Tag Archive 'baking'

May 04 2012

Strawberry Shortcakes

Published by under Food,Local food,Recipes

I think strawberries are the quintessential local, seasonal food.  Some people would argue that tomatoes better represent the kind of quality you can only get locally but I think the difference between a May strawberry from a farm near your house and a December strawberry from somewhere else in the world that ends up in [...]

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May 02 2012

Coconut Oatmeal White Chocolate Cookies

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To anyone who lives or has lived in a more rural area, these cookies should look somewhat familiar.  Versions of this recipe can be found on bake sales, at church socials, holiday gatherings and those compilation cookbooks firehouses sell.  Maybe they have chocolate chips instead of white chocolate or maybe they don’t include the oatmeal [...]

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Apr 18 2012

Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies

Published by under Food,Recipes

I know you’ve seen them and you’ve probably bought them once or twice–those pillowy sugar cookies with technicolor frosting sold in the plastic clamshells in the bakery section of the grocery store.  They are full of sugar and artificial ingredients but when you really want something indulgent and sweet, those little babies are just the [...]

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Mar 23 2012

Hot Dogs in Pretzel Buns

Published by under Food,Recipes

I’m a fan of the show Next Food Network Star–it makes me wonder if I could ever do something like that and then smacks me back into the reality that, no, I probably couldn’t.  Last season, I was really pulling for Susie win; her warm smile, bubbly personality and sweet stories about her family won [...]

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Mar 16 2012

What’s Baking: Chocolate Guinness Cake

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Our What’s Baking theme this month is to bake for St. Patty’s Day which, I have to admit, was kinda tricky for me. See, as a 30-year-old without much Irish in her roots, I’m just not that into St. Patrick’s Day.  What used to be an excuse to go bar-hopping and drink cheap food-color-tinted beer [...]

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