Tuesday, April 17, 2012

TWD:BWJ Lemon Loaf Cake

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I am a sucker for lemon desserts. I love a puckery, assertive lemon flavor offset by a bit of sugar. I was pretty excited for this one. I...
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Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Now that it's almost Passover...

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I forgot to show this year's hamantaschen bake-fest. For the past five years or so, we've had a baking party for Purim and included...
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Tuesday, April 03, 2012

TWD BJW Pizza Rustica

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This is called pizza, but it's not like any pizza I've had before. I'm a Chicago girl, so I'm naturally drawn to stuffed pi...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

TWD: BWJ - Irish Soda Bread

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Round about March 17, everybody and their brother becomes Irish. I have no Irish blood in me, but I do love me some corned beef and (mini) ...
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Tuesday, March 06, 2012

TWD: BWJ - Rugelach

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I am a huge fan of rugelach. (Pronounced at my house as roo-gah-lach with a little throat clearing on the last syllable) It's a staple...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

TWD: BWJ - Chocolate Truffle Tartlets

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So, there I was procrastinating again. I was talking with Laurie on Sunday and she assured me that cold butter was needed for the crust. N...
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012

TWD: BWJ - White Loaves

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Woo hoo! Woo hoo! It's the first official week of our new book, Baking With Julia by Dorie Greenspan. Along with Laurie Woodward , I...
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Friday, January 20, 2012

Baking but MIA

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I have been baking. Really I have. I just haven't been taking photos or blogging. The other thing I've been doing is setting up f...
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

TWD: Kids' Thumbprints

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Sigh. It's the last Tuesday with Dorie and Baking: From My Home to Yours. It's been an incredible journey. I've used pounds (...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

TWD: Rewind!

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Since it's a holiday week, and since we'll all be doing a lot of cooking and baking, it was decided that this week's TWD would b...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

TWD: Puffed Double Plum Tart

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Yowsa. Back in May of 2008, I decided to jump on the blog bandwagon. I was mostly writing about the CSA box I was getting each week. Then...
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Friday, November 25, 2011

TWD: Rewind!

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This week was a chance to bake something new that you missed or to re-bake an old favorite. I went with option B. I made the Cranberry Upsi...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

TWD: Bittersweet Brownies

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This is going to be a short post - partially because this is a SIMPLE recipe and partially because I forgot to take pictures before they wer...
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Tuesday, November 01, 2011

TWD: Honey Nut Scones

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I hate when life gets in the way of my baking. I was almost not going to get to bake again this week. Boo. It was about 2:00 when I rememb...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

TWD: Ginger Jazzed Brownies

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We have a love for all things ginger in this house. We use ginger syrup on our pancakes. We sprinkle ginger sugar on our toast. My kids e...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

TWD: Twofer - Basic Biscuits and Apple Nut Muffin Cake

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Basic Biscuits is such an innocent name. But it's recipes like this that make me nervous. It's the ones that seem so simple that c...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

TWD: Flip Over Apple Cake

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This was really supposed to be a plum cake. But we went apple picking on Saturday and we are long on apples. This cake was simple beyond s...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

TWD: Salt and Pepper Cocoa Shortbread

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This was an intriguing recipe for me. I have made chocolate cookies before with a touch of cayenne in them, so pepper in cookies wasn't...
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