The 2010 December Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Penny of Sweet Sadie’s Baking. She chose to challenge Daring Bakers to make Stollen. She adapted a friend’s family recipe and combined it with information from friends, techniques from Peter Reinhart’s book…and Martha Stewart’s demonstration. I’ve been curious about Stollen for a while now. It’s mentioned […]
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Cheeseburger Bacon Pizza
December 19, 2010 – 10:37 am
When I was in high school, I worked at the same pizza restaurant for 3 years– Valentino’s. Valentino’s was my favorite pizza restaurant growing up although we rarely went there. I remember the one in Seward, Nebraska being amazing. The ones in Lincoln, Norfolk and Grand Island are good too. Josh and I recently ate […]
Marshmallow Cookie Sandwiches
December 16, 2010 – 10:23 am
I’ve been wanting to try homemade marshmallows for a long time now and yesterday I finally did. I may have overbeat them. They were nearly impossible to get out of the bowl they were so sticky. I expected the texture to be more dry— almost like the marshmallows in cereal. I think I might have […]
The Best Gingerbread Cookies
December 14, 2010 – 9:12 pm
My kids made gingerbread cookies with their grandmother today. It was a pretty big production. The kitchen got a little messy. But the kids didn’t get too crabby. Chloe just had to roll out her own dough. I will cherish these pictures for years to come. We let Andrew decorate the burnt ones. He didn’t […]
Daring Bakers’ November Challenge: Crostata
November 26, 2010 – 11:42 pm
The 2010 November Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Simona of briciole. She chose to challenge Daring Bakers to make pasta frolla for a crostata. She used her own experience as a source, as well as information from Pellegrino Artusi’s Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well. I made this months challenge […]
