A cozy loaf

Baking in the winter is great for two reasons.  1) the oven warms the house. 2) the activity warms your body.  Ok…3) you get to eat the results! And yeah, yeah, pies, candies, cookies, the holidays…but is there really anything more yummy, more satisfying, more…more…heavenly than eating slice after slice of your own homemade bread [...]

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Oaty Chocolate Chip Cookies

These became the best stale cookies I’ve ever eaten. Wait. Let me explain. I made these cookies for the first time on July 28th.  That was a Wednesday.  Scott and I nibbled more than we should have for a day-and-a-half, and then… I went into labor. That was a Thursday.  (I’ll never forget it!) And [...]

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Not so hum-drum

Pardon me sir, but do you have any prunes?  Yes prunes.  I prefer them with pits.  That way, you can gnaw at them and coax the bits of fruit out of the craggy pits with your tongue for hours.  Ahh, glorious. Well, the other day I was following a recipe that required prunes to be [...]

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Day of Lunacy

It’s just a Saturday thing.  I call it my “crunch” day.  It’s the day with the fewest free hours and the most projects.  I do this to myself.  I know I do.  And I seem to be unstoppable.  It’s a problem.  Really.  But I do get a lot done!  And I rejoice in that! See, [...]

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