Just Baking

When I think about tarts, I think about a crazy aunt who often jet-sets off to Paris and brings everyone back exotic gifts that cannot be found anywhere in your hometown. She is always traveling on glamorous adventures, leading a life of glitz, yet always keeps an element of mystery to her life. Her life […]

 
Well, in my case, the answer is . . . rarely. But that’s mainly because I love the process itself and so don’t really look for the shortcuts, and also because I like food to be as close to its natural state as possible. (I’ll refrain from climbing up on my soapbox here, but if […]

 
As much as I’ve been looking forward to the vegetables of spring (hello, asparagus!), there are a few hearty winter staples I am reluctant to say my farewells to. Especially this particular preparation, Curry-Roasted Cauliflower, which I discovered only a few weeks ago, and which became an immediate favorite in our household. I’ve had roasted […]

Yes, there is a lot of butter involved.
Usually I find pound cake to be too dry, too crumbly. I’m embarrassed to admit that besides baking the occasional pound cake, Sara Lee was the only way I consumed the baked good. Finally, one day I decided to try a Paula Deen recipe for Sour Cream Pound […]

I love tomatoes. Really love them. To me, the anemic orange croquet balls marketed as “tomatoes” all winter long in the supermarket are no such thing. A tomato, on the other hand, is something that you can pull off the vine and bite right into, wiping juice off your chin. A tomato is what you slice half […]

Being that my children are typical American kids, they will grab potato chips or a bowl of ice cream before an apple or whole wheat crackers and cheese as soon as they walk in the door after school. To avert the impending nutritional disaster, I like to have a snack ready for them to make healthy eating a little easier.  […]

Okay, it’s a little embarrassing to admit it, so I’ll just get it over with now: I’m scared of the self-cleaning feature on my oven. That’s right, it gives me the willies. Just thinking of turning that thing up to “super-incinerate” and stepping away from it for, oh, four hours or so isn’t within my […]

I’ll admit that one of the food items I look forward to most during the holidays is pecan pie. Who is to say we can’t enjoy those same delicious flavors year-round?
Enjoy these Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars with a tall glass of milk, a new book, a comfy chair, and a fresh, warm breeze from an […]

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Carolyn Gurtz, a homemaker from Gaithersburg, MD took the top prize in the 43rd Pillsubry Bake-Off in Dallas, TX on April 14.  Her Double-Delight Peanut Butter Cookies use Pillsbury cookie dough, JIF peanut butter, Fisher peanuts, and both Domino and C&H sugar.
The grand prize is $1 million.  Other winning recipes included Mascarpone-Filled Cranberry-Walnut Rolls (Breakfast & Brunches category), Salmon […]