Baking

BAKING RECIPES Dutch Baby Pancake View Recipe about Dutch Baby Pancake Mashed Potato Waffles View Recipe about Mashed Potato Waffles Chocolate Pound Cake View Recipe about Chocolate Pound Cake Flatbread Pizza View Recipe about Flatbread Pizza Savory Ham and Cheese Waffles View Recipe about Savory Ham and Cheese Waffles Maple Coconut Granola View Recipe about…

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Homemade Taco Seasoning

homemade taco seasoning mix

Homemade taco seasoning is a great, edible gift for the people in your life who can’t eat any more cookies! But seriously, for years I’ve eschewed pre-mixed seasoning blends in favor of individual spices and combinations to suit my delicate whims. Put a kid into that sitch, though, and those lofty goals go straight down…

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Texas Chews

texas chews recipe

Texas Chews were the cookie we always made at Christmas to leave out for Santa, because everyone knows they are Santa’s favorite cookie, duh! My mom got the recipe from her mom who maybe got it off a Domino sugar box or from the Texas Pecan Commission. When I googled the recipe a couple weeks ago to…

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Mini Sopapilla Cheesecake Recipe

homemade sopapilla cheesecake

I was researching choux pastry to see what other kinds of things could be done with it (it’s so fun and versatile if you’ve never tried it, start here with gougeres and then make churros) and I got stopped in my tracks when I spotted this recipe for choux au craquelin. I was like, what?…

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Dirt Cake

Dirt Cake recipe Video (scroll down for printable recipe) The Dirt Cake is something that many people grew up on. Not me. I think dirt cakes are indigenous to the American midwest which would explain why I’d never heard of them until I was well past voting age. That, and my mom is a devout sugar-hating…

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10 Steps to an Energy Efficient Kitchen

People often opine about “eating green”, meaning what foods require the least amount of energy to produce, sustainably harvested seafood, and water conserving irrigation techniques. What is less talked about is “cooking green”. What I mean by that is being conscious of all the things the farmers think about on the farms while you’re in…

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German Cinnamon Stars – Zimtsterne

Cinnamon Stars Video (scroll down for printable recipe) Part six in my Christmas Around the World series! Christmas in Germany, focus on: ZIMTSTERNE! A naturally gluten-free almond meringue cookie. I’d be lying my ass off if I told you these were in any way “easy” or “foolproof”. “Pain in the ass” and “kind of frustrating”…

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Ponche Navideño – Mexican Christmas Punch

ponche navideno

Part four in my Christmas Around the World series! Christmas in Mexico, focus on: PONCHE NAVIDEñO! Big thank you to our friend Carlos for joining me on the show again to share his ponche recipe! ¡Feliz Navidad, y’all! Ponche Navideño is a hot punch made from fresh and dried fruits, with the option of adding…

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Bourbon or Rum Balls

rum balls

Part three in my Christmas Around the World series! Christmas in the USA, focus on: BOURBON (or rum!) BALLS! Watch all the videos on YouTube! Bourbon (or rum) balls are one of the world’s oldest confections, originating I imagine, as a way to make use of broken, old, or stale things that are otherwise inedible.…

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