Just Baking

French toast is my favorite! Have you ever had overnight baked french toast? It’s not like your traditional fried french toast, it’s more like a custard bread pudding-like french toast. The insides will be soft and delicious, especially with this cream cheese filling. I have posted other recipes before, but here is another version I […]

I have always had an admiration for people who perform Random Acts of Kindness. I remember being at the drive-through window with my mom and watching her give extra money to the cashier to buy the car behind us ice cream cones. I married a man who can often be found shoveling the driveways of […]

I have been doing a lot of specialty baking in recent months. My relaxation has come from rolling a lot of fondant and shaping gum-paste figures. Recently, I went back to the basics. How did this come about?
While I attended an Election Party a couple of weeks ago, conversation quickly turned to food once the […]

These cookies/biscuits are the ultimate in home-baking convenience. They are so easy and popular that the fomula has been “tubed” and you can buy the neatly shaped log ready for cutting and baking. I found the recipe in The Baker by Leanne Kitchen and there are as many variations as your imagination allows.

Mocha spirals, which I attempted - though not as […]

Sometimes it seems I need to be hit in the head with a mallet before I realize what it is Fate wants me to cook. You see, I firmly believe that sometimes there’s something out there - call it Fate, call it the powers that be, call it what you will - that is mandating me to cook a […]

If you’re looking ahead to Thanksgiving’s pie-baking sessions with fear and trembling, you’ve come to the right place! Put your fears to rest and get excited about the fantastic pastry you’re about to create by learning a few simple techniques.
First off, let’s look at what can go wrong. With pie pastry, there are two main […]

 
I had a hankering to bake some cookies. I turned to Martha Stewart’s Web site and decided on her recipe for Cowboy Cookies. This recipe packs the flavors of oatmeal, pecans, chocolate, and coconut all in one cookie. I did trade out half the butter for butter-flavored Crisco and also threw in some dried cranberries […]

I was browsing my all-time favorite site of trusted recipes, Allrecipes. I came across this homemade pizza crust and sauce. They both had such great reviews, I knew they must be good. Then I saw the buffalo chicken pizza on another food blog, and was reminded of the yummy one that Pizza Hut used to make. […]

I know what you’re thinking: Caesar salad is not baked in the oven! While that is true, the Parmesan cheese bowl that this salad is served in is baked in the oven. With that said, Caesar salad is my all-time favorite.To make the Parmesan cheese bowl, buy fresh grated cheese or grate it yourself. Do not […]

Every fall, I make so many pies I lose count. I am the official Thanksgiving pie baker in our family, so I can tell you that for the Thanksgiving dinners (we have 2) alone, I make 8. If you haven’t already mastered the art of pie crust, I can’t encourage you enough to do so. It’s not that hard (really!), […]