Turkey Burgers
So, I am not feeling the holiday spirit this year, for some reason. Maybe it is the elections, maybe it is the economy or the tax-payer bail-outs, or maybe it is the alignment of the stars. Whatever the reason I have gotten lazy on my Christmas baking. If I wait too much longer I will find myself in a full on panic. To be fair, my freezer is full to the brim and there is really no room for more cookies, but I could clean it out if...
Cookie Fest 2008
Last night I began my holiday cookie fest. I made Chocolate Chip Bars and Nigella’s Triple Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies. Mmmmm. I doubled the recipes for both and I now have five containers of cookies ready to eat/give/serve in the freezer. I will be doing Jam Thumbprints and Peanut Butter Cookies sometime this week, and this weekend I will do Ginger Snaps and Sugar Cut-out Cookies. That will bee all the cookies...
Post Turkey Day Wrap-Up
I hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving, if you celebrate it. I took some time off so I would not lose my mind. The two days prior to Turkey Day I spent making all my make aheadable side dishes. I marinated and wrapped the green beans in bacon, I made the sweet potatoes, baked the cheesecake, made croissant dough, baked Pecan and Pumpkin pies, and whipped cream cheese with herbs. The day of I woke at 6am. After letting the dogs...
Something I Did a While Ago …
The Gallery has been updated with items in the Spring 2008, Fall 2008, and Cake Decorating sections. Like this cake, that I did for a family who was celebrating the adoption of their granddaughter. It was a special day and I was so pleased to be a small part of it! So, if you interested in seeing what I have been up to, please take a peek! A few months ago I did a video about the horror that is Sandra Lee’s Cherry Pie. I am...
Lemon Butter Cake
I decided on the dessert for my grandmother’s birthday. She loves lemon so I made a Lemon and Vanilla Bean Cake filled with Lemon Curd and coated in Cream Cheese Frosting. For the cake I used a recipe from culinary school for Yellow Butter Cake, but tweaked it with the zest of a lemon, an ounce of golden syrup, and a tablespoon of vanilla bean paste. Since I was filling the cake with a very tangy lemon curd I wanted the cake...
Thanksgiving Countdown – Cornbread Stuffing!!
My grandmother is going to be 89 tomorrow. I know, 89!! She told me, when I asked what she wanted me to bake for her special day, to just make whatever. "Great," I said and smiled, but inside I was frozen. What was I going to make???? She has no idea what leaving this choice up to me has done. You see, I am a planner. Some would call it OCD, but I prefer to call it in control and in...
