Baking is one of my favorite Kitchen Activities and I especially love making bread and the Winter Months are the ideal time to do it. Not only will the result be a delicious product but your kitchen and your home will be warm with the fresh fragrance of baking bread and the communal warmth your […]
Category: Baking
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and while everyone is trying to think of ways to use the turkey leftover from the Holiday Dinner how about different ways in which to use Pumpkin. Pumpkin itself, does not taste particularly good but when you add spices and sugar and cream and eggs it turns into something […]
Apple Bread & Muffins: Use the Apple Bread Recipe to make Muffins as well as Bread Pies: Apple Pies can be made as a Double Crust Pie or as a French Apple Tart […]
Do you have an Apple Tree that is a mass producer? Or do you have friends with Apples that they are trying to get rid of? If the answer to either question is yes, then here is what you can do with them. If the answer […]
Angel Food Cake is like it’s name implies – ‘light and heavenly’. Angel Food Cake is the perfect summer dessert. It can be eaten plain (and not make you feel too full or sugared out) or it can be topped with Strawberries and Whipped Cream or filled with Ice Cream and covered with a Baked […]
Monday, February 9th is ‘Pizza Pie Day’. Are you going to go out and have pizza? Or are you going to make and bake your own? Homemade Pizza is delicious and easy to make. I will say that it probably won’t cost you any less to make it than to buy it but the ingredients […]
January is ‘National Wheat Bread Month’. What better time than now to start making and baking your own bread. With what the prices have risen to in fresh bakeries you could make 2-3 loaves for the same price and very little time. If you have a Food Processor or Kitchen Aid, making your own bread […]
Saturday, December 6th was my Gingerbread House Workshop at the Academy of Culinary Education in Woodland Hills. There were 11 attendees. Each team made one house and the single attendee made her own house. One team had dough left over so they got to make a smaller version of their house to go along with […]
Thanksgiving is fast approaching and the day after there are usually so many leftovers that you don’t know what to do with them. The Turkey is easy – it makes great sandwiches and even the Potatoes are not too difficult. They go with anything. But what happens to that Cranberry? Cranberries unlike most Berries are […]
Thanksgiving is one of those Holidays that we celebrate with food and usually with an abundance of food – more food at the table than can possibly be eaten. Ah- but those leftovers are probably some of the best leftovers of the year. Just think: Turkey Sandwiches with Cranberry Sauce and maybe Hot Gravy. Mashed […]