Bake with abandon!
Easy Chocolate Buttercream Icing This is literally the icing on the cake. Yesterday, I shared a recipe for Egg-Free Depression-Era Chocolate Cake . This is the chocolatey buttercream topping. . There is no secret to making light, fluffy buttercream. Just beat the mixture for longer …
Friends have had trouble finding eggs in the grocery stores. Mom to the rescue – yet again! My mother was born in the height of the Great Depression. Eggs were scarce, as was butter, milk, and other perishables. A whole genre of dairy- and egg-free …
3-Ingredient Buttery Oatmeal Squares This recipe, more than any other, is tied to my siblings. Shortbread is Dad’s favourite. Mom whispers over my shoulder in almost every cookie recipe I create, but Buttery Oatmeal Squares? This was the recipe that conjures up memories of my …
Basic Granola with Variations I’ve been making granola since my university days. It was simple and affordable and endlessly flexible. I didn’t use a recipe. I just eyeballed it. This was before the Internet, when cookbooks were limited and recipes were scribbled by hand on …
Buttermilk scones are easy to make and endlessly versatile. They are unique in the quick-bread world since they are actually a pastry. But don’t let that scare you. They’re very easy to make. I share variations of this basic recipe in many of my classes, …
Well, it took a pandemic to get me out of the classroom and back blogging. Since everyone’s stuck inside and avoiding grocery stores, I’m getting a lot of questions about cooking and baking with items on hand. I’ll start with a recipe I rely on …
I am trying to decide whether I’m a hypocrite or late bloomer. I don’t watch hockey during the regular season because there’s too much fighting. But come the playoffs, when neither side is as willing to risk a penalty, hockey draws me in. I tell myself it’s …
No matter how often you make a recipe, it can trip you up. I created this Pear & Smoked Gouda Dutch Baby years ago for my book. I know it well. I know it likes a hot, hot pan. I know the buttery pears will sizzle and …
I am tempted to call this dish The Great Easter Meringue Salvage Operation, or The Waste-Not Rainy Day Face Saver. Instead, I’ll stick to phrases you might actually plug into a search engine — Lemon Curd Eton Mess. The Eton Mess isn’t a new or particularly innovative …