Labor Day has passed. August is but a distant memory. Time for pumpkin!
Tag Archive: butter
Aug 11
Bourbon peach cobbler
Chrissy has been making so many tasty desserts using summer fruits, I thought I should put aside the chocolate chips for awhile and join her in making use of the season’s bounty.
Aug 09
Grilled corn with hoisin-orange butter
Sweet, fresh corn always reminds me of August. That’s when the first ears of corn seem to be ready to be picked from the garden (not that I have any planted in my own garden…but I can pretend).
Aug 03
Skillet-baked cookie with vanilla ice cream and homemade caramel sauce
For any of you familiar with the restaurant scene in San Luis Obispo, you probably remember Mission Grill. The building, which, not surprisingly is right next to the Mission, now houses Native Lounge. The food there wasn’t especially remarkable, except for one dish: the sizzling cookie. It was this enormous chocolate chip cookie baked in …
Jul 08
Outrageous brownies
More than 2 pounds of chocolate. One pound of butter. Six extra-large eggs. These brownies are definitely outrageous.
Jun 09
Chocolate chip cookies
Lately I’ve been having some pretty bad results with chocolate chip cookies. They come out of the oven flat and crumbly. Sure, they taste OK, but they aren’t very pretty.
May 10
Dutch baby
My 19-month-old son had his first sleepover recently, and I wanted to make it super fun. The two guests were my 4-year-old nephew and 2-year-old niece. (OK, technically the “sleepover” was more of a favor for my sister and brother-in-law, who were off at Girl Scout camp with the 8-year-old and work, respectively. But still. …
Apr 30
Strawberry bread
A few weeks back, I went on a major strawberry kick. I printed out all sorts of strawberry recipes and bought pints and pints of the (hopefully) sweet, red berries.
Mar 22
Carrot pudding souffles
Have you ever tried to make something by Martha Stewart? Wowsers. It’s tough. These souffles weren’t really that difficult, but man were they time consuming. I needed a Martha Stewart staff to help out.
Feb 10
Heart-shaped French toast with strawberry butter
Valentine’s Day is on a Sunday this year, so why not show the whole family how much you love them with a tasty breakfast?
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