Just Baking

My husband and I celebrated our 8 year wedding anniversary last week. We were married on November 19, 1999 and have been going strong ever since. Nick spoils me rotten, is a fantastic husband in each and every way, and is one of the best fathers I know. He works extremely hard, is very good […]

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Quickly piling flour, sugar, and spices into the mixing bowl, cranking up the oven, and doling out paper liners at the speed of light, I had no time to stop and think about what I was really doing- Baked goods were expected to appear at a party in just a few short hours! Deciding […]

Even though we all seem to only over-indulge in turkey during this time of year, by the third or fourth day, most of us don’t want to see it again, so we’re left to getting creative.
On a recent episode of Rachael Ray’s talk-show, she turned Thanksgiving Day leftovers into a Thanksgiving Stromboli. Of course with […]

This year Thanksgiving was at my grandmother’s house, an intimate affair of close family prepared potluck style.  My aunt and grandmother spent the morning preparing the turkey, two types of wonderful homemade stuffing, mashed potatoes, and green beans.  My parents brought salads and finger-foods, some family friends prepared their delicious Hawaiian yams, and I was called […]

You would think that , there is nothing simpler than THE original fruit, not quiet. “Now pay attention here comes ”the scientific bit””:
Apples are of the Rose family, they store well and still retain taste and nutritional values, contain vitamin C, no cholesterol & fibre, you get about 2 in a pound, average 110 calories. Supermarkets have […]

As a native southern Californian, I grew up with a rather different appreciation for Fall. Changing colors and colder temperatures were distant notions that existed mainly in photographs and calendars. Now that I live in the Midwest, I have come to witness the power of the changing seasons. Not only do our bodies have to […]

Kipferl is an almond vanilla cookie hailing from Germany. From what I’ve managed to find out, it is a Christmas cookie shaped like a crescent that is eaten with tea and jam but I think you could eat these little delicacies anytime morning, noon and night.The dough is similar to a sugar cookie with the […]

The other day, I got a request: “A beer cake, would be nice.” Were my ears deceiving me, beer and cake?  My brain was not making the connection, beer & cake who would have thought it but why not? Don’t you find it strange that wine is top of the list, followed by spirits when […]

While Just Baking tends to lean sharply towards sweet baking, there’s no reason we can’t include a savory one every now and again, and this is certainly a keeper. OMG, I had the best homemade stuffing e-v-e-r today. But first, I’ll backtrack. I was catching up on some of my backlogged Tivo shows this morning, […]