Was holiday cookie baking and candy making a tradition in your childhood? It was in mine. My grandma would come to visit and she and my mom would churn out gazillions of Date Nut Pinwheels and some other dried fruit/nut cookie that I don’t remember the name of (I confess I never ate either as…
A Review of Marshmallow Madness: Kahlua & Cream Marshmallows
Sometimes you get offered a book to review that you are really excited to try cooking or baking from–but just not that time of year. I am extremely moody when it comes to the seasons and food. I don’t like gingersnaps in the spring or summer. I used to refuse to eat Indian curries in…
Grown Up Crispy Chocolate Globs
Ostensibly this post is about food, Crispy Chocolate Globs to be exact. But first I need to share something more exciting–Skamp has arrived!
Peanut Butter Candy Bars: Baking With Sammy to Use Up Halloween Candy
Peanut Butter Candy Bars are a fantastic way to use up leftover Halloween candy. These photos were were updated in November 2015–but I have left the original photos of Sammy and I baking these the first time around! I wonder if my mom was as tormented by Halloween candy as I am? It drives me…
Salted Cacao Nib Brittle
I don’t know about you, but in this house it is never too soon to start thinking about the holidays! Not playing Christmas music or anything, but thinking about what cookies I will bake, what decorations will go up, what candies I will try this year. Not that this brittle cannot be made any time…
Chunky Quadruple Chocolate Cookies: Baking with Sammy
Houston, we have a winner! Because even Sesame Street has to hit a homerun every now and then. Sammy and I have continued our baking adventures during the day while Alex is at school.
Caramelized Peanut Shortbread Bars: A Review of A Baker’s Field Guide to Chocolate Chip Cookies
I’m headed to I just got back from Eat Write Retreat this past weekend, and I meant to get this posted before I left. Life happened. For those who don’t know, it is kind of a networking workshop–I describe it this way, rather than a conference (despite having never been to one of any kind…
Peanut Butter Candy Cups
This is technically about 2-3 weeks overdue as a post about what to do with your Halloween candy. But the thing is, this is a great idea for anytime–I mean how cute are these cups? And so easy! And just as tasty with chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, M&Ms, Reece’s Pieces, or mini marshmallows–all of…
Strawberry Lemon Pâte de Fruit
I thought these would take a great picture, but in reality they look much better sans sugar. So just know you would eat them coated in sugar. What are they? They are what I prefer to call pâte de fruit, because pectin fruit jelly just sounds so blah. But in Europe they are pâte de…