Entries Categorized as 'Apron Adventures'

Easiest Peanut Butter Cookies. Ever.

Date January 12, 2011

Our next door neighbors are going to spend a few days in wine country and so I baked a batch of the world’s easiest, yummiest, peanut butter cookies ever and if it matters to anyone, they’re gluten-free. Four ingredients tossed together that take 25… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

The Four Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Baking

Date January 5, 2011

Warning to Readers from the Management: This post is a summary of my baking adventures of the past three months. It’s long. Really long. Do not blame me if dizziness or doziness ensues, and by all means, do NOT operate heavy machinery for three… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

Fall and Food

Date September 24, 2010

Fall and baking. The perfect combination, and so I decided to start off the new fall season of baking last Sunday because we Lutherans like our after worship hospitality hour. Nothing fancy. Just delicious. Starting with Triple Chocolate Chip… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

Planting Without A Green Thumb

Date June 8, 2010

When I recently saw these lavender-lemon flower cookies presented in plant-able pots at the Half-Moon Bay farmer’s market I knew it was an idea worthy of stealing and making my own so that my friends, having seen my version on someone else’s… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

And the Best of the Best Above All the Rest

Date December 30, 2009

Fruit Soup! I know. I wouldn’t have believed it myself but this traditional Swedish food received nothing but rave reviews from everyone! Swedes, non-Swedes and most impressively children of all ages who had no idea what it was, tasted a… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

Paula Deen and Anita’s Lemonized Sour Cream Pound Cake

Date December 29, 2009

This photo could have been taken just about anytime during the month of December but as it was, it was taken a couple days before Christmas with only two cooking projects remaining before I entered the “I’m so done with being in this kitchen”… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

The Tree That Keeps On Giving and Giving and…

Date December 19, 2009

I now have an experiential understanding of what it is to joyfully anticipate the first-fruits of the harvest and the fatigued “enough already of a good thing” when the harvest keeps on giving and giving. That one little lemon tree just around the… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

18 Feet of Candy and 28 Pounds of Frosting

Date December 6, 2009

That’s about what it takes for 36 children to decorate 36 gingerbread houses in 90 minutes of high-speed, sugar-fueled fun, and it all happened yesterday at our annual children’s gingerbread house decorating party at our church. For the past… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

Lemon Curd and Candied Lemon Peels

Date December 3, 2009

Over at Savouring where I blog about the snippets of our daily life there’s been a few posts on our neighborhood lemon tree and my obsessive pursuit of gettin’ me some, and when the first of the harvest arrived I had so many lemons that I was able… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

Roasted Cauliflower Candy

Date December 2, 2009

In the Spring and Summer I grill vegetables and in Autumn and Winter I roast vegetables. Whether roasted or grilled I fix them simple and keep them on the heat until some have turned to crispy bits. While I’m not fond of raw or steamed… Don’t stop now…keep reading!