Category Archives: Baked Goods
The Best Brownies We’ve Ever Had (Recently)
Because she’s our designated cookie baker, Santa brought Pookie The Gourmet Cookie Book for Christmas. It’s a fun book that serves as a tour of all the cookie trends over the last 60 years, and after flipping through it Pookie … Continue reading
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The Best Cookie Recipe We’ve Tried Yet That Lets Us Use The Pre-Crushed Peppermint We Got From Bakers Catalog
When you’re sitting there in the middle of the early-November holiday wasteland, where all you want is for it to be Christmastime, but you’ve still got an entire month before you can even scratch Thanksgiving off the list, you can … Continue reading
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Deer City
A few years ago, KtG considered what would be the proper term for what we are as stitchers (and now quilters). We’re not “artists”, because while we make a certain number of design choices such as linens and substituting colors, … Continue reading
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Blog Post de Noel
How did you spend your New Years holiday? I spent mine separating eggs! At least, looking back on it, it seems that way. You see, thanks to a shortage of oven and refrigerator space, I wasn’t able to make the … Continue reading
Good Things Come To Those Who Wait
Many years ago, Boomer treated all of her daughters to a weekend “boot camp” at a swanky dude ranch in California, where she and our dad had taken swanky vacations long before we were born. For a little flavoring shot, … Continue reading
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Where’s The Statler Cake?
The scene: our local grocery store, after work the Tuesday after Labor Day. It was a long day, and I wasn’t terrifically engaged with the task of meal planning for the week. As I wandered the aisles absently, out of … Continue reading
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Christmas Cookie Test Drive
When I was a kid, making spritz cookies with the ancient cookie press seemed so special. I mean, cookies that required a little machine with all kinds of moving parts? How awesome is that? Somewhere along the line the ancient … Continue reading
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Wherein We Discover, Again, That Dorie Greenspan Is A Genius
Okay, if you like baking, or just looking at recipes for baking, or just looking at pretty pictures of baked goods, then you should own a copy of Dorie Greenspan’s Baking: From My Home To Yours. If you don’t already, … Continue reading
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Faux-caccia, Or: I Might Be A Crazy, Crazy Bitch, But At Least I’m Not Sandra Lee
Okay, the other night I got all creative with my farm share and winged-it with my first-ever attempt at stuffed peppers. I had four beautiful, perfectly-shaped, giant green peppers and a fridge full of chili leftovers, so there was nothing … Continue reading
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And I Get To Take All The Credit!
Within the last week I’ve had two separate people suggest cookie recipes to me (Patty suggested lemon-clove sandwich cookies, and Sarah wrote a post about chocolate cookies) but I’m still months behind on my cookie plans! Ages ago I saw … Continue reading
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