December 31, 2008 · Filed under bread · Tagged cinnamon, dessert, difficult, food, fruit, holiday, lemon, liquor, nutmeg, nuts, options, recipe, special shape, sugar
My younger brother came to visit right before Christmas. He seems to have a fear of failure, plus a lack of confidence in his own abilities. So the last couple of times he’s come to visit, I made him make bread with me – one of the hardest, and therefore most satisfying, things a person can do in baking.
This year, since it was so close to Christmas, we made Stollen. Read the rest of this entry »
December 13, 2008 · Filed under cookies · Tagged cinnamon, dessert, food, recipe, sugar
Snickerdoodles have been my favorite since I was a kid. I used to pester my stepmom to make them for me all the time. Kind of like sugar cookies with an extra coating of sugary, cinnamon-y goodness, I introduced Brad to them this year and he’s been hooked ever since. So while these are ostensibly the start of my Christmas baking, we are of course going to save some for ourselves.
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