Here’s a cookie for all the carrot cake fans out there — complete with a little dollop of cream cheese frosting. And these actually may be good for you. Sure, it’s got lots of butter and sugar, but carrots, oatmeal and maple syrup are good (better?) for you than average, right? Good way to round out the weekend!
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March 2021
Another Spring-time baking recipe. Instead of chocolate chips — or white chocolate, butterscotch/caramel or peanut butter — something completely different: Blueberry and strawberry yogurt chips! Found on the King Arthur Baking website, these chips are packed with flavor and make a great cookie, perfect for Spring. And my kitchen smells like blueberry muffins, which is never a bad thing. 🙂
I’m going to call these “adult” rice krispies squares…. yes, indeed, I did actually put bourbon in these, and while I don’t think that you could get drunk off them, they are definitely addictive and delicious. In case the “Easter Bunny” is having a bad day, these might make it just a little bit better. The “Peep-influences” Sprinkles just add to the equation.
Spring has sprung and Easter is right around the corner, so I thought I would make some Easter-like treats. Up first: these Lemon Sandwich Cookies with Raspberry Cream Filling. Light, a wee bit tart and overall delicious. I am not about the colors usually, but I had leftover sanding sugar from Christmas in a multi-color pack, so I used some of that too. It’s totally optional, as is the cookie-stamp, but it does make them more interesting looking, I think.
More bread. This time an Everyday Sourdough Boule. It’s very yummy. And kind of pretty, actually too.
I’ve been playing around a bit more with “right sizing” my bread recipes for the vessel that I am baking them in. Meaning, sorting out the baker’s ratio for a loaf with 3 cups, 4 cups and 5 cups of flour, because those are the 3 Dutch Oven sizes that I have. I’ve made the mistake of having the loaf be too big and it hit the lid causing a strange shaped loaf (though it tasted fine). Photographed here is the biggest loaf that I make, in my 6-quart Dutch oven. It’s way too big for a single person, but that is my measuring starting point. Lot’s of stuff to learn in the bread baking department. My Opa would be proud that I gotten more into bread baking though.