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Tag: baking
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Caramel Apple Cheesecake
This isn’t so much a recipe as it is an extrapolation of a recipe. Cheesecake is a very flexible dessert, lending itself very well to additions of other flavors, while being perfect delicious on it’s own. I blogged the cheesecake filling earlier this year, so start there… Once you have the crust started – and…
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Cheesecake
Cheesecake, like so many other things, is more a state of mind than a simple recipe. The variations on it are nearly infinite, and even the ‘base’ of the recipe can be changed up. I looked at bunches of recipes online, and finally pulled out a cookbook to give myself a starting point. I really…
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Eat This While You Read That: George Phillies
When I asked George Phillies for a dish and a book, he sent me several. So I had choices! With the juxtaposition of Christmas, traveling, and the kids to help me, I decided to go with his Snickerdoodles recipe. In a fun turn, this was a recipe you really can read while you make it,…
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Eat This While You Read That: LB Johnson
It’s rare that I have a recipe in this series where I haven’t talked to the author directly, and it’s also rare that I have a recipe I can’t publish. That’s because the author is a friend of friends and they asked her about taking part, and because like me, she cooks and posts recipes…
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Kitchen Musings
It’s my day over at the MGC and I was doing housework and let the blog slip my mind… sorry. I am working on a cooking project, have happily made my house cleaner, and helped my honey with a honey-do from his list (which didn’t go smoothly, but then, these things never do!). I’ve got…
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Rain Falling
There is a sort of peacefulness to being indoors with the rain falling down safely out of doors. A warm cup of coffee, a list of tasks which may be completed without stepping foot out of the house… it’s all good. I was baking yesterday and am doing more today, as I work on another…
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Zucchini-Apple Bread
I’ve done many variations over the years on zucchini bread. It’s a sweet bread, almost a cake. Dense, moist, rich… and a great way to use up some of those squash before they stage an invasion. I’ve blended grated carrots and zucchini, used the yellow summer squash rather than the green, thrown in a handful…
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Coconut Meringue Pie
As those who read this blog for the recipes know, I love to make pie. Fortunately, my first Reader loves to eat pie, and this is his most-favorite flavor of that dessert. Baked goods spark an odd response from folks. Most of them love to eat them, but insist ‘I’m not a baker!’ and don’t…
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Review: I'm Just Here for the Food
This is a review of a series of books, actually. They are books I have prominently displayed on a shelf, and they are among the very few books in my house that get pulled out and consulted frequently. I also write in them: notes, dates, and adjustments. I’m talking, of course, about the cookbooks I…
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Review: I’m Just Here for the Food
This is a review of a series of books, actually. They are books I have prominently displayed on a shelf, and they are among the very few books in my house that get pulled out and consulted frequently. I also write in them: notes, dates, and adjustments. I’m talking, of course, about the cookbooks I…
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‘Tis the Season for Fruitcake
So this is a recipe for fruitcake. Only it isn’t what you’re thinking of. This is my Dorothy-Mom’s recipe which was handed down to her, and which I believe has it’s origins in a time when fruit and sugar were scarce. The resulting cake is sweet, so sweet, dense, rich, chewy, and absolutely does not…
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Sticky Buns for Breakfast
Dad loves biscuits, and he’s been hinting at them for a couple of days, so this morning I mixed up a batch. When I asked him if he wanted them rolled out or drop, he said “Rolled out with sticky stuff in the middle!” Growing up, Mom cooked, we sisters cooked, but Dad rarely did.…