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Baking| Cheddar Rosemary Cheese Straws & Chocolate Walnut Fudge … Diwali
“The true essentials of a feast are only fun and feed.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. The past week was hectic, like being on a baking express! It was the festival of lights, Diwali, here in India, and I decided to bake something as gifts for everyone …. Did I say life became H E C T I C? Diwali is traditionally a festival where people exchange gifts, which include loads of Indian sweetmeats and nuts etc. This year, I gifted home made edibles to most of the near and dear ones … from Buttermilk Pound Cakes to Brownies. For snacks at home, here’s what I made… something savoury, and something…
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NUTS about Alton Brown’s DOUGHNUTS …Yeastly tales with the Daring Bakers
Yeast doughnuts from Alton Brown's recipe for Daring Bakers...light, fluffy and addictive!
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Apple Pear Open Pie … come mingle with ‘Fruit in Baking’
Having your pie and eating it too? Yes, possible this time. An open apple-pear pie which has a single crust, and is delicious too. It's a smart way to cut back calories, and still have healthy pie! Dig in!!
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Baking | PINKARONS – MACARONS FOR PINKTOBER
“We’ll drink a drink a drink To Lily the pink the pink the pink The savior of the human race. She invented medicinal compound. Most efficacious in every case.” Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales The MacTweets time again, and this time we’ve gone PINK in support of Breast Cancer Awareness for Pinktober. Through the month of October, I tend to think a lot of PINK. Often, the first song that comes to my mind is this funny pub song. Have you heard it before? I’m not sure if we were taught it in school {a pub song seems somewhat inappropriate to be taught in school}, but I can sing it out loud,…
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A Traditional Cake Mixing Ceremony…can you hear the bells ringing?
“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love!” Hamilton Wright Mabie Time flies and how. Seems like the year is on a gallop. I missed the walk, the trot and the canter completely. Every day is whizzing by; it’s October already! That winter is almost here struck me when some of my girlfriends like Barbara began the ’12 weeks to Christmas Cookies’ countdown.Then a few days ago I got an invite to a ‘traditional cake mixing ceremony‘, and I was like “Whoa? Is it the time of the year already?“ Traditional Cake Mixing Ceremony The age old ceremony of cake mixing starts a few…
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Baking | RUSTIC GARLIC LOAVES for World Bread Day – Dough from Mark Bittman
“Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread—there may be.” David Grayson When you have friends who charm you into posting for World Bread Day in the most enticing manner, then how can you possibly escape? Got onto twitter after ages this evening to find Nics tweet about Pumpkin Bread for ‘World Bread Day’. Yikes, was it the 16th already? Dang, missed the date completely even though I had so many breads sitting waiting to get posted. Life has been a tizzy of late, and I am lagging behind! The transfer to WP has complicated time-lines even more, but a shove…