So…it’s football season. Probably my least favorite thing of all time. The only redeeming quality football season boasts is that it tends to be full of delicious appetizers. As you accept invitations and visit with friends and their big screen TVs (which you may or may not be interested in actually watching), consider whipping up […]
Hey. Do you remember about two years ago when we had that huge pumpkin shortage? Since then, I have lived in fear of not being able to get my pumpkin fix each fall. But guess what? I discovered a way to cheat and get my fill of my favorite orange foods, even if pumpkin is […]
This month for the Secret Recipe Club, I was assigned a great blog: Amy’s Cooking Adventures. She has so many delicious recipes that I really had a hard time deciding what to make! So many of Amy’s dishes looked yummy, from her Avocado and Egg Grilled Cheese to her Balsamic Pasta Salad. I am definitely […]
How many different ways can I convince myself that cake is an excellent breakfast food? It would really be impossible to count… The first time I had monkey bread was at a “cookout” breakfast at Camp Hanover. I’m not actually sure how we managed this without a proper oven…but I was only 8, so cooking […]
Guess what? I joined a club. The Secret Recipe Club! Sounds impressive, doesn’t it? Basically how this works (er…a fanciful version of how this works, anyway) is that every month, every blogger in the club draws a different blog out of a hat and then makes a recipe from that blog. It’s like finding a […]
When I was a kid, coffee cake meant a box from Entenmann’s. Or, if luck was on my side, maybe a Ukrop’s box (moment of mourning for the dearly departed grocery chain of my youth) containing a round, almond-and-icing-covered cake, which was more to my liking. Please don’t misunderstand me—my mom is a masterful baker, […]
The first time I ever tried a crackle cookie was seriously disappointing. It was kind of flavorless and much too stiff, and every time I tried to take a bite my face and lungs got covered in a fine layer of confectioner’s sugar. After that experience, I basically decided I didn’t like crackle cookies at […]
So. Thanksgiving is over. Leftovers abound. Including—if you followed my advice to make your own pie crust—many little scraps of unused pie dough. What are you going to do with those scraps, you wonder? (Don’t worry, if you were a bit delinquent and ate them already, or worse yet if you didn’t make your own […]
Oh my gosh. When I found this recipe on Annie’s Eats, I almost died of excitement. And boy, were these cookies good. I’m not sure I would actually call this cookie a snickerdoodle, now that I have tasted them. To me, snickerdoodles are light crunchy and oh-so-buttery disks covered in cinnamon. Their pumpkin friends are […]