Baking
Cranberry Bread
This is my great-grandmother’s cranberry bread recipe. She was quite the cook, indeed. I’d had these Meyer lemons sitting in my fruit bowl for a couple of weeks, a gift from a friend’s yard. In years past, I’d have already turned them into limoncello or salted and preserved lemons, but this year — specifically the…
Read MoreBlueberry Tart
Fruit tarts and pie are one of my favorite desserts and blueberries are some of my favorite fruits so this blueberry tart pretty much gets an A+ from me. We had the pleasure of visiting Santa Monica, California last week and while we were there, finally got to shoot a video collaboration with charming Chef…
Read MoreHomemade Twinkie Recipe
Instead of crying, try trying this homemade Twinkie recipe! I’m sure you’ve all heard the news by now, and hopefully have had time to mourn, deny, cry, scream, tantrum, and finally shower. Hostess is closing its doors forever. That means no more Twinkies, no more Wonder Bread, no more DingDongs and maybe even the end…
Read MoreGluten Free Pumpkin Pie
I am so so happy to finally be able to provide for my gluten-free viewers with the help of my friend Kate at hipgirlshome.com! Kate is a specialist in the home arts – things like pickling, preserving, and coming up with neat-o tricks that make life easier around the house. She is the author of…
Read MoreHow to Make Cake Pops – Halloween Cake Pops
Halloween Cake Pops Video tutorial – scroll down for recipe I’ve had numerous requests over the years for cake balls and cake pops but I’m not really a baker/decorator kind of cook — a fact that probably comes as no surprise to anyone who’s been around here for a while. I don’t do much in…
Read MoreSweet Potato Biscuits
I was asked to collaborate with ONE.org to create a recipe (and video) using sweet potatoes in order to drum up awareness and excitement for their nutrition campaign this year: Sweet Potato on the Menu; Nutrition on the Agenda, the goal being to encourage world leaders to invest in agriculture to decrease malnutrition. The sweet…
Read MoreCocoa Brownies
Cocoa Brownies Recipe Video (scroll down for printable recipe) I first shared this brownies recipe with the (very tiny) world of the HilahCooking newsletter, gosh, probably two years ago. That’s hard to believe. Then I put it into the Learn to Cook book since it’s easy as hell and perfect for beginners. Once, right after…
Read MoreLemon Bars
I’ve mentioned my Cousin Patty before, that old Texas gal, bless-her-heart. This is her recipe for lemon bars. It’s different than any other recipe I’ve found in that the crust is put together more like a cookie than a pie crust, and the filling has baking powder in it. S’weird, I know. The end result…
Read MoreSummer Fruit Recipes: Plum Empanadas (and other things)
When I was around 8 years old, I had one of the most joyful and vivid dreams of my life. We grew up in the Texas hill country, out on Lake Travis, far from civilization, but fortunately with lots of land to run around on and play. Next to our house was a scrubby field…
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