Just Baking

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.  […]

Have a burning question about why your cookies keep burning on the bottom? Tossing and turning at night over a baking technique you can’t get right? Stuck on sticky buns that won’t rise? Or muffins that rise too much?
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There is something about each upcoming weekend that makes me want to indulge. I crave comfort foods, and sweets that are creamy and satisfying. Here is one that will please the cheesecake lovers.
If you are a purist, omit the jam entirely.

Strawberry Cheesecake Bars
Makes 16 servings
5 tablespoons butter, softened
1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup flour
Approx. 1 […]

I am very fond of entertaining, and hosting parties or gatherings is one of my favorite hobbies. An appealing feature is that I get to try different food, especially appetizers and hors d’oeuvres that we don’t usually cook in our day-to-day lives.
Though I’m not a great cook, I believe that presentation is as important as […]

Valentine’s Day is over, but the bonding of love is eternal. So it really doesn’t matter what time of the year it is for you to make sweet treats for your family! It also gives me a chance to practise my hand at a little culinary art, so this week I made my first edible […]

For the fourth year running Pim Techamuanvivit of Chez Pim is organizing the food bloggers to raise money for a worthy cause. Menu for Hope raised US$62,925.12 to help the UN World Food Programme feed the hungry in 2006. This year Menu for Hope is working in conjunction again with the UN World […]

I messed up somehow, big time. I was trying to make a recipe from Hamelman’s “Bread”, and I thought I would double the recipe to make more loaves for a party I was having.
The recipe called for a poolish to sit overnight. This part was easy, just flour, water and yeast. Overnight, […]

Rhubarb, when it sets its mind to it, can be a thing of beauty.  Red satin ribbons of seductive flavor – teasing first with tartness and then appealing to you with a mellow finish.  But it’s also a fickle food, sometimes showing up in defiant shades of green and pink and only half-heartedly delivering on […]

This past weekend, I finally got back to trying my hand at artisan style breads instead of regular white bread.  I hadn’t really looked before, but King Arthur Flour, one of my favorite sites, has a slew of online recipes, too.  I have a few books, but thought I’d try their European hearth bread recipe.  […]

Vanilla Garlic is hosting a new event that is perfect for all us cupcake crazies.  I love, love, love cupcakes, and luckily with a 4-1/2 year old son, I get the opportunity to make them often.  Cute little sugary bite size snacks - what’s not to love?
If you’d like to participate in the Cupcake Roundup […]