A few weeks back I decided I wanted to try to make granola at home. It sounded easy enough. It’s just oats and stuff, mixed up and toasted, right? Who could screw this up? Well, it is easy enough. If you read the directions. Not like yours truely, who read through the recipe once andContinue reading “Granola: if at first you don’t succeed…”
Category Archives: Baking
Kolaches: Betta Czech Yourself…
When I was growing up my mom made so many great things to eat. Maybe this is why my sense of smell and my memories are so much entwined. A whiff of something can take me back to being an eight year old in a moment. All these memories are now driving me to theContinue reading “Kolaches: Betta Czech Yourself…”
It’s a cake…but it’s an omelet…but…
As I was perusing some recipes, trying to decide what to concoct today, I came across a recipe on the Sons of Norway website for Almond or Nut Cake. Since I’m still trying to rediscover my culinary heritage or whatever I figured this would be a point in my favor. I was intrigued by theContinue reading “It’s a cake…but it’s an omelet…but…”
Bread Update
I’m getting the hang of this bread thing. So well in fact that I’m starting to venture out a little bit, try new things. Last weekend I made rosemary bread. Using the same bread recipe, during the initial mixing phase I added not quite 3/4 cup of fresh rosemary that I grew myself (Ok, natureContinue reading “Bread Update”
I Got Sconed
Still licking my wounds from Monday’s flatbread disaster, I needed something to boost my spirits. A little pick-me-up. A little sumthin’ sumthin’ that would go with coffee. Enter my mother-in-law’s scone recipe! 1/3 cup margarine, butter, or shortening ( I use butter) 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour 3 tablespoons sugar 2 ½ teaspoons bakingContinue reading “I Got Sconed”
Bread: Not just flour and water
My first forray into the old ways went waaay back to the beginning. Bread. It’s basic, it’s humble and it’s tasty. People have been making bread forever. But making bread is pretty intimidating, especially to those of us who can’t spend all day in the kitchen watching dough rise. But there are some good reasonsContinue reading “Bread: Not just flour and water”
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