Can you believe December is almost over? I sure can’t. Just a short Sunday roundup of what’s been going on here this past week. I made a couple of batches of biscotti, but decided on the pizzelles for the cookie exchange. I’ve also been dyeing quite a bit and have decided I need to be…
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Recipe: Cherry Chicken
I’ve been having so much fun cooking again. Dave has been doing almost all of the cooking after we got married in 2007. At the end of last year we decided to share the cooking by alternating every two weeks. At the end of my two weeks I made this new dish. Our friends Barbara…
Read MoreRecipe: Lavender Shortbread Cookies
If you have wondered what in the world I am going to do with all of the lavender I’ve harvested this summer, here is one of the treats I made with my Melissa Lavender. This was my Melissa harvest this summer. So let’s get started. In a grinder, grind up the lavender with 1…
Read MoreHarvesting Melissa
Yesterday I started my harvesting of lavender from our new lavender bed I planted last June. This whole bed is new and it replaced the space where our dearly departed Elm shaded our yard. I am amazed at the difference a year makes. Here is the same area last June. This lavender bed has several…
Read MoreScones 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 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…
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