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{Baking} CORNMEAL DROP BISCUIT PEACH COBBLER … for times when the mason doesn’t show up!
“There’s your karma ripe as peaches.” Jack Kerouac Even while the hammers rain blows down, and the kitchen is in shambles, I have a list of things to do. A cobbler was on my must bake list before the stone fruit season bid us adieu. It’s been bookmarked ever since I saw it on Leites Culinaria when I stopped by attempting to try and bake a recipe off the site for a photography competition. This cobbler was high on my list, until Monsieur Lebovitz’s Absolute Best Brownies knocked me off my perch! Not one to stay knocked off for so long, I was soon winging my way back to my…
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MOROCCAN HOLIDAY BREAD…BAKING FOR A WORTHY CAUSE… "YES WE CAN"!
“It isn’t bread that feeds you; it is life and the spirit that feed you through bread.” Angelus Silesius Moroccan Holiday Bread …The addition of maize meal & a cornucopia of seeds gives this superb loaf an interesting flavour & texture. Sunday morning woke up with a mission; BAKE BREAD! There was no meal idea in mind, the morning loomed large, the kids were out of bed & running wild…& I had to bake bread. While the kids squabbled over the remote & hot-house eggs (which I shall blog about another day), I emptied my bread baking bookshelf onto the table & wondered where to begin. Winter is almost here,…
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MAKE MINE SAVOURY…A GALETTE WITH A DIFFERENCE!
“He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise. ” Henry David Thoreau Savoury Spinach, Tomato & Cheese Galette The happy feeling the rustic Peach & Plum Galette gave me was indescribable. High on confidence, I decided to venture further & make what I would possibly love … a savoury version of sorts. Donno what the purists of the pastry world would call this, forgive me if I have erred, but I called this a savoury galette. Since it’s screaming the colour RED, am sending this off as an entry to Sunshine Mom for her event Food In…
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AMAZING MAIZE & CORNY COOKIES
“I am still convinced that a good, simple, homemade cookie is preferable to all the store-bought cookies one can find.” James Beard Bowled over by Cornmeal Pistachio Cookies Then comes along one of those looooong lazy summer days where you want to bake something & for once you’d rather it wasn’t chocolate. It happens to me at times after a chocolate overdose in the kitchen. Something different has to be attempted; something which has a chance of turning out unexpectedly good or even bad, but different. Have started throwing caution to the wind & have begun treading on uncharted territory. Read on for my tale of good…& then bad, as…
