This is definitely a practice makes perfect kind of recipe, and as this is only my second go at it I probably still have a few more rounds of practice before I hit perfect. The results though always seem to fall on the tasty side of things. So while labor intensive and complex the results…
Category: Baking
Gingerbread
I was not able to get my gingerbread fix over Christmas due to the dozens of cookies still hanging around, so I made sure to ring in of the New Year with this seasonal treat. For me a good gingerbread needs to be moist, heavily spiced, and served with a contrasting set of flavors to…
Stollen
My Mother used to make stollen every year for Christmas. She readily employed a small army (her children) to undergo the labor intensive kneading process. We – gullible, young, and naive – would have a blast stretching, plopping, and mushing the dough around. This year I tried out a new stollen recipe adapted from Visions of…
Amelia’s Refrigerator Cookies
These are my Dad’s favorite cookies. His Grandmother, Amelia, used to make them for him each year around Christmas time, and now the task has fallen to me. These Refrigerator Cookies are some of the simplest cookies to make, but they check almost all the boxes of the perfect cookie list; buttery, crispy along the…
The Ephemeral Bee 