I’ve been wanting to get involved in the Royal Foodie Joust* (see the Foodie Blogroll thing on the right) for awhile but before this month either the ingredients were too precious for me to play around with or I just didn’t have the time. 
And I almost didn’t have the time this month – I forgot about it until 2 weeks ago, but we were busy preparing for a family trip, and then when we returned we were so busy catching back up on work that the week just flew past – but it kept floating around in the back of my mind, so I decided to try anyway, even if I couldn’t actually enter the contest. Luckily for me, the deadline was extended a few days, so today I gathered up my ingredients and all of the random possibilities that had been parading through my mind. The result totally surprised me! Read the rest of this entry »
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Banana Pancakes
Brad and I both woke up late this morning. He’s the kind of person who wakes up at 7:30 on a regular basis without an alarm clock, while I’m the kind who could happily sleep 10 hours a night and still want a nap later, so when my alarm went off at 8:30 and he was still lying motionless next to me, I kept hitting snooze until he got up – at 9:30. If he’d gotten up earlier, I would have had to get up too so that he wouldn’t starve while waiting for the promised pancakes. It was lovely that both of us got to sleep in.
Halloween Apple Treat
This was originally posted on my other blog, What If. I’m moving it – and all of my baking posts – here in the next few weeks.
I stumbled across this recipe for something called an “apple brown betty” recently and, per my addiction to all autumn-oriented baked goods, had to make it.
Pumpkin (Muffin) Donuts
This was originally posted on my other blog, What If. I’m moving it – and all of my baking posts – here in the next few weeks.
ManPants and I are a little obsessed with baked items made with pumpkin. It’s not the reason we love fall so much, but it is definitely high on the list.
Unfortunately, I didn’t have a recipe for pumpkin donuts. Fortunately, this meant my first true experiment – attempting to combine my pumpkin muffins with a pumpkin-less donut recipe.
Not-so-Experimental Shortcut Pumpkin Muffins
This was originally posted on my other blog, What If. I’m moving it – and all of my baking posts – here in the next few weeks.
I confess: this isn’t so experimental. It is in the sense that the delicate chemical interactions of baking always require some care, and that I see my baking as edible chemistry experiments. But ManPants is thoroughly addicted to these and so requests them every chance he gets. He doesn’t even have to speak; he has a look that says, “pumpkin muffins, please.”
I’m surprised I don’t have the recipe memorized yet. But I do have some shortcuts.
