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Category: Baking

  • Blog Tour Stop for New YA Release – Ratgirl: Song of the Viper

    Last May, I interviewed Gayle C. Krause, a prolific blogger, writer, and YA and children’s author. Today, I’m excited to share in Gayle’s blog tour as she introduces her new YA book available by the end of the week at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.  For more information, please visit Gayle’s blog – The Storyteller’s Scroll… →

  • Christmas Tea and Cookies

    There’s nothing like a nice cup of tea! Paired with homemade cookies and it’s a little vacation in your kitchen. Here’s one of my favorite chocolate cookie recipe made easier with the help of a food processor. It’s from the February 1995 issue of Better Homes and Gardens. I used a 1-inch scoop and made… →

  • Make Ahead Apple Pie – The Rest of the Story

    The Make Now Bake Later apple pie fillings worked great! I baked one for Thanksgiving, and it disappeared in two days. I used one-half package of  Trader Joe’s frozen pie crust to line a pan, slipped in the still frozen pie filling, and topped it with a crumb mixture. I even had enough dough from… →

  • Make Now, Bake Later Apple Pie

    I made these apple pie fillings, then froze them in plastic freezer bags in pie pans to retain their shapes. Afterward, the fillings can be stacked in the freezer without the pans. When it’s time to bake them, I’ll slip them (still frozen) into the pans lined with pastry, dot with butter and cover with… →

  • No Oil Apple Cake Recipe

    This sweet and moist apple cake recipe requires zero oil or butter. APPLE HARVEST CAKE 4 cups apples 4 cups sugar 2 eggs 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. vanilla 2 tsp. baking powder 2 cups flour 1 cup chopped nuts Dice apples and mix with sugar. Let stand one hour. Add remaining… →

  • A Cup(cake) of Kindness

    While on a recent trip to Georgia, we found Miss Mamie’s Cupcakes, Cakes, and Such on the square in Marietta. It’s a darling dessert place with loads of atmosphere. Even the water was served in a cut glass goblet! Owner Mamie Jo won a March 2012 episode of Cupcake Wars on the Food Network! The two cupcakes we tried,… →

  • Strawberry Yogurt Pie

    What to do with the last of the summer strawberries? Here’s a quick, cool dessert I’ve made for years: Strawberry Yogurt Pie 1 8-oz. container Cool Whip 2 8-oz. containers strawberry yogurt 1/2 cup sliced strawberries 1 8-inch prepared graham cracker crust Slightly thaw Cool Whip and blend well with yogurt. Fold in strawberries and pour in… →

  • Let’s Pizza Like It’s 1985

    Last night, I made this pizza from a recipe I had copied onto a recipe card and kept from Organic Gardening Magazine – the January 1985 issue. Yes. From the original issue. In 1985. Wow. Still a good one. I doubled it. Here’s the single recipe: 20 MINUTE HOMEMADE PIZZA 1 tsp. Quick-Rise dry yeast 1/2 c.… →

  • Homemade Oreos as Literary Technique

    What do you do when you’re bored? Take a walk, watch TV, read? Lucky for me, my daughter bakes. These are Homemade Oreos. Delicate, crispy cookies stuffed with a fluffy cream filling. At 135 calories apiece, they are to be savored. Juxtapostion. That’s what makes each part more delicious. Because they’re contrasted against each other.… →