Men. Sometimes they just aren't thinking. Case in point, the Daring Bakers challenge. This time around Marce from Pip in the City chose have us make cinnamon rolls. My husband was very excited about this. His is a pretty picky guy, but he loves him some cinnamon rolls. We were given the freedom to use different spices but nothing was said about nuts and fruit. Well, we like both nuts and raisins in our rolls. So when I made them I made all raisin and nut ones, except for one. I went to bed and when I woke up the ONE plain cinnamon roll was gone. I asked my husband if he ate it(of course he did unless we had some cinnamon roll thief) and he said yes. I asked him WHY he ate the plain one when I made raisin pecan ones. His answer was they all looked the same. Grrrr. So needless to say, I am the rebel Daring Baker this month and did not follow the rules...at least not in my photos. This was an excellent recipe and the dough is truly outstanding....and I hardly say that about a Daring … [Read more...]
Men are from Mars…
Awhile ago there was a book that was pretty popular called Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. Personally, I'm from planet Earth and I didn't speak either of those languages. If you are wondering what the book was about, it was a relationship book basically saying that men and women are from different planets when it comes to expressing how they feel and how they love. Basically a crock of shit. But, it made the author very rich...good for him. When I saw this recipe I thought, maybe I should move to Mars because these sounded wonderful! They are a take on the Southern treat called Moon Pies(which I have never had but would like to). The traditional kind are sandwich cookies and these are more open faced. You could however make these into a sandwich cookie if you would like. I really love the use of the graham flour as it gives the cookie that graham cracker taste. I made smaller ones(shocking) than what the recipe called for and they turned out great. The marshmallow is … [Read more...]
That’s what friends are for….
I am constantly amazed at how wonderful the food blogging community is. When I started my little blog a few years ago I had no idea it would open me up to “meeting” such phenomenal people. I use meeting in quotes because I have on really met a few of my fellow bloggers in person(though I am working on that!). One of those bloggers that I was lucky enough to encounter in real life was Elle, over at Feeding My Enthusiasms. We had a wonderful lunch together while she was in town visiting her daughter. It was around the time of my birthday and she spoiled me with gifts galore, everything from sea salt to chocolate to sourdough starter...a truly generous person. Well, her generosity did not stop there. A few weeks ago on her blog she had made some gorgeous quince jelly. I had made a comment on there how much I adored quince and how underrated a fruit it really was. I find that most people don't even know what a quince is, which is such a shame. If you are one of those people go … [Read more...]
Gettin’ Figgy With It…. SHF #35
(((Hangs head in shame))) I can't remember the last time I participated in Sugar High Friday(I fear it was all the way back when I made mini homemade Pop Tarts). But when I saw that my friend and fellow hockey lover Ivonne over at Cream Puffs in Venice was hosting, I had to step up and find the time to participate. She chose figs. I envisioned some glorious tart over flowing with fresh figs...that was until I went in search of them. No fresh figs at my Farmers Market or my go to produce store. Boo. Okay, plan B. Dried figs. Again, nothing at the Farmers Market and when I asked a worker at my go to store where were the dried figs...he said they didn't carry them. I went to several grocery stores with no avail. I started to panic and had small nightmare flashes of me having to buy Fig Newtons and scrape out the filling and do something with that. Luckily, my brain got to thinking...maybe my go to store has them and the person I asked just didn't know. That was pretty much the case. … [Read more...]
