Strawberry Crumble for Two (Recipe for Individual Ramekins)
This was a delicious rather guilt-free treat since it was made with sprouted flour and very little sugar, using frozen strawberries which are available year round.
Desserts
The Great British Baking Show (Review)
We are finding this show so fun to watch, we thought you might want to know about it too. I give it 5 stars.
Amazing Fruity Bread Pudding Recipe
This fruity bread pudding is moist and real, pungent and fruity, complex but humble, and an awesome flavor explosion you’ll return to again and again.
Vegan and Gluten-Free Breakfast Cookies
I’ve served these to my vegan and gluten–free friends and what I find is I prefer them even though I am neither!
Almond Cake Recipe
This is an easy to make, simply straight-forward dessert, that has depth of flavor, but no bells and whistles. It is perfect to offer on a winter Wednesday at noon.
Recipe: Our Best Berry Cobbler
What better way to honor our veterans on Memorial Day than with the best berry cobbler?
This is really delicious and very easy, although a food processor to pulse the crumble in does help.
Easter 2015
Happy Easter! This is a wonderful holiday full of hope of rebirth, gratitude for what Jesus did for us, and the glorious promise of eternal life. I hope you enjoyed it!
Recipe: Ginger, Carrot, Hazelnut Cake with Molasses Frosting
This is absolutely awesome! Truly, this cake is amazingly delicious, and is so moist that it remains terrific tasting days later.
Burdick’s Hot Chocolate
I met friends who thought I should experience Burdick’s hot chocolate while in Boston. We took the subway to Harvard square, and waited in line outside to get in. It was worth all the time and effort!
More Sacramento Food
The above dinner our daughter bought me in the airport as a special treat to thank me for my hard work moving her into her apartment…
Sacramento’s Freeport Bakery
We enjoyed this bakery in Sacramento and made phone calls from here to get appointments to see apartments in the upcoming week.
Recipe: Baked Pumpkin Donuts
My husband makes these along with Apple/Spice ones in a specialty pan I bought on vacation in Maine…
Some of our Favorite Apple Recipes
We’ve got a lot of apples around. I’ve been making baked apples, and my husband has made his apple tart with cookie dough crust (see photos below). Our daughter has dried a bunch of enormous Mitsu apples in her food dehydrator. This weekend we are making his amazing Tart Tatin for friends, and I’ve just … Read more
A Bumper Crop of Peaches
Our peach tree has so many peaches we had to install three props like the one shown below just to keep branches from braking off from the glorious burden of them. Time for peach and raspberry gallette! See our recipe here…
Fabulous Bakery Donuts
This morning, on the way to take our youngest daughter to her program in Maine, we stopped by to get our favorite bakery donuts. These delicacies from the Colonel’s Bakery on Main Street in Northeast Harbor, Maine, are worth going out of your way for! When we’ve come in the fall there are wonderful pumpkin … Read more
Beautiful Sky at Ferris Acres
We took our friend Anne (who is also a reader of this blog) to Ferris Acres Creamery in Newtown yesterday evening for their phenomenal ice cream – you can see how popular the place is by the colossal line (yes, far off the right of the photo below) – and in addition to great ice … Read more
Recipe: James’ Butterscotch Brownies
This my husband’s go-to recipe when we need to bring something yummy and quick (like to the picnic before the Shakespeare play last Tuesday, or to today’s pool party.) For decades, people have exclaimed over these moist miracles and they quickly disappear. The Sprouted Spelt Flour is the secret of their wholesome goodness (see photo … Read more