Two ingredients can get you this: That’s right, ladies and gentlemen and it was so easy. Want to know how I did it? It took 5 steps… Step 1. Open a can of cheap beer (12 oz/330mL) Step 2. Measure out 2 2/3 C of self-rising flour Step 3. Mix flour and beer together till… Read More Flour + Beer = Bread {Only 2 Ingredients and No Kneading!}
This week’s recipe is a good one – Carrot Raisin Breakfast Cookies. They remind me of a sweet muffin or bread, only in cookie form. And I love muffins and bread! They do have added sweetener, but the sweetener is real maple syrup – something that’s naturally occurring. I’ll admit that they’re a little on… Read More Easy, Naturally Sweet, Homemade: Carrot Raisin Breakfast Cookies
Moving to NZ has forced me to pay a lot more attention to what we eat. Food is more expensive here, and things that are readily available in the States aren’t on the shelves of our local grocery. While I wouldn’t mind if the food prices came down a bit, overall, this increased attention to… Read More Easy, Unsweetened, Homemade: Granola Bars
Warning – reading this post could cause you to drool directly on your keyboard. I saw the recipe for the Pioneer Woman’s Milky Way Cake a few weeks back. It looked so yummy that I posted a link to it on Facebook and thought seriously about making it. My only worry? I wasn’t sure that… Read More Candy Bar Cake
I finally did it – I made The Pioneer Woman’s Cinnamon Rolls! I have to admit that I was intimidated by the recipe. It makes so many and it looks so involved. I’ve never been good with dough and yeast and rolling pins. But I had volunteered to bring something for morning tea at church… Read More Oh, yes I did
Poor Chris has been putting up with a lot on my end lately. He’s such a sweetheart about it, but the fact is that I haven’t been as active around the house as usual. Dinners aren’t always made, laundry has been a bear to tackle, and he puts up with it and doesn’t complain. So… Read More Cheesecake
Shortly after coming to New Zealand, I noticed something. There seemed to be a lot of carrot cake – in coffee shops, at restaurants, served at get-togethers, at the hospital cafeteria… you get the idea. Not surprisingly, I found myself dreaming about cream cheese frosting and nutty, delicious baked goods. When I mentioned this to… Read More When Good Carrot Cake Goes Green {It’s the Baking Soda, Stupid!}
These are Dutch Kiss Cookies. They are delicious. Why are these cookies Dutch? Two reasons: (1) this recipe is from my mom, and her grandparents were Dutch, and (2) the “secret ingredient”, almond paste, is used in several traditionally Dutch desserts and pastries. So I started calling them “Dutch Kiss Cookies”. Seemed to make sense… Read More Dutch Kisses Are Always Sweeter
