Bread/Pastry

Muffin Monday: Peach Streusel Muffins

February 18, 2007
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Ok, I admit, my muffin-picture-taking-ablilty needs some *serious* work…but these muffins were yummy! Months ago–could it be years?–I had ripped out the “Muffins 101” article from Martha Stewart Living. Sure, I know how to make a muffin…but sometimes it’s nice to have a quick go-to guide for measurements and the like. But the part that […]

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Mini Pork Pies

February 12, 2007
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Aren’t they cute? They look like little daisy-flower-faces, don’t they? I’m jumping right back into blogging (yay, finally!) by being a part of February’s “Waiter, there’s something in my….” hosted by Cooksister, The Passionate Cook, and SpittoonExtra. This month’s “something” was pie. Mmmmm, P-I-E! According to the rules put forth, it could be savory, it […]

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Active Yeast vs Rapid Rise

December 17, 2006
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The infamous No-Knead Bread that Mark Bittman wrote about in The New York Times. Yes, like everyone else I’ve made it. (At this point, at least a dozen times!) It wasn’t the “no-knead” part that appealed to me (for the feeling of kneading a yeast dough is one of my favorite things ever), but the […]

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Thanksgiving Pies and Apricot Tart

November 26, 2006
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This is a picture of the beautiful Apricot Tart “The Suz” & I made for Thanksgiving.

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Spiced Pumpkin Cake

November 17, 2006
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Ok, there was a whole long story and more photos to go along with this recipe…but since my “Oh, I should just wait until I have time to write the whole thing out” approach to posting has resulted in no posts for the past week, I’ve decided to forge ahead with the Less-Story, More-Recipe version!

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