My first recipe I tried out of The Artisan Bread Machine: 250 Recipes for Breads, Rolls, Flatbreads and Pizzas failed but I wasn't ready to write the book off. I had made a whole wheat/granola flour bread that smelled fantastic and the crust tasted awesome but wasn't baked enough. I realized that I needed to… Continue reading The Artisan Bread Machine – Nonna’s Italian Bread
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Double Chocolate Macadamia-Oatmeal Cookies
A copy of Small-Batch Baking for Chocolate Lovers finally showed up on the library shelves this week, I grabbed it quickly. I reviewed her earlier cookbook last year, I love being able to make "small-batch" baking. Before I made dinner I whipped up the dough and let it chill, then baked them while dinner cooked.… Continue reading Double Chocolate Macadamia-Oatmeal Cookies
Arugula Pasta from 50 Best Cooking for Two Recipes
While reading my copy of The 50 Best Cooking For Two Recipes: Tasty, fresh, and easy to make!, I noticed the recipe for Arugula Cavatelli on page 31 and realized I had never cooked with Arugula before. The only changes I made was using a different pasta shape - finding cavatelli locally would have been… Continue reading Arugula Pasta from 50 Best Cooking for Two Recipes
A Birthday Day
Yesterday was Walker's second birthday, I decided to try a cupcake and a frosting recipe from Cake Boy, which came out in October of 2011. The frosting is fantastic, easily piped, swirled and spiked onto cakes. Walker had a lot of fun sitting on the floor with a spoon and the mixing bowl scraping it… Continue reading A Birthday Day