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Snow Ice Cream

 Ice cream in winter? Only if snow is the main ingredient! This may not be the best ice cream I’ve ever made, but it was a lot of fun for the littles, and it actually turned out better than I imagined. It tasted a little bit like ice milk (since water, via snow, is a [...]

Posted 08 March 2013 | dessert | Comments (2) Tagged: , , ,

Banana Bread

My four-year-old has a bee in his bonnet about banana bread. He has been asking me daily if we could make some. Well finally, on this snowy March Sunday, we had the right combination of spare time and brown-freckled bananas. In the March issue of Bon Appetit, I remembered seeing a recipe for banana bread. [...]

Posted 03 March 2013 | baked goods   bread   breakfast   dessert   kid snacks | Comments (2) Tagged: , , , , , , ,

Chocolate Coconut Honey Truffles

Here’s a last minute Valentine’s treat that is fast and simple. Unsweetened coconut is drenched in honey and then covered in dark chocolate. They’re pretty and bite-sized, perfect packaged as a gift or accompanying ice cream as dessert. These were devised for a pregnant coconut-loving friend. I don’t know if there’s any correlation, but I [...]

Posted 14 February 2013 | candy   dessert   vegetarian | Comments (2) Tagged: , , , , ,

Naughty Bars

How can you resist a name like Naughty Bars? I found these a few months ago in the Penzey’s Spices catalog. I ripped it out and stuffed it in a cupboard  and came across it during some New Year’s cleaning. The organizing resolution soon became the downfall of the ‘eat less sugar’ resolution, as I [...]

Posted 12 January 2013 | baked goods   comfort food   cookies   dessert   Uncategorized | Comments (2) Tagged: , , ,

Browned Butter Molasses Oat Cookies with Maple Icing

Let the baking begin! November is the kick-off to the official start of baking season. Holiday cookies, Thanksgiving rolls, party appetizers, loaves of bread for nice neighbors…the list goes on an on. Soften your butter, get out the cinnamon and the mixer and start baking. A freezer can be a baker’s best friend, as most [...]

Posted 10 November 2012 | baked goods   cookbook review   cookies   dessert   winter holiday | Comments (0) Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,