Want a cookie? The recipe is a family secret, but Connie’s Sugar Cookies are my favorite of all time. And I do take requests, especially if it’s your birthday. Oh my, I do love working with a rolling pin. Even though it is a ridiculous commercial holiday, I hope you get to spend time with [...]
Archive for the ‘baking’ Category
happy Valentine’s day
Posted in baking on 14 February 2010 | 4 Comments »
Dolores Park Cowl, take three
Posted in baking, knitting on 8 February 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last year I made these brownies as my contribution to the potluck Super Bowl party: This year I bought M&Ms for the party and engaged in the decidedly nontraditional activities of knitting and sipping on diet 7UP during the game. Fortunately, my partner in crafting crimes was working on a project, too, so the scoffing [...]
al a mode
Posted in baking, cooking on 4 March 2009 | 4 Comments »
Fyi, I am in the process of editing past blogs to include all of the recipes I’ve used. I wasn’t doing this at first because I was nervous about copyright stuff, and very much wanted to respect the culinary creativity that went into crafting the original recipes. However, after much deliberation and the encouragement of [...]
superhappyfuntimegirlsonlypotlucksleepover
Posted in baking, tagged adults having a sleepover, extremely indulgent "dough sampling" behavior, simultaneous sweetness and saltiness, zit stickers on 4 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Saturday: It is a strange feeling, indeed, to simultaneously experience ab soreness from working out and stomach pains from overindulging in cookie dough. I’m not sure exactly why, but I absolutely adore cookie dough and think it is probably the answer to all life’s question, including why we exist. Salmonella be damned. I will [...]
Mardi Gras consolation prize brunch
Posted in baking, cooking, tagged good ideas born from insomnia, odd things about Memphis, reasons to drink before (and after) noon on 23 February 2009 | 5 Comments »
After dodging a sinus infection for about a month, it finally hit me last week. On Wednesday night, cold medicine + anxiousness over field agency day rendered me unable to sleep. So I got up in the middle of the night and made a brunch menu according to recent cravings and an inventory of supplies [...]
it’s your party and I’ll cry if I want to
Posted in baking, tagged more lemon zesting woes, potential saving graces of heartburn inducing chain restaurants, vegan gluttony on 16 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Anna, Hannah, and Liz’s big triple bday party was another occasion wherein I baked two things in one day and made myself crazy late to the event itself. Oops. I need to work on my timing. First off, I discovered my hatred for zesting lemons with a grater when making vegan lemon cupcakes from Vegan [...]
substitutions allowed
Posted in baking, tagged the unborn "King" George, things Michael Scott says, unfortunate glaze incidents on 16 February 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have done a LOT of baking in the past month. A boat load. The last occasion I baked for is now safely over a week past, so I feel I can regroup and make a little time to blog about all this baking. The last event was Anna and Sean’s baby shower, aka, shower [...]
Bananas!
Posted in baking, tagged bourbon as an everyday affair, geriatric grapes, vague Ashlee Simpson lyric reference on 6 January 2009 | 4 Comments »
When your roommate throws away your old bananas, God opens a window. What I mean to say is, I think it’s a good thing that I had time to think this over. Any attempt I make at baking or cooking guarantees laboring in the shadow of my genius baker/cake decorator mother and fabulous chef brother. [...]
