Way back for the Fourth of July, I was charged with making apple pies for our “cookout” (indoors, with air conditioning). This was also when I learned that the Bronx is apparently secretly obsessed with pies? I used a recipe recommended by these fine people, Grandma Opel’s apple pie. It’s somewhat nontraditional in that you [...]
Posts Tagged ‘baking’
recent foods I have baked
First I baked rosemary bread yet again, for a dinner party, following this recipe for an unkneaded peasant bread. This time it came out much much lighter, fluffier, and more delicious. Basically I followed the directions more carefully and this worked (who knew!) although I also stuck my roommate’s pizza stone in the oven while [...]
Less bad for you desserts
So, lately I’ve been into eating healthier, shopping at farmers markets, growing veggies and herbs on my balcony, trying things from my Moosewood cookbook … so I want to make my first post here about dessert. So here are two fairly easy and (maybe) not-as-unhealthy-as-they-could-be desserts.. The first is for a strawberry shake (from the [...]
P-p-pizza
I make pretentious pizza with my new rolling pin and pizza stone. Hey, fresh mozzarella and basil really DO taste different, suckers!
Calzones
Make me a calzone as fast as you can!
Bread
Help, I need a camera that doesn’t make the world blurry. I was impressed how this batch came out. Back to flying…
Whole-wheat cranberry bread
So I had these amazing whole-wheat cranberry walnut rolls from Whole Foods yesterday. Then I had a rainy Sunday afternoon. Guess what happens next. Recipe from the back of the whole-wheat King Arthur Flour – I’d heard good reviews of it even though it does things I normally feel like are cheating, such as add [...]
almond lemon biscotti
I’ve been craving cookies, but I don’t actually like them so much (too sweet); I just want something to go with coffee, and biscotti are generally not super rich, due to having no shortening usually. Melody recommended this recipe from joy of baking. I like my biscotti as plain as possible, so almond it was, [...]
Rosemary Bread sans Rosemary
From that fateful day when stinking bits of slime first crawled from the sea and shouted to the cold stars, “I am man!”, our greatest dread has always been the knowledge of our mortality. But tonight, we shall hurl the gauntlet of science into the frightful face of death itself. Tonight, we shall ascend into the heavens. We shall mock the earthquake. We shall command the thunders, and penetrate into the very womb of impervious nature herself. Tonight, we shall bake bread!
variations on a scone
For recent tea purposes I made two types of scone: ham and cheddar, and cranberry orange. I used the recipe Gloria last tried, with the following variations! Ham and cheddar: Only 2 Tbs of sugar, because of the savory. N.b. the recipe only calls for 1/2 tsp of salt; this is not to be ignored [...]