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Friday morning, the snowy gray skies — the omen of yet another homebound day in so many weeks — inspired me to bake.  And such wintry weather made me immediately crave something pumkiny. Okay, I crave pumpkin treats all year round, but I think they are especially appropriate any time from say mid-September to late-February/early-March.
I’ve [...]

Until recently, I severely undervalued the Rice Krispy Treat. Since it doesn’t require much time or technical prowess, I didn’t give it much thought. But in a quick pinch the classic Treat is an easy win. Actually, not long ago, I made two batches for a whole mess of house guests and found that I [...]

Nothing makes you want to bake like being snowed in. Snow drifts pushing up into the house on all sides, wind blowing clumps of snow from the tree branches into the windows, and not even the mail delivery to make you feel connected to the outside world. (Yep, that’s right, they’re not even delivering mail [...]

The Little Mister often wonders at my beloved bread machine. So rarely used, yet so fondly thought of. I usually crack out the bread machine about once a year, and yesterday was the day. With mountains of snow locking us in and the Little Mister’s beef stew in the crock pot, I decided to throw [...]

What do you get when you’ve got PMS, a full bag of leftover rolled oats, and a bag of Ghiradelli chocolate chips?  Why Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies, of course!

A few weeks ago the Little Mister had a requested oatmeal cookies:  “..the kind with carrots in them.  Have you ever had those?”
Well, no, in fact I hadn’t.  But I was intrigued.
I started by checking out the recipes for oatmeal cookies in Baking Illustrated, How to Cook Everything, and The Joy of Cooking.  No carrots [...]