Anna | May 31, 2009
Today’s recipe is for Pecan Crunch Cookies from Recipezaar. It didn’t have a rating, but I knew it would be good because it’s a spin-off of an old Bake-Off recipe called Texan-Sized Almond Crunch Cookies. Plus, the intro said the pecan version won a prize in a contest held by the local newspaper.
Recipe [...]
Anna | May 31, 2009
Apparently today is National Macaroon Day. Happy National Macaroon Day! I wanted to be in the mood for them, but wasn’t so I made something else.
But if you are up for some macaroons, here are two of my favorite recipes. Both are for the big, chewy-style macaroons as opposed to the pretty, delicate French sandwich cookie [...]
Anna | May 30, 2009
I try to post recipes that don’t require lots of equipment, but today’s is an exception. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever posted anything that required so much gear — in this case, food processor, a stand mixer, a candy thermometer, and a torch. And frankly, the torch was the whole [...]
Anna | May 30, 2009
Joanne’s Welcome Home party is tonight and I’m really looking forward to it. Hopefully, I’ll have some pictures for you tomorrow. For now, this is all I’ve got…
Normally when we have these street parties people bring potluck dishes, but tonight it’s catered and all I’m taking is wine. So today’s recipe was [...]
Anna | May 29, 2009
This afternoon I found a stash of unprocessed wheat bran in the freezer, and since I haven’t made any in a while, I used it in some bran muffins. My favorite bran muffin recipe is probably this one from Epicurious, but this one’s good too. It’s adapted from Joy of Baking.
Below is a [...]