Saturday, this recipe aired on the Food Network via Sunny Anderson. Here’s the link to the recipe. Today, my freezer holds a gallon bag of this delicious mixture. Yes, freeze your granola. It will remain much more crisp.
ready for a taste…
Cooling in the afternoon sun…
…another cookie from The Cookie Jar, Hannah’s bakery in Minnesota (all via Joanne Fluke’s mystery series)
This cookie recipe can be found in Fluke’s “Key Lime Pie Murder” on page 21. The oatmeal in the recipe gives the cookies a wonderful texture; they are soft and chewy on the inside, and crunchy on the outside. The flavor is that of a good, basic cookie. Cinnamon or Chinese five spice would be a flavorful addition to these cookies.
…from The Cookie Jar bakery via Hannah via Joanne Fluke’s murder mystery. These cookies are brownie-like in the center and dotted with powdered sugar on the outside. In the book, these cookies were baked to honor the local sheriff’s department ‘black and white’ cruisers.
In a taste test, these won two thumbs up from Niece A (and me too!).
Aren’t friendships wonderful! ….and often found in the most unlikely places…
I attended a week-long ‘baking bootcamp’ at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY two years ago. (Here is the link to my pictures.) During the class, we were aided by student assistants. They were wonderful, and they worked very hard to keep 14+ students on task. I have maintained contact with Katerina (one of the student assistants) via the wonderful world of the internet. She has since graduated from CIA, and is working in a bakery in Washington state. I’ll be traveling there this summer, and will have the opportunity to visit with Katerina, and sample something(s) from the bakery.
I follow the bakery’s blog where Katerina is currently employed.
My blog was mentioned in a blog post from Bakery Nouveau in Seattle, Washington. Here’s the link:
Here’s the link to the bakery’s web site.
Such simple things can make us smile….
Regency Ginger Crisps
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder page 226
Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder page 91
Strawberry Shortcake Murder page 134
Oatmeal Raisin Crisps
Watch for future posts as I continue to read and bake.
Here’s the link to ‘black and white’ cookies.
Here’s the link to ‘Swedish Oatmeal Cookies.’
I’m not a coffee drinker – give me my espresso in these muffins! They are moist and flavorful and delicious. And, they are very pretty, presented on a white dish/plate.
The recipe is from Cinnamon Spice & Everything Nice (blog link here). I followed the recipe exactly as printed on her blog. Add these to your relaxing – morning – life of luxury, or to your normal, hectic, everyday morning.
Delicious!!!
In an attempt to develop healthier eating habits, I’m baking with oats at least once per week. There are oats in these strawberry bars; however, there is also enough butter in the curst to make you say – ahhh….butter!
This recipe is adapted from a recipe for raspberry granola bars from Delicious Dishings (here’s the link.)
Rather than using the raspberry filling, I used strawberry jam made from Ina’s recipe (here’s my blog link.)
Though these bars are not exactly low fat, they do contain the healthy oat. I’m going to try these with a fig filling next.
Delicious!!!
A trip to Charleston, SC last fall peaked my interest in benne wafers. I first attempted to replicate the famous cookies a few months ago; here’s the link.
For this attempt, I followed a recipe from “Lost Recipes,” a magazine publication by Cook’s Country – page 46.
These cookies were thin, although, not as thin as those pictured with the recipe. Regardless of thickness, the cookies were delicious! And, the baked cookies freeze very well.
My Grandmother Easterwood raised chickens, so I’m not exactly a novice; however, I’ve never seen blue and green chicken eggs – until Saturday. The Memphis Farmers Market continues to grow, and one of the current vendors is Donnell Century Farm (www.DonnellCenturyFarm.com). They were selling farm fresh eggs; among the eggs were brown, white, green, and blue eggs. Here’s one link discussing the shell color of eggs.
The eggs (shells only) in the wire chicken basket are about 20 years old. My Great Aunt Hazel pierced the eggs, and blew out the contents. I’ve kept the egg shells for years. She is no longer with us, but I remember her fondly.
These eggs are almost too pretty to use…almost…
