One day last fall I was jumping around The Pioneer Women’s blog reading this and that when I came across her recipe for cinnamon rolls. She posted the recipe in September 2009 and the pictures were divine! I absolutely love maple frosting and she slathered lots of maple frosting on her cinnamon rolls. Even though … Read more
From Dorie Greenspan’s book, Baking With Julia, comes this recipe for that famous French pastry – croissants, even though France is not where croissants originated. This week’s recipe is actually two recipes. First, the making of croissant dough. Second, turning that dough into croissants. The contributing baker for this recipe is Esther McManus. Here is … Read more
It’s Tuesdays With Dorie and this week we baked Finnish Pulla from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Baking With Julia. From Wikipedia: Pulla (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpulːɑ]) is a mildly-sweet Finnish sweet roll or dessert bread flavored with crushed cardamom seeds and occasionally raisins or sliced almonds. Prior to last week if you asked me what I knew about … Read more
THANK YOU to all of you who entered to win the audio book Wrecked, When A Broken World Slams into Your Comfortable Life by Jeff Goins. This is my first experience to take part in a blog tour book review. I totally enjoyed it and I hope you did too. Although my first blog tour … Read more
Do you include cole slaw on your Thanksgiving table? I love slaw and I like trying different recipes. I am always looking for the perfect slaw that fits my craving for a mayonnaise base but with a “kick” included. Slaw is a casual salad but not too casual for a holiday table! When you speak … Read more
Pillow talk: Me: Honey bunch, what would you like for dinner tomorrow night? I’m brain dead. I just can’t think of anything to make. Honey Bunch: hummm, how about hamburgers on the grill? Me: Really? HB: Ya, it sounds good to me. Me: (nodding off) Okay, good-night 🙂 I really can’t believe I have never … Read more