispy peach cobbler. I’d like to tell you I feel bad about it, but truth be told, I […]
Birthdays in my house are often an exercise in How Much Sugar Can I Get Away With in One Day for the kids. And the one we celebrated this week for the newly-minted 12 year old was a case in point. Let me present Exhibit A: Did I mention yet that my kids each want […]
