I have to admit, I didn’t go into this week’s challenge with high expectations. I have been making the same cornbread recipe since 1987, when my friend Pam shared her recipe with me. I love her cornbread. It combines cornmeal and corn flour and makes for a very tender cornbread. I add canned corn to it which [...]
Archive for July, 2009
#10. Girl’s Week Cornbread
Posted in Bread Bakers Apprentice Challenge on July 21, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Pam’s Cornbread
Posted in Uncategorized on July 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This recipe comes from my cooking school friend, Pam. What you need: 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour 2/3 cup cornmeal, can use medium or coarse grind ½ cup corn flour 2/3 cup sugar 5 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon salt 1 1/3 cups whole milk 2 ½ ounces melted butter 1 large egg, beaten 1 [...]
Watermelon and Halloumi Cheese Salad
Posted in Salads on July 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I first learned about Halloumi cheese last summer when I watched Jamie Oliver prepare it on his TV show, “Jamie at Home”. Halloumi is a traditional cheese from Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is made from a mixture of goat and sheep milk, although some halloumi can be bought that also contains [...]
#9 Living on a Cinnamon Cloud
Posted in Bread Bakers Apprentice Challenge on July 14, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I am only just now beginning to come down from that cinnamon cloud I have been living on for the past two weeks. I have gone through an entire jar of cinnamon in just 13 days. Usually a jar will last about 4 months in my house. I used about 2/3 of the jar making [...]
#8. My Cinnamon Bun Epiphany
Posted in Bread Bakers Apprentice Challenge on July 6, 2009 | 18 Comments »
There comes a time in almost every woman’s life when she realizes with crystal clarity that “Yikes, I’m turning into my mother!” (I don’t think the same is true for men and their fathers). That time happened for me last week while I was standing in line, waiting to pay, at the Smiths Falls Walmart. I went [...]