We had a small birthday party for our friend Dawn the other day. I won’t say which birthday it was, but I will say we always enjoy when Hal, Dawn and the rest of the family come over. The thing … Continue reading
My first cherry pie
Category Archives: Baking
Let Me Eat [Carrot] Cake
A while back, a friend of mine (Pat) was telling me about his prep work to make a carrot cake. It sounded a bit ridiculous… until I tried a slice of it. Suddenly, all those steps made perfect sense. I … Continue reading
Outdoor Cooking Guild – Apples
With apple season still going strong, the Outdoor Cooking Guild has done its first group project of cooking apples outside! The recipes range from apple crisp to grilled apples, with a couple of dumplings and a pie in between. The … Continue reading
Pizza Crust The Way It’s Meant To Be
Over the last couple of months, I’ve been getting great bread from Matt at his bakery in Miamisburg, Ohio, Boosalis Baking & Cafe. A couple of weeks ago, I asked if I could buy some flour from him, as he … Continue reading
BBA Challenge 6 – Cornbread
I’m still behind in my Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge, but I’m working my way up. With Weight Watchers, I’m actually skipping the dessert type breads just to make sure they’re not around the house. I was a bit surprised to … Continue reading
Blackberry Thyme Crisp
I’m going a bit nuts with the crisps and cobblers, but I’ve got all this great fruit that I want to use up, and crisps are quick and easy and not too bad for you. There’s a spot a couple … Continue reading
BBA Challenge 5 – Ciabatta
I’ve been behind in my Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge baking. Â There are a couple of reasons, but mostly because some of the recent ones have been very dessert oriented, and I’m trying to avoid that somewhat. Â I’ve also been lazy, … Continue reading
bba challenge 4 – brioche
With the addition of Dreyfus Dog to our family, I skipped the third week of the Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge. Â Bagels would have been a handful with a new puppy in the house, especially one that already ways 68 pounds! … Continue reading
Bacon networking
Let’s face it… Bacon is the new black. what used to be just a side dish with breakfast now gets used in ways we would have thought nuts 15 years ago. I’ve had bacon in a chocolate bar, fixed bacon … Continue reading
bba challenge 2 – artos
Since this was a holiday weekend, I extended my own deadline for doing the second Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge, Artos, or Greek Celebration bread, and finished it today. I started last night by putting together Peter Reinhart’s standard poolish of … Continue reading
bread 1 from bread baker’s apprentice challenge
Nicole from Pinch My Salt came up with a great idea last week: to methodically work through Peter Reinhart’s The Bread Baker’s Apprentice. Â The idea is to do one recipe a week, one after another with no bouncing around. Â She … Continue reading
veggie pizza – will m. tofu make a comeback?
Monsieur Tofu felt that his first battle with Mr. Bacon was unfair. “How could ze contest be fair? Ze restaurant served ze bacon dipped in ze batter and zen fried! I cannot compete under zese conditions!” So last night, I … Continue reading