Not every bread makes a really good sandwich, even though just about any bread can be used to put together a sandwich. A really good sandwich bread, in my opinion, needs several things. It needs to be solid enough to hold together any combination of standard sandwich ingredients without letting them soak …
Snickerdoodle French Toast
The thing that makes the snickerdoodle cookiea snickerdoodle is the cinnamon-sugar coating that the otherwise plain sugar cookie dough is rolled in before baking. It is simple, but makes the cookie delicious and highly recognizable. With that said, you can’t just add a bit of cinnamon sugar to anything …
Bread warmer for serving
When you bake bread, you generally want it to cool down completely before slicing into it. This is because bread is still baking, in a way, when you take it out of the oven. As it cools, the steam inside the bread is very slowly released through the crust, setting the crumb inside. If …
Wonka Chocolate Golden Mini Eggs, reviewed
In the 1971 movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, guests inside Willie Wonka’s chocolate factory encounter geese that lay golden eggs for Easter. It appears that they are simply giant eggs with golden shells – no wrappers, just shells filled with milk chocolate. An impressive candy, to say the least. The image …
A cake comparison
Though I have many cookbooks, I never do a straight comparison of the recipes given in them. Since I often bake multiple dishes, I might have a batch of chocolate chip cookies from one book and a batch of brownies from another, causing tasters to declare a preference for one over the other. I …
Mixed Berry Ricotta Babycakes
 A babycake, to me, is a small and special cake that doesn’t quite fit into any other mold. It’s not a muffin or a cupcake, nor is is simply a miniature version of a large cake. It’s a babycake – and it’s also precisely how I’d describe these Mixed Berry Ricotta …
Bites from other Blogs
- What’s for Lunch Honey? cooked up a healthy batch of granola that uses more than just the usual ingredients. Her recipe is for Nutty Amaranth Granola with Fresh Berries. Amaranth is a grain that is naturally high in protein and amino acids. It can be popped, which gives it …