Baking Contest
Did you ever enter a contest when you were a kid? Maybe a science fair? You know, the baking soda and vinegar volcano that erupted all over the kitchen while your mother was trying to tend to the Hamburger Helper? … Continue Reading →
Category: Recipes
Berry Cake
Summer’s winding down, the lake is cooling off, and it’s berry time. My sous chef Elsa is now seven years old, and it won’t be long before she’s a master chef! To kick off Aunt Jane’s Cooking School, we made … Continue Reading →
Cooking School
When Todd and I first moved from our big house in Denver to our little house in the big woods of rural New Hampshire, our great niece Elsa was just two years old. She turned three that summer, and in the fall, I … Continue Reading →
Fruit Pizza
For the last cooking class before summer break, Elsa chose to remake her favorite recipe from the year: Fruit Pizza. It’s easy-peasy to put together, and strawberries picked fresh from Booty Family Farm (delivered by Farmer Steve himself, no less) … Continue Reading →
Let’s Make Pizza!
Some people conjure up pizza by picking up the phone and ordering delivery or using the Domino’s Pizza app. Then there are the pre-baked pizza shells in the supermarket (I used my share of those over the years), and the pre-made dough … Continue Reading →
Daily Bread
There’s something about the confluence of this week’s events that leads me to one conclusion: I need to bake. If I’m feeling blue, firing up the oven and pulling out mixing bowls is my go-to remedy. Even if I’m crying … Continue Reading →
Raspberry Soufflés
When Elsa first requested to go to Aunt Jane’s After-School Cooking Class, she asked to make a soufflé. I, naturally, went right to my America’s Test Kitchen gazillion-recipe bible and found a recipe for a cheese soufflé ~ perfect! Except … Continue Reading →
Chocolate Almond Oat Bars
Elsa’s in the kitchen! Our weekly playdates have evolved into “cooking school,” and this time we’re making Chocolate Almond Oat Bars made with eight delicious, wholesome ingredients: chocolate, peanut butter, honey, butter, almonds, dried cherries, oats, and a wee bit of … Continue Reading →
Macaroon Miracles
How can an ingredients list so short result in a cookie so ridiculously delicious? Two words: coconut & chocolate. I rest my case. If you’ve made quiche and have two egg whites left over (or custard or ice cream), you’re … Continue Reading →
Cinnamon Sugar Mini-Muffins
Here’s a recipe that calls for ingredients you probably already have in your refrigerator and cupboard. Beware though, once you bring these little balls of deliciousness to a pot luck brunch or coffee hour, you’ll be required to bring them again and … Continue Reading →