This post is wrong, so wrong, for many reasons. I apologize. In the first place, hot on the heels of 8 days of cookies, I should be coming to you with healthy and good for you recipes like cauliflower salad, in order to attone for the gluttony that preceeded. In the second place, this is not berry season, [...]
Archive for December, 2010
Almond Berry Shortbread Torte
Posted in Cakes, tagged Almond, Berries, birthday, Cake, Shortbread on December 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Day 5: Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Bark
Posted in Confections and Candies, tagged Chocolate, Peanut Butter on December 11, 2010 | 11 Comments »
On the 5th day of holiday baking my true love ran to the store to get me another 2 kg jar of crunchy peanut butter for this creation. I think I love this recipe so much because it really allows the artist in me to come out. I was never very good at drawing, so baking has [...]
Day One: Almond-Pecan Caramel Corn
Posted in Confections and Candies, tagged Caramel, Popcorn, Salt on December 7, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Last Monday I finally treated myself to a cortisone shot in my elbow. You may be thinking, “What kind of treat is that?” Well here is the sad story of my baking injuries. Last December I piped over 160 gingerbread snowflake cookies and gave myself an awful case of carpal tunnel syndrome. Just a simple matter [...]
Doughnuts to Celebrate Chanukah
Posted in Misc. Desserts, tagged Chanukah, Dessert on December 1, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Today is the first night of Chanukah. When I was growing up, Chanukah meant potato latkes with sour cream and applesauce. My mother would make them and then complain for days about the smell of oil from frying which lingered in the house for days. My mother has an incredible sense of smell. In our family, [...]
