Summer fruit shortcakes.
Where is it written that a girl can’t bake her own birthday cake? And who says it has to be a quote-unquote cake at all, really? Why not shortcakes, topped with luscious summer fruit? Absolutely. And …
Category: Baking
Peanut butter and jam thumbprint cookies.
I volunteered to bring cookies—lots of them—to Grandma’s 90th birthday fête this weekend. I had in mind to bake old-fashioned kinds of cookies; nothing too swishy, but rather the types of cookies she might have made …
Cute little strawberry pies.
While strawberries are in season—and this may be the last week I find them at farmers’ markets here in Southwest Ohio—this is a great way to use them. Make cute little hand-held strawberry pies. This recipe …
Grandma’s foolproof flaky pie crust.
My grandma, who turns a glorious 90 years old this summer, is an amazing cook—an intuitive cook who works by taste and feel. On more than one occasion when I’ve asked her for a recipe, she …
Better than store-bought: Homemade sea-salt crackers.
Homemade crackers? Why, you ask. Because a) they’re beyond delicious and b) they’re fun and easy to make. Get the recipe!
Etsy’s food marketplace.
If your local farmers’ market is anything like ours, you’ll find in addition to fresh produce all manner of homemade prepared foods: fresh pasta, granola, breads, cookies, chocolates, even dog treats. I imagine it’s a hard-core …
Almond-butter cookies.
My love of peanut butter runs deep, twined in the double-helixes of my DNA. I know this because my beloved grandfather never turned down a handfulorthree of peanuts. Family lore has it that he favored peanut …
Valentine’s Day cut-out cookies.
What could be more perfect than sharing the love with your sweetie, your family and your co-workers by way of a batch of heart-shaped cutout cookies? Why, frosting them with buttercream icing, of course! This butter …
A better Christmas fruitcake (cookie).
I don’t love fruitcake, but I’ve always loved fruitcake cookies. I recall making them as a kid, using a recipe from a special-edition holiday cooking magazine. I’ve no idea what happened to that Christmas fruitcake cookie …
