Apple and Blueberry Crisp
I’ve been making crisps since I was a child. They were one of the first things I learned to bake so they are special to me in the way a first love is special. I find that when the last of winter is behind me I start to crave fresh fruit desserts, and since this is easy and nearly fool-proof it is perfect to satisfy my cravings. It is important that the crisp have a crisp topping. I know it sounds silly to say that, but so...
Chicken Tenders
Where I come from there is a saying. Everything is better deep fried. While I do not subscribe to the idea that EVERYTHING is better deep fried, I do know that the humble chicken breast is very tasty deep fried. Very, very tasty indeed! My mom taught me to deep fry a few months after she deemed me ready to start cooking on my own, sometime around my 13 birthday. With the exception of cookies, I was not allowed to do more than...
Almond and Chocolate Filled Butter Cookies
If given the choice of any dessert I want, I almost always pick the cookie. I adore them. During the Holidays I tend to eat and bake so many cookies that I get a little tired of them and I can’t stand to make them until Spring is fully underway. These cookies have a delicious secret hidden in them. A mixture of ground almonds, mini-chocolate chips, vanilla sugar, and cinnamon. I love little suprises like this in my...
Garlic Cheese Drop Biscuits
Often when I make dinner I skip any kind of bread item. It isn’t that I don’t like bread with dinner, on the contrary I love bread with every meal, but I usually forget to make or buy bread and so we skip it. I justify it by thinking of all the calories I am missing. However, sometimes I remember the bread and when I do I usually make these biscuits. They take five minutes to prep and get into the oven, they bake in...
French Fries
You came here for french fries, and french fries you shall get … but first something fun! On Easter I was given a very special award from the very lovely, and talented beyond belief, Half Baked Baker! She passed along to me the following award: “These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these...
Dark Chocolate Chip Brownies
If you do not like chocolate jam packed inside a fudgy brownie, turn back now! This recipe is adapted from one we made in culinary school. The brownies we made were ok, but we did not use dark chocolate or dutch processed cocoa powder. I do and the result is superior. There is also more chocolate chips in my version. I see it this way, if you are going to have chocolate, why go half-way? These are really easy to get mixed up,...
