Asparagus harvesting is over (we got 20 pounds from our little patch!) and now it’s on to one of my favorites – cherries. Much to our surprise, when we moved in that our property had a cherry tree. We added three more, one of which has since died. This year is the first year that…
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Scones and Irises
The King has won! Well, the King Arthur scone recipe is the winner. The recipe can be found HERE. What I like about this recipe is that it is a basic one to start with. Then you add what you want. I added almonds and dried cherries. For the garden club meeting I think I’ll…
Read MoreAttempting Scones
For you who have been reading my blog, you know I make biscotti. But a lot of people don’t like biscotti or the type I make – the less Americanized version or the Italian cantuccini. I’d love to make cantuccini for the garden club meeting next month (It’s my time to bring snacks.) but I…
Read MoreCherry Almond Scones
I love scones. They aren’t something I eat very often, but I’ve been really wanting to make some for a long time. I figured that they can’t be too difficult. If I can make biscotti, surely I can make scones. So last week I opened up this book again and made Cherry Almond scones, adapted…
Read MoreHappy Acres Baking
The last week has been busy with lots of baking. I finally finished my biscotti baking with six different kinds. I baked the Triple Cinnamon Pecan biscotti, and the other five were just variations on this basic recipe. The top light one is the almond biscotti with no substitutions. Knocking out three batches in an…
Read MoreDark Chocolate Peppermint Biscotti
It’s time to start baking biscotti and what better day than yesterday when it was cold and snowy. So I got a couple new ingredients together for this batch. Please refer to my basic recipe. We bought some King Arthur Double-Dutch Dark Cocoa so I just had to try it. Then I came across these…
Read MoreHB in Five Master Recipe
I know I’ve not kept up with the HB in Five baking group. I really intended on baking my way through the book this year with them, but it just didn’t happen. I did bake a couple loaves this past week to have with my vegetable soup. If you’ve still not tried this technique and…
Read MoreTriple Cinnamon Pecan (Cookie) Biscotti
Hubby recently bought a couple of new books. I grabbed this one to see if it had any fun recipes I could try for Christmas. Here is this biscotti recipe by a different name on the web. The book explained that this was not the biscotti I like to make ( cantuccini), which is a…
Read MorePumpkin Pie From The Garden
I’ve been making pumpkin pie for as long as I can remember. I used a pie pumpkin from the store years ago and it was awful. When Hubby decided to grow Long Neck Pumpkins for the pies, I wondered if I’d have the same experience. But I was pleasantly surprised! So to get started, Hubby…
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