It’s funny, starting this blog, rarities like buttermilk and heavy cream and various flours and heaps of chocolate and etcetera and etcetera are now on permanent standby, at the ready for drop-of-the-hat baking. Which is generally my M.O. Life is hard, yup, and poor Mike suffers so. However, things like cream cheese are not, oddly […]
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 […]
Ok so pies are not my jam. Well wait. I like pies. I like to eat pies. I like to make pies. Pies stress me out though. I get Dough Anxiety. It’s a registered thing in the uh DSM-5. For real. (Ok, don’t dig too deep.) No doubt many of us have Dough Anxiety. […]
We have a constant supply of bananas in the house, and despite the fact that my kids are part fruit bat, we often end up with some getting overripe. Depending on the time of year, this happens once in a great while or every week (I’m looking at you, summer). I’d swear bananas are going […]
What do I want to do when it’s ninety five degrees outside with a heat index of one hundred? Bake. I’m rolling my eyes too. It’s hot! Stupid hot. And I’m baking! Whaaaat am I thinking?! Weirdo is right. But this is a must, a must-bake, an annual requirement I cheerfully fulfill. It’s […]
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 […]
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. […]
