May 2008
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If you like crafts and are free this Sunday, you are invited to a special Craft Magazine party hosted by The Stitch Lab and my friend Rachel. I’ll be there for a bit, and might bring some cookies. Or at least that’s what Rachel thinks. Here are the details, should you wish to join the [...]
Published on May 30, 2008
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If you are a crunchy cookie aficionado, I have a special treat for you today. It’s an easy, butter-only (no shortening) recipe for a thin-to-medium-thickness chocolate chip cookie that is crunchy through and through. It’s adapted from a book I was reading at the store. I scanned the measurements, memorized them the best I could, [...]
Published on May 29, 2008
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You know what seems like it was just yesterday? Yesterday. Ha Ha. That’s a joke. But what really seems like it was just yesterday was Nicole’s posting this recipe on Baking Bites. I remember seeing it and getting really excited about trying a salty, crunchy, crispy cookie made with rice flour. But it took me [...]
Published on May 29, 2008
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Vegan Bakery
Published on May 28, 2008
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My car is in the shop, so today’s recipe is made with things found around the house — notably, two almost-rotten bananas. The original recipe, which was from the Texas Hill Country Reporter Cookbook, was double this and called for 6 bananas and an 8 oz can of drained pineapple. I halved …
Published on May 28, 2008
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I wasn’t sure I’d like the rice flour cookies, so to be on the safe side I made a small batch of oatmeal cookies too. The exact origin of this recipe is unknown, but I believe it’s very old. It’s posted on a few recipe sites including Taste of Home, where they have a good photo and some [...]
Published on May 27, 2008
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A few years ago I bought a bag of rice flour by mistake. I’d meant to buy “sticky” rice flour, but didn’t know there was a difference between the two flours and ended up with 1) an incorrectly prepared Japanese dessert and 2) a bag of rice flour that stayed in the refrigerator for a [...]
Published on May 27, 2008
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From the Dallas Morning News….
Published on May 27, 2008