Yeah, I know that I could have tried to attract wild yeast swirling around in the air and coax them into a friendly, flour and water living environment. But I didn’t. I ordered a starter from the Baker’s Catalogue.
I fed it.
I’m …
Sunday Brunch: Plain Waffles
Despite the fact that this may not be the prettiest waffle, I rather like the way it turned out to be almost circular. I will, however, practice filling my waffle iron.
Last time I posted about making waffles for breakfast, I based my recipe on one from …
Classic Peanut Butter Cookies
Peanut butter cookies are good. Very good, as a matter of fact. Though I had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches almost every single day that I took a bag lunch to school (K-12), I did not often have peanut butter cookies. Thinking about the reasons why this may have been, …
More on soft pretzels
A while ago I posted about making soft pretzels and posted the recipe. I didn’t take any photos that time, so when I made a batch up today I snapped a few shots.
They are super easy and very tasty. I ate a few and froze the …
A word of advice
If you need to buy a cake for a man’s 24nd birthday, do not buy a Spongebob Squarepants birthday cake. There is something fundamentally odd about doing so – particularly when the birthday boy in question isn’t a fan of the cartoon and there is no “inside joke” about the …
Thank you Dr Biggles!
I received a wonderful package from the UPS guy today, courtesy of Dr. Biggles and my meatloaf. Now I have something to keep me going on my journey into the midwest. Yep, I’m flying out to Indiana to visit some family for the long weekend. …
Spicy Blackberry BBQ Sauce and Died and Went to Heaven Chocolate Cake
It all started with a sauce. A gorgeous, burgundy colored sauce that does not photograph nearly as well as I would like it to. I found it in this month’s Bon Appetit magazine. It was a spicy blackberry barbeque sauce. The question was what should I serve it on? Steak. …
Valentine’s Day Butter Cookies
What better way to tell your loved ones how much they mean to you than by baking them a big batch of heart shaped cookies? Ok, there are some things that could be considered better – money, cars, twice as many cookies – but you must admit that fresh cookies …
