I’m always on the lookout for new and delicious things to make, because a) I love baking and b) I love eating and c) chocolate is my friend. So when a client at my work told me about the Brandy Balls that she always makes around the holiday season, I asked her for the recipe. She…
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Granola Energy Bars & Eating Lighter (in theory, if not in practice)
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m part of an on-line baking group, cooking our way through Dorie Greenspan’s Baking Chez Moi cookbook. Today’s recipe is Granola Energy Bars. Hereafter christened Granola Extremely High Caloric Intake Energy Bars. Why? Read on, mes amis! I started out using Dorie’s base of 2 cups of oats to 2 cups of dried fruit…
Fruitcake Smackdown: Marzipan-Covered Bar Form! Plus cakepops.
The DH is still overseas, so I am continuing to sublimate my worry by baking. Baking, the panacea for all worries, since…forever? I can totally see a cavewoman doing this, far back into the reaches of time. Silly caveman out on a hunt for a wooly mammoth? Sublimate worries by collecting berries and grains and…
Tasty Tapas: Veggie Croquetas
Ok, finally I have a chance to post that last tapas recipe I’ve been writing about, my yummy Veggie Croquetas! I actually grew up thinking that croquettes were Dutch, as I had only eaten them in Holland, when I went there on a trip with my family. Apparently, though, a number of different cultures have…
Baking Chez Moi: Rugelach Redux, Plus Palmiers
After my last post, about the Baking Chez Moi cookbook bake-a-long, where I posted about baking the Rugelach-That-Conquered-France (yes, that`s the real title in the book), I was a bit frustrated. Finicky recipe! So frustrating to work hard and then have the final product fall apart, albeit in a tasty manner. And then I went…