Category Archives: Baked Goods

Peanut Butter Brownies

I think a brownie is chocolate. I don’t think it’s peanut butter. Weird. But whatever. I made these for my husband because he loves loves loves peanut butter and especially Reese’s

Buttermilk Biscuits

This is my last November post and my last “we took Thanksgiving on the road” post. Time to put Thanksgiving to rest for 2013. This post is about buttermilk biscuits. My niece Becca made

Pumpkin Bundt Cake With Cinnamon Glaze

We took our Thanksgiving on the road this year. Celebrating the holiday and all that we are thankful for with my younger brother and niece and our kids. We rented a house in a pine

Black Rice Crust Quiche

Alan has great friends.  I get to have Alan’s friend as my friends now by virtue of my association with Alan.  Lucky me.  Two of his friends invited us to their weekend house up in

Chocolate Sheath Cake – A Family Staple

I’ve been MIA from my blog for a bit. Overwhelmed with myriad family drama and upset. But I’m back. And I bring you today ….. my son’s all time favorite desert. And Lily Link’s favorite

Cooking With Kids – Grissini

I always love to cook with kids. My kid. My step-kids. Their friends. My nieces and nephews and their friends. My friend’s kids. Big kids, little kids. It doesn’t matter. Everyone can help

Cinco De Mayo!!

You would think that for May 5th, Cinco de Mayo, I would cook and write about Mexican food – that’s what I did last year. Nope. Not this year. This year I’m writing about chocolate cookies.

More Beautiful Family And Family Of Family And Cocoa Nibs And Sea Salt

My husband always tells me that he has no family (except his kids and us). I’ve written about this before. I can’t figure out if he really believes it or if he’s looking for sympathy or what the

Why In The World Would I Ever Make A Cracker?

About two years ago I got a call from my good friend Disa in Denmark (wintercoat.dk.com). Disa and I exchange recipes – well mostly she sends me hers as she’s a very inventive and

Cookies Of My Youth – Redux

I was looking for an interesting chocolate chip cookie recipe. Not that there’s anything wrong with the Toll House recipe but I wanted something different. Maybe even something ‘better.’