I am from an unusual family, we were not content with the status quo and fiddled with everything we made, we have some unusual recipes for pumpkin pie. Walnut Pumpkin Pie with Walnut Crust 1 cup flour ¼ tsp salt 1/3 cup ground walnuts (see note) ¼ cup cold sweet butter ¼ cup shortening 2-3 …
For those of us with celiac disease, gluten intolerance, or grain allergies, soy flour is a wonderfully useful baking ingredient. Like other bean-and pea flours, such as chick-pea flour, it has a consistency that lends itself to quick breads. Unlike chick-pea flour, however, it has a mild non-obtrusive taste that blends beautifully into baking recipes. …
Do you love cheesecake? I think it is my favorite dessert. There are many different flavors you can experiment with but my favorite is the “Can’t Fail Cheesecake” that I want to share with you. I’ve heard many people say that they wouldn’t try to make a cheesecake recipe from “scratch”, but they are the …
When I was growing up my mother loved to bake during the holidays. I remember one year she got a little carried away while doing her Christmas baking, she had stirred up almost 50 different Christmas cookie recipes and candies! Out of all of her recipes for holiday cookies my favorite was always her sugar …
Christmas is my favorite season. For years, I’d start mixing Christmas cookies and creating candies around Thanksgiving, keeping busy all the way until Christmas. I’d make and freeze dough and cookies, decorating as I had time. Hours went into each cookie tray I made for friends, family, and coworkers, and they appreciated them. I did …