I’ve written a little about my past sourdough bread baking period when I wrote about my favorite bread cookbook. If you didn’t see the post, you can read it here: Cookbook: Breads from the La Brea Bakery. Every now and … Continue reading Ciabatta Rolls
I just had to know if that other method of de-boning a chicken/turkey, the one where you start at the breasts and work around to the back, was any better than the one where you start at the backbone, and … Continue reading Apricot Walnut Stuffed Chicken Roll
With that pile of Parmesan Crackers I made yesterday, I needed something to do to prevent myself from eating them all in one day, and the garden tomatoes we put in the garage have been ripening very nicely. So. Stuffed … Continue reading Stuffed Tomatoes (with Parmesan Crackers)
Several years ago, I made a terrific blue cheese shortbread to take to a gathering, but I didn’t write down the recipe and haven’t found one on the web that seems like it, but I keep looking. I’m sure I’ll … Continue reading Parmesan Crackers from Pie Crust
It’s not that I don’t have two ripe bananas, it’s just that desire for a fall pumpkin flavor that inspires this play on my favorite banana bread. I stole a can of pumpkin from my dog’s pantry (she gets one … Continue reading Skip the Bananas, Add Pumpkin: Nut Bread
My husband mildly hates bananas, but really, really hates coffee, so he can’t complain that I am trying to make him fat with this bread. I’m using my favorite banana bread recipe, making adjustments for the coffee. [Pause while I … Continue reading Espresso Banana Walnut Bread
I was going to make my Lemon Blueberry Ricotta Cake for the department get-together, but my husband didn’t like the look of the blueberries I picked up, so I whipped up my Sparkling Molasses Ginger Cookies. That left me with … Continue reading Heavenly Lemon Ricotta Muffins
Yet another use for using up that buttermilk you bought for the biscuits. Plus, I just felt like making a loaf of bread. It happened to be on a day when I made another one of those beer-can chickens on … Continue reading Buttermilk Bread with Oatmeal and Honey
It started with the buttermilk dressing for the chickpea salad of the last post, but like all buttermilk recipes, one leads to another, because no one here wants to drink the stuff, so I have to use it up. Next … Continue reading A Buttermilk Week
Update: my husband said it was tasty, and I’ll take that as success. I’ve never seen nor tasted a chocolate babka or any other kind of babka, but when I looked it up recently and saw the photos, I was … Continue reading Chocolate Babka, Once
There was buttermilk after a recent biscuit menu, so scones were inevitable. Thought I’d try something savory this time instead of the usual fruit scones I like. These are pretty rich and practically a meal in themselves, so don’t plan … Continue reading Blue Cheese Bacon Scones
Here’s the dough this morning, all bubbly and risen. It’ll still be a few hours before I put it in the pan to rise again. White Parmesan sauce with roasted garlic, arugula, sage sausage, and red peppers. A little mozzarella, … Continue reading Pizza: Day Two—White Pizza
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