You’ve probably noticed that this blog is dessert/baked goods central lately. I don’t like to whine TOO much (sometimes this blog feels like a long list of what infection I’ve had when), but after the appendectomy I did something to my back, caught a sinus infection, and now I have bronchitis. But October is also…
Think Outside The Box: Double Chocolate Chip Mint Teff Cookies
Some of you have heard me rave about teff before. The world’s tiniest grain (teff means “lost” in Arhamic, which they speak (I think) in Ethiopia) and one of the primary grains used in Africa, one handful of it can sow a very large field–which makes it both incredibly economical and also an incredible pain…
Spring Fever: Andes Mint Shortbread Sandwiches
Is anything better than the first week of springlike weather? Especially when you live north of the Mason Dixon Line? Especially, especially when you have been housebound and sick the previous month? No. I realize this is somewhat repetitive of my last post, but seriously, people, I love this time of year. Alas, it seems…
Mint Chocolate Dalmatians
Why does peppermint seem out of place in the summer? Yes it is a holiday flavor, but it is so cooling and refreshing, the perfect complement to chocolate on a hot summer day. That’s my story anyway. I found this recipe, sans peppermint, in Marcel Desaulniers’ Death By Chocolate Cookies. I am not a big…
The Hilarity Of Grief Or How Many Bundt Cakes Is Too Many Bundt Cakes? (Double Chocolate Peppermint Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake)
Some people react to death and the trappings of death (funerals, etc) in a very somber, dignified fashion. And some people crack jokes, even while crying. My family would fall in the camp of the latter. I think I have laughed more this last week than I have the entire previous year. I’m not entirely…
Some Kitchen Photos & Some Inadvertantly Gooey Peppermint Brownies
My mother’s favorite part of my new kitchen is the pantry. It is a step in, which means you can step 1, maybe 2 steps into it, but it is long and has shelves at each end also. The photo to the left is the view of the left from the inside. The photos in…
Mint Chocolate Cupcakes For John
John and I rarely celebrate birthdays on the actual birthday. When it comes to the kids, we are usually trying to coordinate a party for family if not something bigger. Poor Sammy’s (whose birthday falls during hunting season) birthday was off by almost a month this year–but she was turning 2 so it is not…
The Theme Of The Moment: Stress & Peppermint
It suddenly feels like finding a spare moment to do anything, much less post to this blog, is not to be had. Certainly not take pictures in daylight, as these photos can attest. In light of that, this will be short, but sweet. Very sweet, rich, chocolatey and full of minty goodness. Smooth and slightly…
Mini Chip Peppermint Crisps, OH MY
These are my first huge discovery of the Christmas cookie baking season. Every year I make an effort to try some new recipes, create some new traditions. Some of the really successful cookies of past Christmases (that are not family recipes) include Gale Gand’s Hungarian Shortbread, Carole Walter’s Scottish Shortbread, and a recipe found on…