Click on any image for a larger version. Scott Lee is an old friend of mine. Not that he’s actually old … he’s as middle-aged as I am, and slightly older by a few months. But Scott’s been around most of my life. We met in art class in 6th grade, spent time studying magic […]
Category: Baking
Classic Cookie Recipe: Chocolate-Oatmeal No-Bakes
Mary’s fingers were almost in this shot, waiting to grab a cookie as soon as I was done. These things have started showing up, more than they ever had before. Amanda V. proudly pointed out a batch in June at her high school graduation open house, explaining that it took forever for them to set up […]
Recipe: Grandma Gardner’s White Bread
Grandma Pat Gardner’s handmade breads, at Sunday Dinner on March 8, 2009. There is nothing like a slice of freshly-made white bread. Period. My dad would tell the story of coming home from school in the late 1920s/early 1930s (of course, after walking the four miles home uphill in the driving snow) and, each and every […]
Rubik’s Cube Cake
We’ve done a simple Rubik’s Cube cake for Aaron’s 19th birthday this evening. All this is, is an 8″ x 8″ 3-layer Devil’s Food chocolate cake, a whipped chocolate frosting, and a bunch of M&M’s. (The other two sides are orange and white.) As Aaron said, “Suh-weet!“
Margaret Rudkin’s 1963 Pepperidge Farm Cookbook
I tried using a smaller pic of this cookbook, but it just didn’t give enough detail of the great cover art. Back on March 27th I posted quite a few photos from a couple long walks Mary and I had taken the day before in the Waterville and Grand Rapids areas of Ohio along US-24 and […]
Recipe: Golden Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
(Click on the photo for a larger version.) For the past couple days Mary’s had quite a hankering for some Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. Yesterday evening she took a basic recipe for these cookies and kicked it up just a bit while she made them. She used dark brown sugar to give the cookies and added […]